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| | Guinea: A historical Profile |
 | | Guinea’s estimated population of approximately seven million is composed of a variety of ethnic groups. | | | Unfortunately, the rate of economic development was rather slow, and from 1960 onward a number of attempts were made to overthrow the government of Sekou Toure by assassination, coup d’etat and invasion. | | | The policy of the new government since Toure’s death has been one of decentralization, whereby the people of Guinea are encouraged to develop rural areas without centralized government control. |
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http://www.sulima.com/pubs/guinea.htm
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| | Guinea (10/05) |
| | Under Touré, Guinea became a one-party dictatorship, with a closed, socialized economy and no tolerance for human rights, free expression, or political opposition, which was ruthlessly suppressed. | | | In mid-1996, in response to the coup attempt and a faltering economy, President Conté appointed a new government as part of a flurry of reform activity. | | | Originally credited for his advocacy of cross-ethnic nationalism, Touré gradually came to rely on his own Malinke ethnic group to fill positions in the party and government. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2824.htm
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles |
| | During the fighting in south-eastern Guinea in 2001 against rebels forces from Liberia and Sierra Leone, there were numerous credible reports of human rights abuses by the security forces. | | | The political atmosphere worsened further in January 2005 when an apparent coup attempt against Conté was followed by a wave of arrests of soldiers, journalists and politicians. | | | Although there is a growing independent print media, journalists are often arrested after writing stories critical of the regime. |
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http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744949880
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| | GUINEA |
| | Until the end of World War II, French policy emphasized the differences between the ethnic groups in Guinea and those in other parts of French Africa. | | | The Guinea Democratic Party (PDG) soon emerged and began to move the country toward independence. | | | This was achieved on October 2, 1958, after the Guinean people, following the leadership of the PDG, voted against association with France. |
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http://www.bjsvacations.com/packages/show_country.asp?countryid=GN
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| | Afrol Equatorial Guinea Index Page: Links to Equatorial Guinea |
| | Guinea Ecuatorial Democrática is a web site dedicated to the political and human rights situation in Guinea. | | | In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Equatorial Guinea, documenting press freedom violations. | | | PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. |
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http://www.afrol.com/Index/countries/equatorialguineaindex.htm
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| | SIM Country Profile: Guinea |
| | This association provides unity among evangelical societies and a common presentation of Protestant missions to the government of Guinea. | | | Ahmed Sekou Touré gained prominence as a leader through the post WWII labor movement and through involvement in the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG). | | | President Touré would not change his policy but ruled his country with an iron hand and during years of Marxist experimentation and Soviet presence saw Guinea slide into extreme economic and political collapse. |
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http://www.sim.org/country.asp?CID=26&fun=1
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| | Guinea Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing |
| | After the departure of the French, political power was assumed by the Parti Democratique de Guinée (since renamed the Parti pour l’Unité et le Progrès, PUP), which became the sole legitimate political party. | | | Further afield, Guinea attracted rare international attention as a member of the United Nations Security Council which in 2002 deliberated the issue of Iraq. | | | Guinea Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing |
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http://www.columbusguides.com/data/gin/gin580.asp
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| | NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Archive-Name: soc.culture.guinee Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:8888 news.groups:213063 soc.culture.french:119143 soc.culture.african:58004 soc.culture.sierra-leone:1918 soc.culture.quebec:42816 REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) unmoderated group soc.culture.guinee Newsgroups line: soc.culture.guinee Discussion group on Guinea (Guinea Conakry) This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.guinee. | | | This newsgroup will fill the void by allowing everyone with interest in Guinea to post and read messages. | | | NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Archive-Name: soc.culture.guinea-conakry Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:9295 news.groups:235887 bit.tech.africana:3004 soc.culture.african:62903 soc.culture.kenya:2372 soc.culture.nigeria:26149 soc.culture.sierra-leone:2448 LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group soc.culture.guinea-conakry Newsgroups line: soc.culture.guinea-conakry Guinea (ne French Guinea, in West Africa) Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 30 Oct 1996. |
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http://www.faqs.org/ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/soc/soc.culture.guinea-conakry
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| | Guinea -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 |
| | The parallel growth of a radical labor movement led to the rise of Sékou Touré, a union leader who also headed the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), a branch of the intercolonial Rassemblement Démocratique Africain. | | | The following month there was an attempt to assassinate Conté, apparently as part of a failed coup. | | | In 1891 it was constituted as a French colony separate from Senegal, of which it had hitherto been a part. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/GuineaWAf_History.asp
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| | A short history of Guinea |
| | Guinea has a closed, socialized economy and no tolerance for human rights, free expression or political opposition, which is ruthlessly suppressed. | | | Guinea becomes a one-party socialist state, lead by the Democratic Party of Guinea of president Ahmed Sékou Touré. | | | Led by Ahmed Sékou Touré the Parti Démocratique de Guinée (Democratic Party of Guinea, PDG) wins 56 of 60 seats in the 1957 territorial elections and soon after the people of Guinea reject overwhelmingly in a plebiscite membership in the proposed French Community. |
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http://www.electionworld.org/history/guinea.htm
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| | What is French? Facts and Figures about the French Language |
| | Read this introduction to some facts and figures about the French language. | | | Is Day Trading for Me? Top 10 Insurance Myths Think you have Arthritis? | | | French is one of the official working languages in dozens of international organizations, including: |
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http://french.about.com/library/bl-whatisfrench.htm
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| | Equatorial Guinea on the Internet |
| | Facts about the country, maps, photos of the currency, interviews / articles (mayor of Malabo, President Obiang, Amnesty International), photographs, history (based on the guide book, Guinea Ecuatorial, by José Díez Vilas), related web sites, books on Eq. | | | Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor - by Ian Gary and Terry Lynn Karl | | | In the Dec. 2002 presidential election its candidate, along with candidates of the other main opposition parties, withdrew claiming voting was fradulent. |
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http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eqg.html
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| | Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Conté faces regular criticism for the condition of the country's economy and for his heavy handed approach to political opponents. | | | Guinea gained her independence from France in 1958 and was governed by a dictatorship headed by Ahmed Sékou Touré. | | | As of 2005 Guinea still faces very real problems and according to the International Crisis Group is in danger of becoming a failed state. |
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| | FRENCH GUINEA - LoveToKnow Article on FRENCH GUINEA |
| | Many of the coast peoples show, however, distinct traces a white blood, the result chiefly of the former presence of Europeai slave traders. | | | This migration southward appears to have taken place befon the 17th century. | | | It was not until after the restoration of Goree to her at the close of the Napoleonic wars that France evinced any marked interest in this region. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/F/FR/FRENCH_GUINEA.htm
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| | Guinea: Afropop Country -- West Africa, wassoulou, griot music, African jazz |
| | When he died in 1984, leaving the nation to a military junta under Lassana Conté, Guinea was the worst off of the former French colonies, despite its superior natural resources. | | | A former labor leader and the mayor of the capital, Conakry, Sekou Touré became the president, and under his leadership, the nation voted overwhelmingly not to participate in Charles De Gaulle's Franco-African confederation. | | | Conté held nominal elections in 1993 and '98, but they were neither free nor fair. |
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http://www.afropop.org/explore/country_info/ID/17/Guinea
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| | History of GUINEA |
| | By this time his political party, the PDG (Democratic Party of Guinea) has little support and is immediately toppled in a military coup. | | | His early career has been as a trades union activist (during World War II he organizes the first successful strike in French West Africa). | | | A turning point on the path towards internal repression is an invasion in 1971 from Portuguese Guinea (the neighbouring territory, still under colonial rule) by opponents attempting a coup with Portuguese support. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad15
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| | French Colonial Empire - Introduction |
| | Where there prevailed long traditions of organized political life and a common culture, the French tended to rule indirectly through existing local authorities, as in Tunisia and Morocco. | | | French colonial imperialism survived World War I, but World War II led to its reorganization as the French Union, and finally to its dissolution — primarily as the result of the wars in Indochina and Algeria. | | | In 1763, at the end of the Seven Years' War, the French lost Canada and India to the British, and in 1803, Napoleon I sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States. |
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http://www.discoverfrance.net/Colonies/index.shtml
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| | French Guinea on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Obasanjo says Yala tried 'attempted coup' in Guinea-Bissau | | | First plan from left to right the Italian drummer Aldo ROMANO and the French bassist Henri TEXIER. |
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| | Links |
| | Search the newsgroups Search for Guinea on Google and see what people are talking about on other lists. | | | RPCV Micah Shaffer's in-progress documentary film inspired by the death of PCV Jesse Thyne and Guinean Amadou Diallo. | | | African News Agency Carries several stories on Guinea that usually are only available on French-language websites. |
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http://www.friendsofguinea.org/links.shtml
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| | Economy of French Guiana : French Guinea/Economy |
| | Current city Street: Economy of French Guiana : French Guinea/Economy < | | | Besides the French space center at Kourou, fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities. | | | Arabella saw her depart, thinking, "How singular is her interrogation was quite Arabella's own; as also occasionally the sound, and its implied calm breast. |
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| | FaithfortheFamily - A Website for the Christian Family |
| | Discover more information about countries where French is spoken: | | | Listen to the God So Loved the World gospel presentation in French. | | | Register online to receive The Baptist Vision by mail or change your address. |
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| | The Role of Woman in the Maroon Societies of Suriname and French Guinea |
| | Although the Maroon societies of Suriname and French Guiana are matrilineal, men occupy the most important positions at the administrative and political levels. | | | In the mid-1980s a civil war broke out in Suriname, during which Maroon people fled from their villages to neighboring French Guiana or Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. | | | Some French Guiana people frequently raise the criticism that many Maroon women just want to have children because of the government benefits paid to their children. |
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http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/maroon/educational_guide/46.htm
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| | French Colonies - Cameroon |
| | The French zone became a sovereign state in 1960, and a year later the southern half of the British zone federated with it. | | | It remained a German colony until World War I, when it was divided into French- and British-administered zones under the League of Nations mandate system and later the United Nations trusteeship system. | | | Hausa, Fulani, Pidgin English, and Douala serve as trade languages; French and English are used in government. |
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| | Guinea - French Polynesia (Fr.) |
| | islands, and island groups in French Polynesia include Bora Bora, Huahine, Maiao, Marquesas Islands... | | | Island, Europa Island, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands... | | | Newspapers and other media sources from French Polynesia, Kidon Media... |
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| | Background Notes Archive - Africa |
| | Portugal claimed Portuguese Guinea in 1446, but few trading posts were established before 1600. | | | The interior of Portuguese Guinea was brought under control after more than 30 years of fighting; final subjugation of the Bijagos Islands did not occur until 1936. | | | Before World War I, Portuguese forces under Maj. Teixeira Pinto, with some assistance from the Muslim population, subdued animist tribes and eventually established the territory's borders. |
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| | AFRICA - Guinea Country Close-Up |
| | Touré went on to rule an independent Guinea until his death in 1984, driving more than one million Guineans abroad in the effort to escape famine, bungled attempts at collectivization and a brutal police state. | | | Languages: French (official), each ethnic group has its own language | | | After the leaders of a 1993 military coup vowed to reverse Touré's legacy, the country held its first multiparty elections. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/rainforest/countries/guinea_print.html
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| | French Speakers, French Language Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com |
| | French Speakers, French Language Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area - Meetup.com | | | 22010 French Speakers, friends, and people who want to learn more. | | | Bill, Denver Unified French, German and Russian Language Meetup |
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http://french.meetup.com
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| | [Trypanosoma cruzi in French Guinea: review of accumulated data since 1940] |
| | French Guiana should no longer be considered as an enzootic area but as an area of risk for sporadic Chagas disease with epidemiologic features similar to those of the disease in dense Amazon forest areas. | | | Between 1939 and 1994, nine cases of Chagas disease have been reported in French Guiana: seven in the acute phase including two that were fatal and two in the chronic phase with cardiac sequellae. | | | The state of the art may have changed since the publication date. |
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| | Guinea on the Internet |
| | Collection Boubacar Barry (historical writings on the Futa Jalon from Professor of History Barry.) In French. | | | Contains full-text documents, chapters from books on Guinea's history, government, literature, the economy, army mutiny of 1996, etc. Has Ruth S. Morgenthau, "Part Six: Trade Unionists and Chiefs in Guinea" from "Political parties in French-speaking West Africa" (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964.). | | | Derman, William, "Serfs, Peasants, and Socialists: A Former Serf Village in the Republic of Guinea" (University of California Press, 1968. |
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| | Guinea |
| | Independent from France since 1958, Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. Lansana CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government. | | | A human catastrophe in Guinea, the refugee crisis in Guinea part of a complicated regional conflict (BBC News). | | | Languages: French (official); Eight national languages, Soussou (Susu, in coastal Guinea), Peulh (Fulani, in Northrn Guinea), Maninka (Upper Guinea), Kissi (Kissidougou Region), Toma and Guerze (Kpelle) in rain forest Guinea; plus various ethnic groups with their own language. |
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| | French Colonies - Algeria |
| | French remains an important language, although English officially became the major foreign language taught in universities in 1996. | | | Since gaining independence, Algeria has tried to liberate itself from the economic legacy of colonialism through ambitious development plans financed by the sale of petroleum and natural gas. | | | The bitter Algerian War (1954-62) that ended French colonial rule has significantly influenced Algeria's national identity. |
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| | French Guiana : French Guinea |
| | First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements until 1951. | | | Current city Street: French Guiana : French Guinea < | | | The département of Guiana or French Guiana (French Guyane), is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. |
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http://www.city-search.org/fr/french-guinea.html
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| | French Guinea |
| | French Rule to World War II (Countries of the World) | | | First plan from left to right the Italian drummer Aldo ROMANO and the French bassist Henri TEXIER. | | | French West Africa - French West Africa, former federation of eight French overseas territories. |
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| | Online Dictionary for French English, Spanish English, Italian English, and more. |
| | 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made. | | | A republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; Also&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">Also called&service=&searchtype=stemmed&service=english2english">called: French Guinea. | | | West African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world; SYN: guinea, Numida meleagris. |
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| | French West Africa -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | French Afrique Occidentale Française (AOF) administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 until 1958 of the former French territories of West Africa: Senegal, French Guinea, the Ivory Coast, and the French Sudan, to which Dahomey was added in 1899. | | | "French West Africa." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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| | French Guinea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Be careful with the spelling: (Click link for more info and facts about French Guiana) French Guiana is not French Guinea. | | | French Guinea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/f/fr/french_guinea.htm
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| | Guinea |
| | Union of African States formed by Guinea, Ghana and Mali around 1960. | | | Coat of arms of Guinea and the Flag of the President | | | Flag adopted 10 November 1958, coat of arms adopted 23 December 1993. |
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| | Guinea -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The national capital of Conakry is the country's main port. | | | officially Republic of Guinea, French République de Guinée, formerly (1979–84) People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea country of western Africa. | | | "Guinea." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110787
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| | eBay - french guinea, Europe, Topical Specialty items on eBay.com |
| | Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy. | | | French Guinea Very Nice over 275 Different Stamps | | | I was a Savage by Prince Modupe (French Guinea) |
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| | French Guinea |
| | It also gained its independence in 1958 and became the Republic of Guinea. | | | French Guinea stamps replaced the stamps of French West Africa in 1944. | | | Some examples of French Guinea stamps is as follows: |
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| | French Guinea (part of French West Africa) French Guinea stamps overprint |
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| | Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Guinea |
| | Regarding the Apostolic prefecture French Guinea (larger part of the country): | | | See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions. | | | Sahara in French Sudan (new name, previously Sahara AV) - Burkina Faso, Mali |
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| | Guinea |
| | 16 Jun 1895 Part of French West Africa (see Senegal). | | | 1 Jan 1979 People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea | | | 1 Aug 1891 French Riviéres du Sud colony. |
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