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Mar 20, 2025
A two-month cease-fire in Gaza collapsed this week amid a renewed Israeli bombardment. The fighting now looks as if it is sliding back to full-scale war.
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Mar 20, 2025
George Glezmann was detained while traveling in the country as a tourist. Secretary of State Marco Rubio thanked Qatar for helping to secure his release.
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Mar 20, 2025
More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It's tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here's what to know.
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Mar 20, 2025
A two-month cease-fire in Gaza collapsed this week amid a renewed Israeli bombardment. The fighting now looks like it is escalating back to full-scale war.
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Mar 20, 2025
Israelis have been demonstrating against the move, which many see as part of an effort to reduce checks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government.
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Mar 20, 2025
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they "have a name" on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.
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Mar 19, 2025
The president warned Iran to stop arming the militant group, which has been attacking ships in the Red Sea.
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Mar 19, 2025
For two months, a cease-fire spared Palestinians the grim task of identifying bodies. With Israel resuming its assault, they are back at it.
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Mar 19, 2025
The military said it took over part of a major corridor that bisects the enclave, in the most significant ground operation since the collapse of a cease-fire with Hamas.
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Mar 19, 2025
Israeli protests are converging over the war in Gaza and domestic politics amid concerns about a government push to reduce the power of state watchdogs.
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Mar 19, 2025
The military said it had seized part of a major corridor that separates the enclave's northern half from the south.
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Mar 19, 2025
Israeli protests are converging over national security and domestic politics amid concerns about the government's renewed push to reduce the power of state watchdogs.
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Mar 19, 2025
Ekrem Imamoglu was detained at his home on Wednesday, according to prosecutors, who said the charges against him were related to corruption and terrorism.
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Mar 18, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had ordered the aerial attacks after Hamas's "repeated refusal" to release the remaining hostages it holds. "This is just the beginning," he said.
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Mar 18, 2025
"Hamas doesn't want an escalation, but it will not surrender," said one Palestinian analyst close to the militant group, which has been weakened by a 15-month war with Israel.
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Mar 18, 2025
"Hamas doesn't want an escalation, but it will not surrender," said one Palestinian analyst close to the militant group, which has been weakened by a 15-month war with Israel.
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Mar 18, 2025
The deadly airstrikes shattered a period of relative calm and raised the prospect of a return to all-out war.
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Mar 18, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday's attack on Gaza came after Hamas said no to the latest proposals by mediators, which included releasing the remaining captives.
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Mar 18, 2025
While Israel has stopped short of a ground invasion for now, its new strikes in Gaza seem to be an effort to force concessions from Hamas.
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Mar 18, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday's attack on Gaza came after Hamas said no to the latest proposals by mediators, which included releasing the remaining captives.
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Mar 17, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had ordered the attack early Tuesday, saying Israel would "act against Hamas with increasing military strength."
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Mar 17, 2025
The effort is part of a dispute between Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing alliance and its opponents about the nature and future of the Israeli state.
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Mar 17, 2025
Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government's weak control over both its own forces and affiliated fighters, experts said.
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Mar 16, 2025
The Israeli prime minister's effort to remove the Shin Bet chief is raising concerns about whether he was seeking to undermine the agency's independence.
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Mar 16, 2025
The Iran-backed rebels, who have targeted Israel and shipping in the Red Sea, said children were among those killed in the strikes ordered by President Trump.
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Mar 16, 2025
Israel's Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox
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Mar 15, 2025
In the latest strikes, the Israeli military killed at least nine people, according to the Gaza health ministry. Israel says militants were threatening its forces.
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Mar 15, 2025
As part of an effort to deepen its influence in southern Syria, Israel has been seeking stronger ties with the Druse religious minority that holds sway there.
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Mar 15, 2025
Shipments surged into Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire, even if they weren't enough. Then Israel blocked the border again to pressure Hamas in truce talks.
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Mar 14, 2025
The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost control of its territory nearly six years ago.
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Mar 14, 2025
The Palestinian armed group said it had agreed to release Edan Alexander and turn over the bodies of four other hostages. Israel did not immediately comment.
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Mar 14, 2025
Beijing sought to position itself as a key player in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as President Trump called for talks with Tehran.
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Mar 14, 2025
Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life's work to share the richness of Iranian culture. "Song of the North," at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.
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Mar 13, 2025
A report by a U.N. committee found that Israel has committed "genocidal acts" intended to prevent births. Israel quickly rejected the findings as biased.
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Mar 13, 2025
As Jordan Bardella, its young president, tries to distance the party from its history of antisemitism, it is making common cause with Israel against "Islamist ideology."
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Mar 13, 2025
A new report documented efforts to smuggle hydrogen fuel cell components into Yemen that will provide Houthi fighters a technological leap ahead.
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Mar 13, 2025
The two sides are supposed to negotiate a second phase of the cease-fire agreement that would end the war, but they remain far apart on how to move forward.
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Mar 13, 2025
Syria's interim president has said that millions would return after President Bashar al-Assad's ouster, but many houses and other buildings were destroyed in 13 years of civil war.
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Mar 13, 2025
Syrian's interim president has said that millions would return after President Bashar al-Assad's ouster, but many houses and other buildings were destroyed in 13 years of civil war.
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Mar 13, 2025
Scopely said it would buy Niantic's video game business, which includes Pokémon Go, for $3.5 billion. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund acquired Scopely in 2023.
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Mar 12, 2025
The scuttled appointment highlighted an emerging foreign policy fault line in the new Trump administration.
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Mar 12, 2025
The potential appointment has highlighted an emerging foreign policy fault line in the new Trump administration.
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Mar 12, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said top diplomats from the Group of 7 allies meeting in Canada should focus on ending the war. And he shrugged off President Trump's threats to annex Canada.
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Mar 12, 2025
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms and disband, and their group declared a cease-fire.
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Mar 11, 2025
Mr. Khalil, who helped lead protests at Columbia University against high civilian casualties in Gaza, was arrested by immigration officers and sent to a detention center in Louisiana.
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Mar 11, 2025
Officials say negotiations would also include the future of Israeli military outposts in Lebanon and of Lebanese prisoners still held in Israel.
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Mar 11, 2025
A union representing career diplomats demanded that the aid agency follow the Federal Records Act. Some documents could be relevant in court cases.
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Mar 11, 2025
An Israeli military operation has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians who can't break their fast in their own homes and don't know when, or if, they will ever return.
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Mar 10, 2025
The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip Syria's coastal region.
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Mar 10, 2025
Since President Trump suggested expelling the territory's population, Middle East leaders have rushed to propose options for postwar Gaza. Each is unacceptable to either Israel or Hamas, or both.
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Mar 10, 2025
When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, many residents fear going out after dark.
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Mar 09, 2025
The move, which will mainly affect a single wastewater treatment plant, appeared intended to put pressure on Hamas.
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Mar 09, 2025
More than 1,000 people have been killed in clashes in the coastal provinces of Syria, according to one war monitoring group.
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Mar 09, 2025
Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria's worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday, a war monitor said.
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Mar 08, 2025
More than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, according to a war monitor, which said about 700 were civilians.
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Mar 08, 2025
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried "bullying governments" in an apparent response to a letter the White House sent to Iran earlier in the week.
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Mar 08, 2025
The president's halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran's drive to build atomic bombs.
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Mar 08, 2025
The president's halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran's drive to build atomic bombs.
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Mar 08, 2025
More than 500 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, according to a war monitor, which said more than 300 were civilians.
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Mar 08, 2025
More than 400 people have been killed in fighting between forces of the new government and remnants of the ousted regime, said the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Mar 08, 2025
Some 80 percent of white, evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could undermine a future Palestinian state.
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Mar 08, 2025
The president's halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran's drive to build atomic bombs.
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Mar 08, 2025
Israel's leaders promised that their military campaign in Gaza would help save the lives of hostages. At least 41 have died in captivity, some killed by Hamas and others in Israeli airstrikes.
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Mar 07, 2025
Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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Mar 07, 2025
The White House did not immediately provide details. The move was a sharp pivot for President Trump, who withdrew the United States from a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018.
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Mar 07, 2025
With the country facing years of drought and economic strife, King Mohammed VI told people they could skip the traditional slaughter for the holy feast in June.
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Mar 07, 2025
A man convicted over his role in a deadly 2002 bombing was released in one of the recent cease-fire exchanges, which have created intense, conflicting emotions for Israelis and Palestinians.
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Mar 07, 2025
The skirmishes along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad and installed a transitional government.
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Mar 06, 2025
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.
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Mar 06, 2025
At least 16 government security personnel were killed in a coastal region that was long a stronghold of the toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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Mar 06, 2025
Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown after releasing a song that praised women who rejected the mandatory hijab rule.
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Mar 06, 2025
As negotiators are holding discussions on multiple tracks, Palestinians and Israelis are in limbo.
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Mar 06, 2025
As negotiators are holding discussions on multiple tracks, Palestinians and Israelis are in limbo.
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Mar 06, 2025
In a blistering social media post, the president told Hamas that if it continued to hold hostages, "you are DEAD!"
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Mar 05, 2025
The nonprofit has enjoyed bipartisan support since its founding in the Reagan era, but it finds itself under pressure from the Trump administration.
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Mar 05, 2025
The talks marked a significant departure for the United States, which has long refused to talk directly with groups Washington has designated as terrorist organizations.
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Mar 05, 2025
As Israel remains deadlocked with Hamas over key issues, Gaza's future after the war ends appears no closer to a resolution.
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Mar 05, 2025
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, had drawn rebukes from the Biden administration for his opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza and his support for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
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Mar 05, 2025
The talks marked a significant departure from previous negotiations involving the United States and Hamas, which the U.S. government has for decades designated as a terrorist group.
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Mar 05, 2025
As Israel remains deadlocked with Hamas over key issues, Gaza's future after the war ends appears no closer to a resolution.
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Mar 05, 2025
The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country.
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Mar 04, 2025
The Shin Bet said that it had disregarded intelligence from Gaza about a planned Hamas raid, but also that government policies may have emboldened the militants to attack.
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Mar 04, 2025
Trying to counter President Trump's call to "clean out" Gaza, Arab leaders have begun to outline their own vision for Palestinians in the territory.
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Mar 04, 2025
The raid took place as Israel's military said it had expanded its operation to crack down on militants in the city of Jenin.
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Mar 04, 2025
With Iran already wounded economically and diplomatically, hard-liners forced out two top officials and blocked talks with the United States, freezing President Masoud Pezeshkian's agenda.
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Mar 04, 2025
Trying to counter President Trump's proposal to "clean out" Gaza, Arab leaders are trying to forge their own vision for the Palestinian territory.
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Mar 04, 2025
The latest attacks came a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel demanded the demilitarization of much of southern Syria, stoking fears of conflict with the country's new leadership.
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Mar 04, 2025
Trying to counter President Trump's proposal to "clean out" Gaza, Arab leaders plan to meet in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss their own vision for the Palestinian territories. But they face an uphill climb.
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Mar 04, 2025
Reflecting at the end of her tenure, Deborah Lipstadt said that after the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the devastating war in Gaza, antisemitism became "almost normalized."
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Mar 03, 2025
The halt on aid and commercial goods was intended to put pressure on Hamas, but it is already having a broader effect, Palestinians say.
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Mar 03, 2025
Eli Sharabi gave himself up on Oct. 7, 2023, hoping to save his wife and daughters. After some 500 days in the tunnels of Gaza, he emerged to learn that they had been killed.
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Mar 03, 2025
As the first phase of the truce in Gaza ends, the two sides are continuing negotiations but also preparing for a possible return to war.
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Mar 02, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's emergency declaration calls for sending 2,000-pound bombs and other weapons to Israel as the war in Gaza continues.
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Mar 02, 2025
The move was apparently part of a bid to force Hamas into accepting a temporary extension of a cease-fire and releasing more hostages.
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Mar 02, 2025
An uneasy calm prevailed in the town on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, two days after a gunfight between local men and security forces.
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Mar 02, 2025
The move came hours after Israel had proposed a temporary extension of the truce, though one with terms that Hamas is unlikely to accept.
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Mar 01, 2025
Hamas is unlikely to accept the deal as outlined, an analyst said, since it involves returning half of the remaining hostages in Gaza with few reciprocal commitments from Israel.
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Mar 01, 2025
A group of lawyers accused Panama of violating the rights of people deported from the United States under the Trump administration's policy of sending migrants to cooperative Latin American nations.
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Mar 01, 2025
"This Ramadan is nothing like the ones before," said one resident as the holy fasting month for Muslims began. "The war has drained it of meaning."
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Mar 01, 2025
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig," an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world's groundbreaking new work, inspired by the women-led protests in 2022.
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