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Accra, May 19, Ghanadot/GNA - The following
is the level of water in the Akosombo Dam as issued
by the Management of Volta River Authority on
Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
Current Level (May 19, 2009) - 255.88 feet
Previous Level (May 18, 2009) - 255.95 feet
Drop in water level - 0.07 feet
Same time last year (May 19, 2008) - 246.65 feet
Maximum Level - 278.00 feet
Minimum Level - 240.00 feet
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May
31,
2009
Sports
- South Africa’s Amajita shine past Ghana’s Satellites
NDC Government to guarantee press freedom
Vice President Mahama returns from SENSAD meeting
President Mills urges the religious bodies to preach virtues
West Africa border officials blamed for torpedoing ECOWAS protocol on movement
Feature
- Minister appeals to Mining Companies to redeem their bad image - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Sports
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Tumultuous welcome for Black Stars to Tamale
Feature
- ECOWAS to implement Common Mining Code by 2012 - To harmonize mineral resources for dev’t - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Nominations for GJA elections open on Monday
Workshop issues communiqué on Single Spine Pay structure
Feature
- Single currency for the West African sub-region proves elusive -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
30,
2009
Announcement
-
Amanfoo "69 Year Group
Fire af Kumasi Central Market - Andrew Zugah
Feature
- Trauma of women with disabilities in Ghana - Audrey Micah
Feature
- Dr. Nkrumah was major spokeman for Africa-Minister -
Audrey Micah
Commentary
-
In the hurry to produce more “Sakawa”
graduates of equal gender ...- E. Ablorh -Odjidja
CPP launches Nkrumah's centenary -
Abdul Salam Sule
Pan Africa
- Witnesses testify in albino trial - BBC
Government will insist on quality road construction – Veep
Nigeria United fan kills rivals - BBC
Accra-based NGO kicks against Jatropha
production
President says Bawku conflict thwarts development of the area
Revoke Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve Mining Permit – Coalition
Feature
- Mac Manu faces stiff opposition in NPP -
Abdul Salam Sule
May
28,
2009
- Four year SHS will be adverse to female students -Minister - Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Spanish government decorates Tsegah
Government asked to introduce ECOWAS Passport
Police constable commits suicide with AK 47 rifle
Public Accounts Committee to consider various reports
Press Release
- Statement by IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn at the Conclusion of his Visit to Côte d’Ivoire - IMF
37th
Military Hospital Board of Directors inaugurated
Government to encourage private power producers – Vice President
Feature
-
Mining Communities call on CHRAJ to
sanction Anglo Gold Ashanti over Human Rights Abuses
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
World
-
General Motors denied last lifeline
- Guardian, UK
Feature
-
Is West Africa gaining notoriety
in the global cocaine trade? -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
27,
2008
-
Deforestation 'faster' in Africa
- BBC
Paint all roofs white to stop global
warming - Telegraph, UK
Announcement
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Death of Mrs. Osabu-Kle
President Mills begins a two-day visit to Upper East Region
Taxi
Drivers in Suhum threatened to demonstrate against the police
Announcement
-
Serbia changes laws on visa
Ghanaian currency takes a nose dive
Fire at Energy Ministry
explained - Audrey Micah
NPP
No Shaking! We shall be back - Declares Nana Akufo-Addo
Return items in 7 days or..., Parliament
tells ex-speaker - Audrey Micah
Bank
of Ghana to introduce new cheque clearing system
Twenty-two million Euro credit to support
SMEs
Mills urges investors to make Ghana
preferred investment destination
Government to fight money laundering –
Mould-Iddrisu
Feature
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Finance Minister calls for strong financial management in
public sector
-
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Feature
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If the economy is broke fix it, Nana Addo
to Mills -
Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
May
26,
2009
World
- Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Naimi Says Oil to Reach $75 a Barrel - Bloombegg
World
- Beijing is caught in 'trap' over dollar - FT
African countries asked to deepen democratic culture
Personality -
My prayers for President Obama were answered, says Barrack Ofori - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
May
25,
2009
Feature
- African countries could not attain the MDGs -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Gov’t urged to team up with private sector to develop agric sector -
Education
- Veep urges teachers to help improve performance of public schools
Ghanaian investors unhappy with World Bank -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Two persons die on Accra-Tema Motorway
President assures teachers of motivation to stay at post
Commentary - EPA and the hurry to put Africa back on the colonial plantation - E. Ablorh-Odjidja
May
22,
2009
- GM Bankruptcy: As Early As Next Week...
Social - Fraudulent Insurance claims slowing down benefits payments - Expert
Feature
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AU and ECOWAS Days celebrations launched ....-
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Media should be partner in search for transparency - Kodjo Yankah
Social
- Religious bodies schooled on taxation
Collection of rent tax is a major challenge to Internal Revenue Service
Twenty DCEs in Eastern Region Sworn into office
President Mills appoints more Boards of Directors and
Councils
- Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
World
- Obama Mounts Defense of Plans to Close Guantánamo - NYTimes
Nigeria
- Delta exodus - Civilian horror at military air strikes in Nigeria's oil region - BBC
President of Central University College urges ban on plastic sachet water
Pan Africa - Egyptian president cancels US trip - BBC
Review
- Asantehene: new progress philosophy - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong
Government urged to adopt lifelong education policy
Indiana University students visit Ghana -
Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Health
- Brown teeth disease breaks out in Upper East Region -
Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Three Nigerians before court for an alleged forgery
Deputy Minister of Information’s office on fire
May
21,
2009
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Mensah to fight for Stars place
NHIA spends 128,578,851 Ghana cedis on claims
Feature
- Military personnel cry foul over $100 operational deductions -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Ghanaians challenged to vote against NDC if dissatisfied with party
Group calls for amendment of Minerals, Mining Acts -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Health
-
Therapies to treat cardiovascular risk differs - Doctors
Feature
- Nkoranzahene bares teeth with politicians -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Social - A Critical Look at Dams and Poverty Reduction in the Upper East Region - Ghanadot/GNA
Rawlings says Ghana inspires many countries
Feature -
African countries call for 25 years moratorium to strengthen local industries before signing the EPAs -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
John Mahama's freinds want Ashanti NDC restructured
-
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Abudu Family demands removal of Northern Regional
Minister
Feature
- Sakawa man gone mad at Takoradi -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Canada Introduces a New Effective Approach to its International Assistance
61 parcels of cocaine arrest at Tema Habour - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
20,
2009
Commentary
- Technology and Land Grabs: Redefining Peasantry in Africa - James Shikwati
Social - Minister calls on religious bodies to stop separating rich from poor
Health
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Adopt responsible lifestyle - Ayittey
Ghana APRM trailblazer in Africa
Health -
Doctors: Work to rule still in force
Feature
- Is crime rate increasing in Ghana? - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Feature
- GIPC boss expresses shock after the sack - Audrey Micah
Feature
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Gov’t to combat on internet scam ‘Sakawa’ - Audrey Micah
Feature
- Former IGP has commended Prez
Mills -
Audrey Micah
Fire guts Information Ministry - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Civil servants should desist from politics, says Mr Robert Nortey - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
May
19,
2009
Social
- Operation Calm Life re-launched
Aveyime National Cattle Ranch in crises
Stop production of pornographic films- Eastern Regional Minister
Era of “political dinosaurs” in Africa is done – Vice President Mahama
Feature
- Government sets up a five-member committee to review Vodafone deal - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
NADMO workers to enjoy improved service conditions
Stakeholders calls for strong link between theory and practice
Accra bourse begins the week down
Feature
- Zimbabwe could become a free, peaceful and prosperous country - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Police bust suspected car stealing syndicate
Cyber crime limits our development gains
Feature
- Six students in police custody for throwing stones at school's administrator -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
18,
2009
- Truth behind toxic dumping - BBC
Sekou Nkrumah to head National Youth Council - Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Feature
- Workers of NIA to resume work
today - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Announcement
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Vice President Mahama leaves for South Africa
NCA urged to protect Children against cyber crimes - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
US President Obama to visit Ghana
NUGS to embark on massive demonstration…Against government's gross insensitivity to students abroad -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Lunatics take over Tema Metropolis -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Education
- Government to make ICT teaching, learning compulsory next year -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Social
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Four Regions to benefit from a 30 million Euros new urban development project - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Health
- 23% of death in Eastern Region caused by HIV/AIDS -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Constitutional review in the offing…As Majority Leader points to serious constraints facing Parliament -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Inflation targeting to rein in the inflationary effects of global economic meltdown
Ashanti NPP to educate serial callers...…To explain economic trends to electorate -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
16,
2009
- US dead receive stimulus checks - myfox.com
World
- 'Prisoner abuse' photographs surface as Barack Obama prepares to block publication - Telegraph, UK
New police chief appointed - Act. IGP Mills Robertson sidelined
Right to
Information Bill laid before Cabinet
Personality
- Zambia's
Bingu wa Mutharika: Leading man? - BBC
Pan Africa
- US alarmed at Eritrea 'arms link' - BBC
Pan Africa
- Creditors ease Ivory Coast debt - BBC
VAT to reward informers
Main culvert on Cape Coast Hospital road damaged
World
- Military tribunals still seen as flawed - LATimes
May
15,
2009
May
14,
2009
Feature -
Mining becoming synonymous to
‘abuse of human rights’ in Ghana - Masahudu
Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Health -
KATH
AEC performs first plastic surgeries
Part of Ho-Fume Highway ready for
handover by May 31st
Food and Drugs Board destroys
drugs
Feature
-
Japan Motors rollouts New Nissan
Murano Crossover vehicles
-
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
May
13,
2009
Mills’ UK visit was to promote Ghana as best business
destination - Minister
Lack
of integrity in financial sector eroding confidence -
Duffuo r
New
COCOBOD deputy Chief Executives named
Prime rate to remain unchanged
- Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
National Symphony Orchestra Needs Government Support
Remittances fall
in first quarter
Change electoral calendar – IPAC urges EC
CEOs
call for greater adherence to UN anti-corruption Convention
Feature
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Trashy Bags makes stride in Ghana
- Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Total banks assets up by 39% in first
quarter -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Make position of MMDCE elective
-
Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Each Ghanaian owes $350…as Ghana’s public
debt stands at $7.7m -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Women are the bedrock of national
stability-Minister - Audrey Mica h
May
12,
2009
Education
-
University of Ghana signs MOU for improved faculty standards
Ghana/ Burkina Faso to share in broadband connectivity
Fetish priest cuts the head of deceased grandmother
Sports
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Kotoko’s Head Coach resigns from post
Reports about child slavery in cocoa sector is false
Police intercept Indian hemp moulded in the form of bread
Immortalize Dr Nkrumah, says Osei Bonsu
Former President Kufuor leaves Accra for Malawi
Women
in Northern Ghana have little access to justice -
Survey
VP
pays visit to Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum
World -
Soldier kills 5 at US base in Baghdad
- Guardian, UK
May
11,
2009
Pan Africa
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'Stress, poor concentration' - Kenyan man
sues over sex ban - BBC
President Mills returns from official visit to the United
Kingdom
Ex-President Kufuor urged churches to be development-oriented
Vodafone to invest $700m in telecom infrastructure in Ghana
Don’t
attack Togbe Afede’s personality - FROPAG
Thugs
invade Tamale Aboabo market
Feature
-
Hausa Koko' goes hi-tech -
Audrey Micah
SMIDO
to roll out home-brewed financial scheme
Education -
Educate your children, Vice President
urges Muslim parents
Feature
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Prez Mills trip to UK to improve Ghana’s
economy-Mahama Ayariga - Audrey Micah
Bank
official remanded for stealing customers’ deposits
Pork
sellers complain about low patronage
Feature
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Set up National Corporate Social
Responsibility Framework -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Feature
-
blockage in passport acquisition
in London
-
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Sports
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May 9 stadium victims cry for help
-
Abdul Salam Sule,
Ghanadot
Pan Africa
- The
Zuma era begins - News24
Commentary
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Tell me about death on our roads
- E. Ablorh-Odjidja, Ghanadot
May
8,
2009
Announcement
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Old Vandals meet
West African Examination Council (WAEC)
cancels English paper 1 for Exams - Andrew Zugah,
Ghanadot
Announcement
-
The 71-73 Year Group of GIJ meets
VP
launches 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Ghana
National Road Safety Commission’s log book is launched
Security agencies complied with court order in Gbese Chieftaincy
dispute
National Road Safety Commission’s log book is launched
Announcement
-
Lessons Learned from a New Combatant
Command--AFRICOM
May
7,
2009
Feature
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Time
to fulfill promise to the PNC, Mahama to Mills -
Audrey Micah
Feature
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AVRL workers petitions President Mills
-
Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Asantehene honours President Kufuor and 17
others
Success of Election 2008 is due to Ghanaians’ collective will -
President Mills
Some two million Ghanaians prone to food insecurity
NPP
to limit Presidential aspirants to three
Health
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Refer mental
patients to hospitals first - Faith-based healers advised
About GH ¢ 180 million cedis paid
to government in 2008 by Mining companies
GCB
running smoothly after system upgrading
Pan Africa -
Italy turns rescued migrants back
Pan Africa -
MPs move to outlaw vulture funds
May
6,
2009
Feature
-
Ethnicity, tribalism, nepotism and
cronyism: President Mills’ headache -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Zuma elected South African leader
Teenage pregnancy: The burden lies on
Ghanaian teenagers -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Axle
load policy to be effective in Ghana
Announcement
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ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY - Successful candidates'
list
Doctors' strike accounts for two deaths at
Ridge - Audrey Micah
Rawlings calls for efficient land administration system at
Berlin conference
Education -
Authorities of CUCG urged to train more teachers to meet
shortfall
Feature
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Ghana’s stable economy is vital
than cars-NPP activist - Audrey Micah
Religious bodies are to pay tax on investments - Commissioner
Feature
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Infrastructural problems impede Ghana
School Feeding Programme - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Pictures -
May Day celebration 2009
May
5,
2009
Feature
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Don’t cut advertising budgets- C.E.O of
Unilever tells corporate Ghana -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Feature
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V.R.A, GCAA & GACL owe GMA over
GH¢1million -
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Pictures -
May Day celebration
Announcement -
AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC CORPS CELEBRATES 2009
AFRICA WEEK
Nigeria High Commission to deal with nationals who break
Ghana laws
Accra
bourse continues to lose ground
Feature
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Is Rural Enterprise Development a key to poverty reduction in
Ghana? - Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Two
remanded for robbery
Two
discharged on drug charges for want of prosecution
Commentary
-
Africa needs Trade, not Aid - Roger Helmer
May
4,
2009
Feature
- Review assets of former presidents - Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe - Audrey Micah
Feature - Junior doctors at Korle-Bu to also go on strike - Audrey Micah
Pan Africa
- Taylor acquittal request rejected - BBC
Review
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God Talk - NYTimes
Former President Kufuor attends World Bank Land Reform
meeting
Pan Africa
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Mugabe Aides Said to Use Violence to Get Amnesty NYTimes
President Mills to meet with British PM Brown
Sports
- FIFA assures media of state of the art facility in South Africa
Sports
- Swedru All Black beat Asante Kotoko in Premier League match
Legon police arrests armed robber
Feature
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CEPS aims to takeover Destination Inspection Companies' (DICS) jobs -
Masahadu Ankiilu Kunateh
Women asked to champion crusade against filth
Barclays and Ghana plan tax haven - Guardian, UK
Feature
- MTN leads Ghana’s 3.5G technology market -
Masahadu Ankiilu Kunateh
Tuafo Asafo Company Wins Aboakyer
Feature - Workers’ welfare versus the sinking economy -
Masahadu Ankiilu Kunateh
Feature - Is Ghana facing leadership crises? -
Masahadu Ankiilu Kunateh
May
3,
2009
Health
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Health Service trains 3,756 Community Agents
Health -
Striking KATH junior doctors urged to resume work
May
1,
2009
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Manhyia Palace Museum, a remarkable
museum in its own right - Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Prez Mills: ‘Ayekoo' to workers in
Ghana - Audrey Micah
Asantehene grateful to anniversary
participants
Restore End of Service benefits to all
workers-TUC - Audrey Micah, Ghandot
Police put in place adequate security
measures at Aboakyer — Police Boss
Ghana's democracy is high at the
grassroots level, E/R Minister
-
Abdul Salam Sule.
Ghanadot
The president's brother defends his
appointment to the economic council -
Abdul
Salam Sule.
Ghanadot
Health
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Experts unveil African gene study
- BBC
Pan Africa
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Africans give $400m to Zimbabwe
- BBC
April
30,
2009
Health
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The
Resurgence of Ho Municipal Hospital
Feature
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2008 GDP exceeds growth target
- Masahadu Ankiilu Kunateh
Companies asked to respect business
code
Health -
Mills
cuts sod for hospital
Elections of NPP Presidential Candidate was inconclusive
– CODEO
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Fuel price increased by 30%, CJA angry
Accra, June 5, Ghanadot - Fuel prices are expected to
be adjusted 30% up across board. A litre of petrol is
expected to sell at GH¢1.11 while a litre of diesel will
sell at GH¢1.12.....More
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Information Ministry hands over
Osagyefo’s “head”
Accra, June 5, Ghanadot/GNA – The Ministry of
Information on Friday officially handed over the broken head
of the bronze sculpture of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the
first President of Ghana, to the Minister of Chieftaincy and
Culture....More |
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Lecture held to commemorate this
year's June 4
Accra, June 5, Ghanadot - A public lecture has been
held at the Accra International Conference Centre to mark
the 30th anniversary of the June 4th uprising....
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VRA boss sacked, Kweku Awotwi takes
over
Accra, June 5, Ghanadot - Information reaching
GhanaDot indicates that Owura Kwaku Sarfo, Managing Director
of the Volta River Authority has been relieved of his
position.....More |
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