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Eight-year-old Swedish girl pulls Viking era sword from lake dlvr.it/QmGWyD
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It's official! Sweden names new train Trainy McTrainface dlvr.it/Pw5nCK
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'Distracted boyfriend meme' is sexist, rules Swedish advertising watchdog dlvr.it/QlKWkk
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Since speaking out about receiving racist abuse in Sweden, the tech worker Kat Zhou has been accused of being a Chinese spy, of taking part in a Chinese smear campaign, and of faking the photos and videos she posted of her abusers. She told The Local how… dlvr.it/SbXf46

'The response in Sweden is just incredibly racist and it proves my point'

Since speaking out about receiving racist abuse in Sweden, the tech worker Kat Zhou has been accused of being a Chinese spy and of taking part in a Chinese smear campaign. She tells The Local that...

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Sweden summons Chinese ambassador over threats to media bit.ly/2NE1PT8
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VIDEO: Sweden's Supreme Commander sings an #Elvis hit at #EuroPride: Read more here dlvr.it/Qf02sQ
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Swedish foreign ministry summons Chinese ambassador over 'unacceptable threat' bit.ly/2tBseKc
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One of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's top aides has resigned from his post after it emerged that he had been fined by police for illegally fishing for eels and had twice lied to the authorities about what happened. dlvr.it/ShVWG9

Swedish PM's top aide resigns over illegal eel fishing

One of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's top aides has resigned from his post after it emerged that he had been fined by police for illegally fishing for eels and had twice lied to the...

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Are you in a place where women feel safe and free from sexual harassment? We talk to the female founders of @sthlmmusic - @graceemily27 and @SaraHSingCity in the first of our #AWomansPlace podcast series bit.ly/AWPPod1 #WITsthlm2018
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Swedish road covered in herring after elk accident dlvr.it/Qm7Vs2
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Today we launch #AWomansPlace podcast with @MoveToStockholm. Raising the awareness of gender equality for women, men and society in general. Our first show talks to @GraceEmily27 and @Sarahsingcity of @STHLMMusic bit.ly/AWPPod1 #InternationalWomensDay #WITsthlm2018
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Heja Sverige! #SWESUI here’s the reaction to that goal in Södermalm, Stockholm 🇸🇪
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Did Sweden's deputy PM just troll Trump with a women-only parody picture? dlvr.it/NH38Sx
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Fox News 'Swedish national security advisor' has no links to authorities dlvr.it/NTCYHQ
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SNOW RECORD. Stockholm just had its snowiest day in more than 100 years thelocal.se/20161110/stockho… #winter #weather
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Snow woes or Winter wonderland? With so much snow falling on Sweden, we want to see your pictures! ❄️ 📸 Share your best shots below. We may use some of the photos for an article ☃️
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A mother has told The Local her 13-year-old son was banned from attending classes at an international school in the Stockholm region until he agreed to remove the mask he was wearing. She is now complaining to the local municipality. dlvr.it/RvR7PM

Stockholm school sends pupil home for wearing face mask

UPDATED: A mother has told The Local her 13-year-old son was banned from attending classes at an international school in the Stockholm region until he agreed to remove the mask he was wearing. She is...

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Looks like this Elk just wanted to cool down as much as everyone else as it takes a dip next to startled beachgoers at #Hungvik, #Arvika. Read what the beachgoers had to say in our article bit.ly/2Lt7PKZ Have you had an 'Elk' experience in Sweden? Let us know!
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Bob Dylan receives Nobel prize in Stockholm dlvr.it/NnFHrL
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The Local are proud to be a #AWomansPlace Do you work in a #AWomansPlace? #WITsthlm2018 #internationalwomensday #WomensDay
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#GenderEquality in #Stockholm: “Often I show up to the office here with a pacifier in my pocket. I’ll whip it out in the fika room and no-one bats an eyelid, it’s not strange here for a guy to do that.” Part of #AWomansPlace with @investstockholm bit.ly/2JwXqwN
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If only there was a news site reporting Sweden's news in English... 😎 thelocal.se/20180829/four-wr…

Four writers shortlisted for 'the new Nobel Literature Prize'

Readers around the world have nominated four writers for a new award created as a reaction to a series of scandals which prompted the Swedish Academy to postpone this year's Nobel Literature Prize.

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Greta Thunberg nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize bit.ly/37JSOzQ

Greta Thunberg nominated for 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Two Swedish MPs have nominated Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, and the Fridays For Future protest movement she began, for 2020's Nobel Peace Prize.

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Stockholm hasn't had a single hour of sunlight all month dlvr.it/RnHyln

Stockholm hasn't had a single hour of sunlight all month

If you thought that this December had been peculiarly dark in Sweden, no, you weren't imagining things.

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'Magical' sun halo spotted over northern Sweden dlvr.it/QG15ZY
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Northernmost point in Sweden sees sun for last time this year bit.ly/2DWarQT
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French soldiers land in Sweden to battle wildfire inferno dlvr.it/QcRc8v
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Confirmed: Viking warrior was a woman! dlvr.it/PldXnr
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Happy Midsummer! Glad Midsommar! #sweden
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Congratulations, Sweden! 🇸🇪 #ITASWE #WorldCup #SWEITA
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It's snowing big time in Sweden, so the most convenient way of getting around is of course to cycle... thelocal.se/galleries/News/i…
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Bad luck Sweden, but we’re still very proud of the team for getting this far! 🙌 #Swe
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First gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics goes to Sweden dlvr.it/QFpFHY
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VIDEO: Swedish church plays #Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' in tribute bit.ly/2Hrxoy6
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Rare white elk photographed in Swedish back garden dlvr.it/PYh4mt
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Stockholm gets Scandinavia's first driverless buses on public road dlvr.it/Q7pHcq
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#SWE #SWE #SWE Sweden 3 - 0 Mexico, meaning Sweden WINS Group F! Let us know how you're celebrating the #SweMex result
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Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö and prime minister Sanna Marin have said ‘yes’ to a Finnish Nato application, kickstarting the process through which Finland and most likely Sweden will join the alliance. dlvr.it/SQCdw3

Finnish PM and President call for Nato membership 'without delay'

Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö and prime minister Sanna Marin have said ‘yes’ to a Finnish Nato application, kickstarting the process through which Finland and most likely Sweden will join the...

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10 romantic Swedish towns to visit in 2018 dlvr.it/Q8sGXL
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BREAKING: Abba REUNITES to record new music after more than three decades. thelocal.se/20180427/abba-re…

Abba reunites to record new music after 35 years

Abba reunited in secret last summer to record the group's first new music in 35 years. "It was like in the olden days," their manager has told The Local.

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Masked marchers beat migrants in first far-right backlash to refugee stabbing thelocal.se/20160130/masked-…
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In pictures: Lightning strikes Öresund Bridge pylons bit.ly/31zZLkd
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91-year old woman first to get vaccine in Sweden dlvr.it/RpQH63

91-year old woman first to get vaccine in Sweden

A 91-year-old woman living in an elderly care home in Mjölby – a small city mid-way between Stockholm and Gothenburg – has become the first person in Sweden to be vaccinated against Coronavirus.

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All four #Abba members have turned up to the premiere of #MammaMiaTheParty. A rare moment! thelocal.se/20160120/abbas-m…
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Cows permitted to bathe at Swedish nudist beach dlvr.it/QfB4B9
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Sweden's government has never had a formal strategy for handling the coronavirus pandemic, the country's health minister Lena Hallengren said on Friday during a grilling by a powerful parliamentary committee. dlvr.it/RxNXJj

'Sweden never had a formal coronavirus strategy': Health Minister tells inquiry

Sweden's government has never had a formal strategy for handling the coronavirus pandemic, the country's health minister Lena Hallengren said on Friday, a day before revealing that she has undergone...

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Stockholm's Globe Arena lights up in green for Paris climate agreement dlvr.it/PJQvF0
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LIVE: British and Swedish royal couples greet the crowds in Stockholm's Old Town #royalvisitsweden thelocal.se/20180130/live-bl…
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Sweden and Denmark have started the most epic #Twitter war ever and it's hilarious thelocal.se/20160707/that-ti…
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Rare blue aurora over Swedish Lapland puzzles scientists dlvr.it/PyKYrM
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Our new spring header photo of the cherry blossoms in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården park was sent in by one of our readers, Abhineet Tomar.
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It's a Christmas miracle! 😍
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BREAKING: there is blue sky over Stockholm for only the 3rd time this month.
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Sweden has safest roads in the EU: European Commission dlvr.it/QP7X5P
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#SWESUI Sweden 1-0 Switzerland And sweden is through to the quarter finals! How are you celebrating? 💙💛
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Dalai Lama: 'Europe belongs to the Europeans' dlvr.it/Qk24Mx
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Russian city ran out of beer as Sweden fans celebrated World Cup triumph dlvr.it/QXnCZf
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Have you ever broken any of these 10 weirdest #Swedish #Taboos?
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Zlatan reveals his love for Ikea: 'I've furnished my LA mansion with it' bit.ly/2V4SqVA
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IN PICTURES: Surfing the 'Beast from the East' in ice-cold Swedish waters dlvr.it/QJ9j5f
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Swedish prosecutor urged to reopen rape investigation into Julian Assange bit.ly/2X1CQLC
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Swedish teen, 15, goes on school strike to protest against climate change: thelocal.se/20180824/meet-th… #environment #climatechange
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The sun has returned to Sweden's northernmost towns bit.ly/2H5b3qD
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Swedish student to face trial after anti-deportation protest that stopped flight bit.ly/2t0NB3V
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Sweden has been ranked one of the hardest places in the world to make local friends in InterNations' annual survey of expatriate workers, with close to a quarter of respondents rating Swedes as 'generally unfriendly'. dlvr.it/Ss17mR

Sweden ranked one of hardest places for expats to make local friends (again)

Sweden has been ranked one of the hardest places in the world to make local friends in InterNations' annual survey of expatriate workers, with close to a quarter of respondents rating Swedes as...

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How the truck attack brought the best out of Stockholm dlvr.it/Nr6ldD
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World's first electrified public road opens in Sweden dlvr.it/QPPVYp
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IN PICTURES: Proof Swedes may actually be the toughest people on earth thelocal.se/20161109/in-pict… #winter #snow #stockholm #snökanon
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"White nationalists don't get to reinvent what Viking culture is." Swedish Viking enthusiasts condemn neo-Nazi use of Viking symbols. thelocal.se/20171006/we-cant…

'We can't let racists re-define Viking culture'

When a Swedish neo-Nazi group staged a demonstration in the country's second largest city last weekend, they were by far outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.

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We've chosen to make our most important #coronavirus articles free, because we believe it's the right thing to do. But we do rely on paying members and the media industry is a tough business, so if you're able to support us, please consider doing so: thelocal.se/page/view/member…
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Sweden's Christmas miracle! Gävle straw goat survives dlvr.it/Q7mm3T
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Swedes hope to rebuild burned-down yule goat dlvr.it/Mm3ZVm
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PM Ulf Kristersson: 'If you don't want to defend Sweden – don't be a Swedish citizen' dlvr.it/T18737

PM Ulf Kristersson: 'If you don't want to defend Sweden – don't be a Swedish citizen'

Speaking at a defence conference, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that everyone who wants to become a Swedish citizen should consider what it means to sacrifice their life for the country.

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Sweden's coronavirus pandemic 'may be finished': Danish researcher bit.ly/3ktoM9m
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In pictures: Incredible UFO cloud spotted in Sweden dlvr.it/NCxSpp
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Sweden wants Trump to explain mysterious ’last night in Sweden’ incident dlvr.it/NQPJmf
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Today is one of the most important days in the Swedish calendar: it's Cinnamon Bun Day! #kanelbullensdag thelocal.se/20161004/six-sti…

Cinnamon Bun Day: Six sticky facts about Sweden's beloved bun

On October 4th, Swedes celebrate National Cinnamon Bun Day in honour of their favourite sweet treat. But what's the history of the pastry and its special day?

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Swedish word of the day: ålahue bit.ly/2H3xVqs
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The impact of Sweden's summer heatwave is visible from space dlvr.it/QfQ6z3
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Spotify: Swiss or Swedish? Whatevs, says New York, flies the wrong flag dlvr.it/QNHNkx
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Sweden win their first World Cup match in 12 years and draw level with Mexico on points at the top of Group F in the 2018 #Worldcup #Swe #Kor #SweKor thelocal.se/20180618/sweden-…

Sweden 1-0 South Korea: Captain Granqvist leads the charge as Swedes win their World Cup opener

A penalty from Captain Andreas Granqvist was the difference as Sweden beat South Korea 1-0 in Nizhny Novgorod to win their first match of the 2018 World Cup and equal leaders Mexico on points in...

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'We are seriously concerned': Stockholm health chief's warning as coronavirus cases rise bit.ly/3n1Wu7Z

'We are seriously concerned': Stockholm health chief's warning as coronavirus cases rise

More and more people are testing positive for coronavirus in Stockholm, new figures show.

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Rare white squirrel photographed in Sweden dlvr.it/QDhYb6
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Swedish girl finds Sword in lake and people think she’s the next queen of Sweden ⚡nitter.app/i/moments/104785155899…
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Anti-racism demonstration held in Stockholm to support footballer Jimmy Durmaz dlvr.it/QYxQFG
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Half of The Local’s board members and half of our managers are women. We are #AWomansPlace 🙋 🙆 💁 #WITsthlm2018 #internationalwomensday #WomensDay
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Look who's joining the #HouseofCards cast @Netflix. (psst - it's Swedish star Joel Kinnaman) thelocal.se/20160202/look-wh…
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Read everything about #ABBA's 'reunion' at #MammaMiaTheParty opening here thelocal.se/20160120/abbas-m… #ABBAreunion
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Sweden to have direct daily night trains to Germany and Belgium within two years bit.ly/3jzIGju
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This is the world's best bookstore and it's in Uppsala, Sweden dlvr.it/QVKTX6
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What's the #weather like where you are? ❄️❄️❄️ This video was shared by our 'Living in Sweden' group member Nad Sal in #Öregrund, #Uplands coast. Thanks, Nad!
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Sweden's Supreme Court agrees to consider Julian Assange's arrest warrant appeal: thelocal.se/20150311/assange… #wikileaks
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IN PICTURES: Sweden's first driverless buses hit the streets dlvr.it/QCj6nT
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Greta Thunberg receives Amnesty's top human rights award bit.ly/2O92YTx
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Watch: Incredible viral footage of a rare white elk in Sweden dlvr.it/Pf077s
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Thousands at Stockholm 'Lovefest' vigil against terror dlvr.it/NrTHNw
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Two 73-year-old twins have met on a bridge linking Sweden and Norway every weekend throughout the pandemic, each keeping to their side of the border due to pandemic restrictions. dlvr.it/RzG0mw
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Exiled Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain goes missing in Sweden bit.ly/2R18J6t
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Sweden's Gävle goat is Christmas dinner for peckish birds dlvr.it/T07mXK

Sweden's Gävle goat is Christmas dinner for peckish birds

A flock of hungry jackdaws has begun eating the giant Christmas straw goat erected in Gävle, Sweden, raising the prospect of it getting severely damaged even if no one manages to set fire to it.

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