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• New Zealanders may be able to travel to some Australian states before Christmas, Ardern says

  27-09-2020 23:56
  
  Travel between New Zealand and some states of Australia is possible before the end of the year, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.Plans for a travel 'bubble' between Australia and New Zealand has been in discussions for months as both nations slowed the spread of the coronavirus, but they were disrupted after a resurgence of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia, followed by a second wave of infections in Auckland.With the virus largely contained in New Zealand, and as cases
  
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• Trump paid just $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017 after reporting millions in losses, report claims

  27-09-2020 23:55
  
  Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he was elected president and another $750 the following year, 2017, his first in office.Mr Trump for years has been saddled with debt and incurred losses in ways that have allowed him to avoid paying taxes at the rates one might expect for a self-proclaimed billionaire, the New York Times has reported after sifting through years of his long-elusive tax returns.The president has fiercely protected those filings from entering the public spher
  
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• NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

  27-09-2020 23:41
  
  President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times.Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make them public, paid $750 in taxes to the federal government the year he was elected, 2016, and $750 again his first year in office.A lawyer for the Trump Organization, Alan Garten, and a spokesperson for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request f
  
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• New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell

  27-09-2020 23:40
  
  New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell* Paper details $750 federal income tax payments in 2016, 2017* Information ‘does not reveal unreported Russia connections’* US politics – live coverage
  
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• Trump paid no income taxes in 10 of last 15 years - New York Times

  27-09-2020 23:31
  
  President Donald Trump paid extremely little in income taxes in recent years as heavy losses from his business enterprises offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing tax-return data.The Times reported that Trump, who is seeking re-election in November, paid just $750 (588.47 pounds) in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, and paid no income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years, despite receiving $427.4 million through 2018 from his reality
  
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• Ed Davey To Warn Lib Dems Voters See Party As 'Out Of Touch'

  27-09-2020 23:30
  
  Party leader will also use personal speech to say Lib Dems must be the voice of the UK’s nine million carers.
  
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• Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History review – challenging orchestrated racism

  27-09-2020 23:30
  
  Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History review – challenging orchestrated racismFrom Chevalier De Saint-Georges to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, black classical musicians and composers have been largely written out of the canon. This fascinating one-off asks why
  
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• Trump Paid Just $750 in Income Taxes the Year He Was Elected, Report Says

  27-09-2020 23:28
  
  Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and again in 2017, and none in 10 of the 15 years before that, according to two decades of taxe returns obtained by The New York Times.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
  
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• Trump Paid Just $1,500 in Federal Income Taxes in 2016 and 2017, Report Says

  27-09-2020 23:26
  
  Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, and zero in 10 of the 15 years before that, according to two decades of taxes returns obtained by The New York Times.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
  
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• Republicans condemned for promoting ‘Notorious ACB’ shirts days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death

  27-09-2020 23:11
  
  Democratic senator says the point of the shirt was ‘to stick a finger in the eye of Ginsburg’s grieving family and anyone mourning her loss’
  
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• NFL great Joe Montana and wife Jennifer save grandchild from kidnapping

  27-09-2020 23:07
  
  NFL great Joe Montana and wife Jennifer save grandchild from kidnapping* Police confirm incident on Saturday in Malibu home* Woman has been charged with kidnapping and burglary
  
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• Bengals, Eagles play to 23-23 tie

  27-09-2020 23:02
  
  Joe Burrow kept his team from losing again.Burrow tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Tee Higgins in regulation and Wentz dove into the end zone for the tying score in the final minute as the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles played to a 23-23 tie on Sunday.Philadelphia’s Jake Elliott lined up for a 59-yard field goal with 19 seconds left in overtime, but a false start on Matt Pryor forced the Eagles to punt it away and play for the tie.
  
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• Saracens face uncertain Championship future after Champions Cup loss

  27-09-2020 23:00
  
  Saracens face uncertain Championship future after Champions Cup loss* Saracens face Bath in final Premiership game on Sunday* Date for start of Championship is yet to be decided
  
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• Pressure mounts on government to review ‘shambolic' 10pm curfew after drinkers crowd streets at closing time

  27-09-2020 22:58
  
  Tory MPs, hospitality sector and city nightlife officials unite in criticism of new rule
  
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• Biden: The very soul of this country is at stake

  27-09-2020 22:57
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says the fate of the Affordable Care Act is at stake with President Donald Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court.Biden says voters know the "very soul of this country is at stake."
  
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• Delay in tax evasion crackdown is costing the taxpayer billions

  27-09-2020 22:55
  
  Delay in tax evasion crackdown is costing the taxpayer billionsMoney laundering and tax evasion are costing Australian taxpayers tens of billions of dollars each year. So why is the government dragging its feet?* Phoenixing: how unscrupulous dealers rise debt-free from the ashes of failed companies
  
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• NFL legend Joe Montana confronts intruder 'who grabbed grandchild’

  27-09-2020 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>The alleged culprit now faces kidnapping and burglary charges.</p>
  
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• NFL legend Joe Montana confronts intruder 'who grabbed grandchild’

  27-09-2020 22:50
  
  The alleged culprit now faces kidnapping and burglary charges.
  
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• Morning mail: budget deficit 'not enough', Melbourne curfew ends, leaving QAnon

  27-09-2020 22:49
  
  Morning mail: budget deficit 'not enough', Melbourne curfew ends, leaving QAnonMonday: analysts say the Australian government should go further into the red to support economic recovery. Plus: how to deradicalise a QAnon follower
  
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• Another Falcons collapse: Foles' 3 TDs lead 30-26 Bears win

  27-09-2020 22:45
  
  Chicago's Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to hand the Atlanta Falcons another humiliating defeat, rallying the Bears from a 16-point deficit for a 30-26 victory on Sunday.The Bears, improving to 3-0 for the first time since 2013, became the second straight team to overcome a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Falcons (0-3).This one could spell the end for sixth-year coach Dan Quinn, who desperately needed a good start after two straight losing se
  
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• Declan Rice hails West Ham's 'massive reaction' to poor league start with thumping victory against Wolves

  27-09-2020 22:33
  
  Declan Rice has hailed the "massive reaction" from his West Ham team-mates after they thumped Wolves 4-0 to record their first win of the season.Jarrod Bowen struck either side of the interval before Tomas Soucek's header - later awarded as an own goal by Raul Jimenez - sent the Hammers towards their first three points of the season.
  
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• Boris Johnson pledges to protect 30% of UK’s land by 2030 to support recovery of nature

  27-09-2020 22:33
  
  Boris Johnson is promising to protect 30 per cent of the UK's land by 2030 under Government plans to support the recovery of nature.The Prime Minister will make the pledge at a virtual United Nations event on Monday, where he will warn that countries must act to reverse biodiversity loss.
  
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• Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson reveals 'disillusionment' with football over handball rule changes

  27-09-2020 22:32
  
  Roy Hodgson is holding out little hope that his protests over the changes to the handball law will result in action as he grows increasingly disillusioned with football.Crystal Palace were one of a few sides bitten by the new, far stricter, rules around handball over the weekend as Brighton and Tottenham also saw game-changing decisions awarded against them.
  
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• Burkhead's 3 TDs power Patriots to 36-20 win over Raiders

  27-09-2020 22:32
  Rex Burkhead scored three touchdowns and Bill Belichick became the third coach in NFL history to reach 275 regular-season victories in the New England Patriots’ 36-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.Burkhead had two rushing scores and an 11-yard TD reception.Cam Newton was 17 of 28 passing for 162 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
  
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• Belichick reaches milestone as Patriots top Raiders 36-20

  27-09-2020 22:32
  
  Bill Belichick became the third coach in NFL history to reach 275 regular-season victories and Rex Burkhead scored three touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots to a 36-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.Belichick joined George Halas (318) and Don Shula (328) as the only coaches to reach the milestone.
  
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• Titans top winless Vikes 31-30; Gostkowski has 6 FGs

  27-09-2020 22:31
  
  Stephen Gostkowski made his career-high sixth field goal of game, a 55-yarder with 1:48 left that lifted undefeated Tennessee to a 31-30 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday after Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill carried the Titans on another comeback.Henry rushed for 119 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns for the Titans, who improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2008 after trailing for most of the game.Tannehill passed for 321 yards, guiding the Titans on a go-ahead drive in the
  
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• Marlins' Starling Marte, José Ureña hurt against Yankees

  27-09-2020 22:31
  
  Miami outfielder Starling Marte and right-hander José Ureña left Sundays' regular-season finale against the New York Yankees after getting hurt in the early innings.Marte was hit on the front of his helmet by Clarke Schmidt’s 94 mph fastball in the second inning.Marte stayed down for a few minutes and was replaced by Lewis Brinson.
  
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• Chelsea FC boss Frank Lampard backs Thiago Silva after Premier League debut is lost in translation

  27-09-2020 22:31
  
  Frank Lampard is confident Thiago Silva will quickly improve his grasp of English and has backed the Brazilian to get over his mistake on his Premier League debut.Silva made a horrible error for West Brom’s second goal as Chelsea dropped points with a 3-3 draw at The Hawthorns on Saturday.
  
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• British Museum won't remove controversial objects but will ‘contextualise them’ instead, following government funding threat

  27-09-2020 22:31
  
  The British Museum has said it will not remove controversial objects from display but will “contextualise” them instead, following a government funding threat. In a leaked letter, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that Government-funded museums and galleries risk losing taxpayer support if they remove artefacts. The missive, sent to several institutions, said: "As publicly funded bodies, you should not be taking actions motivated by activism or politics. "The significant support t
  
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• The Harvest Moon – a golden globe to welcome the autumn

  27-09-2020 22:30
  
  The Harvest Moon – a golden globe to welcome the autumnThe closest full moon to the equinox is known as the Harvest Moon as its extra light allowed farmers to work late into the evening to gather the crops
  
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• Labour warns more than a million workers ‘consigned to the scrap heap’ in fresh attack on job support scheme

  27-09-2020 22:30
  
  Labour has warned that more than a million workers are being “consigned to the scrap heap” in a fresh attack on the Government's Job Support Scheme.The party have said that sectors of the economy that generate billions in tax revenue and employ huge numbers of workers are not covered by the plans.
  
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• Jurgen Klopp rules out Liverpool FC centre-back signing barring 'serious' injury

  27-09-2020 22:30
  
  Jurgen Klopp has insisted that Liverpool won’t enter the transfer market for defensive reinforcements before the window closes unless they are hit by a ‘serious’ injury blow.The Premier League champions sold defender Dejan Lovren to Zenit St Petersburg earlier this summer and have thus far opted against bringing in a replacement.
  
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• Banged up 49ers win again at MetLife, beat winless Giants

  27-09-2020 22:28
  
  Nick Mullens threw for 343 yards and a touchdown to lead the 49ers to their second win at MetLife in as many weeks with a 36-9 victory over the error-prone and winless Giants on Sunday.Jerick McKinnon, Brandon Aiyuk and Jeff Wilson scored on runs on a near flawless day for the Niners (2-1), who stayed in West Virginia to prep for the game.
  
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• Biden holds commanding 10-point lead in polls as Trump demands 'drug test' before Tuesday's debate

  27-09-2020 22:26
  
  Democrat led president 54-44 per cent in head-to-head national poll released on Sunday
  
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• Trump news: Push to ram through Supreme Court pick by election day, as Democrats say RBG ‘turning in grave’

  27-09-2020 22:25
  
  Donald Trump mocked a protestor while speaking at a rally in ‘battleground’ Pennsylvania on Saturday night.The incident comes after a progressive activist group of Democrat supporters announced they had purchased the internet domain name www.amyconeybarrett.com in an attempt to fight Ms Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court - a move which they say confirms Mr Trump's efforts to take over the US judicial system.Mr Trump urged Republicans, who hold a 53-47 Senate majority, to
  
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• Bills rally to beat Rams 35-32 after blowing 25-point lead

  27-09-2020 22:23
  
  Josh Allen completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight Tyler Kroft with 15 seconds remaining, and the Buffalo Bills survived to beat the Los Angeles Rams 35-32 after squandering a 25-point lead on Sunday.The Rams (2-1) were poised to match the third-largest comeback in NFL regular season history after Jared Goff led the team to touchdowns on four straight drives, capped by Darrell Henderson's 1-yard run with 4:30 remaining.
  
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• Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel 'secretly welcome second child'

  27-09-2020 22:20
  
  Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have secretly welcomed a second child, according to his former fellow *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass.It comes after months of speculation that the couple have been expecting.
  
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• Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff team up in final campaign stretch

  27-09-2020 22:16
  
  Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff are both from New Jersey.Biden and Emhoff have rapidly become two of the campaign’s most prolific surrogates, engaging in in-person campaign events and virtual fundraisers at a pace that often outmatches their spouses at the top of the ticket.While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent their days campaigning in key states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida, Jill Biden and Emhoff have had nonstop schedules of virtual fundraisers, constituency-focused events
  
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• Steelers stay perfect, keep Texans winless in 28-21 victory

  27-09-2020 22:14
  
  James Conner ran for 109 yards and the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed perfect by rallying past the Houston Texans 28-21 on Sunday.Houston managed just 51 yards and two first downs after halftime as an early 11-point lead vanished.Houston started with the same mark in 2018 and rallied to win the AFC South.
  
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• Senior Tories call for tuition refunds for university students forced to lock down

  27-09-2020 22:09
  
  University students who face being locked down in their university halls with no face-to-face teaching should be given refunds, senior Conservatives have urged. George Freeman, a former transport minister, on Sunday joined a growing list of MPs calling for compensation for undergraduates whose learning has been disrupted by the pandemic. With more than 3,000 students across England and Scotland currently in self-isolation, Mr Freeman said he wanted every university to “look seriously&rdquo
  
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• Mayfield leads Browns to first winning record since 2014

  27-09-2020 22:09
  
  For the first time in six years, the Cleveland Browns have a winning record.“We gotta start changing history and our legacies right now,” defensive end Myles Garrett said.Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for two more and the Browns moved over .500 for the first time since 2014 with a 34-20 win Sunday over the Washington Football Team, which lost rookie defensive end Chase Young to a groin injury.
  
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• Mayfield, Chubb lead Browns past Washington and over .500

  27-09-2020 22:09
  
  Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for two more and the Cleveland Browns moved over .500 for the first time since 2014 with a 34-20 win Sunday over the Washington Football Team, which lost rookie defensive end Chase Young to a groin injury.With their second straight win under first-year coach Kevin Stefanski, the Browns are 2-1 for the first time since 2011.Young, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft, left in the second quarter with his injury.
  
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• Jarrod Bowen adds substance to sparkle as West Ham's defensive shape pays dividends in Wolves win

  27-09-2020 22:09
  
  West Ham secured a thumping first Premier League victory of the season over Wolves on Sunday evening.With manager David Moyes picking the team and tactics from home after testing positive for Covid-19, the Hammers secured a win that will have come as a huge relief to their absent boss.
  
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• Coco Gauff exploits Johanna Konta’s errors to advance in French Open

  27-09-2020 22:08
  
  Coco Gauff exploits Johanna Konta’s errors to advance in French Open• American teenager eases through 6-3, 6-3 on Paris debut• Simona Halep cruises through in straight sets
  
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• Anti-English sentiment on rise in Scotland, Rennie tells Lib Dems

  27-09-2020 22:08
  
  English people in Scotland are being made to feel like “strangers in their own homes” as a result of rising nationalist bigotry, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has warned. Willie Rennie, in his speech to his party’s virtual conference on Sunday, said that the pandemic was being used by some to “spread hate” and said he felt “uncomfortable” with “the growing anti-English sentiment in Scotland”. He highlighted border protests in t
  
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• Tory heartlands will have to find space for 1.5m new homes

  27-09-2020 22:06
  
  Communities in large parts of the Conservatives' traditional heartlands will have to find space for 1.5 million new homes under a "mutant" planning algorithm being considered by the Government. The plans, reportedly the brainchild of Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings, will deliver an additional five million homes across England over the next 15 years, with nearly a third in rural counties. The five million target is two million more than the targets already set out in local plans th
  
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• France's centre right keeps control of Senate in election

  27-09-2020 22:05
  
  France's centre-right Les Republicains party was on course to maintain its majority in the Senate after Sunday's vote, while President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party avoided mishap 18 months away from a general election.Partial results also showed France's green party making gains, with leaders of the Europe Ecology - The Greens saying they expected to be able to form a group, handing the party a little more clout in the upper house."This election, in the current social, economic, and public h
  
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• Lewis Hamilton claims he is being unfairly targeted by F1 officials

  27-09-2020 22:01
  
  Lewis Hamilton claims he is being unfairly targeted by F1 officials* World champion receives two five-second penalties* Hamilton: ‘They’re trying to stop me, aren’t they’
  
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• Greece says first migrant dies of COVID-19 since the pandemic

  27-09-2020 21:59
  
  A male migrant died of COVID-19 on Sunday, the first reported death of an asylum seeker since the pandemic broke out in Greece in late February, a government official told Reuters.The 61-year-old Afghan, a father of two children, who lived at the migrant camp of Malakasa north of Athens, was treated and died at a hospital in Athens, the official said, adding that authorities were tracing his contacts.
  
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• FC Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal: Ansu Fati bags brace and Lionel Messi on target in opening LaLiga win

  27-09-2020 21:56
  
  Ansu Fati scored twice and Lionel Messi netted from the penalty spot as Barcelona got off to a spectacular start under Ronald Koeman with a 4-0 win over Villarreal at Camp Nou on Sunday night.Koeman opted for Fati alongside Messi and Philippe Coutinho in his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation, with Antoine Griezmann in the centre-forward role following the sale of Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid last week.
  
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