Large quantities of drugs seized in Turkey

Turkish security forces and police on Tuesday seized a large number of drugs in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkish security forces seized 182 kilograms of cannabis, 6.6 kilograms of heroin in four separate operations in the province of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey said that the report said, adding that seven people were arrested during the operation, they are suspected of involvement in illicit drug trafficking .

In a separate operation, Turkish police intercepted a car, to seize the southeastern province of 17.6 ng Sher kg of heroin, the report said, six people were arrested on charges of illicit drug trafficking.

Turkey is one from drug smuggling in Asia and the Middle East to Western Europe's major transit corridors.

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Barack Obama supports Ban Ki-moon on the second five years, as the chief long-term bid

Barack Obama supports Ban Ki-moon on the second five years, as the chief long-term bid, said Tuesday the White House.

"President Obama welcomed the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will run for re-election, and U.S. support for his election,"the White House said in a statement.

The White House said that under the leadership of Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations has played in responding to crises and challenges in global key role.

It said that Ban Ki-moon has made important reforms, such as increased employment of women in senior positions, and suggested that budget cuts at the United Nations.

Ban Ki-moon to succeed five-year term in January 2007, December 31 at the end of this year, Kofi Annan. For a successful re-election, the 66-year-old former South Korean foreign minister to wait to get all five permanent members of UN Security Council support - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

France and China have expressed their Ban Ki-moon as the new bid for support.

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Introduction of mining rights in China's trade website

Last Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry launched a website to provide information on the country's mining rights transaction information, making mining operations more transparent and fair.

The new portal http://www.mlr.gov.cn/kyqsc/ expected to launch a search feature to prevent counterfeiting of mining rights permits. It allows users to input the license number into the search engines for specific mining projects, including the licensee, the project area, and expiration date and venue.

It also provides a non-confidential information on registration and transfer of mining rights, the ministry said in a statement on its Web site.

The website will help improve the country's mining rights management, protection of the licensee's right to regulate mining rights market, the statement said.

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Australian Biodiesel visitors completed the first leg of world tour

Four young Australians, who is traveling around the world to use bio-diesel, waste oil, on Tuesday arrived in Darwin, Northern Territory, to make the fuel, from Tasmania to complete their first stop on road trip to Norway to Australia.

Justin Hancock and Oscar Peppitt a four man team, who cross 30 countries and Norway, the completion of the project as a follow-up to the second part of the green road.

Built from the Sydney group behind the earlier four-wheel drive, portable biodiesel processor, and all they need to start this process is through donated oil.

Four adventurers, who left Tasmania in early April, arrived in Darwin on Tuesday, where they have not stopped at a service station the first stop road trip.

"You can access your local restaurant, and asked for them to use cooking oil cans", Peppitt to ABC News on Tuesday.

"If you are at home ... do you cook a large pan, just pour in the pot, and a bottle of waste oil - we can put it into fuel, which is what we will be Norway. "

It Peppit, travel is all about the fun of the sustainability of investment.

He said the four that the key to sustainable development is to make fun and easy, and not feel guilty.

"We come from all over the world trying to find cool things to do with sustainability, cool and fun, interesting thing is in line with people these days, "Peppit said.

"Our idea is to reduce fuels. does not depend on fossil fuels and harmful chemicals from A to B idea. "

Four now to fix their car before they began their expedition to the international station in the Timor Sea. They will take the bio-diesel ship them from Darwin to Singapore.

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Low-risk EHEC outbreak in China

Health experts said on Tuesday China faces "a relatively low risk," the outbreak of E. coli (EHEC), and detailed requirements of the control and prevention measures.

Because the country imports a limited number of fresh vegetables, with Escherichia coli, the risk of foodborne bacteria, into the country is low, experts attending the meeting said that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chinese Center held Tuesday .

While in Germany and China can be a national of EHEC infection, it is almost impossible for them to spread further in China after returning to EHEC, according to experts.

Intestinal Escherichia coli is a bacteria that can cause serious stomach upset, diarrhea and stroke strain. In extreme cases, it can lead to coma or kidney failure.

Germany suffered E. coli (0104) broke out a year ago, has killed at least 22 people in Europe and sent hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) hundreds of the hospital a month.

Centers for Disease Control, said the Centre was closely monitoring the information, and may alter EHEC EHEC on the public health assessment of the threat-based prevention measures.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health requested an increase of EHEC monitoring, ordering beef at all levels of medical institutions suspected cases of EHEC monitoring and reporting of these cases in a timely manner to the department.

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Brazil, Venezuela, stressed that regional integration

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and her rival Venezuela, Hugo Chavez on Monday, stressing their common determination to continue in the Latin American regional integration.

"We must strengthen the area as a zone of peace. We do not want bombing and coups. We do not want external factors, our unity and integration," Chavez said in his first official meeting with the Rousseff unexpectedly suspended Chavez is scheduled to visit in early May with a knee injury.

Rousseff said the two countries have common interests, into a peace and economic growth, respect for human rights and social welfare in Latin America.

She said that Chavez's visit reflects the high esteem of the strategic alliance between the two countries.

During Chavez's visit, the two countries signed a bio-technology, petroleum, energy, agriculture, infrastructure, etc., 10 cooperation agreements.

These agreements include a number of financing transactions to be between the state oil company PDVSA and Brazil Venezuela Social Development Bank signed.

Venezuela's state oil company also signed a commitment with Brazil's Petrobras é defined Abreu Lima refinery, one under construction in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the funding system of cooperation projects in the letter.

Brazil's Odebrecht Construction is recognized by 40 billion investment to finance a residential area of ​​Venezuela.

In 2010, trade between Brazil and Venezuela, to reach 4.6 billion, mainly for Brazil exported 3.8 billion worth of products last year, favorable to Venezuela.

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Giant panda conservation international research institutions

Launched an international research center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday to enhance their protection of giant pandas and other endangered species research work instructions.

International Centre for the Giant Panda Conservation Biology is a joint project by the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base and the U.S. Global Business Foundation.

The center will employ domestic and international resources, technology and funds to address a major threat, endangering the survival of giant pandas and other endangered species and development, said Professor Zhang is only raccoon, director of the Chengdu base.

Zhang said the center is a "new three-step" of international cooperation in the protection of giant pandas.

"This will provide a dedicated to protecting endangered species and biological diversity of the international platform," Zhang said.

Will introduce the foundation of the world from around the world's leading conservation biologists and environmental protection programs, including James Spotila said ecologist, who is also vice president of the Foundation.

The foundation of the world, in Fairfax, Virginia, the foundation is a nonprofit organization designed to help developing countries promote economic growth while combating global warming.

In recent years, China has reported success in breeding pandas, but the giant panda and many other rare animals still face habitat destruction, natural disasters, human disturbance, disease and pollution.

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Shenzhen, China, Denmark, requires high-tech investment, nShenzhen, China, Denmark, requires high-tech investment, new industries ew industries

Officials and from Shenzhen and Chinese experts in Denmark is to promote trade and attract high-tech, new energy investments in new industries such as Monday.

"We expect to experience new energy faster, Internet, and biology aspects of development, said:" Gao Guohui, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shenzhen municipal government under normal circumstances, the Shenzhen Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference held in Copenhagen.

The purpose of the meeting in Denmark in connection with their counterparts in Shenzhen enterprises and investors.

"In the next several years, Shenzhen to develop, such as new energy, new materials, the Internet and emerging industries of strategic importance of biotechnology, said:" Gao Lin, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology, Industry, Trade and Information Technology Committee Secretary-General.

"We hope to attract more and more foreign companies, particularly companies in Denmark, with the Shenzhen industrial strategy," he told reporters.

Located in Southeast China, Shenzhen was designated the country's first special economic zone in 1980, and today enjoys a gross domestic product of 14,000 U.S. dollars per capita -- higher than the standard of Beijing or Shanghai.

Traditionally, the city has focused on hi-technology, finance, culture and logistics as growth drivers. Now, the government plans to generate between 650 billion yuan (around 100 billion U.S. dollars) and 700 billion yuan (108 billion dollars) from emerging industries by 2015, Gao said.

Denmark in renewable energy technology, medicine, shipping, logistics, innovation and demonstrate its advantages, I hope to play a role in this process.

"We have about eighty percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises only twenty percent," said Tom Johnson, the Secretary-General, Denmark and China Business Forum Secretary General, referring to the Danish industry structure.

"The process of innovation of SMEs is often very fast, because they can make decisions faster than large enterprises. Thus, Denmark and the good cooperation between SMEs in China will speed up the innovation between our two countries, Denmark and China, good foundation for effective, "he told Xinhua.

Expected, from Denmark and other foreign investors will further promote the support of local enterprises in Shenzhen and entrepreneurial innovation.

Although Danish companies have neglected in favor of Shanghai or Hong Kong City, Jensen that it is time to draw 'attention to Danish enterprises in Shenzhen.

He added that Shenzhen "can be a good hub" for the hope to invest in Southeast Asia of the Danish industrial dynamic market, because it is geographically close to Hong Kong and Singapore as leading financial centers, but more expensive operation.

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Signed an agreement on the Nabucco pipeline project, support in Turkey

The Project Support Agreement (PSA) of the Nabucco pipeline is expected to be in the Turkish province of Kayseri in central Anatolia, signed, local media reported on Tuesday.

Nabucco Company and the ceremony will be responsible for transit countries to participate in five ministries, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

The main contents of the public service is a benefit of the European Union (EU) and Turkey's energy law, the Nabucco pipeline of potential changes in discriminatory laws and to support the protection of the legislative and administrative acts transit system must monitor the project further Implementation, the report said.

PSAs also marked by the government of each country's commitment to support the project.

Nabucco is from Asia to Europe, a new natural gas a bridge, which will directly connect the world's richest oil and gas resources, the Caspian region and the Middle East, the European consumer market. Through this pipeline will link Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to Austria in central Europe one of the most important gas discs in eastern Turkey border.

Nabucco shareholder is OMV (Austria), MOL (Hungary), Transgaz (Romania), Bulgarian Energy Holding (Bulgaria) and Botas (Turkey) and RWE (Germany).

Shareholders holding 16.67 percent of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, an equal share. Shareholders are negotiating gas supply contracts.

3,300-kilometer Nabucco pipeline aims to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy, and as Turkey's EU membership bid as a raise.

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Russia, NATO's efforts to give legal protection for the missile defense system: Rasmussen

NATO Russia as partners rather than rivals, but still allied with the Russian legal protection requirements, the European missile defense system that will not be directed against Russia, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday interview.

"Leads to greater trust is the most promising Lujing more discussion, more political debate and exchange, rather than complex legal formula, it would be difficult to reach consensus, and approved in 29 countries (NATO members and Russia), "Rasmussen said.

Secretary-General once again gave him an oral commitment in Moscow.

"I can assure you - I have said on many occasions publicly - NATO and Russia will never attack us are convinced that Russia believes that the light in the same league," Rasmussen said.

He acknowledged that "the Cold War legacy" is still lingering in the minds of some people, so he pointed out that both sides need "a greater degree of mutual trust and confidence."

Meanwhile, Rasmussen reiterated that the league does not want the joint Russian-NATO missile defense system, but independent of the missile defense system interactions.

Rasmussen said that the reason is very simple, because "NATO can not be outsourced to non-members collective defense obligations, binding its members and NATO missile defense system that the territory will be part of the framework of collective defense."

"NATO's idea, but with two separate systems, share information and provide a clearer picture on both sides, and better warning of possible threats," he said.

Russia has opposed NATO's missile defense facilities deployed near the border, saying they would pose a threat to national security and undermine the strategic balance of forces in Europe.

Russia and NATO agreed to the so-called missile defense system in Europe cooperation in the Russia-NATO Council summit in Lisbon in November 2010. NATO insisted that there should be two separate systems, exchange information, and Russia in favor of full interoperability with joint systems.

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Imports of Hong Kong Health Chief warns of E. coli cases

Hong Kong may eventually face a deadly E. coli infections have plagued Germany and other European countries, imported cases, the city's Health Secretary York Chow said on Tuesday stressed the contingency plans for local health departments in place.

Speaking on Tuesday, Zhou, Food and Health Bureau office, the news media that EHEC infection in the risk of outbreak of serotype O104: H4 is still very high, because the source has not been determined.

If people come to Hong Kong, and recognizing the bacterial infection hospital, related symptoms, Zhou said the government would isolate and treat patients, and at the same time to trace the source of infection.

As Taiwan's plastic additives event, Zhou said that it was not appropriate to food imports from Taiwan, a total ban, nor is there to remind people not to eat the food.

He stressed that the plasticizer contamination of food have been banned sales, and from the Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong continue to monitor the testing.

"There are a lot of information exchange, now. We must assess the risks, we continue with other actions," he said.

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Increase in imported iron ore stockpiles, China

 Inventories of iron ore at 25 of China's major sea ports rose by 380,000 metric tons to hit a total of 93.45 million metric tons on June 6, according to the Xinhua-China Iron Ore Price Index released on Tuesday.

The index, compiled by the Xinhua News Agency, tracks iron ore inventories and imports in Chinese spot markets through research and analysis of data from 25 major ports.

The index for 63.5-percent-purity iron ore imports fell by 4 points to hit 175 points, while that for 58-percent-purity iron ore imports slipped by 3 points week-on-week to rest at 144 points.

Rio Tinto, BHP and Vale, the world's three largest iron ore suppliers, have scaled down their previously offered third-quarter prices for many steel factories, a move that has also strengthened the market's expectations for the downward correction of iron ore prices, according to Xinhua analysts.

A Xinhua market survey last week showed that China's current inventories of iron ore were enough to satisfy the demands of domestic steelmakers for at least one more month.

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South Korea approved the bill with Peru trade agreement submitted to Parliament

South Korean government has already submitted a free trade agreement with Peru approved the bill to the Parliament, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

The government hopes the bill will be approved outside the Legislative Council meeting in June approved, the Ministry said in a statement.

According to two-way agreement, all tariffs within 10 years after entry into force of the agreement to cancel, and 9 percent, South Korea imposed tariffs on large vehicles over 3000 cubic centimeters engine displacement and the TV will be immediately removed.

To major in agriculture, fishery products, Peru, including the squid tariffs, will be canceled in 10 years, while two per cent of coffee in Peru, tariffs will be removed immediately after the implementation of the agreement.

Bilateral trade between the two countries hit the record high of 1.98 billion U.S. dollars in 2010, double the amount recorded in 2006.

Peru is the second South American countries signed a free trade agreement with South Korea. The agreement does not require approval from the Peruvian Congress.

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Mental illness led to the reasons for young people with disabilities: Research Australia

Depression and schizophrenia and other mental illnesses of young people around the world the main reason for disability, Australian researchers said on Tuesday.

Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Institute, from the researchers of the World Health Organization has been working with "disease burden " of young people.

Use of international data to calculate, scientists ranked all the various health conditions. Then they take to the number of years a person may live with disabilities. Over the years, researchers also believe that the loss of their disease.

According to the research paper co-author, Professor George Patton in the number of participants felt that millions of the world, which found that 10 per cent of 45-24 affordable - year-old may be due to mental disorders.

In particular, depression, schizophrenia, self-mutilation, alcoholism and bipolar disorder among the top 10 disability burden.

In high-income countries such as Australia, mental illness accounts for two thirds of the age group two-thirds of the disease burden.

"This is mainly because we have been working with the burden of disease (such as AIDS and tuberculosis) are very successful transaction for other reasons, " Professor Patton told The Associated Press on Tuesday Australia.

"(local) burden of disease caused by the death of disability, not the conditions. "

Also contribute to the disease burden of 10 to 24-year-old children's accidental injury in Australia (twelve percent), and (ten percent) of infectious diseases.

He pointed out that the burden of disease with increasing age.

Meanwhile, Professor Patton said the study, the first analysis of the global causes of disability puberty can be used to identify risk factors for disease in later life.

"Although the taking of life, young people, their health may not be the immediate effect, they have a significant impact later in life, " he said.

"Interventions to address health risk behaviors and unhealthy lifestyles are likely to be more than the adult years to establish effective fixed pattern. "

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South Korea's top nuclear envoy to visit China

South Korea's envoy to stalled six-party talks to visit China on Wednesday to meet with his opponents, where the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Wireless Song Lac on Thursday talks with the representatives of China, Wu Dawei to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South-North relations of the Republic of Korea nuclear issue, according to the Department.

The meeting comes as the inter-Korean dialogue, which is a principal member of six-party talks to resume stalled negotiations on the denuclearization of the premise of the opportunity to see the dimming.

Pyongyang claimed that Seoul "begging" in their secret inter-Korean summit meeting last month, vowed last week not Fall "and deal with" the. South Korean officials played down as "unilateralism" of the allegations, but acknowledged that claims to hold the meeting in Beijing.

Six-party talks, which also involves the host country China, the United States, Japan and Russia, were last held in December 2008.

North Korea, which has expressed interest in returning to the negotiating table, announced after talks with "death" in 2009, recently discovered a new uranium enrichment facilities.

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Protection of skin cancer from infancy,

Lead to skin cancer may begin in earnest in the baby's first year, according to a new report on the July Pediatrics.

Avoid the sun is recommended for children under 6 months of age, while older children should avoid the midday sun, sun, wearing protective clothing, wide-rimmed hats and sunglasses.

New York City dermatologist Doris Day, MD, said, "newborns, infants, young children's skin is to continue to develop." "Their skin is still growing and mature, this is really important to protect it," she said .

Infant sun protection recommendations on the ABC most infants remain indoors when the sun, usually from 10 am to 4 pm, choose with the built-in ultraviolet (UV) protective clothing and sunscreen slathering.

When choosing a sunscreen for children to see a thick zinc or titanium-based products, said Wednesday. "These are more opaque, sitting absorbed through the skin, and not be." And zinc, titanium does not stimulate the eyes of so many, because they tend to remain in place.

"Protection of infants and young children is very immature skin barrier, said:" Samuel and Roya, MD, Steven and Alexandra Cohen, Children's Medical Center New Hyde Park, New York pediatrician.

"The quality of the child's skin structure, making it more vulnerable to UV radiation, which may lead to skin cancer, later increased the risk."

Sunscreen should be SPF 15 or higher, she said.

The report notes that sunburn in childhood can increase the crops in developing countries more than doubled melanoma in their lifetime, after a person's opportunity.

Studies have shown that a person be, they have 18 percent of lifetime sun exposure of about 80. Melanoma is the second most common cancer in young people aged 15 to 29.

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Medvedev OKs US-Russian plutonium disposal

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium Russian-US agreement, Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.

According to local media reports, Russia intends to take the plan, which is as a new Russian-US Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a slash to 1,550 strategic warheads each arsenals continue to appear 350 million U.S. dollars.

The report also said the U.S. government will invest about 400 billion U.S. dollars on the program.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed in April 2010 to eliminate surplus weapons-grade plutonium to reach a final agreement of defense programs.

Under the agreement, both parties will each dispose of excess plutonium 34, which is enough to create thousands of tons of nuclear weapons. The program was launched 2018.

Through this agreement by the Russian State Duma, or lower the Capitol, May 20, by the Russian Federation Council upper house, insist on 25 May 2011.

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Flaxseed does not help hot flashes, the study found

 A new study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's found that daily consumption of flax seed no more than obstructive symptoms in the placebo effect.

Flaxseed is widely regarded as beneficial, because it contains phytoestrogens, through the plants, mammals, estrogen mimic the effects produced chemicals.

Sandhya Pruthi, associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and her team have conducted a randomized study of 188 female participants.

After 6 weeks, these women eat a bar that contained 410 mg of lignans (a phytoestrogen found in flax and other plants) or protein and fiber.

At the end of the study, only a few differences in the two groups found in hot flashes.

Pruthi said: "Flaxseed may be a highly touted supplement for many diseases, but according to the results of our randomized study, it is not effective for hot flashes."

Menopause marks the permanent cessation of women's reproductive fertility. With the end of menstruation, the most common complainrs is hot flashes, night sweats, memory, lack of sleep, loss of libido and vaginal dryness loss.

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Afghan police kill Taliban commander important: official

In an action against the Taliban in Afghanistan to eliminate the police in the western Herat province on Tuesday, the Taliban commander key, an official said.

"Police launched Gazara A district special operations against Taliban insurgents and Taliban commanders killed early Tuesday Mao Raha critical than the Mughal, " Nisar Ahmad, Regional Director told the pupa Gazara Reporter.

In a police officer was killed and three people including two police officers and operating a bodyguard said that the Taliban commander was injured.

The operation is still continuing, he added.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led forces have not made a comment.

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Thai Vegetable No E. coli: the agricultural sector

Ministry of Agriculture confirmed on Tuesday that Thai vegetables with E. coli bacteria is not in Europe, of which 22 people died, leaving a still contaminated.

Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture Jirakorn Kosaisevi that stringent measures have been used to check the microbial and vegetable pests, before export. Therefore, he expressed confidence that Thailand's crop is free from E. coli.

Jirakorn vegetables can be added, as usual, but, good manufacturing practice (GMP) farming systems across the country will be reviewed to ensure the safety of Thailand's export of vegetables.

Director-General pointed out that thousands of people in Europe have been infected with EHEC (Escherichia coli) bacteria, because they do not usually eat cooked fresh vegetables and salads.

He pointed out that E. coli is found mainly in vegetables, organic fertilizer pollution.

Twenty-one death was reported in Germany, and some one in Sweden. Many patients develop after infection, which may be fatal hemolytic - uremic syndrome (HUS) for.

Germany is determined to be the epicenter of the spread of E. coli cucumber imported from Spain as the source of the problem is to blame. However, to clarify the source of contamination is not expected in the near future.

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