Showing posts with label Kirgistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirgistan. Show all posts
Friday, July 02, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
THE TIMES: Stunned by the hurricane of hatred that has devastated their lives and swept away their homes, the survivors recounted the same story: the ethnic slaughter in Osh, they insisted, was not simply a clash between Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups but an attempt to expel, even exterminate, the Uzbek community in Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city.
Police and soldiers, they said, had been in the vanguard of mobs that shot unarmed civilians and ransacked Uzbek neighbourhoods.
In the ruins of the city’s Uzbek district of Cheryomushki, traumatised residents described three waves of attack as Kyrgyz gangs systematically destroyed their homes in an orgy of murder, rape, looting and arson. They claimed that an armoured personnel carrier led the initial charge, with men in uniform firing at civilians.
“Soldiers shot at people, then Kyrgyz groups went from house to house attacking Uzbeks with knives and guns,” Kustniden Azhimjanov, 36, said. “They raped women in their homes. We could hear the screaming but we could not help them because we had no guns.
“Then the third group came through, stealing everything they could and setting fire to the houses. They were shouting ‘Uzbeks get out or we’ll kill you all’! ” Read on and comment (+ video) >>> Tony Halpin, Osh | Thursday, June 17, 2010
THE TIMES: The Home Office was embroiled last night in a diplomatic dispute over the Osh conflict, as the son of Kyrgyzstan’s former leader remained in detention in Britain.
Roza Otunbayeva’s interim Government is seeking the extradition of Maxim Bakiyev, 32, over allegations of corruption. Mr Bakiyev, the youngest son of the ousted former President, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, landed in a private jet in Farnborough, Hampshire, on Sunday night. He was detained by the UK Border Agency on an Interpol warrant.
His links to this country are unclear but he has reportedly claimed asylum in Britain. While he had no travel documents, The Times understands that he has access to both an ordinary and diplomatic passport.
The nature of Britain’s extradition status with Kyrgyzstan remained uncertain last night. The Government has no formal treaty with the former Soviet bloc country but it is understood there are mechanisms that could be used to deport Mr Bakiyev. The Home Office was unwilling to comment on any extradition arrangements.
A UK Border Agency spokesperson said: “On 13 June a 32-year-old man was questioned by UK Border Agency staff after arriving at Farnborough airport without the necessary documentation to enter the UK. We are not able to comment further on this case.” >>> Fiona Hamilton, London Correspondent | Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Kirgistan,
Uzbekistan
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: At least 117 killed as thousands flee burning homes and Kyrgyz rioters armed with axes, while Uzbek leader claims higher toll
Thousands of Uzbeks fleeing southern Kyrgyzstan massed at the border today, as the deadliest ethnic violence in decades left entire city blocks razed to the ground and scores of people dead.
The official death toll from the clashes that began last week reached 117, with 1,500 injured, the health ministry of the beleaguered former Soviet country, which hosts US and Russian military bases, announced.
However, an Uzbek leader claimed that 200 Uzbeks have already been buried, and the International Committee of the Red Cross has said its delegates witnessed about 100 bodies being buried in just one cemetery.
Jallahitdin Jalilatdinov, who heads the Uzbek National Centre, said that at least 100,000 had fled for the border and were awaiting entry into Uzbekistan. An Associated Press reporter saw at least hundreds of Uzbek refugees stuck at a border crossing near Jalal-Abad in a no-man's land between the boundaries.
The interim government, which took over after Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted by a public revolt in April, has been unable to stop the violence and accused Bakiyev's family of instigating it. Uzbeks have backed the interim government, while many Kyrgyz in the south have supported the toppled president. (+ video) >>> Luke Harding and agencies | Monday, June 14, 2010
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Kirgistan,
Uzbekistan
Sunday, June 13, 2010
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: OSH/BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—Kyrgyz mobs burned Uzbek villages and slaughtered their residents Sunday as ethnic rioting engulfed southern Kyrgyzstan. The government ordered troops to shoot rioters dead but even that measure failed to stop the spiraling violence.
More than 100 people have been killed and over 1,000 wounded in the impoverished Central Asian nation since the violence began Thursday night. Doctors say that death toll is low, because wounded Uzbeks are too afraid of being attacked again to seek treatment in hospitals.
Thousands of Uzbeks have fled in panic to the border with Uzbekistan after their homes were torched by roving mobs of Kyrgyz men. Uzbek women and children were gunned down as they tried to escape, witnesses said.
Fires set by rioters have destroyed most of Osh, a city of 250,000, and looters have stolen most of its food. Triumphant crowds of Kyrgyz men took control of most of the city on Sunday while the few Uzbeks still in the city barricaded themselves in their neighborhoods.
The rampages spread quickly Sunday to Jalal-Abad, another major southern city, and neighboring villages, as mobs methodically set Uzbek houses, stores and cafes on fire. The rioters seized an armored vehicle and automatic weapons at a local military unit and attacked police stations around the region trying to get more firearms. Police and the military appeared to be on the defensive across the south, avoiding clashes with mobs. Read on and comment >>> A Wall Street Journal Roundup | Sunday, June 13, 2010
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Kirgistan,
Uzbekistan
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Kyrgyzstan's interim government has charged the country's ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev with "mass killing" and has formally prepared an extradition request.
Belarus took in Mr Bakiyev last week after he fled in the aftermath of a bloody revolt.
"The former president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, has been charged with mass killing," Azimbek Beknazarov, an interim vice premier in charge of security, said in the capital Bishkek. The extradition request would be sent "within days", he added.
He might also be charged with abuse of power in an official capacity, Mr Beknazarov told reporters. >>> | Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Kirgistan
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Der gestürzte kirgisische Präsident Bakijew hat in der weissrussischen Hauptstadt Minsk sein Exil gefunden. Das teilte der autoritäre Präsident Alexander Lukaschenko mit. «Er kann hier bleiben und leben, und es gibt Arbeit für ihn», sagte Lukaschenko.
Der gestürzte kirgisische Präsident Kurmanbek Bakijew hat in Weissrussland Zuflucht gefunden. Wie der weissrussische Präsident Alexander Lukaschenko am Dienstag mitteilte, traf Bakijew aus Kasachstan kommende in Minsk ein. >>> ddp | Dienstag, 20. April 2010
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Kirgistan
Monday, April 19, 2010
LE POINT: Le président déchu du Kirghizstan, Kourmanbek Bakiev, a quitté le Kazakhstan voisin où il s'était réfugié après avoir été renversé, mais sa destination reste inconnue, a annoncé lundi le ministère kazakh des Affaires étrangères. "Oui, il est parti", a déclaré à l'AFP le porte-parole du ministère, Ilias Omarov, ajoutant que la destination de l'ex-président Bakiev était inconnue. >>> AFP | Lundi 19 Avril 2010
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Kirgistan
Thursday, April 15, 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Die Ausreise des entmachteten kirgisischen Präsidenten Bakijew nimmt der Übergangsregierung vorerst die grösste Sorge. Sie muss nun die Erwartungen des Volkes und der ausländischen Mächte sowie die Ambitionen ihrer Mitglieder ausbalancieren.
Das Vorspiel zum Abschied hatte Kurmanbek Bakijew, Kirgistans entmachteter Präsident, am Dienstag an der Demonstration in Dschalalabad gegeben. Ein weiterer Akt hätte am Donnerstag in Osch, der «Hauptstadt» Südkirgistans, stattfinden sollen. Doch gegnerische Demonstranten liessen ihn nicht auftreten; Schüsse in die Luft zur Abschreckung fielen, Bakijew kehrte an seinen Familiensitz zurück.
Am Abend Lokalzeit hat er den vorerst letzten Akt gespielt. In einem kasachischen Flugzeug verliess er das Land. Kurze Zeit später meldete die Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE), die derzeit von Kasachstan präsidiert wird, dank den gemeinsamen Anstrengungen der Präsidenten Kasachstans, Russlands und Amerikas und unter Vermittlung der OSZE hätten sich die Übergangsregierung und Bakijew auf die Ausreise geeinigt. Weiterhin Gesetzlosigkeit >>> Markus Ackeret | Donnerstag, 15. April 2010
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — With Russia warning that his country was “on the verge of civil war,” the deposed president of Kyrgyzstan said that he would formally step down if there were guarantees of safety for him and his family. But, in a hardening of the lines, the country’s new leader said on Wednesday that he might face trial.
The fugitive president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, was speaking after the interim government that ousted him after bloody riots last week stripped him of immunity and threatened to send special forces to arrest him.
With conditions in the country still fluid on Wednesday, the head of the new government, Rosa Otunbayeva, seemed to adopt a tougher posture toward Mr. Bakiyev, ruling out safe passage for family members wanted by the new government.
Mr. Bakiyev must either stand trial in Kyrgyzstan or go into exile alone, she said — leaving behind brothers and other relatives whom she has accused of ordering the police to fire on demonstrators and of corruption.
At a news conference, Ms. Otunbayeva said that if Mr. Bakiyev waited until security forces loyal to the new government detained him, he would certainly face trial, adding that his time may already have run out.
“He has already had his chance to leave,” she said.
As she spoke, about 100 people gathered outside the Ministry of Defense building, which serves as the seat of the new government, to demand that Mr. Bakiyev be returned to the capital to face justice. >>> Andrew E. Kramer and Alan Cowell | Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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DIE PRESSE: Medwedjew: "Kirgisistan [sic?] könnte zweites Afghanistan werden" >>> Ag. | Mittwoch, 14. April 2010
Verschiedene Artikel über Kirgistan >>>
DIE PRESSE: Die politischen Kräfte ringen weiter um eine Lösung für den gestürzten Präsidenten Bakijew. Der russische Präsident Dmitrij Medwedjew warnt vor einem Bürgerkrieg. Er fordert Bakijew zum Rücktritt auf.
Eine Woche nach dem blutigen Umsturz in der zentralasiatischen Republik Kirgistan ringen die politischen Kräfte weiter um eine Lösung für den gestürzten Präsidenten. Nach Einschätzung des russischen Präsidenten Dimitrij Medwedjew steht das Land vor einem Bürgerkrieg.
Kurz vor geplanten Verhandlungen mit Bürgerrechtlern forderte der entmachtete Staatschef Kurmanbek Bakijew erneut "Sicherheit für mich und meine Familie". Er sei "kompromissbereit", sagte der 60-Jährige nach Angaben kirgisischer Medien am Mittwoch in Jalalabad im Süden des Landes. In der politischen Hochburg von Bakijew sollten am Mittag (Ortszeit) die Gespräche mit Bürgerrechtlern beginnen. Die Übergangsregierung hatte direkte Verhandlungen mit Bakijew abgelehnt. >>> Ag. | Mittwoch, 14. April 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Kirgisische Führung will Bakijew vor Gericht bringen: Weiterhin keine Immunität für gestürzten Präsidenten >>> sda/dpa | Mittwoch, 14. April 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
CYBERPRESSE.ca: Les hôpitaux de Bichkek manquent de sang et de médicaments, selon le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR), qui a fait état jeudi de plus de 500 blessés après les violents affrontements dans la capitale du Kirghizistan.
«On est immédiatement intervenus auprès des hôpitaux qui nous ont contactés à travers le ministère de la Santé pour leur donner du sang; ils étaient en manque de sang (...) et de médicaments», a indiqué à l'AFP un porte-parole du CICR, Simon Schorno.
«On a immédiatement distribué cette aide-là», a-t-il ajouté. Il a souligné toutefois que les réserves sur place de l'organisation étaient «minimes» et qu'un kit permettant de soigner une centaine de victimes dans des situations violentes et de conflits, notamment les blessures par balle, devait être acheminé samedi.
«Nous travaillons avec nos partenaires du Croissant-Rouge kirghiz pour trouver des moyens d'améliorer les dons du sang», a par ailleurs expliqué dans un communiqué Pascale Meige Wagner, directrice des opérations du CICR en Asie centrale. >>> Agence France-Presse | Jeudi 08 Avril 2010
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Kirgistan
LE POINT: L'histoire n'est pas encore écrite au Kirghizstan. Alors que dans la capitale, Bichkek, l'opposition crie victoire au lendemain du soulèvement sanglant qui a fait au moins 75 morts , le président Kourmanbek Bakiev a déclaré jeudi qu'il refusait de démissionner. "Je déclare qu'en tant que président je n'ai pas démissionné et je ne démissionne pas", écrit-il dans un communiqué publié par l'agence kirghize 24[.] kg. >>> lepoint.fr | Jeudi 08 Avril 2010
TIMES ONLINE: Ousted Kyrgyzstan leader refuses to admit defeat: The toppled President of Kyrgyzstan refused to admit defeat today despite a bloody uprising against him and formation of an interim government. >>> Joanna Sugden | Thursday, April 08, 2010
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NZZ ONLINE: Die Opposition in Kirgistan hat eine Übergangsregierung gebildet. Die designierte Regierungschefin Otunbajewa sprach in Bischkek davon, dass der «Volksaufstand» die «Repressionen, die Tyrannei und die Aggression» gegen die Menschen beendet habe.
Nach den blutigen Unruhen in der zentralasiatischen Republik Kirgistan mit Dutzenden von Toten hat die Opposition eine Übergangsregierung gebildet. Die designierte Regierungschefin Rosa Otunbajewa sprach in der Hauptstadt Bischkek von einer siegreichen Revolution.
Sie versprach Präsidentschaftswahlen in sechs Monaten. Der Volksaufstand habe die «Repressionen, die Tyrannei und die Aggression» gegen die Menschen beendet, sagte die 59-Jährige Politikerin nach Angaben der Agentur Akipress. Otunbajewa gilt als eine Vorkämpferin der Menschenrechte in der Ex-Sowjetrepublik. >>> sda/dpa | Donnerstag, 08. April 2010
NZZ ONLINE: Volksaufstand in Kirgistan: Präsident Bakijew verlässt angeblich die Hauptstadt – bis 100 Tote gemeldet >>> Markus Ackeret, Moskau | Donnerstag, 08. April 2010
NZZ ONLINE – Kommentar: Die ehemalige Sowjetrepublik Kirgistan galt nach der Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit 1991 als Vorbild für eine demokratische Entwicklung in Zentralasien. Davon ist fünf Jahre nach der sogenannten Tulpen-Revolution, die Kurmanbek Bakijew an die Macht brachte, nicht mehr viel übrig geblieben. Bakijew eiferte schon bald nach der Amtsübernahme seinem Vorgänger Askar Akajew nach, der nach gefälschten Wahlen im März 2005 in einem orchestrierten Volksaufstand aus dem Amt gejagt worden war. Das alte System der Günstlingswirtschaft wurde durch ein neues ersetzt. Anstelle des Akajew-Clans aus dem Norden des Landes beherrscht nun der im Süden verwurzelte Bakijew-Clan Politik und Wirtschaft. Die «Tulpen-Revolution» brachte keine wirkliche Änderung des Systems, sondern lediglich einen Wechsel des Personals an der Spitze des Staates. >>> C. Sr. | Mittwoch, 07. April 2010
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THE TELEGRAPH: Kyrgyzstan Riots: Opposition Forms Interim Government After Deadly Revolt: Kyrgyzstan's new self-proclaimed leader has dissolved the country's parliament as she moved to consolidate power following a bloody revolution on Wednesday that left at least 68 people dead. >>> Andrew Osborn in Moscow | Thursday, April 08, 2010
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THE TELEGRAPH: Kyrgyzstan's new self-proclaimed leader has dissolved the country's parliament as she moved to consolidate power following a bloody revolution on Wednesday that left at least 68 people dead.
Roza Otunbayeva, a former foreign minister turned opposition leader, told a press conference she would rule for six months before calling new elections.
Mrs Otunbayeva promised free and fair elections in half a year and said she would move the country towards genuine democracy.
"Maybe it was a people's revolution, maybe a people's revolt, or maybe it was a people's rebuff," she said of Wednesday's bloody events. "Whatever it was, we want to say no to tyranny and want to build democracy." She blamed the old regime led by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev for the bloodshed.
"It was the authorities' responsibility. It was a response to their repression, tyranny and aggression." According to the latest figures from the country's health ministry, at least 68 people died and more than 500 were wounded when opposition supporters fought pitched battles with riot police in Bishkek, the capital, and in other towns across the Central Asian country on Wednesday. Analysts said people were angered by the ousted government's corruption, increasingly repressive measures and recent price hikes for basic utilities.
Mrs Otunbayeva said that President Bakiyev had fled the capital to the southern region of Jalal-Abad in a desperate attempt to regroup. She complained that Mr Bakiyev was refusing to formally resign and was trying instead to rally support. But she said his political career was finished and that a decree stripping him of his powers had already been published.
"We want to negotiate his resignation," she said. "His business here is over." >>> Andrew Osborn in Moscow | Thursday, April 08, 2010
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THE TELEGRAPH: Street Battles Leave Kyrgyzstan on Brink of Revolution >>> Andrew Osborn in Moscow | Wednesday, April 07, 2010
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Kirgistan
THE TELEGRAPH: Thousands of protesters fought running battles with police in Kyrgyzstan in an uprising that left the former Soviet republic on the brink of revolution.
Opposition activists seized the parliament building and laid siege to the government headquarters. The country’s deputy prime minister was taken hostage and there were reports from police that the interior minister had been killed. The main state television station was overrun and by early afternoon the president had declared a state of emergency.
Reports suggested about 100 people were killed and 180 wounded, although the death toll is expected to rise with witnesses describing piles of dead bodies in the streets.
Last night a Kyrgyz opposition leader announced on state radio that Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov had signed a letter of resignation. It was also announced that a provisional government had been formed with former foreign minsiter Roza Otunbayeva at its head. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who reportedly fled Bishkek, is yet to formally resign himself.
“Power is now in the hands of the people’s government,” Ms Otunbayeva said in an address on state radio.
“Responsible people have been appointed and are already working to normalize the situation.”
Spokesmen for the government and the president were not available for comment.
The United States, which uses an air base at Manas in Kyrgyzstan to supply troops in Afghanistan, called for calm, saying it was “deeply concerned” by events. >>> Andrew Osborn in Moscow | Wednesday, April 07, 2010
RUSSIA TODAY: Unrest allegedly forces Kyrgyz president to flee country: Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has fled the country following clashes between police and anti-government protesters, according to some reports, and the opposition claims to have set up a provisional government. >>> | Publish Wednesday, April 07, 2010; Edited Thursday, April 08, 2010
LE MONDE: Etat d’urgence décrété au Kirghizistan >>> LeMond.fr avec AFP | Mercredi 07 Avril 2010
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
LE MONDE: Policiers et membres de l'opposition se sont affrontés, mercredi 7 avril, dans les rues de Bichkek, la capitale du Kirghizistan, après l'arrestation, la veille, de trois chefs de l'opposition kirghize. Entre 3 000 et 5 000 manifestants de l'opposition ont forcé les forces de l'ordre à battre en retraite et se sont ensuite rassemblés devant la présidence kirghize pour réclamer la démission du chef de l'Etat, Kourmanbek Bakiev. Au moins douze personnes auraient trouvé la mort lors des affrontements. Le ministre de l'intérieur a été tué dans la ville de Talas ; le premier ministre a décrété l'état d'urgence dans tout le pays.
La capitale kirghize est en proie à la violence. Selon le ministre de la santé, on dénombre au moins une centaine de blessés. Les policiers ont tiré des grenades assourdissantes et pulvérisé du gaz lacrymogène. En réponse, ceux-ci ont jeté des pierres et endommagé les véhicules des forces de l'ordre à l'aide de bâtons. Selon le correspondant de l'AFP, la police a dû se barricader dans le bâtiment du siège de l'opposition.
Des manifestants ont pris le contrôle du siège de la télévision kirghize, qui n'émet plus, après que des centaines de manifestants sont entrés de force dans l'immeuble. "Des jeunes, la plupart ivres, ont pris le contrôle du bâtiment de la télévision, ils ont tout cassé à l'intérieur et volé les équipements", a raconté un haut responsable de la télévision d'Etat, sous couvert de l'anonymat. L'affrontement se durcit entre opposants et autorités au Kirghizistan >>> LeMond.fr avec AFP | Mercredi 07 Avril 2010
WIKI: Kyrgyzstan >>>
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état d'urgence,
Kirgistan
Saturday, November 08, 2008
NZZ Online: Kirgistan ist mit einer islamischen Wiedergeburt und dem Aufkommen islamistischer Gruppierungen konfrontiert. Die kirgisische Regierung tut sich schwer mit der Unterscheidung zwischen frommen Muslimen, Islamisten und extremistischen Islamisten. Auch im Gespräch mit Bürgern werden Ratlosigkeit und Unbehagen gegenüber dem Phänomen spürbar.
Das Alltagsbild in der kirgisischen Hauptstadt Bischkek verrät auf den ersten Blick wenig über die religiöse Befindlichkeit des Landes. Statt muslimischer Symbole dominieren vielmehr die Relikte der jüngeren Vergangenheit der ehemaligen Sowjetrepublik: Lenin-Statuen auf öffentlichen Plätzen, breite Boulevards im Zentrum und Plattenbauten nach sozialistischer Architektur in den Vorstädten. Der Kleidungsstil der jungen Frauen orientiert sich an westlicher Ästhetik; Schleier sind im Alltagsbild die Ausnahme. Auch der kürzlich zu Ende gegangene Ramadan hinterliess kaum Spuren im öffentlichen Leben. So fand man tagsüber mühelos ein geöffnetes Restaurant, und sogar in der Stadt Osch im Fergana-Tal, das als stärker muslimisch geprägt gilt, waren Bierstuben geöffnet. Nicht in dieses Bild passen einzig die zahlreichen neu erbauten, einander zum Verwechseln ähnlichen Moscheen, die bei der Fahrt über Land auffallen; schmucke Backsteingebäude mit glänzendem Blechdach, die sich von ihrer meist ärmlichen Umgebung abheben. Sie sind ein Hinweis auf eine zunehmende Islamisierung, die Beobachter in ganz Zentralasien festgestellt haben. Mit dem Ende der Sowjetunion hat eine islamische Wiedergeburt eingesetzt, nachdem die Religionsausübung zuvor unterdrückt worden war. >>> mvl. Bischkek, im Oktober | 8. November 2008
The Dawning of a New Dark Age (Taschenbuch) >>>
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