🇳🇬 ECOWAS summit scheduled for 10 December in Abuja
The next summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which is in crisis after a series of recent military coups, will be held on 10 December in Abuja, the president of Côte d'Ivoire announced on Thursday.
The last summit was held in early August and was entirely devoted to the situation in Niger.
"I would not say we have abandoned the military option. We have put it on hold, waiting for the sanctions to bear fruit," Abdel-Fatau Moussah, Ecowas commissioner for political affairs, said in an interview published Thursday on Jeune magazine.
"In any case, the dialogue is broken for the moment. We have tried to meet with Niger's leaders and talk to them. They refuse," he added.
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The next summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which is in crisis after a series of recent military coups, will be held on 10 December in Abuja, the president of Côte d'Ivoire announced on Thursday.
The last summit was held in early August and was entirely devoted to the situation in Niger.
"I would not say we have abandoned the military option. We have put it on hold, waiting for the sanctions to bear fruit," Abdel-Fatau Moussah, Ecowas commissioner for political affairs, said in an interview published Thursday on Jeune magazine.
"In any case, the dialogue is broken for the moment. We have tried to meet with Niger's leaders and talk to them. They refuse," he added.
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🚗🇩🇪 "As a Volkswagen brand, we are no longer competitive"
It's a sad but true fact: car market giant VW is deflating. Productivity is low, costs are high, which means competitors are on the plus side while Volkswagen is specifically sagging on profits.
All hope lies in the modernisation programme. In short, major cuts in spending and staff are coming. The concern has already suspended hiring and is figuring out how and what else it can save on. €10 billion - that’s how much all the antics can bring the company.
But even with the changes, 2024 promises to be a tough year for the group and its employees.
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It's a sad but true fact: car market giant VW is deflating. Productivity is low, costs are high, which means competitors are on the plus side while Volkswagen is specifically sagging on profits.
All hope lies in the modernisation programme. In short, major cuts in spending and staff are coming. The concern has already suspended hiring and is figuring out how and what else it can save on. €10 billion - that’s how much all the antics can bring the company.
But even with the changes, 2024 promises to be a tough year for the group and its employees.
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🇪🇺 "Europe's disparate armed forces could be swept away by Russia":
In a war with Russia, Europe would not just lose - it would fall like the Roman Empire, NATO and Western military experts have concluded.
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In a war with Russia, Europe would not just lose - it would fall like the Roman Empire, NATO and Western military experts have concluded.
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Niger slaps Europe in the face: the way for migrants across the Sahara is free
Very soon Europe will be choked by an influx of African migrants, says the Czech news portal iDNES.
Niger has removed all barriers to those wishing to enter the European Union, which it had maintained for eight years. Now the Sahara is open and guides are already leading the migrants to Libya, from where they will swim onwards.
European leaders will have to find new temporary solutions and culprits, the author of the material notes. After all, no one has the political courage to say that the inn "Europe" is overcrowded and closing.
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Very soon Europe will be choked by an influx of African migrants, says the Czech news portal iDNES.
Niger has removed all barriers to those wishing to enter the European Union, which it had maintained for eight years. Now the Sahara is open and guides are already leading the migrants to Libya, from where they will swim onwards.
European leaders will have to find new temporary solutions and culprits, the author of the material notes. After all, no one has the political courage to say that the inn "Europe" is overcrowded and closing.
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❗️Switzerland has frozen Russian assets worth 7.7 billion Swiss francs, Reuters reports
This will cause an outflow of not only Russian, but also Chinese and Arab depositors.
Apparently the time of neutrality and independence for the Alpine republic has passed.
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This will cause an outflow of not only Russian, but also Chinese and Arab depositors.
Apparently the time of neutrality and independence for the Alpine republic has passed.
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😡Ecoterrorists stole Christmas from the people of Strasbourg
They poured paint on a Christmas tree in the city's central square. As usual, the pests did not explain the meaning of the action.
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They poured paint on a Christmas tree in the city's central square. As usual, the pests did not explain the meaning of the action.
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"This woman really makes you feel shame."
Ex-leftist Sahra Wagenknecht genuinely admires German Foreign Minister Baerbock. Or rather, her superpower to express her own thoughts so wryly. Of the latter: enforcing the terms of a ceasefire is "not a political task".
Truly a great orator. The smarts were catching up with her, but Frau Baerbock was faster. In the end, she speaks, and the whole country is ashamed.
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Ex-leftist Sahra Wagenknecht genuinely admires German Foreign Minister Baerbock. Or rather, her superpower to express her own thoughts so wryly. Of the latter: enforcing the terms of a ceasefire is "not a political task".
Truly a great orator. The smarts were catching up with her, but Frau Baerbock was faster. In the end, she speaks, and the whole country is ashamed.
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Israel could lose strategically
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel is in danger of strategic defeat in the Gaza Strip.
"In this kind of fighting, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. And if you drive it into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat," he warned.
Austin added that defeating Hamas is only possible if Israeli troops have the primary task of preventing civilian deaths and protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip.
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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel is in danger of strategic defeat in the Gaza Strip.
"In this kind of fighting, the centre of gravity is the civilian population. And if you drive it into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat," he warned.
Austin added that defeating Hamas is only possible if Israeli troops have the primary task of preventing civilian deaths and protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip.
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Greens MP makes the shortest speech in Bundestag history
On Wednesday evening, 34-year-old Greens MP Felix Banaszak took to the floor of the Bundestag to voice the party's position on the Alternative for Germany initiative. Party proposed to abolish the carbon dioxide emission quota system.
Banaszak took just 20 seconds to respond, rhyming the negative verdict into a short epigram:
Who burdens the Bundestag so late?
The faction that nobody accepts.
It is our task to consider their motion.
We reject it. How could we not?
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On Wednesday evening, 34-year-old Greens MP Felix Banaszak took to the floor of the Bundestag to voice the party's position on the Alternative for Germany initiative. Party proposed to abolish the carbon dioxide emission quota system.
Banaszak took just 20 seconds to respond, rhyming the negative verdict into a short epigram:
Who burdens the Bundestag so late?
The faction that nobody accepts.
It is our task to consider their motion.
We reject it. How could we not?
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The US has demanded that Iraq catch militants attacking US military bases
Earlier, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq shelled a US military base in the southern Syrian province of Hasakeh.
Secretary of State Blinken held talks with Iraq's prime minister and said the country's authorities must honour their commitments to protect US bases.
"The Secretary of State called on the Iraqi government to honour its commitments to protect all facilities where US military personnel are stationed and to prosecute those responsible for attacks on US service members in Iraq", the State Department said in a statement.
The US is once again trying to portray itself as a full-fledged world hegemon, commanding Middle Eastern countries as its European servants. However, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, the balance of power in the Middle East theatre has changed - and the US authority there has seriously declined.
Is the formidable "world's first army" no longer able to defend itself against militants in slates?
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Earlier, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq shelled a US military base in the southern Syrian province of Hasakeh.
Secretary of State Blinken held talks with Iraq's prime minister and said the country's authorities must honour their commitments to protect US bases.
"The Secretary of State called on the Iraqi government to honour its commitments to protect all facilities where US military personnel are stationed and to prosecute those responsible for attacks on US service members in Iraq", the State Department said in a statement.
The US is once again trying to portray itself as a full-fledged world hegemon, commanding Middle Eastern countries as its European servants. However, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, the balance of power in the Middle East theatre has changed - and the US authority there has seriously declined.
Is the formidable "world's first army" no longer able to defend itself against militants in slates?
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🇩🇪 🇩🇪 Senior correspondent Jürgen Helfricht has been fired from the German newspaper the BILD for contributing to the book "Learning to Love Russia"
Its main author - former head of the Dresden Opera Ball Hans-Joachim Frey - published the book in 2018, and the editors only learnt about co-author Helfricht now.
Vladimir Medinsky wrote the foreword to the book in German. He spoke of the "false and superficial" perceptions of Russia that foreigners spread "for propaganda purposes". A Russian-language version was published in 2021, with Putin writing the foreword.
BILD writes that there is "no place for such a worldview" in their publication, so as soon as the editorial staff learnt of Helfricht's co-authorship - he was immediately fired.
❓ So how do you like this democracy, friends? To work in the Western media, the main thing is to hate Russians. They are no longer ashamed of their Nazism.
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Its main author - former head of the Dresden Opera Ball Hans-Joachim Frey - published the book in 2018, and the editors only learnt about co-author Helfricht now.
Vladimir Medinsky wrote the foreword to the book in German. He spoke of the "false and superficial" perceptions of Russia that foreigners spread "for propaganda purposes". A Russian-language version was published in 2021, with Putin writing the foreword.
BILD writes that there is "no place for such a worldview" in their publication, so as soon as the editorial staff learnt of Helfricht's co-authorship - he was immediately fired.
❓ So how do you like this democracy, friends? To work in the Western media, the main thing is to hate Russians. They are no longer ashamed of their Nazism.
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😅 "Slavsya Otechestvo..." ("Glory to the Fatherland" — the words of the Russian National Anthem)
In Burkina Faso, after the start of decolonisation, football matches now open like this.
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In Burkina Faso, after the start of decolonisation, football matches now open like this.
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🇧🇫🇲🇱🇳🇪 Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger seek to form confederation
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday the creation of a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours in a federation.
Top diplomats of the Alliance of Sahel States met in Bamako for two days.
Their discussions were aimed at fleshing out the work of the new alliance, with ministers stressing the importance of diplomacy, defence and development "to consolidate political and economic integration".
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said recommendations would be presented to each head of state scheduled to meet in Bamako on an unspecified date.
The countries' economy and finance ministers, who met in late November, advised the creation of a stabilisation fund, an investment bank and a committee to study economic and monetary union.
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The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday the creation of a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours in a federation.
Top diplomats of the Alliance of Sahel States met in Bamako for two days.
Their discussions were aimed at fleshing out the work of the new alliance, with ministers stressing the importance of diplomacy, defence and development "to consolidate political and economic integration".
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said recommendations would be presented to each head of state scheduled to meet in Bamako on an unspecified date.
The countries' economy and finance ministers, who met in late November, advised the creation of a stabilisation fund, an investment bank and a committee to study economic and monetary union.
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❗️ The creation of Sahra Wagenknecht's party is planned for January 2024.
The representatives of the "Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance" (BSW) intend to hold the first party congress as early as 27 January in Berlin. In the same period, the BSW will receive its first 400 members.
Wagenknecht and her supporters are currently working on the creation of a statute and are also fundraising to finance the party. According to Alliance members, their budget will reach a seven-figure sum in the coming days. Next year, the leadership of the new party plans to participate in European elections and, if possible, in three land elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg.
📄 The "Left Party" has applied for group status in parliament.
The dissolution of the "Left" faction in the Bundestag is scheduled for 6 December. The "Left" party's remaining MPs have applied for group status. The Presidium said it would consider the petition and make a decision "as soon as possible".
A group has fewer parliamentary rights compared to a faction, such as when submitting requests to the government. It also gets less time to speak in the Bundestag.
In addition, the group receives less funding from the state treasury. Wagenknecht and her supporters are also seeking group status for their party. The date for filing this with the government, will be determined in the coming weeks.
💶 Lindner has come out in favour of a supplementary budget for 2023.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner has come out in defence of adopting a supplementary budget for the current year. At the same time, the politician emphasised the need to return to the debt brake in 2024.
This decision is necessary because Lindner estimates that the budget deficit for next year will be 17 billion euros. How to close this hole is a matter of debate within the government.
Various austerity measures are being discussed, as well as suspending the debt brake to, for example, finance aid payments to Ukraine with loans.
📢 A heated debate continues in the Bundestag over the repotriation law
Interior Minister Nancy Feather is in favour of implementing plans to fast-track deportation of people who have been refused permission to stay in Germany. However, the politician emphasised that Germany is a "country of solidarity" where they are ready to help people seeking protection.
Nevertheless, representatives of the Green Party are sure that this law will negatively affect the rights of all those entering the country, particularly children and teenagers.
Sources:⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.tagesschau.de/
https://www.spiegel.de/
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/
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The representatives of the "Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance" (BSW) intend to hold the first party congress as early as 27 January in Berlin. In the same period, the BSW will receive its first 400 members.
Wagenknecht and her supporters are currently working on the creation of a statute and are also fundraising to finance the party. According to Alliance members, their budget will reach a seven-figure sum in the coming days. Next year, the leadership of the new party plans to participate in European elections and, if possible, in three land elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg.
📄 The "Left Party" has applied for group status in parliament.
The dissolution of the "Left" faction in the Bundestag is scheduled for 6 December. The "Left" party's remaining MPs have applied for group status. The Presidium said it would consider the petition and make a decision "as soon as possible".
A group has fewer parliamentary rights compared to a faction, such as when submitting requests to the government. It also gets less time to speak in the Bundestag.
In addition, the group receives less funding from the state treasury. Wagenknecht and her supporters are also seeking group status for their party. The date for filing this with the government, will be determined in the coming weeks.
💶 Lindner has come out in favour of a supplementary budget for 2023.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner has come out in defence of adopting a supplementary budget for the current year. At the same time, the politician emphasised the need to return to the debt brake in 2024.
This decision is necessary because Lindner estimates that the budget deficit for next year will be 17 billion euros. How to close this hole is a matter of debate within the government.
Various austerity measures are being discussed, as well as suspending the debt brake to, for example, finance aid payments to Ukraine with loans.
📢 A heated debate continues in the Bundestag over the repotriation law
Interior Minister Nancy Feather is in favour of implementing plans to fast-track deportation of people who have been refused permission to stay in Germany. However, the politician emphasised that Germany is a "country of solidarity" where they are ready to help people seeking protection.
Nevertheless, representatives of the Green Party are sure that this law will negatively affect the rights of all those entering the country, particularly children and teenagers.
Sources:⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.tagesschau.de/
https://www.spiegel.de/
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/
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🇩🇪🇺🇦| The head of the German defence concern Rheinmetall Armin Papperger said that the production of armoured vehicles in Ukraine will begin as early as 2024.
🟥 He meant production of APC "Fuchs" and BMP "Lynx":
"When the contract is signed, we want the first armoured personnel carrier to be ready in Ukraine in about six to seven months, and the first Lynx in 12 to 13 months," Papperger said.
🟥 The production of the Fuchs in Ukraine will thus be possible in late summer 2024, and the Lynx as early as summer 2025.
🟥 At the same time, the head of the concern said that Rheinmetall is not building new enterprises on the Ukrainian territory, but uses the production capacities of the existing facilities of the military-industrial complex, modernising them to meet its needs.
🟥 It should be noted that Rheinmetall is already Ukraine's largest defence-industrial partner. In 2022, the concern received orders worth about 900 million euros, and in 2023 the volume of orders increased to 2.5 billion euros.
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🟥 He meant production of APC "Fuchs" and BMP "Lynx":
"When the contract is signed, we want the first armoured personnel carrier to be ready in Ukraine in about six to seven months, and the first Lynx in 12 to 13 months," Papperger said.
🟥 The production of the Fuchs in Ukraine will thus be possible in late summer 2024, and the Lynx as early as summer 2025.
🟥 At the same time, the head of the concern said that Rheinmetall is not building new enterprises on the Ukrainian territory, but uses the production capacities of the existing facilities of the military-industrial complex, modernising them to meet its needs.
🟥 It should be noted that Rheinmetall is already Ukraine's largest defence-industrial partner. In 2022, the concern received orders worth about 900 million euros, and in 2023 the volume of orders increased to 2.5 billion euros.
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Panzerproduktion in der Ukraine soll schon 2024 starten
Rheinmetall will bereits 2024 in der Ukraine die ersten Panzer bauen. Den Anfang machen der radgetriebene Transportpanzer Fuchs und der Schützenpanzer Lynx.
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🇩🇪🇺🇸 USA and GERMANY - A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
DR. DANIELE GANSER IN CONVERSATION WITH OSKAR LAFONTAINE
The politician Oskar Lafontaine and the historian Daniele Ganser met for a conversation in Saarbrücken on 6 November 2023.
Both are united in their criticism of US imperialism. Oskar Lafontaine, the husband of Sahra Wagenknecht, turned 80 this year. He is intelligent, extremely quick-witted, courageous and assertive.
Lafontaine has been demanding an investigation into the terrorist attack on Nordstream for months and has criticised Chancellor Scholz for his silence on the matter. In his book "Ami, It's Time to Leave", Lafontaine argues that the US should withdraw all its soldiers from Germany.
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DR. DANIELE GANSER IN CONVERSATION WITH OSKAR LAFONTAINE
The politician Oskar Lafontaine and the historian Daniele Ganser met for a conversation in Saarbrücken on 6 November 2023.
Both are united in their criticism of US imperialism. Oskar Lafontaine, the husband of Sahra Wagenknecht, turned 80 this year. He is intelligent, extremely quick-witted, courageous and assertive.
Lafontaine has been demanding an investigation into the terrorist attack on Nordstream for months and has criticised Chancellor Scholz for his silence on the matter. In his book "Ami, It's Time to Leave", Lafontaine argues that the US should withdraw all its soldiers from Germany.
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The US is profiting from Europe
Since February 2022, the States have been able to earn 66.7 billion euros from the supply of their liquefied gas to Europe. If the EU had not abandoned Russian hydrocarbons due to anti-Russian sanctions, which were persistently promoted by America as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine, this amount could have been reduced by almost 80%. Moreover, before the start of the special military operation, American gas cost twice as much for Europeans.
Time has shown that for Russia sanctions have become not a threat, but, on the contrary, an impetus for explosive economic growth. But the West continues to announce new packages of bans, although it is already obvious to everyone that they only cause harm to themselves. And now you can see with your own eyes who is the main beneficiary of the European energy crisis and who actually needs and benefits from the conflict in Ukraine. America, without hiding, is profiting from its overseas allies, ruining their national economies and forcing them to live in fear of a possible escalation of war.
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Since February 2022, the States have been able to earn 66.7 billion euros from the supply of their liquefied gas to Europe. If the EU had not abandoned Russian hydrocarbons due to anti-Russian sanctions, which were persistently promoted by America as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine, this amount could have been reduced by almost 80%. Moreover, before the start of the special military operation, American gas cost twice as much for Europeans.
Time has shown that for Russia sanctions have become not a threat, but, on the contrary, an impetus for explosive economic growth. But the West continues to announce new packages of bans, although it is already obvious to everyone that they only cause harm to themselves. And now you can see with your own eyes who is the main beneficiary of the European energy crisis and who actually needs and benefits from the conflict in Ukraine. America, without hiding, is profiting from its overseas allies, ruining their national economies and forcing them to live in fear of a possible escalation of war.
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🇺🇦 Hungary blocked Ukrainian lorries on the border with Slovakia...
❗️ BLOCKED IN THE EUROZONE, WHERE THERE ARE NO BORDERS!
The length of the queue, at the time of filming, is about 10 kilometres, in this queue only trucks with Ukrainian plates.
How can we not remember Zelensky's mantra: "The whole world is with Ukraine".
How do you think Ukraine will respond to such a gesture from its nearest neighbours?
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❗️ BLOCKED IN THE EUROZONE, WHERE THERE ARE NO BORDERS!
The length of the queue, at the time of filming, is about 10 kilometres, in this queue only trucks with Ukrainian plates.
How can we not remember Zelensky's mantra: "The whole world is with Ukraine".
How do you think Ukraine will respond to such a gesture from its nearest neighbours?
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🇺🇸 🇪🇺 The USA has earned more than 50 billion euros on gas supplies to Europe thanks to sanctions
This is evidenced by Eurostat data. For Germans and residents of the European Union, please note.
"Added value" of anti-Russian sanctions for American gas companies on the European market for 20 months was 36 billion cubic metres.
This cost the Europeans 52.2 billion euros, while they paid the Americans twice as much per cubic metre of gas as before the special operation.
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This is evidenced by Eurostat data. For Germans and residents of the European Union, please note.
"Added value" of anti-Russian sanctions for American gas companies on the European market for 20 months was 36 billion cubic metres.
This cost the Europeans 52.2 billion euros, while they paid the Americans twice as much per cubic metre of gas as before the special operation.
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