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from The Jerusalem Post
Barbra Streisand embraces Make a Wish kids in J'lem
"I don’t know of anybody who was blessed with such a heavenly voice that emits a pure prayer and a moving song," President Peres tells visiting Streisand.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN
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Assad warns: Europe will 'pay price' if it arms Syrian rebels
Syrian president cautions Europe against arming "terrorists."
By REUTERS
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UN nuclear watchdog: Iran's nuclear program advancing despite sanctions
IAEA chief Amano notes "a steady increase of capacity and production" in Iran's nuclear program; believes sanctions having no impact; says he remains committed to dialogue with Iran, but no new talks set.
By REUTERS
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By SHARON UDASIN
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from Daily Mail
Why cancer spreads: Scientists discover that healthy cells follow diseased ones around the body, paving the way for a cure
Researchers have identified a mechanism known as the ‘chase and run’ effect, where diseased and healthy cells follow each other around the body
The breakthrough could prove vital in finding a cure for cancer
By LUCY OSBORNE and STEVE NOLAN
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from Daily Mail
Why cancer spreads: Scientists discover that healthy cells follow diseased ones around the body, paving the way for a cure
Researchers have identified a mechanism known as the ‘chase and run’ effect, where diseased and healthy cells follow each other around the body
The breakthrough could prove vital in finding a cure for cancer
By LUCY OSBORNE and STEVE NOLAN
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Welcome to America: Poignant black and white pictures show the brutal hardships endured by immigrant families in 19th century New York
City of sweat shops, shanty towns and slums is an unrecognisable New York, captured, in black and white
Shots provide a window into the squalor, deprivation and poverty of a bygone age
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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from Fox News
Supreme Court: Arizona law requiring citizenship proof for voters is illegal
Associated Press
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from ACLJ.org
U.S. Senators and Other World Leaders “Adopt” Pastor Saeed’s Cause for Freedom in Iran
By Matthew Clark
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from Breitbart
PALIN USES SNL TO RIP OBAMA OVER SCANDALS: 'REALLY?!'
by TONY LEE
PALIN: 'NANNY' BLOOMBERG THINKS NEW YORKERS 'BUNCH OF LITTLE BABIES'
CRUZ TO PALIN: YOU MADE CONSERVATIVES DISCOVER 'BACKBONE'
SESSIONS: IMMIGRATION BILL 'SURRENDER TO ILLEGALITY,' WILL 'GUARANTEE' 'ANOTHER AMNESTY'
by TONY LEE
TEA PARTY GROUP ANNOUNCES ALTERNATIVE REFORM PLAN TO SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL
by MATTHEW BOYLE
SHOCKING DHS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SECRET: BACKGROUND CHECKS SUSPENDED
by TOM FITTON
by TONY LEE
by TONY LEE
by TONY LEE
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SESSIONS: IMMIGRATION BILL 'SURRENDER TO ILLEGALITY,' WILL 'GUARANTEE' 'ANOTHER AMNESTY'
by TONY LEE
by MATTHEW BOYLE
SHOCKING DHS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SECRET: BACKGROUND CHECKS SUSPENDED
by TOM FITTON
by MATTHEW BOYLE
by MATTHEW BOYLE
by KERRY PICKET
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from POLITICO
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Poll: President Obama approval, trust drops
By TAL KOPAN
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Spokane woman selected for NASA astronaut training program
Author: Rob Kauder Internet Content Manager
The Five Rudest Things You Can Do Online
The five rudest things you can do online, according to the great-great-grandson of Emily Post.
Would Americans Be Better Off Eating a Mostly Organic Diet?
Hashtags Officially Come to Facebook, But Be Careful What How You Use Them!
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from KXLY.com
Author: Rob Kauder Internet Content Manager
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from The Wall Street Journal
The Five Rudest Things You Can Do Online
The five rudest things you can do online, according to the great-great-grandson of Emily Post.
By DANIEL POST SENNING
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from Facecrooks
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from NPR
Why Men Die Younger Than Women: The 'Guys Are Fragile' Thesis
by ROBERT KRULWICH
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For People Of Color, A Housing Market Partially Hidden From View
by GENE DEMBY
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from Space.com
Flare Star Gets 15 Times Brighter in Minutes
by Megan Gannon News Editor
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Huge Earth-Passing Asteroid an 'Entirely New Beast'
by Mike Wall SPACE.com Senior Writer
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from The Spokesman-Review
Supreme Court weighs landmark equality cases
Rulings expected soon will cover voting, gay marriage, affirmative action in education
David G. Savage McClatchy-Tribune
Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
Associated Press
Court: ’pay to delay’ generic drugs can be illegal
Associated Press
Column: Buffet of life experiences needs small plates
Rebecca Nappi The Spokesman-Review
Associated Press
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NASA picks G-Prep grad for astronaut corps
Idaho GOP wants non-discrimination ordinances voided
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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DJs fired after mocking Gleason
Staff, wire and internet reports
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Law student pleads to crash that haunts family
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
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Geno’s fire started outside building
From staff reports
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Ray Stone, former Coeur d’Alene mayor, dies
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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West Nile virus found in Yakima mosquitoes
Associated Press
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Long-haul jets get boost at Paris Air Show
Associated Press
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Statewide crackdown catches drivers on phones
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
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Long-stalled CdA development’s startup a good sign
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Hand transplants for kids planned
Marilynn Marchione Associated Press
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Firefighters mop up at Colorado Springs blaze
Thomas Peipert Associated Press
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Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons
Anniversary-celebrating bikers attend Mass in Rome
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
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N. Korea talk offer conditional
Jean H. Lee Associated Press
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Officials defend NSA’s surveillance
Stephen Braun Associated Press
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Turkey protesters take to the streets
Park eviction does little to settle unrest
Elena Becatoros Associated Press
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Heavy police presence seen as G-8 summit opens
World’s economic leaders meeting in Northern Ireland
Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press
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Sign language a new trick for old dogs
E. Kirsten Peters
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Guantanamo closure overseer selected
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State Department’s special envoy for closing down the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Clifford Sloan is the pick to reopen the State Department’s Office of Guantanamo Closure, shuttered since January and folded into the department’s legal adviser’s office when the administration, in the face of congressional obstacles, effectively gave up its attempt to close the prison.
A formal announcement of Sloan’s appointment was expected today, according to officials briefed on the matter.
Sloan has served in senior government positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations and is now a partner in the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP law firm. For the past several years, he has been an informal adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry, who recommended him for the post, the officials said.
White House vague on Syrian rebel aid
WASHINGTON – White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that it may have used chemical weapons in the conflict.
McDonough did not say whether arms shipments to Syrian rebels would include artillery and other heavy weapons that could help reduce the military regimes advantage. In the shadow of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has to tread carefully, McDonough said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“We have to be very discerning about what’s in our interest and what outcome is best for us, and the prices that we’re willing to pay to get to that place,” he said. “We’ve rushed to war in this region in the past; we’re not going to do it here.”
Republicans such as Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House intelligence committee, faulted the administration for not providing the kind of detailed plan needed to get congressional approval for the military aid to Syria.
Czech premier says he will resign
PRAGUE – Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spying and bribery scandal.
Necas said he also will quit today as chairman of his conservative Civic Democratic Party.
He has been under pressure to quit since police conducted raids all across the country this week and arrested eight people, including Necas’ closest aide and the head of his office, Jana Nagyova. She was charged with ordering a military intelligence agency to spy on three people, including Necas’ estranged wife.
Seven other people, including the current and former heads of the Military Intelligence agency and three former lawmakers of his party, were charged with bribery or misuse of power.
His decision will end his three-party coalition government, which was created after the 2010 parliamentary election. But Necas said he hopes it can stay in power until a planned parliamentary election next year.
Series of attacks kill 51 across Iraq
BAGHDAD – A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led invasion.
One of the deadliest attacks came in the evening when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a cafe packed with young people in the largely Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen in southeastern Baghdad. The attack killed 11 and wounded 25, police said.
Most of Sunday’s car bombs hit Shiite-majority areas and caused most of the casualties. The blasts hit half a dozen cities and towns in the south and center of the country.
There was no claim of responsibility for any of the attacks, but they bore the hallmark of al-Qaida in Iraq, which uses car bombs, suicide bombers and coordinated attacks, most aimed at security forces and members of Iraq’s Shiite majority.
Anti-polio workers slain in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Gunmen killed two anti-polio workers Sunday in northwest Pakistan, police said, the latest violence directed at efforts to eradicate the disease from the country.
The two attackers shot the two Pakistani health workers while they were on a vaccination drive in rural Kandar village, said Swabi District Police Chief Mohammad Saeed.
No one claimed responsibility for the Sunday attack. Some Pakistani militant groups oppose the vaccinations and accuse the workers of spying for the U.S. They point out the case of a Pakistani doctor used by the CIA to collect blood samples of the family of Osama bin Laden to track him down and kill him in Pakistan in 2011.
Islamic militants also try to block inoculation campaigns by portraying them as a conspiracy to sterilize people and reduce the world’s Muslim population. Over the past year, nearly 20 health workers from the anti-polio campaign have been killed.
Pakistan is one of only three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, still affected by the polio virus. As many as 58 cases were reported in Pakistan in 2012, down from 198 in 2011.
Earthquake rocks western Mexico
MEXICO CITY – A powerful two-punch earthquake shook western Mexico early Sunday, knocking out electricity and cellphone service in parts of the capital. There were no reports of serious damage or fatalities.
The quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, struck around 12:30 a.m. The epicenter was about 90 miles south of Mexico City in the northern part of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.
It was felt with marked strength in Mexico City, swaying major apartment buildings, hotels and skyscrapers. Residents ran from their homes, some in pajamas, or filed out of bars and restaurants.
The shaking began gently, paused, then gave a stronger rattle to buildings in much of the capital.
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Then and Now photos: Get the goods
Moving freight was slow in the 1880s
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opinion:
Racist name out of bounds
Leonard Pitts Jr.
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sports:
Indians ride offense to first win
Indians still looking for first victory
AquaSox complete season-opening sweep
Chris Derrick The Spokesman-Review
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Idaho GOP wants non-discrimination ordinances voided
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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DJs fired after mocking Gleason
Staff, wire and internet reports
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Law student pleads to crash that haunts family
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
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Geno’s fire started outside building
From staff reports
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Ray Stone, former Coeur d’Alene mayor, dies
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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West Nile virus found in Yakima mosquitoes
Associated Press
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Long-haul jets get boost at Paris Air Show
Associated Press
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Statewide crackdown catches drivers on phones
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
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Long-stalled CdA development’s startup a good sign
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Hand transplants for kids planned
Marilynn Marchione Associated Press
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Firefighters mop up at Colorado Springs blaze
Thomas Peipert Associated Press
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Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons
Anniversary-celebrating bikers attend Mass in Rome
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
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N. Korea talk offer conditional
Jean H. Lee Associated Press
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Officials defend NSA’s surveillance
Stephen Braun Associated Press
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Turkey protesters take to the streets
Park eviction does little to settle unrest
Elena Becatoros Associated Press
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Heavy police presence seen as G-8 summit opens
World’s economic leaders meeting in Northern Ireland
Shawn Pogatchnik Associated Press
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Sign language a new trick for old dogs
E. Kirsten Peters
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Guantanamo closure overseer selected
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State Department’s special envoy for closing down the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Clifford Sloan is the pick to reopen the State Department’s Office of Guantanamo Closure, shuttered since January and folded into the department’s legal adviser’s office when the administration, in the face of congressional obstacles, effectively gave up its attempt to close the prison.
A formal announcement of Sloan’s appointment was expected today, according to officials briefed on the matter.
Sloan has served in senior government positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations and is now a partner in the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP law firm. For the past several years, he has been an informal adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry, who recommended him for the post, the officials said.
White House vague on Syrian rebel aid
WASHINGTON – White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that it may have used chemical weapons in the conflict.
McDonough did not say whether arms shipments to Syrian rebels would include artillery and other heavy weapons that could help reduce the military regimes advantage. In the shadow of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has to tread carefully, McDonough said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“We have to be very discerning about what’s in our interest and what outcome is best for us, and the prices that we’re willing to pay to get to that place,” he said. “We’ve rushed to war in this region in the past; we’re not going to do it here.”
Republicans such as Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House intelligence committee, faulted the administration for not providing the kind of detailed plan needed to get congressional approval for the military aid to Syria.
Czech premier says he will resign
PRAGUE – Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spying and bribery scandal.
Necas said he also will quit today as chairman of his conservative Civic Democratic Party.
He has been under pressure to quit since police conducted raids all across the country this week and arrested eight people, including Necas’ closest aide and the head of his office, Jana Nagyova. She was charged with ordering a military intelligence agency to spy on three people, including Necas’ estranged wife.
Seven other people, including the current and former heads of the Military Intelligence agency and three former lawmakers of his party, were charged with bribery or misuse of power.
His decision will end his three-party coalition government, which was created after the 2010 parliamentary election. But Necas said he hopes it can stay in power until a planned parliamentary election next year.
Series of attacks kill 51 across Iraq
BAGHDAD – A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led invasion.
One of the deadliest attacks came in the evening when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a cafe packed with young people in the largely Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen in southeastern Baghdad. The attack killed 11 and wounded 25, police said.
Most of Sunday’s car bombs hit Shiite-majority areas and caused most of the casualties. The blasts hit half a dozen cities and towns in the south and center of the country.
There was no claim of responsibility for any of the attacks, but they bore the hallmark of al-Qaida in Iraq, which uses car bombs, suicide bombers and coordinated attacks, most aimed at security forces and members of Iraq’s Shiite majority.
Anti-polio workers slain in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Gunmen killed two anti-polio workers Sunday in northwest Pakistan, police said, the latest violence directed at efforts to eradicate the disease from the country.
The two attackers shot the two Pakistani health workers while they were on a vaccination drive in rural Kandar village, said Swabi District Police Chief Mohammad Saeed.
No one claimed responsibility for the Sunday attack. Some Pakistani militant groups oppose the vaccinations and accuse the workers of spying for the U.S. They point out the case of a Pakistani doctor used by the CIA to collect blood samples of the family of Osama bin Laden to track him down and kill him in Pakistan in 2011.
Islamic militants also try to block inoculation campaigns by portraying them as a conspiracy to sterilize people and reduce the world’s Muslim population. Over the past year, nearly 20 health workers from the anti-polio campaign have been killed.
Pakistan is one of only three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, still affected by the polio virus. As many as 58 cases were reported in Pakistan in 2012, down from 198 in 2011.
Earthquake rocks western Mexico
MEXICO CITY – A powerful two-punch earthquake shook western Mexico early Sunday, knocking out electricity and cellphone service in parts of the capital. There were no reports of serious damage or fatalities.
The quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, struck around 12:30 a.m. The epicenter was about 90 miles south of Mexico City in the northern part of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.
It was felt with marked strength in Mexico City, swaying major apartment buildings, hotels and skyscrapers. Residents ran from their homes, some in pajamas, or filed out of bars and restaurants.
The shaking began gently, paused, then gave a stronger rattle to buildings in much of the capital.
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Then and Now photos: Get the goods
Moving freight was slow in the 1880s
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| June 5, 1885: The Kleigman and Smith freighting outfit used a mule train to haul freight from Spokane to Northport, Wash. The cupola of what was Gonzaga College at the time shows just above the horizon at right. |
opinion:
Racist name out of bounds
Leonard Pitts Jr.
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sports:
Indians ride offense to first win
earlier:
AquaSox complete season-opening sweep
Chris Derrick The Spokesman-Review
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Column: Buffet of life experiences needs small plates
Rebecca Nappi The Spokesman-Review
Today’s children enjoy multiple options on road to education
Catherine Johnston Special to The Spokesman-Review
Rebecca Nappi The Spokesman-Review
Ford targets small-car seekers
Alisa Priddle Detroit Free Press
Michael Gurian Special to The Spokesman-Review
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