our breaking news story this hour security is being stepped up across russia after the southern southern city of volgograd was hit by two suicide bombings than twenty four hours the latest happened on a trolley bus as it approached a market during the monday morning rush hour after fifteen people are known to have died and up to twenty eight others were injured including a one year old child and three are said to be critically ill investigators say their target was similar to sunday's train station bombing which killed at least sixteen people and left forty five others wounded lives not of peace have powell managing director of crisis management found by consultants at mr peter powell welcome to r.c. very nice to talk to you now to our tax where then less than twenty four hours what kind of affects does this have on the public here think. he may answer that quite quickly by saying it has the desired effect but let's go back to last year in december and october last year those suicide bombers detonated devices and then i think the allegations were then that it was a possibly a female suicide b

at least 15 people killed when a bomb exploded in the southern city of overad. a suicide bomber detonating explosives as they approached the metal get ector. inter fax was reporting the bomber was a man not a woman as was originally reported. closed circuit cameras confirmed that. these reports, we should point out, are preliminary. any fan of college football can tell you it is that time of year. it is bowl season, big games all week leading up to the national championship just one week from tomorrow. 650 teams, 70,000 athletes and millions of dollars up for grabs especially in texas where the longhorns are big business. newark schneider explains. >> texas longhorns football is a cash cow according to forbes, the university of texas leads all schools in merchandise sales and t.v. revenue and is the only college football team ever to bring in more than $100 million a year. and that's happened the past two. all of this with a team that's not played so well lately. 30 wins, 20 losses the past four years, but according to patrick riche who runs a firm in st. louis,

two days ago, a car bomb killed three people in the southern russian city of piatogost. ordinary russians may be wondering where the next attack will come. peter sharp, al jazeera in moscow. >> the global research director for controlled risks and joins us live from london, thank you for joining us. who do you think is behind this? >> a pleasure. >> he wanted to do everything he could to disrupt the sorbi olympics. he has labeled them an unholy event, and on u tune and it appears that the tranquil period that had exceeded this bombing and some of the others that led up to it is now over. >> over destabilizing the game some six weeks away, what is it that he and his followers want and what are their capabilities? >> well, it's interesting. there is a bit of a pattern emerging here that is before certain large federalents and the sorbi is the biggest of them all, but prior to federal e elections and other large national events, there have been these sorts of attacks. i think what they want to do first and foremost is remind the criminallin they are here and they are a forc

and on friday a car bomb in the southern city of kent egoistic killed three people. police are looking into possible links to this attack. the cia security challenges that could disrupt the olympics in sochi the games open in less than six weeks. investigators in the egypt are investigating a bombing that has a attack device exploded outside a military intelligence building in a village north of cairo. a mooted for soldiers blasted through a wall leaving a pile of rubble the attack came as university students staged protests at a number of campuses security forces found a hand made bomb planted inside one campus in the northern city and county at that. given that the device even though the device before it went off jess is having on the street since july when generals overthrew president mohamed was the leader said the interim government and the cracking down on his supporters last week the designated the muslim brotherhood as a organization. unable to stop a wave of violence an islamic militant group has claimed responsibility for an attack last tuesday at police he

this is the second time in just a few months at the southern russian city has only to terrorists. plus a passenger bus to school work is still growing menace of people here and it was a female suicide bomber. she kills six and injured over thirty others the first three days of january had been declared days of mourning that are present in those days are the very heart of nurses and your holiday celebrations but this year authorities have decided perhaps understandably. it is to be canceled. in coastal parts in moscow. several people injured in the terror attack ads all the bronze railway station are on board a plane heading to moscow to undergo medical treatment in the capital's hospitals meanwhile people are crowded in boulder bronze hospitals as well awaiting news about the condition of their relatives and friends or even looking for them she's not on the list. my daughter emily for my daughter. she was at the train station my son bought a nice green science train station and costly all they all intensive care and now they're badly in june they would have if we train to moscow b

a suicide bomber targeting a busy training station in the southern russian city of volgograd. a somber forecast for afghanistan's future after u.s. troops withdraw. military units on the move in south sudan amid a growing humanitarian crisis. the death toll still stands at 15, at least 15 people dead after a suicide bomber attacks a train station in the southern russian city of volgegrad. the bomber dealtnated as they approached the metal detector. the blast 457ing six weeks before the winter games in sochi. peter sharp has the details >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath of the attack on a railway stale in volgegrad. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to street survivors. officials say a woman set off ex place near metal detectors at the entrance to the main strain station. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. >> everything was covered in smoke after 10 minutes, i was able to see again and there were bodies everywhere. inside the train station, itse f itself, everything is dest

and just two days ago, a car bomb killed three people in the southern russian city.violence continues to claim lives, ordinary russians may well be wondering where the next attack will come. peter sharp, al jazerra in moscow. >> and at this hour there are conflicting reports as to whether that suicide bomber was a man or a woman. fred joins us now live from moscow, he's the moscow correspondent for the christian science monitor. fred, we know who is behind the attack, at least we believe we do. now comes word they are stepping up their efforts ahead of the winter games in sochi. so how concerned should u.s. citizens travel to go europe be? >> reporter: well, i think that it's an immense concern. it's clear that there is going to be a terrorist offensive to take advantage of the importance of the sochi games. you know, the president vladimir putin's prestige is riding on them. this is obviously a target of opportunity for them and they are going to go all out to do something spectacular. i think that is the consensus of experts. and so i guess people who worry about s

of volgograd president putin has ordered security to be tightened across russia this after the southern city of volgograd was struck by two explosions in the space of less than twenty four hours the latest blast terry if you are a trolley bus during the monday morning rush hour and what investigators now suspect was also a suicide attack both bombings claiming the lives of up to thirty two people are teens margaret howell is in volgograd with all the latest margaret are we any we are about the latest suspected terror attack. well what we do you is the son of law enforcement officials did say that they were able to collect these fragments of the body that. are now i'm standing here on site just behind me here and a thirty eight blast on this truly. bustling market on monday morning that's claimed. that she lives and we actually do have a witness standing by to observe take a listen. i was in my way from work did a u. turn and then i heard a blast i was already standing in a queue and one of the other drivers asked if there was an explosion there was no panic but i hurt screens so i drove by t

three policemen have been killed in an explosion near a traffic police headquarters in the southern russian city of. information still coming in the sorties have been ruled out the possibility it was a terrorist attack to bring you more but in the coming minutes also headlining tonight as the first stage of syria's chemical disarmament is to clear the success we recap of the diplomatic achievements that prevented a u.s. strike on the country and look at how the civil conflicts transformed through the year. tests and police a gathering in the heart of istanbul as a high level corruption scandal takes the turkish government to the brink of collapse. and they u.k. government tax lowering drive seems only to be stuffing the wallets of the highest earners leaving no reason for those on a basic wage to celebrate this festive time. just join us for good of your company this is not international coming. here we're starting with breaking news as mentioned and it's been coming in in the last hour or so we're now hearing three policemen have been killed tonight in a blast in russia's southern city of pierr

. >>> security forces in russia are investigating another deadly explosion in the southern city of volgograd. a trolley bus blew up and killed 14 people, presenting another challenge as the country prepares to host the winter olympics. health ministry officials say along with the dead, another 28 has been wounded. volgograd is one of the biggest cities in the south with a population of 1 million. it's known as a traffic hub, linking the capital moscow and the region near sochi, the host location for the olympics. islamic militants have carried out terrorist attacks in the area before, and they've declared they will disrupt the winter games in february by all means. president vladimir putin has ordered authorities to tighten security on public transportation systems across russia. >>> police investigators are still looking for clues in the previous blast. they suspect a suicide bomber was responsible for an explosion at a train station. at least 17 people were killed, more than 45 wounded. investigators say the attacker detonated the bomb near a metal detector just inside the station's main e

hour it has been confirmed fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd dozens more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central railway station. has details. well the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the entrance to the central train station and all of this happened queue of passengers were standing there waiting for their luggage to be checked right now investigators are working there on the scene the president has sent his representative to forget about to control the situation on the spot reportedly the blast was very powerful. stories play station we damaged and it was curious how witnesses describe what was happening i was inside in the waiting home i heard an explosion i didn't realized what had happened and i saw the giant engines do was completely ruined and people were coming out with their hair and. i was with a child not far from where the blast happened i saw a blast shot its last flight i pushed the child to the floor and covered him with my body. we were drinking coffee the

with breaking news this hour fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd that number has been revised down after earlier reports suggested eighteen were dead dozens more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central railway station across life. is going on for the details right now hi there you go so what more do we know about the blast was the latest or the worst was caused by a few more suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the entrance to the central train station right now it's been confirmed that fifteen people were killed including one policeman and dozens of others were injured the policeman tried stopping the woman from committing the attack and all this happened queue of passengers were standing there waiting for their luggage to be checked right now investigators are working there on the scene the brother. and sent his representative to volgograd to control the situation on the spot reportedly the blast was very powerful several stories of the train stations buildings building were damaged in it and here's how wit

this hour isn't confirmed fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd dozens more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central railway station. as the details for. well the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the entrance to the central train station and all of this happened queue of passengers were standing there waiting for their luggage to be right now investigators are working there on the scene the president has sent his representative to forgot about to control the situation on the spot reportedly the blast was very powerful several stories off the train station were damaged and here's how witnesses described what was happening i was inside in the waiting home i heard an explosion i didn't realized what had happened and i saw the giant engine still was completely ruined and people were coming out to the here and. i was with a child not far from where the blast happened i saw at last shot at last flight. to the floor and covered him with my body. because we were drinking coffee there

they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in southern russian city of volgograd some evidence now suggests a man that may have been involved in the first reports of those said it was a lone female suicide bomber it has been confirmed fifteen people were killed in the attack which targeted the city's central railway station. has details. the bomb went off just before one pm on the cross busy train station it did to nation ripped through an area around a security checkpoint as in suspecting passengers waited for their luggage to be inspected before leaving i bent down to collect my documents when i saw a flash of light and there was a blast i was thrown back by the explosion when i came to my senses a man was carrying me only outside was i able to get a breath of air and saw the to understand what was happening. and i was inside in the waiting hall i heard an explosion i didn't realized what had happened and i saw the giant entrance to was completely ruined and people were coming out with the heritage projects burned among those to die at the scene was

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whether a second bomber was involved this is the second time in just a few months that the southern russian city is fully engaged in to terrorists a blast in a passenger bus in october is still wrong in the memories of people here back then it was a female suicide bomber she killed six and injured over thirty others the first three days of january have been declared days of mourning in the volgograd region those days are the very heart of russia's new year holiday celebrations but this year authorities have decided perhaps understandably it could be stevie's should be canceled if you go to our team most of. us. been a lot of reaction to the events in volgograd on social media on twitter eyewitnesses have been posting their reports from the scene here's some of them let's take a look for a tower for a local for target for talks about the power of the boss and how the doors were ripped off the railway station volunteer talks about how many people were at the station helping those who were injured while the deputy head of the city treated all volgograd top officials were at the sea site of the inci

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response are a journalist and broadcaster neil clark thanks for your time thanks matt or the city of volgograd in southern russia as we've been saying just to recap city's been struck by two suicide bombings within the space of the last twenty four hours latest happening on a trolley bus as it approached the market during morning rush hour up to fifteen people confirmed dead up to twenty eight others wounded including a one year old child three people said to be in critical condition investigators say the attack was carried out by a male suicide bomber and the event was probably connected to sunday's train station bombing that killed at least sixteen people and left forty five others wounded in the city stay with us here on r.t. for the latest updates on the volgograd attacks after this short break. this is a. motion see. that no one is with again they deserve answers from. politics. twenty minutes past the hour now the city of volgograd in southern russia hit by two suicide bombings in the space of just twenty four hours latest happening on a trolley bus as it approached the market during the morning rus

two days ago a car bomb killed two people in the southern russian city of volgograd. ordinarily russians may well wonder where the next attack will come. >> here is background on the violence in russia. for nearly two decades, the government has been fighting an insurgency in the north caucasus, including chechnya and dagestan. including the host city of sochi. there has been 15 attacks since 1995, many involving check nian fighters, leaving 1300 dead, including hundreds of children. >> al jazeera's correspondent takes a look at check nian violence. >> violence is no stranger to vladimir putin's russia, stemming from decades of conflict. in 1999 the russian army invaded chechnya under orders that vladimir putin described as an anti-terrorism operation. the conflict lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died and 5,000 russians. in 2001 a pro-moscow regime was installed, the conflict declared over. separatist groups spread through the northern caucasus, still the center of an islamist insurgency. >> before large events, and the sochi winter olympics is the biggest, but pr

just a few months at the southern russian city has been the target of extremist october suicide blast on a passenger bus which killed six and entered over thirty others it's still raw in the memories the people here governments around the world are beginning to realize that finding international terror threats can only read on global elite as both organized cells and lone terrorist continue to slip through law enforcements nets we're talking about asia how does the movement which is linked to al qaida that is operated not just in russia but also in other countries including in syria as we know now now the direct motive is not different from the previous attacks on moscow on other locations inside russia and i would say it is not so different from attacks that has happened around the world. be it against democracies against countries that they want to consider as enemies with a tragedy like this one that hit volgograd just days ahead of the new year's celebrations it's no surprise authorities thought it more appropriate to cancel the festivities and to clear the first three days of twe

russia police have detained dozens of people in an anti-terrorism operation involving grodd the southern city where two suspected suicide bombings killed more than thirty people and injured over one hundred more the death toll of the attacks has been increasing after some of those who were wounded have now died from their injuries the two deadly attacks in volgograd have intensified fears over the threat of terrorism in russia which coincides with a threat earlier this year from a chechen extremist group who has pledged to wreak havoc in the country artie's margaret howell is in volgograd and has the latest on this tragedy. it's also very somber traffic seems to be moving more slowly and i was able to catch up with some of the family members of people who have died namely the father of the security guard here is their story it's been one more an uneasy night for residents of russia's southern city of god loved ones of the injured in two terror attacks here held vigils in hospitals while others mourned. he was a good man a good father a good son a good grandson or not so many of such good ones

recapping our breaking news security forces on high alert in volgograd in southern russia this city has been hit by its second deadly blast within twenty four hours the latest happening on a trolley bus as it approached a market during the morning rush hour at least twelve people known to have died up to twenty eight others injured including a one year old child three said to be critically wounded it suspected that a bomb was played it planted inside the bus and detonated remotely probably connected with sunday's train station bombing in that killed at least sixteen people and left forty five others wounded well bring you more developments from volgograd shortly stay with us. on their way to and talk to the crew of the i can to make sure that face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen antarctica always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people abl

and the blast happened overnight at a station in the southern city of volgegard. reports are that a female suicide bomber carried out this attack. >> cnn has just obtained video of the explosion. see the center of your screen there, see the smoke out of that area there at the train station. that was at the core of that station there, victor, as i understand it. possibly near some metal detecters. >> let's get more from cnn's diana magnay from moscow. what is the latest? what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, the death toll seems to be rising. as you said, russian state media reporting 19 dead. we're hearing that they believe it was the work of a female suicide bomber. volg volgograd is near the troubled north caucuses region, where there is a separatist struggle going on with armed militants and these black widows as they're called, female suicide bombers, have been used often. and there was an announcement by the head of the sort of chechen militant group a few weeks ago that they would try and carry out more terrorist attacks outside of the caucuses regions. a

across the south. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> there has been another deadly explosion in the southern cityas an attack on a trolley bus after an attack on a train station in the same city sunday. russian president approximate vladimir putin stepping unsecurity across the country since those attacks. ronald donaldson from the university of tulsa joins us this morning. professor, good morning. >> good morning. >> we know who we suspect might be behind these attacks. they warned the government they would do so in july, so why hasn't the putin government been able to stop these attack officers. >> they have indeed been responsible for a number of attacks, a couple of them in moscow, one on the subway in 2010, one on the airport in 2011. the self proclaimed leader of an emrhett that he says is for the whole of the northern caucuses, and these are obviously related to the long struggle in chechnya, bombers used are the so-called black widows, the widows of fighters who were fighting the russians for check chechiaen independence. for an audience not familiar with this person, how ruthless is he?

two days ago a car bomb killed three in a southern city. as the violence claims lives, russians may wonder where the next attack may come. >> and here is background on the violence in russia. four years the government has fought an islamist insurgency in the north caucasus, including check nia, and dagestan, and the host city of socchi. a russian think tank said there has been 32 terror attacks. several other attacks over the years have been committed by women called black widows. often their male relatives have been killed by security forces. >> this is kimberley marten, a professor at barnard college and columbia university. thank you for coming in. it's complicated, but who do you thing is behind the attack in russia. >> it's not really well organised. but doku umarov asked his supporters to disrupt the olympics. >> what do we know about this man? >> he fought in the wars and check nia, he was a leader of czech nia, there was disagreements about what way they could go. he went off in an extremist direction and supported in some way by al

today and here is their story it's been one more of an easy night for the residents of russia's southern city of mosul and loved ones of the injured in two terror attacks held vigils in hospitals others mourned. he was a good man a good father a good son a good grandson or not so many of such good ones around the good ones die first they say. with barely contained here a lot of near no levy clutches the memory of his son who was the first victim of sunday's attack in the train station sandgate was a security guard here and. he had this job for about a year or so how it all happened on the video footage he was standing by the railing during the security check and then there was this man coming in and he just barely made it towards him and then there was a blast and it was over and no more footage he stopped that man who was trying to get through the security gate as he had to yes that's what the camera showed i saw him doing his job smiling he did what he had to do that it was his duty. sergei's family monday night with only the conviction that he carried on his responsibilities to bring them

of our breaking news it has been confirmed that fifteen people died in a bomb blast in russia southern city of volgograd. i bent down to collect my documents when i saw a flash of light and there was a blast i was thrown back by the explosion when it came to my senses a man was carrying only outside was i able to get a breath of air and started to understand what was happening. dozens were injured by the blast at the city's central railway station the explosion was extremely powerful causing the doors and windows of the station to be blown out completely some evidence now suggest it was a man who carried out the blast initial reports had said it was a lone female suicide bomber we'll bring you the latest updates on the story in a little over thirty minutes taking you then it's our tease business show venture capital with host katie holmes. the media leave us so we leave to be. the same motions to the other party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics only on our team. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each day. what i

hour several versions are emerging about who's carried out this suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd some evidence allegedly points it was a man while the first reports said it was a female suicide bomber it's been confirmed fifteen people were killed in the bombing which targeted the city's central railway station archies arena brings us the details. the remnants of a man's body have been found at the scene of the blast according to various reports there is the remnants of a hand clutching a grenade and there's also reports of a grenade that was just covered just a little while ago discovered at the scene of the blast as well so now the authorities are saying there is a high possibility that in fact a man could have been involved in this blast in volgograd prior to this there was talk about a female suicide bomber we actually were even getting reports about her identity she is reportedly been wanted by authorities since march of last year when she was last seen in dagestan this southern russian republic the president of russia for the reason why do the president has sen

here is their story it's been one more than an easy night for residents of russia's southern city of gold but god loved ones of the injured into terror attacks your home business and households while others moorings the company. he was a good man a good father son and grandson. they're not so many of such good ones around the good ones die first they say. with barely contained tears gluttony or nellie bly co clutches to the memory of his son who was the victim of sunday's attack at the train station. sergei was a security guard there this job for about a year the video footage. he was standing by the railing during the security check and then there was this man coming in and she just barely made it towards him and then there was a blast and it was over. and no more footage to stop a man who was trying to get through the security gate as he had to. yes that's what the camera showed. i saw him doing his job smiling. he did what he had to do. that was his duty. sergei is family mourned monday night with only the conviction that he carried out his responsibilities to bring them any small

just two days ago, a car bomb killed three people in the southern russian city. as the violence claims lives, ordinary russians may be wondering where the next attack will come. >>> for nearly 20 years russia is fighting an insurgencies in the north caucuses. over the past two decades there's been at least 15 attacks in russia, many of them involves checyan fighters. kimberly has more on the violent concerns ahead of the olympics. >> reporter: violence is no stranger to vladimir putin's russia. it stems from decades of conflict. in 1999 the russian army invaded chechnya under orders of an anti-terrorism operation. the conflict that followed lasted nine years. 50,000 civilians died along with 5,000 russians. in 2001 a pro-moscow regime was installed. the conflict officially declared over. separatist groups spread through the northern caucuses, a region still the center of an islamist insurgency. >> there is a pattern emerged here. before certain large federal events, and certainly the olympics is the biggest of them all, there's been these attacks. what they want

security forces in russia are investigating another deadly explosion in the southern city of all go grab a trolley bus blew up on monday killing fourteen people. the attack resents authorities with yet another challenge. as the country prepares to host the winter olympics. health ministry officials say along with the dead another twenty eight had been wounded. this is the second attack in the city has many days although grant is one of the biggest idiots in the stock with a population of one million. it's known as the traffic of linking the capital moscow and the north caucasus region near sochi. the host location for the olympics. islamic militants have carried out acts in the area before and they've declared they will disrupt the winter games in february by any means. as the webinar putin has ordered the authorities tightened security on transportation systems across russia. they run media in china have reported that police in the siege and we are a timeless region. use deadly force to deal with an armed group that attacked them. the la news agency says nine people carrying explosives

30 people have been killed in the past 24 hours in russia after 2 suicide bombings in the very southern cityd, formerly stalingrad. that city is 400 miles from sochi, where russia will host the winter olympics in less than six weeks. we go to our moscow news bureau. henry, good morning. when we are -- when we look at this, i will ask a single question -- what are the ramifications of a third bombing? >> extremely worrying. as you said, 400 miles from sergey -- sochi. the fact that we have had a 3 bombings in the space of 3 months -- the first happen in october when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus -- these taken together show that security forces haven't got a little things -- a lid on things. there are concerns that there will be further such attacks in the run-up to the limits and during. >> will there be a deployment of security? was there news on monday afternoon in moscow just do something? what will moscow do? in place forplans the lyrics themselves. there will be about 30,000 police officers and troops stationed in and around sochi, but they are going to have to look at the w

the blast saw through a train vasion in a southern city of volgergrad. these are the latest pictures. a female suicide bomber detonated the explosives as she walked through the metal detectors. there's no claim of responsibility for the attack. russia has bund a height end state of alert ahead of winter games in february. we'll have a live report in a few moments. >> israel has fired a barrage of artillery shells across the border into lebanon after rockets from fired from lebanon were fired into israel. no one was injured. tensions on the border are high after an israeli soldier killed a lebanon soldier earlier. >> the new report by the "new york times" is that the benghazi bombing was not at the handof al qaeda. since the attack some republicans argued not only that al qaeda was behind it but obama administration covered up the connection. the report says that instead benghazi residents joined the attack, angered by the release of an anti-islam video mocking the prophet mohammed. >> the attack was not meticulously planned and there were warning signs t

. >> there have now been two deadly bombings in two days, in the southern city of volgograd, russia. they're raising concerns for a new wave of attacks. volgograd is 400 miles northeast of sochi, the site for the olympic games which begin in just six weeks. peter sharp is in volgograd. >> reporter: the twisted gutted remains of a trolley in volgograd. russian investigators say a male suicide-bomber is responsible for the attack. it's the second in the last 24 hours. on sunday 17 people were killed by a suicide-bomber in volgograd's main railway stati station. security controls at the end of the station prevented even more deaths. >> the explosive device was the equivalent of four kilograms of tnt like the bomb at the train station, it was full of shrapnel and this confirms that the two terrorist acts were connected. >> reporter: president putin has dispatched the head of the intelligence service, formerly the kgb, to coordinate the hunt for those responsible for those attacks. the people here worried that this could be just the start of a concerted bombing campaign leading up to the

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