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Welcome to the web site of Warraaqsa Fedaraalistii Dimokraatawa Oromoo (Wafido): the Oromoo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM). While commending you for coming this far, we now invite you to go through the remaining parts of the web site. Please read our summary and full Program. Wafido Mission Use Policy

US LOOKS TO EXPAND DEVELOPMENT AIDE TO STRATEGIC PARTNER ETHIOPIA >>> READ

HISTORIC OPPOSITION ALLIANCE "MEDREK" TO FINALIZE MANIFESTO IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: ZENAWI PREPARES THE WORLD FOR A POLITICAL PAWN SWAP>>>READ

WILL ETHIOPIA PM, MELES ZENAWI STEP DOWN? >>> READ

ETHIOPIA LOSES $139 MILLION TO DUE DESERTIFICATION >>>READ

ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION RESIST NEW DRAFT LAW ON TERRORISM >>> READ

JIMMA UNIVERSITY PRODUCT ETHIOPIAN DR. GABISA TO RECEIVE WORLD FOOD PRIZE >>> READ

THE BIG MAN SYNDROME IN AFRICA: A MAJOR POLICY CHALLENGE FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION >>> READ

THE ETHIOPIAN STATE AND THE FUTURE OF THE OROMOS: THE STRUGGLE FOR 'SELF-RULE AND SHARED-RULE >>> READ

POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE SHADOWS ETHIOPIA'S 2010 ELECTION >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: IN AN INTERVIEW ON VOA AFAAN OROMO, GOV'T SPOKESMAN CALL OPPOSITION MP BULCHA DEMEKSA A 'CRIMINAL' >>> READ

JOHNNIE CARSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AFRICA AFFAIRS, IDENTTIFIED FOUR PRIORITIES FOR AFRICA >>> READ

OSA LETTER: POLLUTION OF LAKE KOKA OF OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA >>> READ

FARMLAND OCCUPATION RACE: INDIA JOINS THE SCRAMBLE FOR LAND IN AFRICA, CHINA WAY AHEAD >>> READ

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: OROMO YOUTH RALLY AT THE CAPITOL >>> READ

(UPDATE)OBAMA PICK FOR AFRICA PROMISES BALANCED POLICY ON ETHIOPIA >>> READ

WORLD REPORT 2009 - ETHIOPIA BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH >>> READ

A FAREWELL ODE TO TILAHUN GESSESSE AND TO REDRESS THE DISABUSE OF HIS BIOGRAPHY BY THE ABYSSINIAN CORNERS >>> READ

TILAHUN GESSESSE, ETHIOPIAN SINGER, DIES >>> READ

WESTERN DIPLOMATS BOYCOTTED BASHIR LAVISH STATE DINNER HOSTED BY ETHIOPIA >>> READ

THE SECOND SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICAN LAND >>> READ

US-BASED RIGHTS GROUP WORRIED ABOUT KEY WESTERN ALLIES IN EAST AFRICA >>> READ

EARTH DAY 2009: THE DEPLORABLE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

ETHIOPIANS PROTEST FOR BIRTUKAN MIDESKA RELEASE >>> READ

IS ROCK THROWING PUNISHABLE BY DEATH IN ETHIOPAI >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: ZENAWI ADMITS EXPORTING GRAINS WHILE MILLIONS STARVE & DIE >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: ONLINE AFAAN OROMOO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY >>> READ

OROMIA: JIMMA TIMES ORMIFFA GROUP-JTOG >>> READ

PEACE ON THE HORN: THE ACTIONS OF ETHIOPIA'S GOV'T HAVE PUT A STRAIN ON RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON >>> READ

ETHIOPIA WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP AMERIA IN THE WAR ON TERROR. BUT IT'S ONLY MADE MATTER WORSE >>> READ

SHORTCOMINGS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD OROMIA AND ETHIOPIA WILL THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCE CHANGE? >>> READ

TEHRAN SETTING UP STRATEGIC PRESENCE IN RED SEA >>> READ

OROMO WILL MARCH ON APRIL 20, 2009 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - INTERVIEW WITH IOYA PRESIDENT KITESSO CHIRI >>> READ

PANEL AT HOWARD UNIV. ON U.S. POLICY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA >>> READ

ZENAWI BRINGS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO HEEL >>> READ

GENOCIDE WATCH CALL UN TO INITIATE ACTION AGAINST MELES >>> READ

A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION BY OROMO YOUTH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >>> READ

GOOGLE IN YOUR LANGUAGE PROJECT: AFAAN OROMOO GOES GLOBAL >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE >>> READ

PRIVATE AMHARIC WEEKLY REVIEWS >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: AWASH BANK'S HIGH RISE BLDG TO CHANGE GIMBI LANDSCAPE >>> READ

OPINION: BIG EXPECTATIONS AND OLD CHALLENGES ON MEDREK OF ETHIOPIA >>> READ

HIDING AFRICA'S LOOTED FUNDS: SILENCE OF WESTERN MEDIA >>> READ

FOREIGN AID TO AFRICA: BONUSES TO CORRUPT AND TYRANNICAL RULERS? >>>READ

U.S. AID TO AFRICA, ESPECIALLY TO ETHIOPIA, MUST STOP, ARGUES AFRICAN ECONOMIST >>> READ

ETHIOPIA, ERITREA AND SOMALIA REGIONAL BRIEFINGS >>> READ

THE IMF AND ETHIOPIA'S DICTATOR COOKING UP FAKE STATISTICS >>> READ

OBAMA GIVES AMBASSADOR JOHNNIE CARSON AFRICAN PORTFOLIO AT STATE DEPARTMENT>>> READ

HORN OF AFRICA: PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, HEARING BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTE ON STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS >>> READ

HORN OF AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN REGION GROWING >>> READ

THE LIFE OF FORMER VOA AFAAN OROMOO SERVICE CORRESPONDENT >>> READ

MEMO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ON AFRICAN DICTATORS >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN SOLDIERS KILLED, INJURED HIGH SCHOOL OROMO STUDENTS >>> READ

SAUDIS GET FIRST TAST OF ETHIOPIAN HARVEST >>> READ

ETHIOPIA RANKS 147TH IN INFORMATION & COMMUNICIATION TECHNOLOGIES DEVLOPMENT INDEX >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: UDJ AND THE GROWING OPPOSITION ALLIANCE >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: WORLDWIDE PROTESTS DEMAND OPPOSITION LEADER MIDEKSA'S RELEASE >>> READ

WILL DEMOCRACY WORK IN ETHIOPIA? >>> READ

2008 US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: ETHIOPIA>>> READ

A STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN PARTIES FORM ALLIANCE, ACCUSE GOVERNMENT >>> READ

THE 2008 ETHIOPIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS: THE RETURN OF ELECTORAL AUTHORITARIANISM >>> READ

OBBO GEBRE-SELLASSIE WOLDYA, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF OFDM DIES AT AGE 71. >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: UDG & MEDREK UNITE >>> READ

DIVERSIONS AND DEVIATIONS AT AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT >>> READ

CHARITY IS THE LAST VICTIM IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: A ROW OVER HUMAN RIGHTS >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BEKELE JIRATA FREED ON BAIL >>> READ

JAILED - JUDGE WHO REFUSED TO SAY SORRY >>> READ

OBAMA'S ENVOY DISCUSSES WITH ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITIONS >>> READ

AMBASSADOR PHILLIP CARTER, ACTING ASST SECRETARY OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH DR. MERERA GUDINA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: THE PURSUIT OF DOMINANCE DEEPENS EPRDF'S ARBITRARINESS, VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS >>> READ

ETHIOPIA, ERITREA AND KENYA REMAIN POOR IN FREEDOM RANKING: WATCHDOG >>> READ

OROMO PEOPLE SUPPORT NEW OFC IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

SOMALIA-ERITERIA-ETHIOPIA HEADLINES >>> READ

OROMO PEOPLE'S CONGRESS WILL NOT RUN UNDER UEDF TICKET IN 2010 NATIONAL ELECTION >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN GOV'T HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD REMAINS POOR >>> READ

CLINTON HINTS AT OBAMA'S POLICY ON AFRICA IN CONFIRMATION STATEMENT >>> READ

AMB. DAVID H. SHINN: AFRICANS MAY HAVE TOO HIGH EXPECTATIONS COCERNING NEW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION >>> READ

OROMO FEDERALIST DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT(OFDM) AND OROMO PEOPLE'S CONGRESS(OPC) FORM COALITION >>> READ

ETHIOPIA SINKS INTO DESPOTISM >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL SPACE NARROWING >>> READ

JAILED ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADER MIDEKSA ON HUNGER STRIKE >>> READ

TPLF ZERO SUM GAME IN SOMALIA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA IMPOSES AIDS AGENCY CURBS >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN LAW CURBS PROMOTION OF RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, CRITICS SAY >>> READ

OPPOSITION LEADER WINS GHANA POLL >>> READ

ETHIOPIA'S PERSON OF THE YEAR: MP BULCHA DEMEKSA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: MUSLIM CRITICS REJECT NATIONAL CENSUS FOR "MISSING MILLIONS" >>> READ

WHY BBC HAMMERS ZIMBABWE OVER CHOLERA BUT ARE EVER SILENT ON OROMIA REPRESSION IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

WHY TYGRNYA HAS MORE WEIGHT THAN OROMIFFA & SOMALI? >>>READ

MELES DOWNPLAYS CHANGES IN ETHIO-AMERICAN TIES >>> READ

ETHIOPI A: THOUSANDS ATTEND MEETING BY UDJ OPPOSITION PARTY >>> READ

KENYAN MP RECOMMENDS THREATENING WAR WITH ETHIOPIA FOR DAMMING NILE RIVER >> READ

OROMIA: OFDM AND OPC TO MERGE >> READ

ETHIOPIA: OROMO OPPOSITIONS ACCUSE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, FEDERAL POLICE OF "DEFAMATION" >> READ

ETHIOPIA: A COVER FOR TPLF INDEFINITELY >> READ

PRESS RELEASE: FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE IN ETHIOPIA(FDD) >> READ

LETTER FROM OROMO PARLIAMENTARIANS COUNCIL >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: CONGRATULATION TO OBAMA LEADS PUBLISHERS TO JAIL >>> READ

MASS ARREST & IMPRISONMENT OF OROMOS IN ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL ADDIS ABABA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA: TOP OROMO PARLIAMENTARIAN APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY >>> READ

NEW SPECIAL ZONE TO SMOOTH OROMIA, ADDIS RELATIONS >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN GOV'T IMPLICATES OFDM IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES >> READ

ETHIOPIAN GOV'T ACCUSED OF MASS ARREST CAMPAIGN UNDER COVER OF TERROR PLOT >> READ

MASS ARREST OF ETHNIC OROMOS IN ADDIS ABABA >> READ

PENDING LEGISLATION THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA >>>READ

ETHIOPIAN GOV'T ARRESTS WAFIDO(OFDM) GENERAL SECRETARY

MORE ARRESTS OF OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS IN ETHIOPIA >>> READ

ETHIOPIA HUNGRY FOR SOLUTIONS TO FARMING CRISIS >>> READ

ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES ACCUSES GOV'T OF BIAS IN HIRING GRADUATES >> READ

THE SHORT LIFE OF YEROO, AN OROMO NEWSPAPER >> READ

INFLATION ON FOOD ITEMS IN ETHIOPIA HITS 51.8% >> READ

BLEAK SCENES AS ETHIOPIA PUT WAR BEFORE FAMINE >> READ

FAMINE & STARVATION ARE WANTED IN ETHIOPIA BY THE REGIME IN POWER & ITS FOREIGN BACKERS.
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Ethiopia: New Education Requirements for Diversity Lottery Visas(DV) >> READ

A Visit to "Africa's Guantanamo" >> READ

Unified Ethiopia Opposition Seeks Troop Withdrawal from Somalia>> READ

Ethiopai's Largest Ethnicity Group Deprived of Linguistics & Cultural Sensitive Media Outlets. >>>>READ

ETHIOPIA, KENYA account for missing rendition victims/Secret Detainees Interrogated by US Officials are still in Custody >> READ

ETHIOPIA: OROMO TV SHUTDOWN Raises Fierce Anger >>READ

UN Officials Sound Famine Alarm In Horn of Africa >>> READ

Ethiopia: Chronic Food Insecurity and Dilemma of Food Aide >> READ

Red Cross Launches Appeal for ETHIOPIA >>>> READ

Are Democracy & The Rule of Law Necessary for Ethiopia? >> READ

Ethiopian Crisis: Who is to Blame? >> Read

Ethiopia's New Famine: A Ticking Time Bomb >> Read

Wafido Meeting in Washington DC was a great success >> Read

Wafido Meeting with Obbo Bulcha Dameksa on August 9 from 2 to 6 PM @ Blackburn Audit. (HU), Washington DC. Admission is Free. READ

Ethiopians Wait for Aid, Government Downplays Drought >> Read

New Media Law: New Threat to Press Freedom >> Read

Oromia: Help for the Hungry>> Read

Opposition holds "Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia" Read

“Oromoon sirna federaalaa kanarraa waan isaaf tahu hin arganne” Read

Living by Ethiopia's Sewage Canal >> READ

Africa Full of "Mugabes" >> READ

Ethiopia Opposition Calls for Prob into "massacre" >> Read

Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi Endorses Mugabe at African Summit (07-02-08) >> READ

POLICTICS-ETHIOPIA: A Tangled Political Landscape Raises Questions about the African Ally of the U.S >> Read

Wafido: The Massacre of May 2008 >> Read

US Denies Silence on Rights Abuses in Ethiopia >> Read

Oromos Appeal to HRW, Revealing Flagrant Aspects of the Genocide .. Read

Will Ethiopia Ever be able to Stave Off Startvation? >> Read

British Member of Parliament George Galloway Calls to Question the UK and US Support to .... Ethiopia >> Watch

VOA on the Recent Situation on the Massacre in Oromia >> Listen

Ethiopia: Private Press >>Read

Ethiopia's "government" attacks Macha_Tulama, Jimma Times and Oromo Opposition party >> Read

(4-23-08) Missing in Africa >> Read

Second Opposition Party (OFDM) Preparing boycott of Ethiopia Vote >>Read

Ethiopia: Repression Sets Stage for Non - Competitive Elections >>Read

Ethiopian Authorities Stopped Democratization Process, Says Dutch Minister >>Read

3/29/08 Interview with Obbo Bulcha Demeksa >>Read

Drought Worsens in Ethiopia >>Read

(03-28-08) Ethiopia Recycling Evil in the name of Democracy - >>Read

(03-28-08) 80% of Ethiopian Suffer from Iodine Defficiency >>Read

Somali Government "Ready" to Negotiate With Any Opposition Group > Read

Lynn ) Centering Human Rights in US Policy on Somalia, Ethiopia and Eriterea > Read

(Theresa Whalen): US Policy Objectives, options on the Horn > Read

Congressional Record Statement of Senator Russ Feingold on the Political Crisis in Ethiopia >>Read

Ethiopia Cutting Flowers Bonanza at What Cost? >> Read

The New Scramble for Africa's Resources - >>Read

Cought in the Crossfire - Africa >> Read

Africa,s Future >> Read

Online Oromo videos to view for FREE www.manabuna.com

VOA Amharic Service February 14 (on upcoming election) >>Read

OFDM: Upcoming Elections Already Unfair and Rigged >>Read

US Slow to React to Election Crises in Kenya, Ethiopia >> More

(01-30-2008) Audio > Interview with the OFDM Leader Bulcha Demeksa

Bulcha . 17 Years in Power, Ethiopia's Rogue Regime tightens Repression

(January 20, 2008) Obbo Bulcha Demeksa on Foreign Observers of Ethiopian Elections.

Kenyan Vote Exposes Africa's Weak Democracy (Jan.10)

Democratization, Sovereignty and US Intervention (Jan.8 )

US Engagement in Ethiopia and the Horn (Jan 8)

Oromo Video from www.manabuna.com

A Very African Coup

01/04/08: Oromo PAriamentarians Under Threat

12/23/07: Meles restricts Sources of Donation for Locally Registered Parties

12/22/07: Oppositon Parties Attend NEB Conference to Prepare for Election

12/14/07: New Amharic Papers

New >> Interview of obbo Bulcha on the allegations of the PM.

Fragile Western Ally in the Horn of Africa.

Meles warns opposition parties of supporting OLF.

.Wide spread Arrest in all corners of Oromia, by AFRO-O (Advocay for the Rights of Oromos and Others).

US Targets Ethiopia for Sanctions.

.Unrest in Ethiopia.

Obbo Bulcha Demeksa on the Millennium.

08-19-2007: Obbo Bulcha Dameksa on the Current situation in Ethiopia and Oromia.

Washigton DC: The meeting Obbo Bulcha at Unification Church, 1610 Columbia Rd, N.W. on August 25, 2007 ended with success.

Should the West Go on Helping Repressive Ethiopia?

Ethiopian Parliament Adopts New Election Law.

Press Release: On The Situation in Somalia and the April 24, 2007 Indiscriminate Mass Killings in the Ogaden, Somali Region, by OFDM, CUDP and UEDF. >> Full text.

Launching of the Oromo Democratic Federalist Movement (Dec. 4, 2004)

-15-07: Do you know that Dr. Martin Luther King's teachings resonates best to the Oromo cause? For the 1.2 minute excerpt, click >> here.

Dr. Getachew Jigii providing insider information on atrocities on nationals part 1 & part 2

Obbo Bulcha and Ex. President Negaso on the war in Somalia.

Information from WAFIDO in Parliament

The role of AAU in Multicultural/Multinational Ethiopia(by Obbo Bulchaa)

Ethiopian Inquiry Commission Member Testifying at US Congress (Nov. 16/2006)

General Gebru Ayele Defected to EPPF.

How Wafido was created (audio)

An interview with Obbo Bulcha Demeksa.

Zenawi's government survives on reign of terror: opposition MP

Wafido Flyer taken from Warraaqsaa (Wafido Magazine) pdf format

- NEW 05/27/2006 Oil exploration well in Ethiopia’s Gambella turns out dry
- NEW 05/27/2006 Ethiopia transfers 17 Oromo prisoners at Karchalle Prison
- NEW COMMENTARY: LOOQE, FOUR YEARS ON
- NEW 05/24/2006 CRITICAL WEBSITE INACCESSIBLE IN ETHIOPIA
- NEW 05/23/2006 Ethiopian Oppositions Form Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD)
- NEW 05/23/2006 Ethiopia walks along great firewall of China
- NEW 05/22/2006 Meles vs. Mengistu: The pot calling the Kettle Black

UNPO: Children of Ethiopian Oromo Ignored

Ethiopian Security Massacred Protestors says Inquiry Judge

EU Anger on Ethiopia Over Ethiopia Expulsion

Interview with World Bank representative.

An Interview with Professor Alemayehu Gebre-Mariam on H.R. 5680.

(August-27-06) Eight Ethiopian Generals are Missing

The Econmist: Defection of A General
Who is Oromo of the Year?
Interview with General Kamal Gelchu on TV (40 minutes)

BBC: Ethiopian Commander Joins Rebels

Ethiopian Generals and Somali War-Lords
Obbo Bulcha on Oromo Community Radio (Minnesota)
Ana Gomez on the Obstacles the Ethiopian Government is making on the Democratic Process in the Country.
(06-25-06) Dr. S. Geleta says that, "Oromos and Oromia are NO MORE abstract to the world". >>

Oxfam confirms that Government has hands in creating the current conflict between Oromos.

(06-13-06) Stop the Violence Against Oromo Students.

(06-13-06) Government's Plan for Diaspora.(in Amharic)

;(06-11-06) Adama University Oromo Students bury their fellow Classmate from Tigrai: who killed himself for failing to graduate due to insufficient scores. Why are Oromo students blamed for that?? Listen to the story in Afaan Oromoo or Amharic Do you see the high moral ground Oromo students earned on this?

(06-11-06) When Oromos are for solving political problems through discussion and the ballot box, Tigrai is up for secession. Read more

(06-10-06) Why "Map of Oromia" Non-Oromos Drew after the formation of AFD so different? Read more >>

(06-08-06) Letter of Oromo students to the President of Maqalle University.

(06-06-06) (1) Tigrai Seeks Independence. (2) Neither Oromo Students nor Oromo Police are welcome in Tigrai. Read in Afaan Oromoo >>>

In English >>>

(06-03-06) The Essence of AFD.

\05-20-06)Obbo Immiruu Ibsaa says that, “Imminence of the Oromos leading the Ethiopian government is clearer than ever”.

New-->(VOA 06-02-06) Ethiopian govenment media missinfoms the public about the agreement reached with the opposition parties operating in the country.

New-->OLF and Kinijit Briefed residents of the Washington DC area about Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD).

New-->(May 29, 2006) Kinijit and OLF held their first joint public meeting in Washington DC

New-->Statutes of the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy.

New-->.Memorandom of Understanding for Allaince for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) in Ethiopia.

New-->AFD Chairman says government signed the long awaited agreement with two local parties in response to the creation of AFD. >> Listen to part 2.

New-->Chairman of Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) explaining the rational for creating AFD.

ANNOUNCEMENT***ANNOUNCEMENT**ANNOUNCEMENT

WAFIDO DELEGATION COMING TO TOWN!!!!!

A HIGH LEVEL WAFIDO DELEGATION LED BY ITS CHAIRMAN

WILL ARRIVE IN THE US SOON.

THE DELEGATION IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE OROMO

COMMUNITY IN SELECTED US CITIES ON THE CURRENT

POLITICAL SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA AS FOLLOWS:

1.     WASHINGTON, DC            JULY 1, 2006

2.     ATLANTA, GA                     JULY 15, 2006

3.     MINNEAPOLIS, MN            JULY 23, 2006

                 FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION PLEASE CALL

                 WASHINGTON:          (571) 218-5991
                                                        (703) 635-4583

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