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S Sudan to 'investigate' mass graves reports
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Dec 2013

South Sudan's army has said it will investigate reports of mass graves discovered by the United Nations as the army prepares to retake rebel-held Bor and Bentiu. "If anyone has found mass graves we will be willing to investigate it," Colonel Philip Aguer, the army spokesman, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday. "I have not heard about it, some criminals...
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Up to 13,000 South Sudanese civilians have sought refuge at the UN compounds in Juba, fleeing fighting between members of the SPLA (Sudan People’s Liberation Army) that broke out in Juba on the night of 15 December.
photo: UN / Julio Brathwaite

updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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S Sudan to 'investigate' mass graves reports
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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S Sudan to 'investigate' mass graves reports
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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US Moves Troops Toward S Sudan
updated 03 Nov 2011; published 03 Nov 2011
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Abuse of Eritrean Refugees in Sinai
updated 20 Apr 2009; published 20 Apr 2009
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CHEMMANI MASS GRAVE Tamils slaughtered by SRI LANKAN ARMY
updated 07 Aug 2012; published 07 Aug 2012
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Syrian troops dig up mass grave in Damascus
Russia Closes Criminal Case of Greenpeace Activist
Full Article The New York Times
24 Dec 2013

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — One of the activists detained in Russia's Arctic has been granted amnesty, Greenpeace said on Tuesday. The 30 crew members aboard a Greenpeace ship were detained at a Russian oil rig in September and were held for two months before they were released last month. But the 26 non-Russian crew members have not been allowed to...
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From left: Greenpeace International activists Camila Speziale of Argentina, Phiip Ball of the United Kingdom and Sini Saarela of Finland pose during their meeting with residents of St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013.
photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

updated 18 Dec 2013; published 18 Dec 2013
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Prisoners Receive Amnesty By Russian Parliament
updated 26 Sep 2013; published 26 Sep 2013
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Greenpeace activists remanded in custody in Russia
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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BBC News - Russia drops first Greenpeace case
updated 01 Oct 2013; published 01 Oct 2013
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Russia Holds 20 Greenpeace Activists Over Arctic Oil Protest qtp
updated 03 Oct 2013; published 03 Oct 2013
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Russia Charges Greenpeace Crew With Piracy
updated 09 Oct 2013; published 09 Oct 2013
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Russia Found Drugs On Greenpeace Ship
Storm wreaks havoc in Britain, France ahead of Christmas
Full Article DNA India
24 Dec 2013

Disrupted transport networks and power cuts wreaked havoc in Britain and France on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region. Winds of up to 90 mph (145 kph) hit both sides of the Channel, killing at least three people, as heavy downpours...
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Passengers wait underneath blank departure screens following a power outage at the North Terminal of London Gatwick Airport in Horley, England, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013.
photo: AP / Sang Tan

updated 28 Oct 2013; published 28 Oct 2013
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Storm batters Britain: huge storms wreak havoc in UK killing 2 people
updated 29 Oct 2013; published 29 Oct 2013
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Tempête Christian | St Jude's Storm ► Lille (59) France | 28 October 2013 | HD
updated 29 Oct 2013; published 29 Oct 2013
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Raw UK Storm At Least 4Dead, Travel Chaos As Storm St Jude Batters Britain
updated 29 Oct 2013; published 29 Oct 2013
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EXTREME WEATHER: "Worst Storm In Years" - St. Jude Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Europe; 15 Dead!
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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RAW VIDEO: Storm Wreaks Havoc in UK, France | NewsLook
updated 28 Oct 2013; published 28 Oct 2013
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St Jude Day's storm wreaks havoc across southern England
Snowden reflects six months later, says mission's accomplished
Full Article Denver Post
24 Dec 2013

MOSCOW — Edward Joseph Snowden emerged at the appointed hour, alone, blending into a light crowd of locals and tourists. Late this spring, Snowden supplied three journalists, including this one, with caches of top-secret documents from the National Security Agency, where he worked as a contractor. Dozens of revelations followed, then...
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File - A demonstrator holds up a poster with a drawing depicting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden with a message that reads in Portuguese; "Snowden in Brazil," during a protest outside the regional office of the presidency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, July 18, 2013.
photo: AP / Andre Penner

updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
6:01
Edward Snowden Vs NSA
updated 02 Nov 2013; published 02 Nov 2013
1:35
In NSA Leaks, Edward Snowden Has Confirmed Private Firms at "Highest, Darkest" Levels of US Intel-DM
updated 20 Oct 2013; published 20 Oct 2013
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NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email - Fresh SNOWDEN Leak on US Spying
updated 17 Dec 2013; published 17 Dec 2013
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White House rejects Edward Snowden amnesty
updated 02 Aug 2013; published 02 Aug 2013
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NSA CHIEF HECKLED AT HACKER'S CONFERENCE
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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US whistleblower happy with leaking NSA surveillance documents
'Mass ethnic killings' in South Sudan
Full Article BBC News
24 Dec 2013

New details are emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of violence in South Sudan. A reporter in the capital Juba quoted witnesses as saying more than 200 people, mostly from the Nuer ethnic group, were shot by security forces. Another man in Juba reported that gunmen from the Dinka tribe were shooting people in Nuer...
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In this handout image provided by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, taken on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, a United Nation soldier stands guard as civilians arrive at the UNMISS compound adjacent to Juba International Airport to take refuge.
photo: AP / Rolla Hinedi

updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
1:54
BBC News - 'Mass ethnic killings' in South Sudan
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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South Sudan 'MASS GRAVE' found as ethnic killings spread
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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South Sudan Fighting Escalating Into Ethnic War
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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'Mass ethnic killings' in South Sudan
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Witnesses recount Massacre South Sudan
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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South Sudan mass graves reported as ethnic killings spread
Explosives scare delays Musharraf trial
Full Article Al Jazeera
24 Dec 2013

The start of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's trial for treason has been delayed over security fears after explosives were found near the road he was to take to court. Lawyer Anwar Mansoor Khan told the special treason tribunal on Tuesday that the...
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Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, speaks during a press conference in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. An angry lawyer threw a shoe at former President Pervez Musharraf as he headed to court in southern Pakistan on Friday to face legal charges following his return to the country after four years in self-imposed exile, police said.
photo: AP / Fareed Khan

updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
1:07
Security scare delays trial for Pakistan's Musharraf
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Pakistan: Bomb found near Musharraf's residence exempt ex-president from treason trial
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 24 Apr 2013
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Explosives Found Near Musharraf Home April 23, 2013
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 24 Apr 2013
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Musharraf Legal Problems Compounded - Denied Bail in Benazir Murder Case, 24 April 2013
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Musharraf treason trail delayed after bomb found
updated 24 Apr 2013; published 24 Apr 2013
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Musharraf Benazir Murder Case, Protestors Clash Outside the Courts April 23, 2013
Bomb kills 14 in Egypt, PM declares Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist'
Full Article The Times of India
24 Dec 2013

CAIRO: Egypt's premier on Tuesday declared the Muslim Brotherhood movement a "terrorist" group, after a car bomb ripped through a police building and killed at least 14 people. Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi's condemnation of the group comes just weeks ahead of a referendum on a new constitution that is billed as the first major step toward democracy...
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Egyptians gather after a powerful explosion believed to be caused by a car bomb rocked a police headquarters in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo north of Cairo early on Tuesday, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens, according to the state news agency and a security official. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, which came a day after an al-Qaida-inspired group called on police and army personnel to desert or face death at the hands of its fighters.
photo: AP

updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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Egypt's Interior Minister Survives Bomb Blast By The Terrorist Muslim Brotherhood
updated 10 Jul 2013; published 10 Jul 2013
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muslims brotherhood announce:start terrorist attacks in egypt
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood condemns deadly Egypt bomb blast
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared a "Terrorist Organisation"
updated 24 Dec 2013; published 24 Dec 2013
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Muslim Brotherhood condemns deadly Egypt bomb blast
updated 16 Aug 2013; published 16 Aug 2013
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November 2013 Egyptian Army Saves Christians from Muslim Terrorists Last Days News
Head Hunters and Hunting Heads of States
Full Article WorldNews.com
23 Dec 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Deep in the "Green Hell," at least to outsiders who studied the Mundurucu headhunters of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest, the Mundurucu had reduced their enemies to frightful and even subhuman status. In addition, they literally turned their enemies into game-hunting animals. A high status had been...
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File- Rangers from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, US Army, prepare to take La Comandancia in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City during the invasion of Panama of December 1989.
photo: US Army

updated 15 Mar 2013; published 15 Mar 2013
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MELLOW BRAVO vs HEAD HUNTERS - SXSW2013
updated 08 Jul 2013; published 08 Jul 2013
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Hammerhead shark in Gulf Shores
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Best Shark Attack Video
updated 08 Oct 2009; published 08 Oct 2009
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Russian Talent Show Guy Gets Shot In The Head With A Bow And Arrow!
updated 20 Jan 2013; published 20 Jan 2013
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Ed cooking fish at Evans Head
updated 31 Jul 2012; published 31 Jul 2012
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The Prosecution of The Big Apple AS THE HEADS & BEATING HEARTS FOR MY VALENTINE
EU bans arms exports to CAR
Full Article Al Jazeera
23 Dec 2013

The European Union banned the export of arms and the sending of mercenaries to Central African Republic, which is racked by sectarian violence. The ban which was announced on Monday follows a UN Security Council resolution this month requiring all countries to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of...
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French troops stand watch as African Union peacekeepers from Burundi secure an area where residents had been threatened by ex-rebels, in the Fouh neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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AU troops from Chad 'fire on crowd' in Central African Republic
updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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European Union Bans Selling Weapons To The Central African Republic
updated 29 Mar 2013; published 29 Mar 2013
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China, South Africa, and the Central African Republic
updated 15 Dec 2013; published 15 Dec 2013
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Thousands shelter in Bangui airport as unrest plagues Central African Republic China 2014
updated 28 Nov 2013; published 28 Nov 2013
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EU aid chief says Central African Republic needs more peacekeepers
updated 18 Dec 2013; published 18 Dec 2013
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France says EU countries to send troops to C. African Republic
South Sudan prepares to wrest back rebel-held town
Full Article The Times of India
23 Dec 2013

JUBA: South Sudan's army was poised for a major offensive against rebel forces, the president said Monday, as the country slid towards civil war despite international peace efforts. Expectations of a major upsurge in fighting came as the United Nations warned that the situation in the world's youngest nation was fast unravelling, with hundreds of...
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Tens of thousands of residents have sought refuge in Juba at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan's (UNMISS) facilities due to the recent outbreaks of violence across the country. 19 December, 2013.
photo: UN / UNMISS

updated 23 Dec 2013; published 23 Dec 2013
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S Sudan open to dialogue with rebels
updated 21 Dec 2013; published 21 Dec 2013
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Heading into harm's way in South Sudan
updated 27 Feb 2012; published 27 Feb 2012
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Approaching a TTI west of Juba, South Sudan
updated 23 Nov 2013; published 23 Nov 2013
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South Rebels look to continue dream season dedicated to the memory of late coach John Wren
updated 08 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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Kidnapped Chinese workers released
updated 27 Mar 2011; published 27 Mar 2011
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Growing up in the shadow of the Kalashnikov in Kashmir
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The automatic assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, who died on Monday, is one of the world's most familiar and widely used weapons. In Indian-administered Kashmir,...
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North Korea's young leader marks his second full year in power this month, having successfully consolidated his power in a manner that deprived the country of seasoned technocrats,...
The government cracks down, and Egypt shrugs
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Egyptians say the mood is different now. Gone is the call of the revolution demanding justice for the brutal torture and killing of a young man and an end to the police abuse his...

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Brazil leader overflies flood-hit region
In this photo released by Brazil's Presidency, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff inspects flood damage from an helicopter in Espirito Santo, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec.24, 2013. Civil defense officials say floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed at least 20 people and forced more than 40,000 to leave their homes in southeastern Brazil.
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Brasília, December 24: Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday flew over the flood-hit southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where at least eight people have died in days of torrential rain. Rousseff said two helicopters and army trucks would be...
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Apple, China Mobile sign iPhone deal
A customer tests the new iPhone 5 at the Apple store in Hong Kong Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.
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NEW YORK: Apple on Sunday unveiled a long-anticipated deal with China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless carrier, to bring the iPhone to customers in a market dominated by low-cost Android smartphones. The deal gives Apple a bigger entry into the...
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70 killed Nigerian clashes: military
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation.
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Tweet Lagos, Dec 24 (IANS) Over 70 people have been killed in clashes between the army and members of the Boko Haram militant group in the northeast, following last Friday pre-dawn attacks on a...
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Air raids kill 300 in Syria
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More than 300 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a monitoring group says. Many of the casualties, who included scores of women and children,...
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Eight months after the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100 workers and leaving hundreds of families bereft and financially adrift, several prominent retailers and labor groups have joined with the Bangladesh...
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ALAN TURING, the British mathematician who helped to crack the Enigma code but who took his own life after a conviction for "homosexual activity", has been given a posthumous pardon. The official British government announcement marks the successful...
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Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor of AK-47 Rifle, Is Dead at 94
FILE- In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1997 file photo Mikhail Kalashnikov shows a model of his world-famous AK-47 assault rifle at home in the Ural Mountain city of Izhevsk, 1000 km (625 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world’s most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94 in a hospital of the city of Izhevsk where he lived. The AK-47 has been favored by guerrillas, terrorists and the soldiers of many armies. An estimated 100 million guns are spread worldwide.
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MOSCOW — Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Monday at the age of 94. Enlarge This Image Dima Korotayev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images...
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