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    A series of border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia escalated into a military conflict in July that killed dozens of people and rattled the region. As negotiations take place, Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, talks to Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the International desk, about the context behind the evolving dispute.
     
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What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

Par :Sui-Lee Wee · Katrin Bennhold · Christina Thornell · Nikolay Nikolov · Leila Medina and David Jouppi
8 août 2025 à 17:20
A series of border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia escalated into a military conflict in July that killed dozens of people and rattled the region. As negotiations take place, Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, talks to Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the International desk, about the context behind the evolving dispute.
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Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House

Par :Karoun Demirjian and Luke Broadwater
8 août 2025 à 17:40
Armenia said it would give the U.S. exclusive development rights to a transit corridor through its territory, which will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.

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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, left, and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at a meeting in Moscow last October. The two leaders’ declaration comes after months of shuttle diplomacy between the countries.
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Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House

Par :Karoun Demirjian and Luke Broadwater
8 août 2025 à 17:40
Armenia said it would give the U.S. exclusive development rights to a transit corridor through its territory, which will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.

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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, left, and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at a meeting in Moscow last October. The two leaders’ declaration comes after months of shuttle diplomacy between the countries.
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Trump to Host Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for ‘Peace Signing’

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
8 août 2025 à 06:40
President Trump appeared eager to project confidence that an agreement could be reached in a long-intractable conflict.

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A border crossing in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2023. It has been at the center of decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Congo’s Teens Brave Bombs, Rebels and Abduction to Play Hoops

Par :Ruth Maclean · Caleb Kabanda and Arlette Bashizi
8 août 2025 à 05:00
A basketball academy that offers young people a lifeline and a chance to dream is hanging on in the Congolese city of Goma, despite years of war and the chaos and violence that have followed a rebel takeover.

Hundreds of teens still venture out in the Congolese city of Goma, recently taken over by rebels, to train at a youth basketball academy.
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Cambodia Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
7 août 2025 à 10:18
The gesture comes after a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with Thailand, and a trade deal with Washington that blunted a threat of heavy tariffs.

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President Trump has made no secret of his desire to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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On the Hunt for Spies, Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
6 août 2025 à 18:48
After the war with Israel, Iranian authorities have swept up hundreds of people deemed suspected infiltrators. But the arrest and hanging of the nuclear scientist Roozbeh Vadi was a rare move.

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The state funeral for top military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during Israeli attacks on Iran in June.
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Despite Opposition, Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Military Push

Par :Isabel Kershner
6 août 2025 à 11:11
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with a group of senior ministers on Thursday as the families of the hostages warn that moving into new areas could endanger the captives.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering expanding Israel’s military operation in Gaza to the entire territory.
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After Weeks of Sectarian Clashes in Syria, an Uneasy Truce Takes Hold

Par :Carlotta Gall and Nicole Tung
6 août 2025 à 09:26
The fighting has stopped in the southern city of Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area remains tense as clashes continue beyond the city.

A wedding procession passed through the town of Busra al-Sham, Syria, during a cease-fire on Thursday. The latest conflict had renewed fears of attacks against religious minorities.
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Sudan’s Civil War Shifts Toward Kordofan

Par :Eve Sampson
6 août 2025 à 05:01
Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, the two sides are battling for territorial gains in the Kordofan region.

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Sudanese Army soldiers arriving last March at a market in Al Kalalah district, an area south of the country’s capital, Khartoum, that had been recaptured a short while earlier from Rapid Support Forces.
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Trump’s Envoy Is Expected to Visit Russia as U.S. Pushes for Peace Deal in Ukraine

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva
4 août 2025 à 07:41
President Trump has given an ultimatum to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face U.S. sanctions.

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Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy for peace missions, is expected to travel to Russia this week.
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A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons

Par :Neil MacFarquhar and Hwaida Saad
4 août 2025 à 05:21
The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once formidable arsenal.

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Hezbollah supporters in late June in the group’s stronghold of Dahiya on the southern outskirts of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
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Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State

Par :Mark Landler
3 août 2025 à 05:01
The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East.

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Speaking at the United Nations on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, evoked Britain’s role in the creation of Israel.
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A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds

Par :Pragati K.B.
2 août 2025 à 00:01
An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.

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Members of a Naga delegation visited the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, in June.
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ISIS Militant Sentenced to Life for Role in Burning Pilot Alive in Syria

Par :Lynsey Chutel
31 juillet 2025 à 13:24
Osama Krayem, a Swedish citizen, was found guilty in Stockholm of a war crime. He had already been convicted of terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels.

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Stockholm District Court in 2024. Though Osama Krayem denied any wrongdoing, video evidence showed him participating in the gruesome murder of First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh in 2015.
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Myanmar Lifts State of Emergency, Paving the Way for Disputed Vote

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
31 juillet 2025 à 05:05
The military government hopes elections can bring more international legitimacy. But the generals will still rule, and opposition groups are boycotting.

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Protesters clashing with security forces in Tharketa township, in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2021. The government lifted a four-year state of emergency in place since the army seized power in a coup in 2021.
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Thailand and Cambodia Reach Trump Trade Deals, U.S. Official Says

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
31 juillet 2025 à 04:04
Senior officials from both countries say they were still waiting to hear final details on the deals after comments by the U.S. commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick.

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Thai flags displayed in Bangkok on Wednesday.
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Thailand and Cambodia Stepped Back From War, but Their Temple Fight Remains

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
30 juillet 2025 à 00:51
Intense nationalism and disputed history — and maps — stoke the neighbors’ hostilities. Even a surge of international diplomacy has brought little hope of a lasting peace.

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Cambodians at a temporary shelter, the day after the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand agreed to a truce in a border conflict.
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Houthis in Yemen Confirm in Video They Are Holding 11 Mariners Hostage

Par :Shuaib Almosawa and Vivian Nereim
29 juillet 2025 à 14:19
The video was the first confirmation of the number of hostages, who had been sailing through the Red Sea on a ship attacked by the Houthis on July 7.

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The Ansarullah Media Center, a Houthi group, released a picture purporting to show the cargo ship Eternity C sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis at sea.
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Cease-Fire in Deadly Thailand-Cambodia Conflict Gets Armies’ Backing

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
29 juillet 2025 à 04:20
The talks between commanders on both sides were seen as a crucial test of whether the cease-fire deal reached on Monday would result in a lasting peace.

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A photograph released by Thailand’s army on Tuesday showed Thai commanders, left, meeting with Cambodian counterparts near the two countries’ border.
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Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Halt Fighting That Has Killed Dozens

Par :Sui-Lee Wee and Edward Wong
28 juillet 2025 à 14:02
U.S.-backed talks to end the border war, in which militaries have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands, began on Monday in Malaysia.

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, center, Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, left, and Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, taking part in talks on a possible cease-fire between Thailand and Cambodia, in Malaysia on Monday.
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Thai-Cambodian Conflict Tears at Remnants of a Once-Proud Empire

Par :Sun Narin and Hannah Beech
28 juillet 2025 à 09:51
People on both sides of the border share a cultural heritage much older than modern nation-states, dating back to the ancient Khmer civilization.

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The disputed ancient Ta Moan Thom temple (known in Thailand as Ta Muen Thom) in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, in March.
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Dozens Are Killed by ISIS-Linked Rebels at a Church in Congo

Par :Saikou Jammeh and Justin Makangara
27 juillet 2025 à 17:39
The attack raised questions about diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the Central African country.

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The remains of a vehicle burned during an attack in Komanda, in the eastern Ituri Province of Congo, on Sunday.
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R.S.F. Coalition Names Leaders of Sudan’s Parallel Government

Par :Eve Sampson
27 juillet 2025 à 16:10
The move by a paramilitary-led coalition may make it even harder for the African country to hold together.

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General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, attending a meeting in Khartoum in 2022. The Sudan Founding Alliance said General Hamdan would head a 15-person government council that would include regional governors.
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With Bombs Whizzing in Air, Thousands Flee Thailand-Cambodia Border

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
27 juillet 2025 à 14:38
The conflict is one of the deadliest clashes ever between the two countries. Thirty-four people have died, and over 165,000 have been displaced.

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An evacuation site in Surin Province, Thailand, on Sunday. The conflict began on Thursday with an eruption of violence near an ancient temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia.
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At Trump’s Urging, Thailand and Cambodia to Meet for Cease-Fire Talks

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
27 juillet 2025 à 13:42
After calls by President Trump, the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand are set to meet in Malaysia on Monday to discuss a halt to the fighting.

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Residents waited to receive supplies in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia, on Sunday.
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Trump Says He Expects Quick Cease-Fire Between Thailand and Cambodia

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
26 juillet 2025 à 12:50
President Trump said he had intervened to help stop the deadly strife, now in its third day, after it extended to provinces about 200 miles south of where clashes began.

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President Trump, who was in Scotland over the weekend, said he had contacted Thai and Cambodian officials to defuse the tensions between their countries.
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Spat Between Thai and Cambodian Leaders Fuels Deadly Border War

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
25 juillet 2025 à 12:00
A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the border in more than a decade.

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A Thai military mobile unit fired toward Cambodia’s side after the two sides exchanged heavy artillery in Surin, Thailand, on Friday.
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Thailand Warns of War With Cambodia as Deadly Clashes Enter 2nd Day

Par :Sun Narin · Francesca Regalado · Phuriphat Dejsuphong and Sui-Lee Wee
25 juillet 2025 à 12:32
More than 100,000 people have been displaced in the deadliest conflict between the two nations in 14 years.

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Cambodians following behind a military vehicle as they evacuated from Oddar Meanchey Province on Friday.
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Thailand and Cambodia Clash in Deadly Border Dispute

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
25 juillet 2025 à 02:47
At least a dozen people were killed after the two countries exchanged fire after simmering tensions over a border dispute boiled over on Thursday.

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People took shelter in Surin Province, Thailand, after clashes broke out along the disputed border between Thailand and Cambodia on Thursday.
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Ancient Temples Have Long Been a Flashpoint Between Cambodia and Thailand

Par :Pranav Baskar
24 juillet 2025 à 13:49
Both countries lay claim to centuries-old worship sites perched on the mountains that divide the two nations, sometimes stoking nationalistic fervor.

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Prasat Ta Muen Thom, a temple where violence first broke out after months of tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
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A Series of Mysterious Explosions Unnerves Syrians

Par :Raja Abdulrahim and Muhammad Haj Kadour
24 juillet 2025 à 12:57
Many of the blasts, some of them deadly, have been at weapons storage sites, raising questions about whether ordnance from Syria’s civil war has been properly secured.

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Smoke rose after an explosion on a military base in the Syrian town of Maraat Misrin, in the northwestern province of Idlib, on Thursday.
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What to Know About the Thailand-Cambodia Clash

Par :Amelia Nierenberg and Sui-Lee Wee
27 juillet 2025 à 06:36
Skirmishes on the disputed border between the two countries flared again on Sunday, highlighting the challenge of resolving a long-running conflict.

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People taking shelter in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province on Saturday. More than 35,000 people in Cambodia and 131,000 in Thailand have fled the fighting near the border between the two countries.
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Spain Is Reluctant to Spend More on Security Despite NATO Pressure

Par :Lara Jakes and José Bautista
24 juillet 2025 à 10:27
Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures. It’s far from Russia, and its embrace of a social safety net is another key reason.

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An artillery system vehicle on display in Madrid. Europe’s tug of war between spending more for domestic priorities or for defense has vexed the Spanish government.
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A Long, Overdue Reporting Trip Through Syria

Par :Ben Hubbard
23 juillet 2025 à 03:00
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, parts of the country that had been closed to outside journalists for a decade suddenly opened up.

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A Syrian girl sells snacks in her destroyed neighborhood near the Alawite community Zahra neighborhood in Homs, Syria
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Officials in Iran Suspect Sabotage in Wave of Fires and Explosions

Par :Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon
23 juillet 2025 à 00:01
For weeks, fires and explosions have been reported almost daily in Iran. Officials are investigating what they think is a coordinated campaign.

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A fire at major oil refinery in Abadan, Iran, on Saturday killed one person.
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Syrian Inquiry Says Military Leaders Did Not Order Sectarian Killings in March

Par :Euan Ward
22 juillet 2025 à 16:09
A fact-finding committee presented findings on a wave of sectarian killings earlier this year. Human rights experts said the report failed to hold the country’s security establishment accountable.

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Members of Syria’s government security forces in Baniyas, Syria, in March. The city was the site of some of the worst sectarian violence in Syria that month.
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Syrian Government Evacuates Bedouin Families After Deadly Clashes

Par :Raja Abdulrahim and Muhammad Haj Kadour
21 juillet 2025 à 11:00
The violence in Sweida Province between groups from Bedouin tribes and the Druse minority renewed fears of sectarian conflict and drew Israeli attacks before a cease-fire was announced Saturday.

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Bedouin tribe members, evacuating in the back of a truck, stopped at a security checkpoint in Taarah, in Syria’s southern Sweida Province, on Monday.
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Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

Par :Euan Ward
19 juillet 2025 à 11:06
Sectarian-tinged clashes left hundreds dead and attracted Israeli military intervention. A U.S. envoy said Israel and Syria had agreed to a truce.

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An aerial view of Sweida, Syria, on Saturday.
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They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.

Par :Euan Ward
19 juillet 2025 à 05:00
Thousands went missing during Syria’s decades-long intervention in Lebanon. Months after the fall of the Syrian regime, families are still clinging to hope.

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Family members looking for any signs of missing relatives in the Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in December.
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Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

Par :Euan Ward
18 juillet 2025 à 05:03
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.
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