cuffed and jailed, the imf chief is accused of sexual assault. what now for the man who could have run for president of france? hello. it is 5:00 a.m. in new york, 11:00 a.m. in paris. you're watching world one live from london. also ahead, waiting for a decision. in the next couple of hours, the international criminal court could say it wants an arrest

warrant for moammar gadhafi on suspicion of committing war crimes. a national disaster devastating floods for thousands of people in the u.s. to abandon their homes. space shuttle "endeavour" is preparing for its last mission. although he is one of the most powerful men in finance, but today, the head of the international monetary fund will appear in court to answer charges of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. right now, come niece straus-khan is accused of committing rape. the married 62-year-old denies the charges and has agreed to undergo a medical and physical examination. this is the hotel where the alleged attack took place. police say the maid ran to the front desk for help. by the time they arrived, the imf chief had already left for

the airport. susan candiotti brings us the latest. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary day of waiting. all day long and night long at this courthouse, waiting for the very first court appearance by the defendant in this case. ahead of the imf, come nike straus-khan. however, as the hours went on and on, he did not appear in court. there was no explanation why. finally, during the middle of the night, the lawyers representing him came outside and talked with reporters and explained that he was agreeing to an examination of his body, looking for any dna evidence that might have been left behind or any scratches on his body. here is what the lawyer said. >> our client consented to an examination tonight at the request of the government. that's being done in light of the hour we've agreed to postpone the arraignment tomorrow morning and we expect to be in court with him

tomorrow. >> cnn has learn from a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation that the alleged victim was able to pick straus-khan out of a lineup at the police station, chose him as the person who allegedly attacked her. cnn knows very little about the victim because the police haven't said much. however, the general manager where she worked said that she worked there for three years and that in their view, her behavior and her work has been very satisfactory, as they put it. so, again, the defendant in this case is expected to appear in court later this day. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> straus-khan was considered to be in with a serious chance of contesting france's presidential election in 2012. let's go to paris with jim birthman. what happens to that now, jim? >> well, i think the best summary of that was probably in

the socialist leading newspaper this morning. they summarize it this way, dsk for dominique straus-khan out, out. it seems almost impossible at this point that he could somehow revive his political career. among other things, until his trial takes place, if the judge takes away his passport, he'll be stuck in the united states. pretty hard to imagine you could campaign for president of france while you're in the united states facing criminal charges. here in france, a thunder clap keeps rumbling on and a lot of people who would be contenders on the socialist side have come to the fore and that's what's going to happen. russ, the number two in the public opinion polls is likely to rise to the top in the

absence of dominique straus-khan. and on the right, it's not a reason for president sarkozy to rub his hands in glee because he was so far back in the polls that he has a lot of other contenders that could put him out of the palace. it's a very unfair game at this point and all cards are off the table now and we'll have to see how this plays out over the next few days and weeks and months. monita. >> what kind of a man was he perceived to be before all this? he had been dogged by allegations and accusations numerous times, well before this incident happened, but yet he was still considered a serious contender against nicolas sarkozy in 2012. >> well, i think the closest brush he had to anything like this was back in 2008 when he was accused by a subordinate at the imf who said that he had -- he was guilty of sexual

harassment. she charged him with sexual harassment and he was cleared of those charges. and because he was cleared of those charges, i think people tended to discount them. although, there have been roomers that have been circulated for years around his personality about sexual indiscretion. his wife always stuck by him, however. she's now sticking by him again. ann sinclair, a high profile television personality. he's helped by the fact that he's a brilliant economist, an able political organizer, negotiator and whatnot. the as such, a lot of these things on the personal side tended to be discounted and private life here in france, it tends to not enter into the public exposure that you can see in other countries. but nonetheless, this is beyond the pale. when you have criminal charges brought against a possible presidential contender, you have to say this is something that people can't ignore. on the streets, i think we've

been hearing people are basically saying they want to reserve judgment, but nevertheless, the summary that the sociologist newspaper said this morning, dsk out, that summarizes what the situation is in terms of most french, i think. >> jim bittermann in paris, thank you. the allegations to straus-khan could be a blow to the imf. later in the show would be we'll look at what his arrest could mean for the financial world. moammar gadhafi may be facing action from the international criminal court. a source tells cnn the court's chief prosecutor will seek warrants for the arrest of the libyan leader and two other people on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity. our senior international correspondent nic robertson will be speaking with the prosecutor shortly. nick joins us right now on the line from hague in the netherlands. give us an idea of what kind of charges we're expect to go be brought against the libyan leader. >> well, crimes against humanity

including murder and persecution. what the chief prosecutor's office is saying is that they have expensive and solid evidence of systematic and widespread attacks on the civilian population and what they're intending to do is to bring criminal proceedings against those who bear the greatest responsibility. moammar gadhafi seems to be the most likely among the three names to be announced. also very possible among the other people two who will have requests for arrest warrants issued today, a very likely to be moammar gadhafi's safe and his brother-in-law, the intelligence chief. both very senior and influential people within the regime at the moment. the international criminal courts say they have been investigating this since the 15th of february. they've had 30 mission toes 1

states, examined 1,200 documents examine interviewed or preinterviewed 50 wpss so far. mow nita. >> nick, many have said, those that have been indicted by at this cc have been for the business perhaps another piece of paper that they will likely ignore. is that likely to happen in libya, as well? >> absolutely it is. we heard from the foreign minister earlier today saying that's how libya would treat it, another signatory to the rome statute that enforces the powers here, that they will just reject this as another -- essentially as another piece of paper and they point to the presidents of neighboring sudan who have been indicted by the court here. omar al bashir who has been traveling the world while he is wanted by this court to come and

stand trial. so for the libyans, this is something they say they're going to reject out of hand and when they look at other examples in the region close to them, they can see that there are plenty of countries or certainly a handful of countries that certainly won't enforce any indictment and any call for arrest, even if it's hand down. and we're still not at that stage, monita. >> and when it does happen, we will bring you that news as soon as it does happen. nic robertson, thank you very much. as the court issues a warrant for moammar gadhafi's arrest, this is the kind of company he'll be in. former ug shroff president s slobdan milosevic. he was charged in 1991. he was arrested in 2001 pep died in 2006 when his trial was in

progress. ratko mladic, he remains a fugitive to this day. there are other war crimes charges. ex liberian president charles taylor is still being tried at the hague. he was tried in 2003. >> al bashir remains in office and has no plans to turn himself in. coming up here on world one, a different kind of pressure on moammar gadhafi. the u.n. is in sicily pressing for a cease-fire. also coming up, demonstrations on israel's border turn into confrontation and we'll head to jerusalem for the latest on that. then thousands of people forced out of their homes as the

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welcome back. our top stories this other, one of the world's most powerful men will appear in a new york court today to answer charges of sexual assault. dominique straus-khan who heads up the international monetary fund is accused of the attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a hotel maid. he denies the charges and has agreed to undergo a physical test. naefl forces fired warning shots at a malaysian ship. it was heading to gaza. the group says the israel navy forced the ship to retreat to egyptian waters. separately, the u.n. is

calling for restraint on all sides after clashes between pro-palestinian demonstrators and government sources along palestinian borders. confrontations between police and protests happened outside cairo. cnn's kevin flower joins us now liech on the line from our jerusalem story with both of these stories. let's start with the mv finch being forced to retreat into egyptian waters. what happened? >> well, what we know, monita, is that a small ship was intercepted by a israeli ship this morning. warning shots were made across its bow the as it tried to make its way to the gaza strip. according to the crew on board, the ship, which is a moldovian

flagship, they were trying to break the gaza strip which israel says it maintenance to stop the transfer of weapons. now, the crusade that their ship -- that the ship was actually in international waters when the israels intercepted it. of course, the israels are maintaining that it had come into israeli territorial waters. so all of this is somewhat striking because this comes almost a year after the date of the very tragic flotilla ships that tried to make it to the gaza strip last may in which a number of turkish and turkish american activists were killed as israel naval commandos stormed those strips trying to prevent them from going to the gaza strip and it comes as there are plans to put a new flotilla. multiple ships making their way to the strip to try and break that brigade.

>> as a result of that flotilla and the tragedy that ensued from last year, we thought that israel had said they were loosening their grip on that area, on the -- as ships were -- i guess when it comes to humanitarian goods heading into gaza. what happened? >> well, in fact, following the consequences of the flotilla last year, israel came under a great deal of pressure about its block aid of the gaza strip. so, in fact, a number of regulations, a lot of restrictions lifted. so there are more goods and more types of goods that are able to go across israeli land crossings. but that does not apply in any way, shape or form to the naval block aid that has been in place on the gaza strip. israel still allows no ships to cross. it allows no air traffic, of course, over the gaza strip.

it fully controls air and the water around the gaza strip, monita. >> kevin flower in jerusalem, thank you. this is "world one." coming up, it's all systems go for the shuttle "endeavour's" final launch. how old will you be when you die? if you'd like to know the answer to that, we'll tell you just where to find it, just ahead.

emergency crews along the mississippi river are opening flood gates like this one in morganza, louisiana, and trying to bring the water levels down before it can flood major cities further south. but there is a human price being paid in all of this. barbara hall explains. >> as the flood waters continue to run steady, so do the flood gate openings. it's day two of the morganza

spillway opening. the u.s. army corps of engineers opened two additional flood gates sunday morning and could open even more. the first mandatory evacuation order has been issued for nearly 2,000 residents in one louisiana parrish. when you have an evacuation order from a local elected official or a local law enforcement official, you need to understand what's important to you. pack up a few important things and get your family and heed their advice. >> other residents have left voluntarily, using levees and sandbags as protection for their home. >> we took a chance and purchased the property because we love the river. the river has always been a part of our lives. if the river destroyed properties, then that's what happens to be. >> the usda says farmers who are covered for crop damage will be eligible for crop insurance. and as the spillway is expected to be open for weeks, evacuees will have to wait at least that long to return home.

i'm barbara hall, reporting from atlanta. >> let's go to our meteorologist with more on this. ivan. >> we're trying our best to follow the mississippi river. we're trying to relieve the pressure on the south by using the morganza spillway. that's the one that will be flooding farmland and those small towns like the one that will be under water here. it is necessary so we can save baton rouge and so we can save new orleans from a potential catastrophic levee breerchb. here is morganza. we'll be opening more gates. it will be a gradual process here. we don't want a tsunami moving through the region here. they're successively opening a

few gates at a time. if you less the mississippi do its thing, this would be the track it would take through the gulf of mexico. we need fresh water in baton huge and new orleans. this is the way it meanders right now. but a lot of water is going there and about 8,000 square kilometers we're thinking could be flooded. but the good news is, we're keeping because of that more began squaw spillway, we're keeping the flood situation steady here along new orleans. we'll keep you posted if that changes. hopefully it won't. the other big story here, we're just got new video. this is dramatic stuff. we'll take you to alberta, canada, where the town of slave lake there, essentially, half of the town is an inferno now. it's under fire. here we have about 7,000 residents that live in the resident there. mandatory evacuations are well under way. this happened very rapidly as a forest fire essentially breached

the town's protection there and got into it. the city hall is on fire, the police station is on fire. it is a state of emergency out there. we'll continue to for that story as folks are moved out of harm's way. this is slave lake, about 200 slom ters to the northwest of edmonton in alberta, canada. monita. >> ivan, thank you. what caused an air france jet to fall out of the sky over the atlantic? it's a question that's gone unanswered for almost two years, but today, investigators plan to release a communique shedding some light on the state of the flight recorders on the doomed air france airbus. the so-called black boxes were recently discovered among the wreckage on the ocean floor. now, if someone could tell you how long you've got left to live, would you want to know? a new blood test is offering to tell you just that. the controversial test will go on sale in britain's public later this year at a cost of

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this is world one live from london. i'm monita rajpal. our top stories this hour, one of the world's most powerful men will appear in a new york court today to face sexual assault charges. he's accused of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a hotel maid. he agreed to undergo physical and forensic tests.

the italian prime minister is expected to appear at a bribery trial on monday. mr. beryl skonny's image has been battered by a sex scandal and three corruption trials. gautt mall lan police have launched a murder investigation after 27 bodies were found near the mexican border. most of the victims were decapitated. an army spokesman says that the investigators can't rule out that the killings are related to drug trafficking. half a million people are expected to gather at the kennedy space center in the come hours to watch the space shuttle "endeavour" to lift off for the final time. the originally scheduled launch on april 29th was scrubbed because of problems with a heater. we return now to our top story and the arrest of the head of the imf, dominique straus-khan. today, he had been due to attend eu financial crisis talks in

brussels on how to handle greece's debt crisis. on sunday, he was supposed to discuss greece's problems with german chancellor angela merkel. the imf and the european central bank are the key players in the eu bailout. so what effect could his arrest have on the imf's handling of the euro zone debt crisis? john paris joins us now live from brussels. what happens now, john? >> needless to say, it's kind of rejigged the complete outlines here in brussels. anecdotal anecdotally, i was taking the taxi over here and it topped the headlines on french radio. dominique straus-khan not only attended the preliminary meetings tonight, he he had the preliminary meetings tonight with angela merkel and tomorrow but he was supposed to be the key note speaker on wednesday. so he had a packed agenda. this is the worst timing for something like this, to be candid. we're one year into the greek bailout plan and that's showing

strains already. they're supposed to sign off on the portuguese package of 78 billion euros and to give ireland the lower interest rate. dominique straus-khan is a dominant player. he's one of two key players around this area along with jean claude tree shaichet. john lisky will oversee an informal board meeting waiting for the results of the court hearing in new york. so a lot of intrigue. but it's absolutely the worst timing coming into the debt restructuring charges here in brussels. >> fully functional, but straus-khan undoubtedly had some really good personal relationships with the eu leaders. he was able to push through a lot of deals and negotiations. when it comes to bailing out countries like portugal and now potentially even greece, what happens to something like this in terms of the momentum that he had created?

>> well, two comments. fully separational and functional is controlled by the imf. but some openers thought they were basically leaving their managing director out to dry, that they could move ahead without him because it's such a severe charge. secondly, we had a comment from the minister of labor in greece going through the restructuring. she says that the mon unalternativety that exists in terms of major institutions like the imf, the higher the cost for a country like greece. in essence, if you read between the lines, they say they're highly disappointed. it's a great time to get down to european debt. let's take a look at the challenges. i call it the 100% better's club that we have in greece right now. the greek debt is 157% of their total gdp. you have ireland at 112% and portugal at 101%. and stheer basically delaying the inevitable. they're trying not to

restructure right now, but we've identified widely in the market that greece is probably about $90 billion short for payments due in 2012 and '13 and they have $20 billion due in june spop it's a very intense window and having a controversy like this is not great timing, to say the least. >> john, this is one of those times when people say they would love to be a fly on the meeting room. this is one of those times and you'll be there for us. from aud trail ya, the headlines imf chief on maid sexual assault charges. it goes on to say a reputation a lothario, hardly rare among his political colleagues, has long been known and while wide by tolerated by the french generally, has been used by hits political enemies in the past. "the wall street journal," imf

chief held on rape charges. dock neek straus-khan was expected to be arraigned on charges of attempted rape, criminal sexual assault and dashes his hopes of running for french president and could hamper the imf's ability to help manage europe's debt charges. and imf chief charged with attempted rape after brutal attack total by "the independent." whatever the eventual outcome, the consensus in france yesterday was that mr. straus-khan's hopes of challenging nicolas sarkozy for the presidency next spring are dead. cnn will be there chatting with you throughout the day on facebook. now we return to libya. the court's chief prosecutor will announce that gadhafi is wanted for war crimes against humanity in libya.

meanwhile, a special u.n. group is asking for a cease-fire. she joins us now live from the libyan capital with more on that. nema. >> well, many say the libyan government has been accused in the past of persistently violating previous cease-fires. as we speak now, reports are reaching us that shell rg continuing in the western mount along the tunisian border. but saying all that, the u.n. envoy here at the invitation of the libyan government, even though he had said to the security council that they would require for a cease-fire to be in place before any negotiations could go ahead. that seems to be in line with what the libyan government is thinking. they say that they are prepared to have impartial independent observers on the ground and have adjabia before then negotiating. through the tribal leaders, they say they don't believe the

interim general council represents them. they've been hearing from the interim council. those who have spoken out said that as far as they're concerned, there could be no negotiation without colonel gadhafi standing down. but in taking this back to the u.n. security council, the hope is that at the very least, a cease-fire can be agreed and observers can be on the ground mere before the negotiation process is then who worked out between the two parties. >> while all this is happening, of course, the hue humanitarian aid is in dire need for that country. >> the rebels had said that they were in control of the airport in misrata and the hope had been that would open up a permanent humanitarian access corridor. that has not been delivered on the ground in misrata.

there have been reports of boats docking. but what they need is a sustained corridor and at the moment, that hasn't yet happened. if a cease-fire can be worked out, then at the very least, this needs to be established so that aid can start to come in, so the humanitarian corridors over ground can be secured and then the negotiation process. god knows how long that will be drawn out can then start, but the most important thing is to establish impartial observers on the ground so that much-needed aid can start arriving, monita. >> nima, thank you very much. right now, we're joined here in our studio by the international director of the bar association to talk more about the icc's potential indictments of moammar gadhafi and two other people. we'll know for sure a little later on, in about an hour or so. but in terms of whether or not that's the case, they're saying they had strong evidence.

and what kind of evidence would have to by had in order to present it to chamber one? >> the level of incidence that he has to show is relatively low. he has to show there's a reasonable basis to believe that crimes were committed. again, this is a fairly low level. >> that's surprising because you would assume that a court like the icc would need to have hard, strong, fact evidence to indict a sitting leader. >> and they will and i have no doubts that they have that. they will present all of their evidence, all of the facts to the pretrial chamber seeking this arrest warrant that the prosecutor will undoubtedly announce today. once a trial takes place, assuming a trial takes place, the burden of proof increases significantly. but we're in the pretrial process right now and all that's required is, again, for the court to say, yes, the prosecutor has proven that there's a reasonable basis that the crimes were committed. therefore, we're going to go ahead with an arrest warrant.

that's what they're focusing on right now. >> in order for a trial to take place, as you said, there needs to be an arrest warrant. in order for an arrest warrant to be issued, you have to have someone to deliver it. >> this is one of the more complex issues. they don't have an army, they don't have a police force. they -- this court is dependent on the states, on the international community in essence to bring gadhafi, if he is indicted and there's an arrest warrant that will be issued and that won't come for several months from now. >> who does that fall upon? >> again, this is a big issue here. the real fear, i think, is whether or not we talked about a cease-fire arrangement. do we ever put on the table the possibility of giving gadhafi impunity? do you bring him to another nonstate party of the icc and allow him to live his life without this indictment? i think that will be very difficult. i think the international community will be very firm in

saying eventually gadhafi has to be transferred to the hague. who does that in the end is still a real question mark, but this is very important for the prosecutor to get this indictment and to get an arrest warrant, because it places everything on hold. it tells the international community we have spoken as an international court, he is indicted for these serious crimes and in the end, he must be brought to the hague. >> that said, you have other leaders who have been indicted in the past. it's been two years now and omar al bashir has been out and about and leading his country and traveling and there has been no arrest for him. so it begs the question how strong the icc's indictments really are. >> well, i think it's a very good ken. i think they are strong, but in the sense of complementing these indictments, it's up to the international community. the fact that president al bashir can be not appear henned

and brought to the health on this arrest warrant is a problem. it's not a problem for the court. i think it's a problem for the international community that needs to shore up its commitment to international justice. this is a long process. there are still issues that have to be resolved. but in the end, i think we'll get there. >> this is world one live from london. the final countdown begins as the space shuttle gets ready to fly into the history books. and golf players championship went to a sudden death playoff. find out who conquered the famed island green. een stuck in the ge while i've been sneezing from the dust in here, and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lilly and i are back on the road again, where we belong. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. [ male announcer ] get up to $6 in savings on zyrtec® products at zyrtectv.com.

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fire got out of control. on the web, people are suppressing shock and expressing prayer for all those affected by the blaze. at number two, the space shuttle "endeavour" is listed to get off the launchpad after being retired from service after three decades. this is a popular story on cnn.com. for more on that, go to our facebook page wone cnn where you'll find a link to that article. and number one, this man, choi won the pga tour's championship at sawgrass florida on sunday. david toms is getting praise online for his performance. let's get more on this from our don rozelle.

number 34 and he takes it away. >> he's a great player, too. very popular on the tour. he started off his sporting career as a body builder. perhaps that's why he's known as the tank. it was the biggest win of his career. kajay is a little emotional afterwards. the korean had to work for it, though. david toms held a one-shot lead with just three to play, but the american was a little wayward with his second shot on march 16th. into the water he meant and that meant a bogey for toms. the iconic 17, khoi had the chance to take the lead with a birdie. the korean knocked it in. sometimes it's easier to come from behind and toms was in no mood to give in on the 18th.

he had a birdie. choi made par. that put the two of them into the playoffs. back to the 17th. it went horribly wrong for toms. the american missed his short par putt, leaving the door wide open for his opponents. choi stepped up to knock in his par and with it came the championship, the fifth major of its known plus a five-year exemption on the pga tour. rafael nadal has conceded that djokovic is the favorite on the tour. it's a sign of the times. djokovic continued his phenomenal run by beating nadal in straight sets on the final of the road masters on sunday. his winning streak is now up to 39 matches and he's beaten the world number one four times this season, twice now on the spaniard's favorite clay surface. finally, tragic news from

kenya where the olympicic marathon champion sammy wanjiru has died. police are investigating the incident where the 24-year-old jumped from a balcony from his home. he was the first kenyan to win the olympics in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 32 seconds. wanjiru has had a history of domestic problems. sad news on end on there, monita. >> thank you very much. how best to combat child sex abuse within the catholic church? the vatican is minutes away from offering its official guidance on that. coming up, we'll get a preview. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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a.m. in new york. our top story this hour, one of the world's most powerful men will appear in a new york court today to enter a plea on sexual assault. dominique straus-khan is accused of attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a hotel maid. he's agreed to the charges and has agreed to undergo physical and dna testing. coming up, the vatican plans to offer uniform guidelines for catholic bishops to. the vatican is not expected to make such a policy mandatory. we're joined now by richard green. many will say it's about time, isn't it? >> we know abuse has been going on for decades.

there have been investigations in ireland that have found that. there are lawsuits in the united states that have forced dioceses into bankruptcy. the vatican would say, we are doing that. we've issued rules. we have procedures in place. we continue to refine them but, you know, we are trying to fight the problem and it's only a tiny minority of priests who abuse children, anyway. >> do we know what exactly they mean when they say they're going to try and fight the problem? >> well, the vatican issued new rules last year, in fact. they made it a crime for priests to download child pornography. and the vatican says, look, what we do is we handle it ourselves. we push people into positions where they don't teal with the public if we think they're abusers or we defrock them and push them out of the church. >> is this a problem where you have to have such rules and regulations for something when you're dealing with children, as well, and you're dealing with

acquisitions of pedophilia, this is more of a psychological issue as well as a criminal issue, isn't it? >> certainly that's what the victims groups would say. they say, look, we have a systemic problem and it's not simply a problem of abusing children. it's also a problems that church is trying to protect itself by covering up those abusers. so if the church thinks someone is abusing, they won't put them in a cell, they'll just transfer them to another church where the same problem would repeat itself. >> do you know if the vatican would look at -- maybe they already do so in terms of how they would hire priests that would come in and people who want to become priests, are there background checks? are there things like that that go into place? >> it's not background checks in the sense that you would be speaking of. and in ireland last year, there's a widespread problem. an older irish lady said, look, think about how these priests

are taught in this country. they're sent off to be priests as very young people and they go into a world where they're surrounded by other men who are in a particular culture. they don't have contact with women, they don't have a great deal of contact with the outside world. and this particular woman said, you know, there is a self-perpetuating culture here that people go into this world and they adapt to its norms. >> we should know more about these guidelines momentarily. richard, thank you very much for that. >> thank you. >> you're watching "world one" live from london. we leave you with pictures of the kennedy space center in florida. nasa officials have given the green light for "endeavour's" final flight.

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