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Libya (Arabic: ليبيا ‎ Lībiyā; Amazigh: ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى ‎ Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Ša`biyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-`Udhmā), is a country in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Ecuador's Minister of non-renewable natural resources and President of the conference Germanico Alfredo Pinto Troya, left, and OPEC's Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri, right, from Libya start a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Ecuador's Minister of non-renewable natural resources and President of the conference Germanico Alfredo Pinto Troya, left, and OPEC's Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri, right, from Libya start a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Libya's Interior Minister Abdelfattah Yunis Al-Ubaidi (R) sits next to other ministers at the opening of the Arab Interior Minister's meeting on March 16, 2010 in Tunis. The ministers met in the Tunisian capital to discuss ways of fighting terrorism and organised crime.

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Libya's Interior Minister Abdelfattah Yunis Al-Ubaidi (R) sits next to other ministers at the opening of the Arab Interior Minister's meeting on March 16, 2010 in Tunis. The ministers met in the Tunisian capital to discuss ways of fighting terrorism and organised crime.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Ali Charafe Damache arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. A Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi gestures during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi gestures during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi, right, gestures during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi, right, gestures during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi speaks during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi speaks during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. Libya claims Switzerland's travel ban on high-ranking officials and their families has been humiliating and has heavily damaged relations with Europe. Libya's representative to the U.N. in Geneva said the Swiss used the Schengen agreement for their own purposes in a dispute over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, seen during prayers, after delivering a speech at the city of Benghazi, Libya Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, seen during prayers, after delivering a speech at the city of Benghazi, Libya Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, seen, behind a bullet proof glass above writing that reads in Arabic "The great profit is the duty of the humanity", in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, seen, behind a bullet proof glass above writing that reads in Arabic "The great profit is the duty of the humanity", in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seen as he delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seen as he delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seen as he delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi seen as he delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, in Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, at the city of Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivers a speech behind bullet proof glass, at the city of Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Libya's leader called for a jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland on Thurday because of its ban on mosque minarets, escalating a long-running diplomatic feud between the two countries.

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TRIPOLI, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image from the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kosa on February 20, 2010 in Tripoli, Libya.

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TRIPOLI, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image from the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kosa on February 20, 2010 in Tripoli, Libya.

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TRIPOLI, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image from the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Saeb Erekat (2nd R) meet with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kosa on February 20, 2010 in Tripoli, Libya.

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TRIPOLI, LIBYA - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image from the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Saeb Erekat (2nd R) meet with Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kosa on February 20, 2010 in Tripoli, Libya.

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Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan prays beside the grave of her mother after attending funeral of his brother in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Khan, the scientist who helped Pakistan develop nuclear weapons and allegedly leaked atomic secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya, has been freed from years of de facto house arrest under a court ruling.

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Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan prays beside the grave of her mother after attending funeral of his brother in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Khan, the scientist who helped Pakistan develop nuclear weapons and allegedly leaked atomic secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya, has been freed from years of de facto house arrest under a court ruling.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of OPEC from Libya, gestures as he talks during a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Ecuador's Minister of non-renewable natural resources and President of the conference Germanico Alfredo Pinto Troya, left, and OPEC's Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri, right, from Libya start a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Ecuador's Minister of non-renewable natural resources and President of the conference Germanico Alfredo Pinto Troya, left, and OPEC's Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri, right, from Libya start a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

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Libya's Interior Minister Abdelfattah Yunis Al-Ubaidi (R) sits next to other ministers at the opening of the Arab Interior Minister's meeting on March 16, 2010 in Tunis. The ministers met in the Tunisian capital to discuss ways of fighting terrorism and organised crime.

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Libya's Interior Minister Abdelfattah Yunis Al-Ubaidi (R) sits next to other ministers at the opening of the Arab Interior Minister's meeting on March 16, 2010 in Tunis. The ministers met in the Tunisian capital to discuss ways of fighting terrorism and organised crime.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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A Libyan using the false name of Abdul Salam Ali Jehani Mansour arrives at Waterford courthouse, Ireland, Monday, March, 15, 2010. Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offences following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist. Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged on Monday with sending a threatening text message. The Libyan who used the false name Abdul-Salam Mansour Al-Jehani was charged with immigration violations. They and five other Muslims - including Damache's American wife - were arrested last week over alleged links to threats against Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The other five were released without charge.

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