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THEME PAPER WRITERS
Prof. Mahendra P Lama
is a Professor of South Asian Economies at the School
of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. He is also Chief Economic Adviser to the
Chief Minister of Sikkim with a Cabinet Minister rank.
He was India's representative in the Independent Expert
Group set up by the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) in 1997. He has extensively worked
on the issues of trade, investment and energy cooperation
in South Asia. He has closely worked with the Pakistan
Institute of Development Economics (Islamabad), Centre
for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh Institute of International
and Strategic Studies and Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad
(Dhaka), Institute of Integrated Development Studies
(Kathmandu), Centre for Ethnic Studies and Institute
of Policy Studies (Colombo) and Centre for Bhutan
Studies (Thimphu). A prolific writer, he is also the
author of Sikkim Human Development Report 2001.
Prof. Kanti Bajpai
is presently the Headmaster of The Doon School. He
earlier taught at the Centre for International Politics,
Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. He was a visiting Fellow of Australian
Defence Force Academy before which he was with the
University of Notre Dame and at the Brookings Institute.
He also taught at M.S University, Baroda and Wesleyan
University, USA. He was a Resident Fellow at the Rajiv
Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, New Delhi.
Prof. Bajpai obtained his PhD in Political Science
from University of Illinois, USA under Prof. Stephen
P Cohen as a guide, who is presently with the Brookings
Institute. He has extensively written on International
Peace and Security, South Asian Strategic Issues and
Human Security.
Prof. C. Raja Mohan
is currently Professor of South Asian Studies at the
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a columnist
on national security affairs for The Hindu, a leading
English language newspaper in India. He was the Strategic
Affairs Editor of The Hindu during 1995-2003. He was
earlier at The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
in New Delhi, where he worked on arms control and
security issues. During 1992-93, he was a Jennings
Randolph Peace Fellow at the U.S. Institute for Peace
in Washington D.C. He has a masters degree in Nuclear
Physics and a Ph.D. in international relations from
Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. During 1998-99,
he was a member of the India's National Security Advisory
Board. His book, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping
of India's New Foreign Policy has been published by
Penguin India in April 2003.
PAKISTAN
Ms. Nausheen Wasi
Email: nausheenwasi@yahoo.com, nausheenwasi1@hotmail.com
MA in International Relations, University of Karachi.
Ms. Wasi is a Research Officer at Pakistan Institute
of International Affairs, Karachi and is also a lecturer
at Education Base Coaching & Vocational Institute,
Karachi. She has worked and presented papers on on
the issues of Nuclear Proliferation & Security
in South Asia, Regional Cooperation and Integration:
Prospects for Pakistan and Central and South Asian
Affairs.
Ms. Beena Sarwar
Email: bsarwar1@yahoo.co.uk, bsarwar@onetel.net.uk
M.A. in TV Documentary at Goldsmiths College, London
(Chevening Scholar)
Ms. Sarwar is an artist, journalist, filmmaker and
researcher active in women’s rights, human rights
and peace movements in Pakistan. She has worked as
an assistant editor at ‘Star’ Weekend,
Karachi; Features Editor of `The Frontier Post`, Lahore;
and founding editor weekly ‘The News on Sunday’
based in Lahore. She has also been associated with
the Kathmandu-based Himal South Asian as a Contributing
Editor from Pakistan. Currently, she is a producer
with Geo TV’s News Department in Karachi, and
contributes a weekly column, Personal Political, to
‘The News’ and chowk.com.
Ms. Foqia Sadiq Khan
E-mail: foqiaskhan@hotmail.com, foqia@sdpi.org
M.Phil, University of Cambridge, U.K; PhD student
at the University of London, School of African and
Oriental Studies (SOAS), UK.
Presently Ms. Khan is a Visiting Associate at Sustainable
Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad. She
has worked on several projects on Developmental Studies
in Pakistan. She has also co-authored several published
and unpublished articles on law and order, human security,
conflict prevention and resolution, local body elections,
etc. She is a member of several civil society organizations
like Citizens Peace Committee, Islamabad, Women Action
Forum, Islamabad, Legislative Watch Group, Islamabad.
Afrasiab Khattak
E-mail: a_siab@yahoo.com
is a practicing lawyer, political and Human Rights
activist, journalist, author and a commentator on
regional affairs with special interest in democracy,
Human Rights, regional issues, ethnic conflicts and
security. He has contributed to the English daily
The Frontier Post. He has also published brief history
of NWFP in Urdu for South Asia Partnership.
Aitzaz Ahsan
E-mail: aitzaz_ahsan@hotmail.com
Is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He is also a member of the National Assembly and Central
Executive Committee of the Pakistan People’s
Party. He has the books “The Indus Saga: And
the Making of Pakistan” and “Divided by
Democracy” among others to his credit. He has
held cabinet positions as Minister for Law and Justice,
Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control and Minister
for Education in the Federal Government of Pakistan.
He has also represented Pakistan in the UN General
Assembly.
Rabea Malik
E-mail: rabeamalik@yahoo.com
MA International Economic University of Sussex, Brighton,
U.K and is currently working at the Mahbub-ul-Haq
Human Development Centre, Islamabad as a Research
Fellow. She has done extensive work in the field of
Economics.
BANGLADESH
Dr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem
E-mail: moazzem@cpd-bangladesh.org
Presently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh, Dr. Moazzem has also been
a Lecturer at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management,
Dhaka and a Deputy Manager at Palli Karma Sahayak
Foundation, Dhaka. He has done extensive work on Agricultural
Economy of Bangladesh and has written extensively
on the Marketing System of Potato in Bangladesh, as
well as International Migration, Inflow of Remittances
and Changes in Rural Economy: A Case Study of a Village
of Bangladesh.
Mr. Ehsanul Haque
E-mail: ehsanul25@yahoo.com
M.A., International Affairs, Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio, USA
Presently, an Associate Professor of International
Relations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
He is also teaching in the Dept. of Peace and Conflict
Studies, University of Dhaka as a part-time faculty.
Mr. Haque has written on issues like Kashmir factor
in Indo-Pak relations, Nuclear Proliferation in South
Asia, Foreign Policy of Bangladesh, etc. as well as
studied regional associations like SAARC & ASEAN.
Dr. Sumaiya Khair
E-mail: skhair@bangla.net
Ph D, University of East London, Essex, U.K. on “Changing
Responses to Child Labour: The Case of Female Children
in the Bangladesh Garment Industry”
An Associate Professor, Department of Law, at the
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dr. Khair has done
extensive work in the field of Women & Child Rights
and Human Rights Problems of Refugees, etc. In addition,
she also offers consultancy to various committees
commissioned by ILO, and various projects sponsored
by UNICEF, The Asia Foundation, CIDA, etc. Dr. Khair
has participated in a dialogue on ‘South Asia
and the US after the Cold War’, 1994, at Dhaka.
Md. Nazrul Islam
E-mail: asifnazrul@yahoo.com
teaches at faculty of Law, Dhaka University. He did
his PhD from School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, UK He has worked as consultant
with various reputed organisations including UNDP,
DANIDA, IUCN on human rights, good governance and
natural resource management issues Some of his publications
include ‘Strengthening cooperation and security
in South Asia post 9/11’ and ‘The 1997
Watercourse convention and its relevance to Bangladesh-India
Water Sharing issues’.
Reza Kibria
E-mail: rkibria@pdp.com.au
is an Adjunct Professor & Director, Economic Governance,
Key Center for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance,
Griffith University, Brisbane. He has been advising
governments and international agencies (World Bank,
UNCTAD, UNDP) in areas of regulatory economics, financial
reforms, poverty programmes, public policy and reform
of the public sector. He is the co-author of South
Asian Economic Development: Transformation, Opportunities
and Challenges (1999), Routledge, London.
Dr. Uttam Kumar Deb
E-mail: uttam_deb@yahoo.com
Research Fellow at Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka
SRI LANKA
Mr. Don Leonard Shehan Baranage
Email: shehanbaranage@yahoo.com
BA (Hons) Geography, Peradeniya
Mr. Baranage is presently the News Manager, at Art
Television Broadcasting Company and also is associated
with CNN, Colombo. He has worked as a Research Officer
and Special Political & Current Affairs reporter
for Yes FM & Sirasa FM in Sri Lanka. He has also
reported important political events in Sri Lanka which
include 10th SAARC Summit held in Sri Lanka. He was
also a member of Group Study Exchange Team from Sri
Lanka to Gujarat & Rajasthan in India. Mr. Baranage,
as the Research Assistant, has worked on several projects
on the issues of Conflict in South Asia, Causes of
Conflict & Conflict Resolution in Asia, Ethnicity
& Violence, etc.
Ms. Amalie Ellegala Seneviratne
Email: amalie@eureka.lk
M.Sc in Agricultural Extension from the Dept. of Agricultural
Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka
Presently Ms. Seneviratne is a Research Assistant
and Programme Coordinator at the International Centre
for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Kandy, where she has worked
on projects on Electoral Process and Governance in
South Asia, Terrorism in Sri Lanka, etc. Prior to
this she has also worked as the Monitoring and Evaluation
Coordinator for ‘CARE International –
Community Networks Projects Kurunegala’. She
has also worked on ‘Sinharaja Man Biosphere
Reserve’ at Dept. of Agricultural Extension,
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Mr. Balapuvaduge Hiran Dushayantha
Mendis
Email: ices2@wow.lk
BA, LLB.
Mr. Mendis is the Associate Director of the International
Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Kandy. Mr. Mendis
has done extensive work in the field of Economy. He
has held important positions in Federation of Chamber
of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka, Colombo Stock
Exchange, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, etc. Mr. Mendis
has also worked on the project ‘Economic History
of Sri Lanka’. He has been attending international
conferences not only in Sri Lanka but also in other
parts of South Asia like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Dr. Rajeewa Suresh Jayasinghe
Email: rajeewa_66@yahoo.com
Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University
of Peradeniya, Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka
Bhavani Fonseka
E-mail: bhavani@cpalanka.org
LLB (Hons), Bristol, UK, LLM Denver, Colorado
Ms. Fonseka is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for
Policy Alternatives, Colombo, specialising in the
areas of conflict resolution, human rights, legal
and constitutional issues. She has written on issues
like women and child rights as well as HIV/ AIDS.
Nira Wickramasinghe
E-mail: nira@slt.lk
is a professor at the Department of History and International
Relations, University of Colombo. She has authored
and edited several books and written articles in many
renowned journals. She is a member of board of management
of ICES and Social and Policy Analysis Research Centre
(SPARC), Colombo. She is also on the editorial board
of Identity Culture Politics, an Afro-Asian Dialogue.
NEPAL
Ms. Indra Kumari Adhikari
E-mail: inadhikari@yahoo.com
M.A in Political Science, Tribhuwan University, Nepal
Ms. Adhikari is currently working a Research Associate
at the Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies. She
worked as a Field coordinator on ‘Community
Mobilization for Peace’ granted by UNDP, NCCS
and has participated in conferences on Terrorism,
Human Rights, etc.
Mr. Nischal Nath Pandey
E-mail: nina@ntc.net.np
M.A in English, LLB
Mr. Pandey is the Deputy Executive Director of the
Institute of Foreign Affairs, Nepal. He has been an
Advisor to the National Planning Commission, Nepal
and a member of the Task Force. He has also been a
Sub-Editor for “The Rising Nepal” and
a columnist for various national and international
newsmagazines and websites. Mr. Pandey has written
extensively on Nepal’s’ Foreign Policy
with India and China: the Security Imperatives, Nepal-
china Trade, Tourism, Water Resources and Cultural
Cooperation.
Mr. Amresh Kumar Singh
E-mail: amresh101@yahoo.co.in
M. Phil South Asian Studies, School of International
Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Currently, Mr. Singh is doing his PhD thesis on ‘Ethnic
Conflicts in Nepal’. He has been a lecturer
at the Tribhuvan University, Nepal and has participated
with paper in international conferences.
Mr. Bal Chandra Mishra
Email: nccs@contemp.wlink.com.np
Senior Sub Editor, Space Time Daily
Mr. Abi Narayan Chamlagai
Email: nccs@contemp.wlink.com.np
Political Research Associate at NCCS
Mr. Jiwan Subedi
Email: jiwansubedi@hotmail.com
Research Officer – State of Democracy in South
Asia Project, Nepal Chapter
Anil Bhattarai
E-mail: anil8669@gmail.com
Mr. Bhattarai is the Director of the Nepal South Asia
Centre, Kathmandu. He has been a National Dialogue
Coordinator of the Lokniti Programme at the Centre
for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.
He was a member of the International team of Researchers,
looking at the processes of the World Commission of
Dams. He also did a preliminary assessment of Nepal’s
Human Right Commission with emphasis on minority rights
and pluralism. He has been advisor to a number of
grass root initiatives in Nepal.
Bhekh Thapa
E-mail: iids@wlink.com.np
Amb. Thapa is currently the Chairperson, Governing
Council, of the Institute of Integrated Development
Studies. He has been the Foreign Minister in His Majesty’s
Government of Nepal and the Royal Nepalese Ambassador
to India, Bhutan, USA, Canada and Mexico. He was also
the Vice-President of IDRC, Canada and has led the
Nepalese Delegation to the UN General Assembly.
Hemlata Rai
E-mail: hemlatarai@yahoo.com
Ms. Rai is working as Conflict Transformation Advisor
at GTZ-PSP/RUFIN. She has a Master’s degree
in Conflict Transformation with concentration on Conflict
and Peace building from Eastern Mennonite University
in Virginia, USA as Fulbright Scholar as well as a
Master’s degree in Literature from Tribhuvan
University, Kathmandu. Her research work includes
Ethnic Diversity in Context of Violent Insurgency:
Nepal Case Study and Private Sector Involvement in
Education: Nepal Case Study among others.
Nilamber Acharya
E-mail: acharya@enet.com.np
Mr. Acharya has been the Minister for Law, Justice
and Parliamentary Affairs; Labour and Social Welfare
in the Interim Government formed in 1990. He was the
Convener, Constitution Sub- Committee of the Cabinet
of the Interim Government of 1990-91 that finalised
the present constitution. He has also been the Royal
Nepalese Ambassador in Sri Lanka from 1996 to 2000.
He has authored the book “Transition to Democracy:
Conflicts, Obstacles and Difficulties”.
MALDIVES
Ibrahim Hussain Zaki
E-mail: ihxacih@gmail.com
Mr. Zaki has been a distinguished Parliamentarian
and Minister in Maldives. He was Minister Planning
and National Development and Deputy Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Government of Maldives. He served as Secretary
General, SAARC, from 1992-93. He was appointed as
Chairman of the Eminent Persons Group of SAARC in
1997. He continues to be associated with several academic,
intellectual and non-governmental organisations in
Maldives.
INDIA
I.K.GUJRAL
Email: gujralik@sansad.nic.in
Mr. Gujral is the former Prime Minister of India.
He was the Minister of External Affairs from 1989
to 1990. He earlier held several ministerial positions
including Minister of Communications and Parliamentary
Affairs, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
and Minister of Planning. An eminent South Asianist,
Mr. Gujral is the Chairman of the Indian Council for
South Asian Cooperation and has been a champion of
the cause of good neighbourly relations.
Dr. Rajesh Basrur
E-mail: rmbasrur@yahoo.com
PhD in Political Science, University of Mumbai
Dr. Basrur is the Director of Centre for Global Studies,
Mumbai. He has taught at the University of Mumbai
and researched at various universities abroad. He
has published (edited) Security in the Millennium;
India’s External Relations: A Theoretical Analysis;
and (edited) Perspectives on India’s Defence
and Arms Control. Dr. Basrur specializes in nuclear
politic and terrorism and is currently writing a book
on minimum deterrence in South Asia.
Dr. Amit Dholakia
E-mail: amit_dholakia@hotmail.com
PhD, M.S. University of Baroda, on “Prospects
of Peace in South Asia: A Study of Confidence Building
and Conflict Resolution between India and Pakistan”
Dr. Dholakia is a Senior Lecturer in the Department
of Political Science and Member of the Senate, M.
S. University of Baroda. He was awarded the Kodikara
award for South Asian Strategic Studies from the Regional
Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo. Dr. Dholakia
co-edited “India and the Emerging World Order:
Foreign Policy and Security Perspectives”.
Dr. Santishree Pandit
E-mail: santishreepandit@yahoo.co.in
Reader, Dept. of Politics & Public Administration,
University of Pune, and Director- International Centre,
University of Pune, Pune.
Dr. C Vinodan
Email: cvinodan@hotmail.com, cvinodan35@yahoo.com
Guest Faculty at Department of Political Science,
University of Kerala
Dr. Rajesh Shrikrishna Kharat
Email: rkharat@hotmail.com
Reader in Politics at Department of Civics & Politics,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
Dr. Bishnu Mohapatra
Email: rkharat@hotmail.com
Programme Officer, Ford Foundation, New Delhi
B.G. Verghese
Email: bgverghese2002@yahoo.co.in
Mr. Verghese is a columnist and author, Visiting Professor
at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, Chair
of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and associated
with a number of NGOs. He was Information Adviser
to the Prime Minister, Information Consultant to the
Defence Minister, Member of the National Security
Advisory Board and of the Kargil Review Committee.
He received the Magsaysay Award for Journalism in1975.
Verghese has served on a number of official and non-official
commissions, committees and boards and is the author
of several books on issues relating to water and the
environment, the Northeast, geo-politics and the media.
Penguin has just published his biography of Ram Nath
Goenka of the Indian Express (October 2005).
I.P Khosla
Email: ipkhosla@del3.vsnl.net.in
Mr. Khosla is the editor in chief of South Asian Survey.
He served in various capacities in different Indian
Missions abroad and in the Ministry of External Affairs,
including five years on the Pakistan Desk. He also
served India’s Ambassador to The Netherlands
and Afghanistan.
Kuldip Nayar
Email: kuldipnayar75@yahoo.com
Mr. Nayar is a former Member of Parliament, Rajya
Sabha and was India’s High Commissioner to U.K.
he was a member of the Indian Delegation to the UN.
He has been an Editor of several National Newspapers
in India and is currently a syndicated columnist to
80 newspapers in 14 languages in India and abroad.
He has authored several books including his latest
book “Wall at Wagah” (Indo- Pak Relations).
INDIAN STUDENTS
Sanjeevkumar H. M.
Email: sunpush29@yahoo.com
Ph D on “Political Parties’ Perception
of Indo-Pakistan Relations” at Dept. of Political
Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Kedar A Kulkarni
Email: kedark@unipune.ernet.in
Pursuing Ph D in International Relations at Dept.
of Defence & Strategic Studies, University of
Pune.
Shaji S
Email: shaji_sadasivan@rediffmail.com
Pursuing Ph D in Political Science at University of
Hyderabad
Joshy P M
Email: pmjosh@sify.com
Pursuing Ph D on “State, Civil Society &
Security: Ascendancy of the New Right & its implications
for India” at School of IR, M G University,
Kottayam
LOCAL DELEGATES
Mr. Pratapsingh Rane
President, The International Centre, Goa & Chief
Minister of Goa.
Dr. Anupam Saraph
Email: Anupam@changeresearch.org
Ph.D. in General Systems (cybernetics/simulation)
by the Rijksuniversitiet Groningen, the Netherlands
Dr. Saraph is the Chairperson and Founder Director
of Institute for Change Research, Goa, India, Advisor
IT and e-government to the Government of Goa, India,
Vice Chairman of Infotech Corporation of Goa, India
and the Director of Virtual Institute of Training.
He has made extensive professional and academic contributions
in multi-cultural environments, across Asia, Europe,
Australia and the Americas and has several publications
to his credit.
Mr. Yatin G Kakodkar
Director - Apex Packing Products Pvt. Ltd. , Goa.
E-mail: ykakodkar@satyam.net.in
MBA - General Management, Dartmouth College, USA
Mr. Kakodkar is an entrepreneur and a Life Trustee
of Board of Trustees, The International Centre, Goa.
He has been a former Chairperson of the Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII) Goa Council. Currently, he
has been elected to the Western Region Council of
CII and is also the Chairperson of Small Medium Enterprises
(SME), sub-committee of CII, Western Region
Dr. R.P. Pradhan
E-mails: rppradhan2003@yahoo.co.in
PhD in International Relations, Centre for Latin American
Studies, Goa University
Presently, Dr. Pradhan is the Public Relations Officer
of BITS Pilani (Goa Campus). He was associated with
The International Centre, Goa, in the capacity of
a Programme Manager. He has also been a visiting faculty
at the Dept. of CLAS at Goa University.
Mr. Raj Amonkar
E-mails: cosmosgoa@hotmail.com
M.B.A., University of Nevada-Reno, USA.
Mr. Amonkar is an Entrepreneur and a Consultant in
the fields of Strategic Planning, Organizational Development,
and Project Implementation including Community and
HR Relations, Leadership and Team building, Marketing
and Project Management. He is also the executive Director,
Institute for Change Research, International Centre
Goa. He is a Consultant/Service Provider, Customized
Corporate Services in the field of Logistics and Infrastructure
Projects, Team Synergy, Leadership and Organizational
Development.
Mr Y. Bala Murali Krishna
Email : ybalu@sancharnet.in
Mr Bala Murali Krishnan is the Special Correspondent
and Bureau Chief of United News of India at Goa. He
has an M.Phil in Journalism and Mass Communication
and an advance Diploma in teaching journalism from
the International Institute of Journalism, Berlin.
He has been a regular contributor to some of the leading
Indian news publications. He is a member of Asian
Media Information and Communication Centre, Singapore
and a life member of Indian Science Writers Association,
New Delhi.
Dr Aureliano Fernandes
Email: auby@rediffmail.com
Dr Fernandes is the Head of the Department of Political
Science, Goa University. He has a Doctorate on Cabinet
Government in Goa from Goa University and has over
the years specialized on Decentralization, Urban Governance,
and Indian Politics. He has been involved with several
training programmes and workshops for Local Administration.
A member of the Indian Political Science Association,
he has published in several national and international
journals.
Mr. Pranab Mukhopadhyay
Email: pmgoa@yahoo.com
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Goa University
Ms. Shaila D’Souza
Email: shailagoa@yahoo.com
Programme Officer, Women’s Study Centre, Goa
University
Ms. Aparajita Gangopadhayay
Email: agt2170@rediffmail.com
Lecturer, Centre for Latin American Studies, Goa University
N.H. Braganza
Email: neveshill@yahoo.co.in
Brigadier (Retd.), was educated at St. Columbas High
School, New Delhi and joined the National Defence
Academy, Kharakvasla, Pune in June 1964. He was commissioned
with the Regiment of Artillery from the Indian Military
Academy, Dehradun in December 1968. He has had varied
staff and command appointments in a career spanning
33 years culminating in the command of Mountain Artillery
Brigade in the East. He was awarded the Chief of Army
Staffs Commendation on the occasion of Army Day 1992.
He retired from active service in February 2003 and
joined The International Centre, Goa as Senior Manager
in February 2005.
Radhika Nayak
Email: rsnayak3@rediffmail.com
Ms, Nayak is pursuing her PhD at the Goa University.
Besides teaching, she is an elected representative
to many associations and organisations. She has been
an elected representative to the Ponda Municipality
Council. She has chaired the Council for more than
four years.
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