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Benazir Bhutto's 19-year old son and husband chosen to lead her party into elections NAUDERO, Pakistan, Dec 30 (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal was chosen Sunday to succeed her as chairman of her opposition party, extending Pakistan's most famous political dynasty but leaving the real power to her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who will serve as co-chairman. The party also decided to contest upcoming elections. The decisions were made at a closed-door meeting of the Pakistan Peoples Party central executive committee. Bilawal, who was introduced at the Press conference as Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,said he would remain at Oxford University, leaving his father, Asif Ali Zardari, who was officially designated co-chairman, as the effective leader of the country's largest political party. “The party's long struggle for democracy will continue with renewed vigor,” Bilawal told the news conference. “My mother always said democracy is the best revenge.” Bilawal said that Zardari would “take care” of the party while he continued his studies. Zardari then told reporters to direct questions at him, saying his son was at a “tender age.” Zardari immediately announced the party’s participation in the elections but said that another party leader, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, would likely be their candidate for prime minister if they won. Zardari appealed to the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to drop plans to boycott the polls . Zardari appealed to the United Nations and British government to help investigate the crime. He said the party wanted a Hariri commission- style U.N. investigation He also urged supporters who have rioted across Pakistan since Bhutto was slain to show restrain. “We will avenge the murder of Bhutto through the democratic process after winning the elections,” he said. “God willing, when it is the Peoples Party's reign, when the Peoples Party government is formed, then we would have taken revenge for Bibi's blood and that blood would not have gone waste,” Zardari said, referring to his late wife by her nickname. (Posted @ 21:22 PST)
Bhutto's son vows to avenge mother's death through democracy NAUDERO, Pakistan, Dec 30 (AFP) – Bilawal, the 19-yewar-old son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto vowed Sunday to use democracy to avenge the brutal death of his mother. “My mother always said that democracy is the best revenge,” he said. (Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Pro-Musharraf PML-Q suspends campaigning: spokesman ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (AFP)- The pro-Musharraf PML-Q party has suspended campaigning for the January 8 parliamentary vote “because of the prevailing situation,” spokesman Tariq Azim, the country's former deputy information minister, Sunday said..“We do not have a climate in which we can canvass voters,” Azim said, adding that a delay in the vote -- would be “realistic”. He said Benazir Bhutto's PPP had declared a 40-day period of mourning and “perhaps it will be asking too much of the PPP if they are to go to voters and contest the elections next week,” Azim said. “Keeping everything in mind, a delay of 10 to 12 weeks is realistic,” he said. (Posted @ 16:25 PST)
Sharif would 'review' boycott if Bhutto party runs: spokesman ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (AFP) - Nawaz Sharif’s opposition PML-N said Sunday it would “review” its boycott of next month's elections if Benazir Bhutto's party decides to take part. “If the PPP decides to contest the elections, then we will review our decision whether to contest or continue to boycott,” Sharif’s spokesman Ahsan Iqbal told AFP. “We announced the boycott after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto to send a message of solidarity and express our sympathy towards her party and the people of her home province,” Iqbal said. “Otherwise, we were going to take part,” he said. (Posted @ 18:20 PST)
Mumtaz Bhutto says PPP leadership should remain with Bhutto family LARKANA, Pakistan, Dec 30 (PPI): Sindh National Front (SNF) chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto Sunday said the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples' Party should remain with the Bhutto family. In a statement here, he said that Bhutto family had given a lot of sacrifices for the party and its leadership should remain with the Bhutto family. He said PPP workers would not accept any other leadership. Mumtaz Ali Bhutto met with PPP-Shaheed Bhutto chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto at the Al-Murtaza House Larkana and discussed various political issues with her. Fatima Bhutto, Zilfikar Ali Bhutto Junior and Dr. Mubashir Hassan were also present. (Posted @ 18:48 PST)
Benazir Bhutto’s soyem held LARKANA, Dec 30 (APP): The Soyem of slain Chairperson of PPP Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, was held on Sunday at Naudero House. Quran Khawani was arranged on the occasion for “Isal-i-Sawab” for the departed soul. An 'Ijtimai Dua' was also offered on the occasion led by Mufti Abdul Rehman Kundhar. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Zardari, son, Bilawal, central leadership of the PPP and provincial and AJK chiefs of the party, office bearers and workers as well as thousands of people were present on the occasion. Separate arrangements were made for women at the soyem. Benazir Bhutto's daughters Bakhtawar and Asifa, sister Sanam Bhutto, aunts, office bearers of the PPP women's wing were present. When this report was filed, people are offering condolences to Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal. The PPP Central Executive Committee will meet at Naudero House this afternoon. The meeting will be chaired by the Senior Vice-Chairman, Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Wreath laid on behalf of COAS: A floral wreath was laid at Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s grave on Sunday on behalf of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Fateha' was also offered for the departed soul. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Situation in Karachi, interior Sindh improving KARACHI, Dec 30 (APP): The law and order situation in Sindh province including Karachi in the aftermath of assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was reviewed at a high level meeting Sunday chaired by caretaker Home Minister Brig (Rtd) Akhtar Zami. The meeting noted that petrol pumps had started opening since Saturday night, and supply of other essential commodities had also resumed. Trucks of vegetables and fruits were on way to Karachi under Ranger's security while milk supply had also resumed. A number of shops in various city areas also opened last evening and the city was limping towards normalcy. Public transport remained off the road but cars, motorcycles, taxis and rickshaws were plying in increasing numbers. (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Karachi train service to resume from Monday: minister KARACHI, Dec 30, 2007 (AFP) - “From Monday evening train service from Karachi for the upcountry will be resumed,” railway minister Tariq Mansoor told AFP, referring to links to northern cities such as Lahore, Rawalpindi- Islamabad, and Peshawar. Mansoor put the initial estimate of losses caused to the rail network at 12 billion rupees (19 million dollars), saying 20 train engines and 140 coaches were destroyed in unrest. The railway infrastructure including communications and signal systems has been totally wrecked between Karachi and Sukkur, but makeshift arrangements will be made to allow the running of passenger trains, he said. Four daily trains will depart from Karachi, compared to eight before the unrest, he added. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
India restores rail service to Pakistan: official NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (AFP): India on Sunday decided to restore a train service to Pakistan two days after suspending it over security concerns in the wake of violence over Benazir Bhutto's killing, the railways ministry said. “The situation has improved. So, the government has allowed the services to be resumed,” said a railways ministry spokesman. The Samjhauta Express that runs between New Delhi and Lahore will leave the Indian capital late Sunday for the border town, Attari from where it would cross the border. The government was also likely to resume the Thar Express, to leave the city of Jodhpur for the Pakistani town of Khokrapar next week. (Posted @ 13:40 PST)
PR Peshawar Division decides to restore train service PESHAWAR, Dec 30 (APP): Pakistan Railway's Peshawar Division has decided to restore certain train services with immediate effect. Quetta Express between Peshawar and Quetta will run upto Khanpur, while Khushal Express between Peshawar Cantonment and Karachi would ply between Peshawar and DG Khan. The Passenger Train between Peshawar Cantonment and Lahore and Shuttle Train between Attock and Rawalpindi are already on track. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Two suicide bombers killed in Bahawalnagar ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (AP): Two suspected suicide bombers died Sunday when they prematurely detonated their bomb near the residence of a senior leader of the ruling party in Bahawalnagar, police said. The men were on a motorcycle and not far from the residence of Ejazul Haq, a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader in the city of Bahawalnagar when their bomb exploded, the district police chief said. Mr Ejazul Haq was not at home when the attackers struck. He was minister for religious affairs in the last federal cabinet and reportedly on a militant hit list. Bahawalnagar is a deeply conservative city in eastern Punjab. (First Posted @ 09:50 PST Updated 09:55 PST)
More than a dozen killed in northwestern Pakistan unrest PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 30 (AFP) - More than a dozen people have died in fresh clashes between heavily armed rival tribes in a northwestern Pakistani region plagued by sectarian violence, security officials said Sunday. Sunni and Shiite tribes perched on hills in villages outside the town of Parachinar are using heavy weapons including rockets, mortars, missiles and cannons to destroy each other. The death toll in the violence since last week reached 63 after 13 more died in clashes overnight, a security official said, requesting anonymity. Local administration chief Zaheer ul-Islam confirmed the unrest, but declined to say how many people had been killed.“Rival tribes are using heavy weapons, there are casualties, but at the moment I cannot give the exact figure,” Zaheer told AFP. The latest clashes started on December 22, four days after the Shiite Turi and Sunni Mengal tribes signed a ceasefire agreement following weeks of fighting which left more than 100 people dead. The unrest has forced the government to deploy troops and impose a curfew. “We are trying to involve local tribal chiefs to arrange a new truce,” Zaheer added. (Posted @ 18:16 PST)
Benazir succession meeting starts amid angry scenes NAUDERO, Pakistan, Dec 30 (AFP) - Thousands of mourners chanted anti-government slogans at the family home of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Sunday as the central executive committee of the PPP began meeting to choose her successor and decide whether to contest elections on January 8 “The meeting has started,” a senior party official said adding that party vice president Makhdoom Amin Fahim was chairing the session. Party officials said 19-year-old Bilawal was attending the meeting “at special invitation” while Asif Ali Zardari and Bhutto's younger sister Sanam were present as observers. As the mob outside beat their chests in grief, Zardari told them: “Benazir Bhutto sacrificed her life for Pakistan's survival and democracy. We will continue Bhutto's mission.” ”The Pakistan People's Party will remain intact as the leading political force in the country,” he said, before going inside for the meeting. The succession issue remains uncertain as one party official said Bilawal was not keen to inherit the mantle of the party because of his age. He is still a student at Oxford University. But many in the crowd who had massed on the third and final official day of mourning for Benazir Bhutto began chanting for her sister Sanam, 51, to take the reins of the party, witnesses said. Meeting chairman Amin Fahim has also been mooted as a possible candidate. Meanwhile in Karachi, dozens of people placed garlanded pictures of Benazir Bhutto outside her Bilawal House, where special arrangements were made for Quran Khwani and Fateha. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Benazir Bhutto’s mission to be pursued: Asif Zardari LARKANA, Dec 30 (APP): The mission of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto would continue to be pursued with the same spirit. This was declared by her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, while talking to those attending the 'Soyem' of Ms. Bhutto at Naudero House here Sunday. We vow on the occasion that we will continue to pursue the mission of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, he declared. Zardari said that we would work towards the fulfillment of the dreams and aspirations of Ms. Bhutto. He also prayed to Almighty Allah to give him the strength to bear this irreparable loss and also to share the grief of the PPP leader and workers. Asif Zardari further pointed out that this is the test of all of us. (Posted @ 13:35 PST)
Bhutto investigation: Pakistan seeking support, possible help from other nations NEW YORK, Dec 30 (AP): Pakistani officials have quietly begun consulting other nations about the conduct of their investigation into Benazir Bhutto's killing, despite a public insistence that they need no foreign help, U.S. officials say. The U.S. officials said it was still not entirely clear whether Pakistan was seeking international assistance in an investigation, or simply wanted backing from other countries as it conducts its own probe. “The Pakistan government is discussing with other governments as to how best the investigation can be handled,” said one senior U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because no agreement had yet come from the discussions. (Posted @ 12:15 PST)
Bilawal not keen to be successor: aide NAUDERO, Dec 30 (AFP): Benazir Bhutto's son, Bilawal is not keen to be named as the new leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, one of her close aides said Sunday. “Unlikely,” close Bhutto aide Sherry Rehman told AFP when asked if the opposition leader's 19-year-old Bilawal would be named as chief of the Pakistan People's Party at a meeting later today. “He is not very keen to enter the political arena here. He is young, he is going back to study -- for God's sake he is barely 20 years old,” she said. Other party officials however have insisted that Bilawal remains the frontrunner for the top slot. They said that if he were chosen, the party may set up an advisory council led by his father, Asif Zardari, until he finishes studying and can lead the party full-time. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Pakistan can survive latest chaos, bloodshed: analysts ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (AFP): Born from chaos and bloodshed, and still steeped in turmoil 60 years on, Pakistan has repeatedly defied predictions that the centre of the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic nation cannot hold. While Benazir Bhutto's assassination has renewed fears Pakistan will become another failed state, analysts say it has been down this road before and survived. Marie Lall, an expert at British think-tank Chatham House told AFP, “because there is a problem with the basis for the creation of Pakistan, does not mean it is destined to be a failed state.” Lall said foreign meddling -- including US pressure to crack down on Islamic militants who are part and parcel of Pakistan -- had hurt the country most. “Pakistan has never been given the chance to develop its own foreign policy. That is its biggest problem,” she said. Pakistan has lived through war and assassination, turmoil and the “war on terror” -- even the loss of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, in 1971, which is widely seen as the most traumatic moment in its history. “A civil war happens when organised groups on two sides are working against each other, and we don't see such groups,” political analyst Shafqat Mahmood told AFP. “But a failed state is a crisis of governance, and we do have a crisis of goverance,” he said. Talat Masood, former general turned political analyst said, “we are not destined to fail. We are failing because we are not recognising the base of our new nationhood has to be democracy.” He said Pakistan was not close to coming apart, but warned much would depend on how Musharraf's government investigates Bhutto's death, and whether it conducts free and fair elections. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Election date is Pakistan's call: US CRAWFORD, Texas, Dec 30 (AFP): The White House declined to comment Saturday on the possibility Pakistan may postpone elections in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. But it urged Islamabad to thoroughly investigate her death. “The Pakistanis are going to have to make their decision based on the conditions following her death,” said presidential spokesman Tony Fratto. “The elections should be free and fair and parties and candidates able to conduct an election in an open way. But as for the timing, this will be something the Pakistani authorities will have to determine,” he said in a telephone call, while US President George W. Bush spent the holiday break at his Texas ranch. (Posted @ 09:35 PST)
Pelosi questions Bhutto probe WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters): Washington should address “troubling questions” about Pakistan's probe of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination and its cooperation in fighting terrorism before extending any more aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday. She called for an international investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
Asif Zardari says he denied permission for Benazir autopsy NAUDERO, Pakistan, Dec 30 (AFP) - Benazir Bhutto's husband said Sunday he denied the Pakistani government permission to conduct an autopsy, saying he had lived in the country “long enough to know” how it would have been handled. “I chose not to give them permission for an autopsy,” Asif Ali Zardari told a news conference presenting the couple's son Bilawal as the new leader of Bhutto's party. “I've lived here long enough to know how and where the autopsy would have been conducted,” he said, adding that any autopsy would have been “useless”. He called for a UN probe into her death. (Posted @ 21:08 PST)
Kenya's Kibaki re-elected, opposition cries foul NAIROBI, Dec 30 (AFP) -Kenya's Mwai Kibaki was re-elected president of Kenya Sunday after a tight election but his opposition challenger accused him of stealing victory, prompting fears of widespread unrest. He was sworn-in as such soon after the formal announcement of the poll result by the Electoral Commission which credited Kibaki with 4,584,721 votes to the 4,352,993 mustered by opposition challenger Raila Odinga. Odinga accused Kibaki of stealing the victory through systematic fraud in the tallying process. The 62-year-old Odinga, once Kibaki's cabinet colleague, led the incumbent in most pre-election opinion polls and in the early media tallies of the general elections held on Thursday. The challenger's party had unilaterally declared victory on Saturday. Earlier Sunday, Odinga reiterated his call for Kibaki to concede defeat and demanded a national recount. (First Posted @ 09:15 PST Updated @ 21:04 PST)
7 female Christian students missing in violence-hit eastern Indian state BHUBANESHWAR, India, Dec 30 (AP) - Seven teenage girls were missing in eastern India where Christian-Hindu violence left at least four people dead over the past 10 days, a state government official said Sunday. A boarding school informed police about the missing ninth grade students on Saturday, said Satyenbrata Sahu, a divisional commissioner. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 Christians held a protest in New Delhi on Sunday, urging the federal government to punish the attackers who they alleged belonged to the hard-line World Hindu Council and other organizations. Nearly 700 Christians fearing attacks by Hindu hard-liners have taken shelter in government-run relief camps since Friday, said Pradeep Kapoor, the inspector-general of police. “Many priests, nuns and ordinary Christians are hiding in the forest to escape the wrath of Hindu activists,” a statement said. About 19 churches have been ransacked and burned and several homes have been destroyed, it added. (Posted @ 19:58 PST)
Graffiti, flowers on anniversary of Saddam execution TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Black graffiti lauding Saddam Hussein appeared overnight in his home town and small groups of mourners turned out at his grave on Sunday, the first anniversary of the former Iraqi leader's execution. “There is no life without the sun and no dignity without Saddam,” read one painted slogan in his home town, Tikrit, north of Baghdad. “Paradise for the hero Saddam,” read another. The graffiti appeared on buildings including the town's police station and its agriculture and electricity directorates. In Awja, the village near Tikrit that is Saddam's birthplace and his final resting place, Reuters Television filmed men, women and children crowding around his flower-covered tomb in a hall attached to a mosque. Seven poets recited poetry praising Saddam near his grave, and a group of about 25 men sat talking about life under Saddam and how Iraq had changed since his execution. (Posted @ 19:26 PST)
Ranatunga to take over as Sri Lanka cricket chief COLOMBO, Dec 30 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is to be formally appointed as head of the cricket administration next week, officials said Sunday. “His appointment is confirmed and he should take over next week as chairman of the cricket interim committee,” a senior presidential official, who did not want to be named, told AFP. Ranatunga is also tipped to become the deputy foreign minister in the government reshuffle, expected to take place early in the New Year. (Posted @ 18:56 PST)
Indian troops martyr two more innocent Kashmiris SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Dec 30 (PPI): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops martyred two more innocent Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district. Their dead bodies were recovered from the debris of a house destroyed with heavy mortar shelling by 44-Rashtriya Rifles during siege and search operations at Drubgam area of the district. Separately, unidentified gunmen barged into a house and killed a 40-year-old civilian Muhammad Shabir at Mustan Dara in Surankote. Meanwhile, protest demonstrations were held in Ganderbal, Narbal, Chadura and Gool areas against anti-people policies of the puppet regime. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
Pakistan Railway starts transportation of stranded passengers KARACHI, Dec 30 (APP): Sukkur Division Railways authorities operated three trains from Rohri and Pano Aqil stations in Sindh province on Saturday night to carry stranded passengers to upcountry destinations. Bhambhore Express and Super Express operated from Rohri, and Shah Rukn-e- Alam Express operated from Pano Aqil station. Meanwhile, four teams of engineers have left Karachi with necessary equipment and material for survey of damages and to undertake repairs. One of the four teams will survey and start repair work from Kotri to Dadu and from Kotri to Tandoadam sections, a spokesman said. (Posted @ 18:45 PST)
4 killed, 3 missing in Indonesian Navy plane crash BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 30 (AP) A small Indonesian Navy aircraft crashed off Sumatra island after trying to make an emergency sea landing Sunday, killing four officers and leaving three others missing, officials said. The plane was carrying seven people, including the local Navy air base commander who was among those missing. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Iran nuclear plant to start summer 2008: FM TEHRAN, Dec 30 (AFP) Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite statements by the plant's Russian constructors it will not go online until the end of the year. “The Bushehr nuclear power station will launch at a capacity of 50 percent next summer,” said Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, quoted by the state news agency IRNA. Mottaki's comments came after a second consignment of fuel for the Bushehr nuclear plant arrived in Iran from Russia on Friday following the delivery of the first consignment on December 17. (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Hundreds in shelter after religious unrest in India BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 30 (AFP) Nearly 500 Hindus and Christians were being housed in relief centres after clashes between the communities left at least five dead since Christmas, a government official said Sunday. Nearly a dozen churches were damaged and a man killed on Christmas night in eastern Orissa state during a protest backed by a right-wing Hindu group. Subsequent clashes between Hindus and Christians left four more dead. Some 30 people had been arrested as a curfew stayed in place for a fifth straight day Sunday in four towns in Kandhamal district, 300 kilometres southwest of capital Bhubaneswar. (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Bin Laden issues warning on Iraq WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (AFP) Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden warned Muslims against supporting Iraq's US-backed government and promised the “liberation of Palestine,” in a new online message issued Saturday. In the 56-minute tape, he accused the United States of seeking to control the region through the Iraqi government, according to SITE, a US-based institute that monitors extremist web forums. He singled out Iraqis fighting against Al-Qaeda in Anbar province, and the Islamic Party of Iraq, saying that Muslims supporting it are traitors to Islam, the monitor said in a report. The tape was apparently made after the Mideast peace conference in the US city of Annapolis in late November, which bin Laden refers to. He made no mention of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, which Pakistan's government has blamed on Al-Qaeda. (Posted @ 15:25 PST)
Three pro-Thaksin poll winners disqualified: Election body BANGKOK, Dec 30 (AFP): Three politicians linked to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra who won seats in Thailand's recent election have been disqualified for vote buying, the Election Commission said Sunday. The candidates from northeastern Buriram province are members of the pro-Thaksin People Power Party (PPP), which gained the most seats in December 23 elections, the first since a military coup last year. (Posted @ 11:05 PST)
Former rebels set to rejoin Nepal government KATHMANDU, Dec 30 (APP/AP): Former rebels were set to rejoin the Nepal government on Sunday after quitting it three months earlier, officials said. In preparation for the move, the ex-rebels, widely known as Maoists, said they have given the names of seven members of the party to the prime minister to be included in the government. A senior Maoist member said they are going to have five cabinet ministers and two junior ministers in the government. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Five rebels, soldier killed in Sri Lanka battles COLOMBO, Dec 30 (AP): Soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels traded mortar and small arms fire across embattled northern Sri Lanka, killing five guerrillas and a soldier, the military said Sunday. Troops and Tamil Tigers fought a gunbattle Saturday near Killali village on Jaffna peninsula, leaving three rebels dead. The battle wounded five soldiers and three rebels,a defence ministry official said. Other fighting in the north killed two other rebels and one soldier, he said. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Football team captain dies after collapsing in match MOTHERWELL, Scotland, Dec 30 (AP): Phil O'Donnell, captain of Scottish Premier League club Motherwell, died Saturday after collapsing during a match. The 35-year-old midfielder fell to the ground at Fir Park just as he was about to be substituted against Dundee United. The player was carried on a stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital. The club later announced O'Donnell’s death who played once for Scotland. (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
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