April 23, 2012
Turkey says Israel must apologize for killing 9 Turkish nationals in May 2010. ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey has refused to allow Israel to take part in a NATO summit next month because the country has not apologized for the 2010 killing of Turkish activists in a raid on a ship taking aid to Palestinians, a [...]
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Israel, Mediterranean Dialogue, middle east, NATO, NATO summit, Turkey, United States
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January 29, 2012
Restaurants in Istanbul are translating their menus into Arabic to entice Arab diners. Photograph: Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis In the Turkish restaurants around Taksim Square in Istanbul, the menus are getting a new look. It’s not so much the food that is changing but the languages, as more and more restaurateurs choose to include Arabic. Erkan Ali Karabulut, manager of [...]
Tags: Arab, Arab people, Arab world, Istanbul, middle east, Taksim Square, Turkey, Turkish
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January 5, 2012
Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan and Hamas‘ Gaza leader Haniyeh greet members of parliament from Erdogan’s ruling AK Party during a meeting at the Turkish parliament on January 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Stringer) ANKARA: Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya received a warm welcome on Tuesday from lawmakers of Turkey’s ruling party during a visit [...]
Tags: Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Islamism, Ismail Haniyeh, Mahmoud Abbas, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
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December 31, 2011
REUTERS/Stringer Locals carry a victim, killed in air strikes, to the morgue of a hospital in Uludere, of the Sirnak province December 29, 2011. Turkish warplanes launched air strikes against suspected Kurdish militants in northern Iraq near the Turkish border overnight, the military said on Thursday, but local officials said the attack killed 35 smugglers [...]
Tags: Iraq, Justice and Development Party, Kurdistan Workers Party, Peace and Democracy Party, PKK, Selahattin Demirtaş, Şırnak Province, Turkish Armed Forces, Uludere
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December 24, 2011
Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s attack follows the passing of a bill by French MPs criminalising the denial of genocide in Armenia in 1915. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images Turkey‘s prime minister has accused France of having committed genocide during its colonial occupation of Algeria in the latest round of the worst diplomatic row between the two Nato allies in [...]
Tags: Algeria, Armenian Genocide, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Sarkozy, Turkey
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November 23, 2011
Turkey‘s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers in Ankara on Nov. 22. (AFP/Adem Altan) DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syria‘s Bashar Assad was branded a coward on Tuesday by his onetime friend and ally, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who urged him to quit or face a bloody death like other dictators. The opposition Syrian [...]
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October 14, 2011
Palestinian woman walks next to photos of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, at al-Amari refugee camp in Ramallah, Oct. 12. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Turkey will take in the 40 Palestinian prisoners set for exile abroad as part of an exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, Turkish media reported on Friday. Israel [...]
Tags: Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian people, Palestinian prisoners in Israel, Ramallah, Syria, Tuesday
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October 7, 2011
In Syria, Turkey‘s goal is to prevent civil war and sectarian violence, and encourage gradual democratisation [Reuters] Turkish foreign policy has come under close scrutiny in the wake of the Arab Spring. Prior to this, discussion of Turkish foreign policy – especially in the US – revolved around specific themes such as “axis shift”, “drifting [...]
Tags: Assad, Bashar-al Assad, Iraq, middle east, Saudi Arabia, Sunni, Syria, Turkey
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October 6, 2011
Published yesterday (updated) 05/10/2011 18:12 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan and South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe answer questions during a press conference in Pretoria.(AFP/South African Dirc Jacoline Prinsloo) PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) — Israel is a “threat” to its region because it owns nuclear weapons, Turkey‘s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said [...]
Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, middle east, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, South Africa, Turkey, United States
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September 25, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pictured, speaks at a press conference during the Palestinian ambassadors meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul. [AFP/Mustafa Ozer]\ PM: ‘Broken’ ties with Israel may become norm for Turkey Published yesterday (updated) 25/09/2011 20:34 WASHINGTON (AFP) — Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Sunday that his country’s [...]
Tags: CNN, Erdogan, Gaza, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
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September 20, 2011
Erdogan: Israel is the West’s Spoiled Child Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AP by JAMES M. WALL on SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 Spread it! 10| 38Share 0 inShare 0digg print (By James M. Wall * | Sabbah Report: www.sabbah.biz) On Tuesday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an Arab League meeting in Cairo, Egypt, that a vote to accept a [...]
Tags: egypt, Israel, Jerusalem, middle east, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, United States
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September 16, 2011
Turkey had no other option but to escalate before an obstinate ‘ally.’ (UN Photo) By Ramzy Baroud The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its publication, the camel’s back had already [...]
Tags: Danny Ayalon, Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel, Gaza Strip, Israel, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ron Ben-Yishai, Turkey
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September 14, 2011
Turkey‘s PM rallies Arab world in Cairo with call for UN to recognise Palestine Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the opening session of Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA Analysts believe Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Egypt visit is designed to strengthen Turkey’s influence in the region and isolate [...]
Tags: Arab world, Cairo, egypt, middle east, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, United Nations
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September 13, 2011
Erdogan: Recognizing Palestinian state ‘an obligation’ Published today (updated) 13/09/2011 19:40 Palestinian students stand at the port in Gaza city holding pictures of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a rally urging him to visit the Gaza Strip. [AFP/Mahmud Hams] The Middle East is very much a matter of recognition. For years its [...]
Tags: Arab League, Barack Obama, Gaza, Palestinian flag, Palestinian people, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, State of Palestine, United Nations
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September 12, 2011
Turkish FM Slams Israeli Counterpart Over Calls to Back Terror Hopes Netanyahu Will ‘Back Denials With Actions’ by Jason Ditz, September 11, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has condemned the reports coming over the past few days that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is planning to arm the [...]
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September 9, 2011
In May 2010, Israeli commandos raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, killing nine Turks and igniting a diplomatic row [EPA] Erdogan: Turkish forces to escort aid to Gaza Defying Israel‘s blockade, PM Erdogan says Turkey will send aid shipments to Gaza under the protection of naval forces. Last Modified: 08 Sep 2011 23:58 Turkey’s naval forces would [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera, Gaza Strip, Israel, MV Mavi Marmara, Palestinian territories, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
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September 8, 2011
Minister: Israel will not apologize to Turkey Published yesterday (updated) 07/09/2011 19:06 File picture shows a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Ankara to show support for Palestinians. [AFP/Adem Altan, File] JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel will not apologize to Turkey for a deadly May 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and will not lift [...]
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September 8, 2011
Erdogan: We will not let Israel disrespect Turkey, no matter the price Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, August 17, 2011. Photo by: AFP Comments come on the heels of Turkey’s expulsion of top Israeli diplomats, suspension of all military deals. By The Associated PressTags: Turkey Israel Turkey Palestinians Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Associated Press, Eastern Mediterranean, Israel, middle east, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, Turkish Navy, United Nations
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September 4, 2011
JUAN GONZALEZ: Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military cooperation ahead of a long-awaited United Nations report on Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010. According to leaked excerpts, the report accuses Israel of, quote, “excessive and unreasonable force” in its attacks on the Mavi Marmara which killed nine people. The [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Álvaro Uribe, Gaza flotilla raid, Huwaida Arraf, Israel, MV Mavi Marmara, Norman Finkelstein, United Nations
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July 30, 2011
The resigned Turkish military chief of staff General Isik Koşaner, left, and the Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan. File photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Turkey‘s military is in turmoil after the country’s four most senior commanders quit in protest over the detention of 250 officers on charges of conspiring against the government. General Işık Koşaner, the [...]
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July 13, 2011
Turkish Democracy Gives Rise to Turkish Power By Phyllis Bennis, AlterNet Posted on July 11, 2011 (Selçuk, Turkey) It was election day, June 12, in this small town in Turkey’s heavily secular far west region. Opposition to the governing Justice and Development Party, the Islamic-oriented AKP, runs strong. The manager of the small hotel shook his [...]
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June 18, 2011
Turkey has delivered a blunt message to the Syrian leadership, saying the regime’s willingness to undertake sweeping reforms in the unrest-laden country will determine the position of Turkey in the coming days, if not weeks, diplomatic sources told Today’s Zaman. Turkey warned Syria that it will start supporting tougher United Nations resolutions asking further [...]
Tags: Ahmet Davutoğlu, Assad family, Bashar-al Assad, Khan Shaykhun, Najib Mikati, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Syria, Turkey
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June 2, 2011
The West’s Hypocrisy Towards Arab Uprisings 30 May 2011 The stand of the West, particularly Britain, towards the uprisings and revolutions in the Arab world is remarkably inconsistent and should be condemned. Yesterday, British newspapers disclosed that British military personnel have been regularly training Saudi National Guard forces in the most up-to-date ways [...]
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June 1, 2011
Misdiagnosing the Middle East |More F. Gregory Gause III | May 26, 2011 There is a dangerous consensus about the Middle East based on the assumption that authoritarian politics are the root of instability, violence and anti-Americanism. Thus the United States is obliged, for both its own security and the furtherance of its values, to [...]
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May 28, 2011
UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring • British military personnel run courses for snipers • Human rights groups furious over Riyadh link Share198 Jamie Doward and Philippa Stewart guardian.co.uk, Saturday 28 May 2011 21.00 BST Article history Saudi special forces, seen here training in Mecca, were used to crush protests in [...]
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Bundeswehr, Hamid Karzai, middle east, NATO, Protest, Takhar Province, Taloqan
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May 17, 2011
Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom Daily DONATE TO FFF Hornberger’s Blog Monday, May 16, 2010 Hornberger’s Blog Index Information about RSS REMINDER: The Jacob Hornberger Show every Saturday at 7-8 pm EST. Listen and watch live on the Internet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-freedom-foundation America’s Post-9/11 Turn toward Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger Among the most potent [...]
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Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Air war, Al Qaeda, anti zion protests, antiwar.com, Arab Jews, Arab Spring, Armageddon, Art and general issues, Assange, Assassination, Atomics Corporation, Australia, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bin Laden, Bolivia, Bradley Manning, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Children in Palestine and Gaza, China, CIA, Climate, Climate change, Consent, Counterpunch, Cuba, D Room, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dirty Energy, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Egypt, elections, Elites, Environment, European, European Foreign Policy, Fascism, Gaza, Genocide, Gitmo, Gitmo disclosures, Global capitalism and imperialism, Greece, Guantanamo Bay a human disaster, Guantanamo crimes, Hillary, Human Rights, IMF, Imperial Project, Imperialism, India, Indigenous, Intifada, Islam and the US, Israel, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel diaspora and deceit, Jason Ditz, Leon Panetta, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Pakistan, Pakistan and war and unrest, Palestine, Peace Movement, Pentagon, people's protests, Police forces and Middle East, political self satisfaction, Portugal, Predator Drone, Propaganda, Protest, Qaddafi, Racism, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Swanson, torture, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, UK Foreign Policy, UN, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War Crimes, War is a crime, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks, Women in the Middle East, Women's issues, Womens' views and action, zionism | No Comments »
May 9, 2011
Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised Share1587 Jack Shenker in Lampedusa guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 21.30 BST Article history Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa. A Nato ship failed to [...]
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May 7, 2011
Kurdish Separatists Threaten ‘Great War’ With Turkey PKK Claim Credit for Attack on Turkish Police Convoy by Jason Ditz, May 06, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a major separatist group in Turkey, has threatened a “great war” against Turkey today, in comments made by the group’s jailed [...]
Tags: Abdullah Öcalan, al-Qaeda, Kurdistan Workers Party, North Waziristan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, World War I, Yemen
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May 3, 2011
At the end of the day is what some people think is a fairly overused saying, but sometimes it covers the situation. Whatever you may think of Bin Laden and Afghanistan you really need to work out what their position was that led to their actions. It would take a fairly obstinate person to disregard [...]
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April 28, 2011
Women have played a very major role in what has been called the Arab Spring. This article brings together several strands of actions undertaken by women in the movement to rid the Arab world of the shackles of the imperial project that has led to the setting up of so many dictators and corrupt regimes. [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic fundamentalism, middle east, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, Women in Arab societies, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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April 23, 2011
Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring Through protesting, organising, blogging and hunger-striking, women have taken a central role, but it remains to be seen whether their rights will improve Share252 Xan Rice in Benghazi, Katherine Marsh in Damascus, Tom Finn in Sana’a, Harriet Sherwood in Tripoli, Angelique Chrisafis and [...]
Tags: Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab people, Bahrain, Benghazi, Damascus, Libya, Sana'a, Syria, Tom Finn, Tunisia, Women in Arab societies, Yemen
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March 28, 2011
Prince Andrew’s daughter ‘was given necklace by Libyan businessman’ Allegation of birthday gift for Beatrice piles further pressure on Prince Andrew over his work as special trade representative Share62 Stephen Bates guardian.co.uk, Sunday 27 March 2011 16.43 BST Article history Prince Andrew admitted he had been unwise after revelations earlier this month about his friendship [...]
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March 28, 2011
The closer you get to Israel the worse life becomes if you are indigenous. If not it does not matter where you are. To the Zionists life goes on regardless. my own headline of course, George Ikners ikners.com Syrian clashes leave at least 12 dead as government delays concessions • At least 12 people killed [...]
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March 25, 2011
Coalition of eager vs not so eager Assessing the degree of military action and inaction of foreign states in Libya war. Leila Hudson and Johann Chacko Last Modified: 25 Mar 2011 17:50 Email Article Print Article Share Article Send Feedback The French and British governments have lead the military intervention in Libya, despite having been among [...]
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March 25, 2011
There is no prize for having predicted the serious problems facing NATO in any decision to take over the war against Libya and the resettling of the old system of Libyan patronage of the imperial project to suit the wants and needs of international capital. There is not really a take over just a continuation with another [...]
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March 23, 2011
Libya: US planes ‘dropped two bombs’ to protect downed pilot American Harrier jets dropped two large bombs on Libyan armoured vehicles who posed a threat to a downed pilot, the US military said on Tuesday night. Aviation Ordnancemen prepare a sidewinder missile for a Harrier AV8B on board the USS Kearsarge. Photo: DAVID ROSE By Nick [...]
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March 23, 2011
Now how can that be right? Almost from birth we have been told that salvation comes from above and as a result many many substandard people have held sway over both our opinions and ideas. But why is this so? Mainly because our parents had been very actively taught (propagandi sed) to believe that the [...]
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March 21, 2011
Despite humanitarian nonsense as part of feigned respect for Libyan democracy the invasion is continuing apace. It will get progressively worse no doubt. A simple rule you can use in looking at what is happening anywhere that involves the ‘glorious free west’ is that real democracy is never part of the equation. What is happening [...]
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March 20, 2011
Once again you have an opportunity to view an interview on matters in Libya from a present day as well as historical perspective thanks to Paul Jay and the rest of the Real News commentating staff. From this caption you can see what it is about and gain some insight into what is occurring. You can of course form a view [...]
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March 20, 2011
Here is an excellent interview at the Democracy Now site. You will find it very useful as well as informative. Just another brick in the wall perhaps but the building continues. The next interesting outcome is simple. The US loved Egypt and the Mubarek household. It was not just a valued ally and mate but an [...]
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March 19, 2011
It all changes from minute to minute and day to day. What you need to do is to keep up. It can get like eating stale fish and chips morning noon and night. Of course that is very obvious. I you have missed that just factor it into your equation if you think it is relevant or worthwhile or reasonable [...]
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March 18, 2011
There are some excellent videos available at the Real News Site. For reasons of brevity short descriptions are included here. However, you really should take the time to look at the material at http://therealnews.com/t2/ You will be very well served by the style and the level of material available. George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site [...]
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Do you feel left out by politics. Don’t because with the correct view it is really easy!!!
Now how can that be right? Almost from birth we have been told that salvation comes from above and as a result many many substandard people have held sway over both our opinions and ideas. But why is this so? Mainly because our parents had been very actively taught (propagandi sed) to believe that the [...]
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