Today: September 27, 2024
Today: September 27, 2024

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Escalating crisis in Lebanon further endangers Biden’s efforts at preventing wider war

Escalating crisis in Lebanon further endangers Biden’s efforts at preventing wider war

Escalating crisis in Lebanon further endangers Biden’s efforts at preventing wider war
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Iran's Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah, security officials say

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah

Iran's Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah, security officials say
Health|World

Lebanese doctor races to save the eyes of those hurt by exploding tech devices

A Lebanese ophthalmologist has been working around the clock trying to keep up with the flood of patients with eye injuries after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse

Lebanese doctor races to save the eyes of those hurt by exploding tech devices
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Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire in 'new phase' of fighting

Hezbollah and Israel exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern Israeli territory

Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire in 'new phase' of fighting
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Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an 'open-ended battle' with Israel

Hezbollah has launched more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel and Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Kassem said Sunday that his group is now in an open-ended battle with Israel

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an 'open-ended battle' with Israel
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Sullivan expresses worry over escalating Israel-Lebanon tension, calls Hezbollah strike as justice served

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Sullivan expresses worry over escalating Israel-Lebanon tension, calls Hezbollah strike as justice served
Crime|Europe|MidEast|News|World

Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers

Hungarian intelligence services have conducted several interviews with the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based company linked to deadly explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah

Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers
News|World

Israel's strike on Beirut killed 37, Lebanon says

Rescue workers in Beirut searched on Saturday for people still missing in rubble a day after an Israeli airstrike, targeting Hezbollah

Israel's strike on Beirut killed 37, Lebanon says
News|World

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel claims death of Hezbollah commander as Beirut toll rises

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 37 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel claims death of Hezbollah commander as Beirut toll rises
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Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group’s senior leaders

Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander
News|Technology|World

Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says

The United Nations human rights chief says weaponizing ordinary communication devices represents a new development in warfare

Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says
Asia|Business|News|Technology

Japan's Icom: highly unlikely wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon are our products

Japan's Icom said it was highly unlikely that wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon were the company's products.

Japan's Icom: highly unlikely wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon are our products
Political

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager

Palestinian American U.S. lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday condemned as racist a cartoon published in the conservative magazine National Review showing her

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list

The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials

Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list
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UN urges states to use sway now over Israel, Hezbollah to avoid war

A top United Nations official on Friday urged all countries with influence over Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah "to leverage it now" to

UN urges states to use sway now over Israel, Hezbollah to avoid war
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Lebanon's Hezbollah confirms top military commander Ibrahim Aqil killed in Israel strike

Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah group confirmed in the early hours of Saturday that its top military commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed, calling him "one of its top leaders", without

Lebanon's Hezbollah confirms top military commander Ibrahim Aqil killed in Israel strike
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Video shows aftermath of Israel's strike in Beirut

Video shows the destruction of buildings and cars in southern Beirut, Lebanon, after the Israel Defense Forces reported carrying out what it called a “targeted” strike. 

Video shows aftermath of Israel's strike in Beirut
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Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation

Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria

Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation
Crime|MidEast|News

Lebanese financier pleads guilty to sanctions evasion, US says

A Lebanese-Belgian dual citizen accused by the United States of financing the armed group Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Friday in a criminal case charging him with sanctions

Lebanese financier pleads guilty to sanctions evasion, US says
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Killed Hezbollah commander Aqil was wanted for deadly 1983 US embassy, Marine blasts

Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than

Killed Hezbollah commander Aqil was wanted for deadly 1983 US embassy, Marine blasts
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Israeli military says around 10 senior Hezbollah commanders killed along with Aqil

About 10 senior Hezbollah commanders were killed along with Ibrahim Aqil, leader of the movement's Radwan special forces unit who was attacked in an Israeli air strike in Beirut

Israeli military says around 10 senior Hezbollah commanders killed along with Aqil
News|World

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut - two security sources

Top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed on Friday in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, two security sources told Reuters.

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut - two security sources
MidEast|News

Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says

The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter has received threats and been advised by the Hungarian secret services not to talk to media

Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says
MidEast|News|World

Israeli public broadcaster says 150 rockets fired from Lebanon

Israeli public broadcaster Kan said on Friday around 150 rockets were fired from Lebanon across the border.

Israeli public broadcaster says 150 rockets fired from Lebanon
News|World

Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others

Israel has launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood

Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others
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Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks

Lebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands of the devices blew up this week, two

Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks
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Batteries of Lebanon walkie-talkies contained PETN explosive - Lebanese source

The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source

Batteries of Lebanon walkie-talkies contained PETN explosive - Lebanese source
News|World

Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to

Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
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UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge immediate de-escalation

The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged de-escalation on Friday after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel and the Iran-backed

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon urge immediate de-escalation
News|World

Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies and the bloody aftermath are painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port

Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years
Asia|Business|Economy|MidEast|Technology

Taiwan and Bulgaria deny links to exploding pagers in Lebanon

Authorities in Taiwan and Bulgaria on Friday denied involvement in the supply chain of thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a

Taiwan and Bulgaria deny links to exploding pagers in Lebanon
Business|News|Technology

Taiwan questions head of pager firm linked to Hezbollah blasts

The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company linked to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon was questioned by prosecutors late into the

Taiwan questions head of pager firm linked to Hezbollah blasts
MidEast|News|World

Israel warned the US that an operation in Lebanon was coming but gave no details, officials say

U.S. officials say Israel warned U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a call Tuesday that a military operation was going to take place in Lebanon

Israel warned the US that an operation in Lebanon was coming but gave no details, officials say
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Explosives put in devices before they arrived in Lebanon, says Lebanon's UN mission

A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities into the communications devices that blew up in Lebanon this week found that they

Explosives put in devices before they arrived in Lebanon, says Lebanon's UN mission
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U.S. warns all parties against escalation in the Middle East

The United States on Thursday warned all parties in the Middle East against escalation as tensions between Iran-backed Lebanese movement

U.S. warns all parties against escalation in the Middle East
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Hunt for origins of Lebanon pager attack widens to Bulgaria, Norway

(This Sept. 19 story has been corrected to remove reference to lawyer Vladimir Kuzmanov, who has no link to Norta Global Ltd, and was misidentified) By Nerijus Adomaitis, Krisztina Than and James

Hunt for origins of Lebanon pager attack widens to Bulgaria, Norway
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Iran tells Hezbollah chief Israel will face 'crushing response' after comms attack

Israel will face "a crushing response from the axis of resistance", Iran's Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami told Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday according

Iran tells Hezbollah chief Israel will face 'crushing response' after comms attack
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Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, shortly before the movement's leader was due to give a speech.

Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
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Israeli jets are carrying out huge sonic booms over Beirut, witness

Israeli jets are carrying out huge sonic booms over the Lebanese capital, Beirut, during a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.

Israeli jets are carrying out huge sonic booms over Beirut, witness
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Spain condemns Lebanon attacks as violations of international law

Spain's foreign ministry condemned this week's attacks targeting mobile communications devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, saying they constituted a violation of

Spain condemns Lebanon attacks as violations of international law
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After comms blasts, Lebanese fear bombs in their pockets

The explosion of thousands of Hezbollah's mobile communication devices has spread fear across Lebanon, leaving people terrified they might be carrying

After comms blasts, Lebanese fear bombs in their pockets
News|Technology|World

Lebanon bans pagers, walkie-talkies from flights

Lebanese authorities on Thursday banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported, after thousands of such devices

Lebanon bans pagers, walkie-talkies from flights
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Pager attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation − it was also illegal

International law clearly states that hiding explosives in objects that could be picked up by civilians is strictly prohbited.

Pager attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation − it was also illegal
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Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes

The leader of Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for this week’s deadly attacks on the group’s communications devices

Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes
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Japanese company denies making Hezbollah's exploding walkie-talkies

The Japanese maker of the brand of walkie-talkies linked to explosions targeting the Hezbollah armed group that killed 25 people in Lebanon and injured hundreds of

Japanese company denies making Hezbollah's exploding walkie-talkies
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Taiwan security bodies 'paying great attention' to Hezbollah beeper explosions

Taiwan's national security team is "paying great attention" to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the island's defence minister said, after a

Taiwan security bodies 'paying great attention' to Hezbollah beeper explosions
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Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?

The specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before

Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?
Europe|Technology|World

A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital

A Hungarian company is linked to the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria
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UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday over the pager blasts in Lebanon targeting militant group Hezbollah, said Slovenia's U.N.

UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts
MidEast|World

Hezbollah pager attack puts spotlight on Israel's cyber warfare Unit 8200

The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel's secretive Unit 8200, the Israel

Hezbollah pager attack puts spotlight on Israel's cyber warfare Unit 8200
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Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray

Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-

Pager attack threw Hezbollah into disarray
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Blinken says surprise escalations threaten to derail talks for a cease-fire in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed frustration at surprise escalations that threaten to derail efforts to broker a cease-fire deal in Gaza

Blinken says surprise escalations threaten to derail talks for a cease-fire in Gaza
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What is Israel's secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?

Although Israel has not commented on the intelligence operation that caused thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon to explode almost simultaneously, the

What is Israel's secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?
Health|News|World

Death toll rises to 12 in Lebanon pager blasts

The death toll from exploding pagers in Lebanon rose to 12 including two children, Lebanese health Minister Firass Abiad said on Wednesday.

Death toll rises to 12 in Lebanon pager blasts
Asia|Business|News|Technology|World

Who made Hezbollah’s exploding devices? Questions swirl around a mysterious supply chain stretching from Taiwan to Hungary

Who made Hezbollah’s exploding devices? Questions swirl around a mysterious supply chain stretching from Taiwan to Hungary

Who made Hezbollah’s exploding devices? Questions swirl around a mysterious supply chain stretching from Taiwan to Hungary
MidEast|News|World

Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider M. East conflict

The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that an attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers could become a trigger for a wider regional conflict and called for its

Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider M. East conflict
Asia|Business|Technology

Israel-Hamas war latest: 20 killed, 450 wounded in second day of explosions in Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country

Israel-Hamas war latest: 20 killed, 450 wounded in second day of explosions in Lebanon
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Which Hezbollah and Hamas leaders have been assassinated?

Israel has tracked down and assassinated Iran-backed Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon and leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza amid a sharp escalation in

Which Hezbollah and Hamas leaders have been assassinated?
MidEast|Technology

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war

Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war
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How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know

How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know

How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using them? Here’s what we know
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‘Never been anything like this’: John Miller on pager explosions aimed at Hezbollah

At least nine people were killed and 2,800 wounded in an attack that targeted pagers held by members of Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah across Lebanon. CNN chief intelligence analyst John Miller discusses.

‘Never been anything like this’: John Miller on pager explosions aimed at Hezbollah
Business|MidEast|Technology|World

Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts

The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding

Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts
Crime|MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say
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US says it is gathering information on Lebanon pager blasts

The United States said on Tuesday it is gathering information after at least eight people were killed and some 2,750 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members - including

US says it is gathering information on Lebanon pager blasts
News

What we know about the deadly pager blasts in Lebanon

At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members - including fighters and medics - detonated simultaneously across Lebanon.

What we know about the deadly pager blasts in Lebanon
MidEast|News|Uncategorized|World

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion
World

Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah and injured thousands in Lebanon

Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah and injured thousands in Lebanon

Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah and injured thousands in Lebanon
MidEast|News

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people — including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a young girl

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon

Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding

Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
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Israel updates war goals with fate of defence minister unclear

Israel on Tuesday added the safe return of its citizens to their homes near the border with Lebanon to its formal war goals amid reports that Prime Minister

Israel updates war goals with fate of defence minister unclear
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Israeli minister says time running out for diplomatic solution with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S.

Israeli minister says time running out for diplomatic solution with Hezbollah in Lebanon
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Hamas chief Sinwar thanks Hezbollah in letter to Nasrallah

Hamas chief Yehya Sinwar thanked the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for his group's support in the conflict with Israel, Hezbollah said on Friday, in the

Hamas chief Sinwar thanks Hezbollah in letter to Nasrallah

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