• 09 Feb ' 14:43

  

  17:41 ET

  US banks in $25bn mortgage settlement

  Greek austerity plans 'may not be enough'

  More work needs to be done on Greece's austerity proposals before a 130bn euro bailout can be handed over, say eurozone ministers.

  • Q&A: Greek debt crisis
  • What caused euro crisis?

  • Army pressured by uprising and defections
  • Homs resident: 'No food, no water'

  • Mexico seizes 'largest meth haul'

    Mexican soldiers secure 15 tonnes of methamphetamines in the western state of Jalisco, in what is believed to be the largest seizure yet.

  • China investigating police chief

    Chinese authorities are investigating after a top police chief spent a day at the US consulate, state media says, amid rumours he sought asylum.

  • Marines unit in 'SS logo' photo

  • US House backs insider trade ban

  • Northern Lights captured from space00:56
  • Athletes race up Empire State Building02:01
  • 01:00

  • AA sat-nav car insurance policy

  • Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared'

  • Khan-Peterson rematch set for May

  US approves two nuclear reactors

  Guinea massacre: Minister charged

  Amitabh Bachchan faces surgery

  Reporters cleared over Nazi film

  • Britain braced for further snow

  • Mini guide to Gran CanariaStunning views and delicious, authentic cuisine

  • The Bureau of Unknown DestinationsIn New York, a rail journey without plans

  • Fat fights back

    Hard-hitting anti-obesity ads spark online backlash

  Last Updated at 17:44 ET

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  4. Heart disease risk 'inherited'
  5. New Homs shelling 'kills dozens'

  1. Marines unit in 'SS logo' photo
  2. Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared'
  3. Mexico seizes 'largest meth haul'
  5. US banks in mortgage settlement
  6. Euro ministers doubt Greek plans
  7. US approves two nuclear reactors
  9. New Homs shelling 'kills dozens'

  1. Giant octopus lands in Yorkshire
  3. Northern Lights captured from space
  4. Giant baby born to Chinese couple
  7. Gentle zoo giant rescues baby bird
  9. Polka dot obsessed at the Tate
  10. Half donkey, half zebra - it's a donkra!

  • Witness

    In 1962 Timmie Jean Lindsey became the first woman in the world to have the operation.

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• 09 Feb ' 08:12

  

  11:11 ET

  US banks in mortgage settlement

  Five of the biggest US banks agree to provide $25bn in assistance to homeowners to settle claims over improper foreclosure practices.

  • US Fed in new bank rules proposal
  • BoA seeks mortgage settlement

  New Homs shelling 'kills dozens'

  Nearly 100 people are reported killed in new violence in Syria's city of Homs as government troops continue an onslaught aimed at crushing rebels.

  • Sixth day of bombing in Homs

  Anti-obesity ads 'risk child stigma'

  A US advertising campaign showing stark images of overweight teenagers is facing criticism by a senior public health official, the BBC learns.

  • 'Bullied fat kids' fight back
  • 'Fatshion' blogs back plus-size couture

  • Greece leaders agree bailout cuts

    Greece agrees to the austerity measures required to gain a new bailout hours before eurozone finance ministers are due to discuss the deal in Brussels.

  • Nine jailed over London bomb plot

  • Spanish judge Garzon is convicted

  • Key militant 'killed in Pakistan'

  • Maldives warrant for ex-president

  • China sacks officials in Tibet

  • Groupon reports unexpected loss

  • Ai Weiwei hopes to visit UK design01:48
  • Afghans celebrate best carpet award01:46
  • 01:01

  • Bank pumps £50bn into UK economy
  • Kodak exits digital camera market

  • Ofcom targets switching slammers
  • App makers' address-book apology

  • No takers for Miro at London sale

  • Why zebras evolved their stripes

  • 

  • FA to draw up England shortlist

  News Corp profits swing to growth

  Brazil police end protest action

  Uganda 'not behind anti-gay bill'

  Indonesia rule 'to curb adultery'

  Sarkozy ex-minister faces charges

  • Clifford talks of media 'cancer'
  • Guilty pleas over hospital abuse

  • Texas’s troubled border regionProfound changes in this fascinating location

  • Coffee wars

    Can the cappuccino conquer a nation of tea drinkers?

  • Portraits of a monarch

    How photographer Cecil Beaton captured the Queen

  • Health Check

    Folklore would have us believe that cheese gives you nightmares - but does it?

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  2. Tribes untouched by civilisation
  4. Key militant 'killed in Pakistan'

  4. Obesity ads 'risk child stigma'
  5. All for the want of a winter horseshoe
  6. Kodak exits digital camera market
  7. Nine jailed over terror bomb plot
  8. New doubt over Greek bailout plan
  10. Key militant 'killed in Pakistan'

  3. Beaton's portraits of the Queen
  4. Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist
  7. Passing down wealth in India
  8. James Marsh on his IRA thriller
  9. Preserving New York's 'Little Syria' Watch

  • HARDtalk Watch

    France's expulsion of Roma a 'terrible thing', says European Justice Commissioner

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• 09 Feb ' 02:35

  

  9 February 201205:31 ET

  Deadly shelling hits Syrian city

  The Syrian army resumes its bombardment of the restive city of Homs, killing at least 20 people early on Thursday, activists say.

  • BBC inside Homs: People 'trapped'
  • Analysis: West's aims?
  • Guide: Syria Crisis

  Greece's PM says more talks are needed on fresh austerity proposals for a new bailout package, as euro finance ministers prepare to meet.

  Blood-sucking flies clue to zebra's stripes

  A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists. BBC Nature

  • Horses, donkeys and zebras videos, news and facts
  • How the turtle's shell developed

  • Maldives 'warrant' for ex-leader

    A criminal court in the Maldives issues an arrest warrant for former President Mohamed Nasheed, officials in his party say.

  • China policeman mystery deepens

    The mystery over a top Chinese police chief deepens as the US confirms he visited its consulate - but China says it was "resolved smoothly".

  • Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed'

  • New Tibet self-immolation report

  • NZ quake building 'sub-standard'

  • China's inflation rate up to 4.5%

  • BBC Sport

  • Top Gun prince trains for Afghanistan01:41
  • Protests in Maldives turn violent02:00
  • Scientists reach lake deep under Antarctic01:34
  • Homs: 'Civilian casualties mounting'02:50
  • 01:00

  • US mortgage deal nears agreement
  • UK trade gap smallest since 2003

  • Apple seeks revised patent rules

  • Medical drama House to end run
  • Kate attends Lucian Freud preview

  • England manager - Sportsday special Live
  • Ferdinand leads call for Redknapp

  Mexico mass graves hold 15 bodies

  • Repossessions 'lowest since 2007'
  • Couple in £45m EuroMillions win

  • Ukraine’s coffee-brewing rootsThe first coffee maker hailed from Lviv

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  1. Pakistan al-Qaeda chief 'killed'
  2. China policeman mystery deepens
  4. In pictures: Karachi whale shark
  5. US mortgage deal nears agreement
  6. Deadly shelling hits Syrian city
  7. Indian 'porn' ministers barred
  8. Couple in £45m EuroMillions win

  1. Harry qualifies as Apache pilot
  2. People inside Homs 'feel trapped'
  3. What is freezing rain?
  6. Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake
  7. Likely contenders for England job?

  • Talking Movies

    Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen star in the new IRA thriller Shadow Dancer set in the 1990s

  • Should the Syrian opposition be armed? Trouble in the Maldives; England's Capello resigns

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• 08 Feb ' 20:44

  

  23:41 ET

  Arab Syria mission 'may resume'

  UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria and accuses Damascus of stepping up "war on its own people".

  • UN chief: Violence unacceptable
  • Syria: The diplomatic train wreck

  Greek parties fail to agree cuts

  The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.

  • Hewitt: Waiting on Athens
  • Flanders: ECB and the Greeks

  Chinese prices get New Year boost

  China's rate of inflation accelerates to 4.5% in January as consumers raise spending around Chinese New Year.

  • China loosens grip on yuan

  • Washington state backs gay marriage

    Lawmakers in the US state of Washington pass a bill legalising gay marriage, making Washington the seventh US state to back the measure.

  • Real still top football rich list

    Real Madrid head the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the seventh year in a row, says a Deloitte survey.

  • Russia 'wins Antarctic lake drill race'

  • Sudan launches Darfur peace body

  • Thousands of troops storm US coast02:29
  • Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist02:00
  • Beaton's portraits of the Queen03:21
  • 01:13

  • News Corp profits swing to growth

  • Cisco sees profits rise over 43%

  • Capello quits as England manager

  Singapore warns US on China talk

  • Care referrals reach record high
  • Prince qualifies as Apache pilot
  • Elderly man dies after dog attack
  • Heart disease risk 'inherited'

  • An electric folding carStarting in 2013, small cars get even smaller

  • Guardians of Eden

    Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world

  • The wrong horseshoe

    Why Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia ended in disaster

  • Cafe culture

    Is India falling in love with the cappuccino?

  • Contested atolls

    Filipinos defend islands amid South China Sea tensions

  Last Updated at 23:43 ET

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  2. All for the want of a winter horseshoe
  3. Washington approves gay marriage
  4. Greek parties fail to agree cuts
  6. Threshold broken for tiny lasers
  7. US-Japan marine deal resurrected
  8. Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'
  9. Real still top football rich list

  1. Tribes untouched by civilisation
  3. How plants warn each other of danger
  4. Thousands of troops storm US coast
  5. Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist
  7. One-minute World News
  9. Fire destroys TV chef's kitchens Watch

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• 08 Feb ' 14:37

  

  17:36 ET

  Santorum hails campaign momentum

  Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum pledges to push for victory in March's Super Tuesday votes, after a hat-trick of wins on Tuesday night.

  • Glossary: US elections

  

  • Inside Homs: People 'trapped'
  • Mark Urban: West's aims?
  • Press sceptical on Russia

  America and Asia 'will join up'

  Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years.

  • US contraceptive rule 'must go'

    The top Republican in Congress urges action against President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, which has angered Catholic leaders.

  • US-Japan marine deal resurrected

  • England football boss Capello quitsBBC Sport

  • 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'01:51
  • Michelle Obama's sack race triumph01:16
  • National Park keeps crocs' teeth clean01:07

  • 
  • Groupon reports unexpected loss

  • Threshold broken for tiny lasers

  • Gene therapy 'gave me sight back'

  • Reaction to Capello resignation Live
  • Zambia 1-0 Ghana

  Canada 'can use torture material'

  Court backs liberal's vote ban

  • Police hold 213 in raids on gangs

  • Are rodeos cultured or cruel?A look at the two sides of the western tradition

  • America’s wackiest fair foodsThe craziest foods across the country

  Last Updated at 17:36 ET

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  1. America and Asia 'will join up'
  2. Satellites spy on Europe’s farms
  4. Russians claim Antarctic success

  1. America and Asia 'will join up'
  2. Satellites spy on Europe’s farms
  3. US contraceptive rule 'must go'
  4. Russians claim Antarctic success
  6. US-Japan Marine deal resurrected
  10. Santorum hails campaign momentum

  2. 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'
  3. Animation shows rise and fall of last supercontinent
  4. Michelle Obama's sack race triumph
  7. People inside Homs 'feel trapped'
  8. Michelle Obama's push-ups success
  9. Passing down wealth in India

  • Russia calls for Syria dialogue; Maldives former president 'coup victim'; female composers

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• 08 Feb ' 09:34

  

  12:31 ET

  

  • Media view: The Santorum sweep
  • Profile: Rick Santorum

  

  • BBC in Homs: 'Despair, hysteria'

  Russians claim Antarctic lake drill win

  Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.

  • Antarctic's hidden world revealed
  • Antarctic lake bid edges closer

  • US to cut Baghdad embassy staff

    The United States is looking to cut the size of its embassy in Iraq - the largest and most expensive US diplomatic mission, officials say.

  • Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat

  • Europe's extreme cold snap explained02:42
  • Fake rhino attempts zoo escape00:45
  • Falklands Islands row brought to UN02:02

  • Regional cybercrime hubs launched
  • Apple seeks revised patent rules

  • Rare Mars meteorite for science

  • Bug found in more hospital taps

  • Capello meets FA boss over Terry
  • Live - Africa Cup of Nations Cup Day 19

  Cafe in Somalia hit by car bomb

  'High turnout' in Uttar Pradesh

  Palestinian hunger striker fears

  • Coogan reaches hacking settlement
  • Police hold 158 in raids on gangs
  • MSPs pass £30bn Scottish budget
  • Government defeat over NHS bill

  • Death row bias in the dock in America’s south

  • Married to a pariah

    Does an autocrat's wife have to stand by her man?

  • Bold Alligator

    US military gets ready to wrestle a new type of enemy

  • Muppets' power-up

    How graphics chip advances aided the puppets' return

  • No laughing matter

    Heard the one about the emir and a Qatari stand-up comedian?

  Last Updated at 12:34 ET

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  1. Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'
  4. Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'

  1. Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'
  2. In pictures: Karachi whale shark
  4. Can autocrats' wives rein in their husbands?
  5. West ramps up coastal war games
  6. Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'
  8. Apple seeks revised patent rules
  9. The drum beat of an unwanted war
  10. Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling

  1. Fake rhino attempts zoo escape
  2. Europe's extreme cold snap explained
  6. Syria's first lady stands by husband
  9. 'Despair and hysteria in Homs'

  • Russian minister in Damascus; LA school removes entire teaching faculty; Dickens at 200

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• 08 Feb ' 04:25

  

  07:21 ET

  Santorum's hat trick stuns Romney

  US conservative Rick Santorum wins races for the Republican presidential nomination in three states, upsetting front-runner Mitt Romney.

  • Santorum revels in victories
  • Guide to Republican hopefuls
  • Where candidates stand

  Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling

  Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.

  • BBC's Paul Wood: 'Heaviest shelling'
  • 'Every house a target' Listen

  • Maldives president 'forced out'

    Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.

  • A study of hormones in whale faeces shows right whales are stressed by ship propeller noise.

  • China police chief sparks rumours

  • Morning business round-up

  • A380 wing crack checks extended

  • Greek parties 'to finalise deal'

  • Argentina to go to UN over Falklands

  • Don Cornelius death ruled suicide

  • News Intl settles more UK hacking claims

  • Cold weather freezes German rivers01:44
  • Silent faces of fashion seek a voice02:38
  • 'Back from the dead singer' fools crowd01:27
  • US court backs gay marriage01:57
  • Argentina to make UN complaint02:30
  • 01:00

  • German exports hit record in 2011
  • RBS boss: I considered resigning

  • Taylor art auction fetches £14m
  • BBC warned over News Channel cuts

  • 
  • 'Invader' drives ladybird decline

  • Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'

  • Redknapp and Mandaric cleared
  • Title win for rugby star Williams

  Brazil police strike talks fail

  Nigeria Islamists claim army raid

  Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

  Egypt 'risks rupture in US ties'

  • Police hold 120 in raids on gangs
  • UK freezes as temperatures fall

  • Food of love in the City of AngelsThe best Valentine’s Day menus on offer in LA

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  • Outlook: Mary Kom

    "Maybe God has given her this gift of boxing," meet India's five foot, five time world champion

  Elsewhere on BBC News

  • Taste of success

    The Georgian winemaking twins reviving an old tradition

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  1. Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'
  2. 'Last' WWI service veteran dies

  1. Redknapp cleared of tax evasion
  2. 'Parliament porn' ministers quit
  3. Argentina to take Falklands to UN
  5. Airbus to make A380 crack checks
  6. Rumours over top China policeman
  7. Egypt 'risks rupture in US ties'
  9. Maldives president 'forced' out

  1. SA 'zombie held' singer charged
  5. Cold weather freezes German rivers
  6. One-minute World News
  7. Preserving New York's 'Little Syria'
  8. Homs resident: 'Every house a target'
  9. Rabbits set for 'grand national'
  10. US court backs gay marriage

  • HARDtalk

    John Fahey of the World Anti-Doping Agency says the Contador ban 'reassures clean athletes'

  • Fast Track

    How to take a scenic tour of the US heartland by rail plus other travel tips

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• 07 Feb ' 22:37

  

  8 February 201201:36 ET

  Santorum's hat-trick stuns Romney

  Rick Santorum wins Minnesota and Missouri's Republican presidential nominating contests and is also declared the winner in Colorado.

  • Santorum revels in twin triumph
  • 2012 campaign calendar

  Syria opposition dismisses Assad assurances

  Syria's opposition dismisses assurances that President Assad is committed to ending the violence sweeping the country.

  • 'Sliding into civil war'

  • Fernandez: 'A global cause'

  • US drone 'kills 10' in Pakistan

    A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.

  • Jamaica throws about 2,000 illegal firearms into a furnace as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island.

  • 01:14

  • India and Iran reach oil pay deal

  • Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'
  • Corals inflate to escape the sand

  • The drum beat of an unwanted war

  Brazil police stand-off continues

  Key polls begin in Uttar Pradesh

  • Libya mission 'could be one-off'
  • Ministers admit benefits backlog

  • Stockholm’s vintage styleVintage fashion inspired by sustainable living

  • Racism on trial

    Judicial prejudice in the dock in North Carolina

  • Lost community

    Preserving New York's first centre of Arab-American life

  • Insult to injury

    Massive abuse of Libya scheme to treat those wounded in battle

  • Ape v machine

    The primate who solves a memory test faster than a blink BBC Nature

  • In pictures

    Crowds gather to see dead whale shark that washed up in Karachi

  Last Updated at 01:37 ET

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  2. In pictures: Karachi whale shark
  3. Syria: Assad assurances dismissed
  4. Pakistan US drone 'kills eight'
  6. Jamaica melts down illegal guns
  7. Iranian president summoned by MPs
  9. Death penalty case puts racism on trial
  10. The drum beat of an unwanted war

  2. Cardboard Ayatollah lampooned
  4. Santorum wins double over Romney
  9. Woman found alive in Lahore rubble

  • Newshour

    Syria: Russia calls for Arab plan; heavy shelling in Homs; and is the opposition united?

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• 07 Feb ' 18:16

  

  21:11 ET

  • Lavrov: Assad 'committed to end violence'
  • Germany arrests 'Syrian spies'

  Romney duels a surging Santorum

  Mitt Romney battles a rising Rick Santorum as voters in three US states pick a Republican presidential nominee.

  • Romney wins Nevada caucuses
  • Glossary: US elections

  Argentina to file UN Falklands complaint

  Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Fernandez.

  • Islanders 'feel no threat'
  • UK-Argentina tensions grow

  • Monaco royals in privacy defeat

  • SA 'zombie-held singer' charged

  • Dutch car plant offered for one euro

  • Syria risks 'slide into civil war'02:59
  • 01:15
  • 01:04

  • Profits decline at BHP Billiton
  • Yahoo board in another shake-up

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  • Raikkonen sets fastest test time

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  Komen boss quits in fund debacle

  Jamaica melts down illegal guns

  • Call for 'joined-up' elderly care

  • Living in... Austin, TexasA unique city that shares little with its state

  • Coping in Cuba

    Life goes on in Havana, 50 years after US embargo was imposed

  Last Updated at 21:16 ET

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  1. Argentina to go to UN on islands
  5. Romney duels a surging Santorum
  6. Dutch car plant in '1-euro' offer
  9. Euro 'could survive Greece exit'

  8. Michelle Obama's push-ups success
  9. Argentina plans complaint to UN

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• 07 Feb ' 13:51

  

  16:46 ET

  • 'No great breakthrough in Syria'

  California court backs gay unions

  A California court rules that a bar on same-sex unions is unconstitutional, in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the issue in the US state.

  • Washington votes for gay marriage
  • Wedding joy for NY same-sex couples

  • Mexico fugitive linked to Obama bid

    President Obama's election campaign returns $200,000 linked to the family of a Mexican fugitive, as it does an about-turn on "super PAC" funding.

  • Mrs Assad: Woman behind the leader02:30
  • 'Space' skydiver: My mum's still scared02:33
  • Survivor found in Lahore rubble00:27
  • 'Huge stage' planned for Jubilee concert01:56
  • 01:00

  • 

  • Tuesday night football
  • Contador says ban an 'injustice'

  Catholic anger over US pill rule

  Uganda MP revives anti-gay bill

  New Maldives leader pledges order

  Bahrain releases jailed activists

  • Bonuses row 'threatens business'
  • UK temperatures set to reach -15C

  • A walking tour of Dickens’s LondonMany of the author’s old haunts remain today

  • The new stand-up

    Comedians turn to the web in search of success

  Last Updated at 16:51 ET

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  1. Royals celebrate Dickens' legacy
  3. How plants warn each other of danger
  4. California court backs gay unions

  2. Internet cams video feeds exposed
  4. 'Last' WWI service veteran dies
  7. Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'
  8. Gulf states fuel Syria isolation

  1. Syria's first lady stands by husband
  2. New 9/11 video released
  4. Skydiver to jump from space
  5. Giant baby born to Chinese couple
  6. Dawn French's weight loss secrets
  7. Skydiver: My mum's still scared
  8. 'No great breakthrough in Syria' Watch
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