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Twin Bombings in Kabul Kill or Wound Dozens at Rush Hour

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A Week Inside a Soccer Club When the Money Runs Out

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A Polyglot N.B.A. Swears by One Thing: That Call Was #@!&

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Capitals Hold On to Early Lead, Tying Series With the Penguins

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Gary Sanchez’s Homer Gives Yankees a 9th Straight Win

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A Numbers Guy Left the Front Office to Coach Prospects. Here’s What He Learned.

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The Profound Normalcy of a Day at the Movies in Saudi Arabia

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After Chaos, Port Authority Sets Storm Rules for Planes to Kennedy

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What’s on TV Monday: ‘James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction’ and ‘Elementary’

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Amber Rudd, Britain’s Home Minister, Resigns Over Migration Crisis

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Ronny Jackson, Failed V.A. Pick, Is Unlikely to Return as Trump’s Doctor

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James Harden’s 41 Points Lead Rockets Over Jazz

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How Your Brain Can Trick You Into Trusting People

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Quotation of the Day: Doctors Ask When a Heart Is Not Worth Fixing

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No Corrections: April 30, 2018

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Britain, Pamplona, Killer Caterpillars: Your Monday Briefing

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‘Trust’ Season 1, Episode 6: A Dead Body Focuses the Mind

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‘Billions’ Season 3, Episode 6: Eat or Be Eaten

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South Korea to remove loudspeakers along border, North Korea to align time zone with the South

SEOUL (Reuters) - In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea said on Monday it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea said it would shift its clocks to align with its southern neighbor.

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Afghan capital hit by morning rush hour blasts, 21 killed

KABUL (Reuters) - Two blasts hit the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, killing at least 21 people, including a photographer for French news agency AFP, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility, officials said.

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U.S. concerned by 'destabilizing and malign activities' of Iran: Pompeo

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran's "destabilizing and malign activities", new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

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Migrants from caravan in limbo as U.S. says border crossing full

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - About 50 people from a Central American migrant caravan including women, children and transgender individuals tried to seek U.S. asylum on Sunday but were not allowed to cross the Mexico border because officials said the facility was full.

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Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said.

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British interior minister Rudd resigns after immigration scandal

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's interior minister resigned on Sunday after Prime Minister Theresa May's government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labeled illegal immigrants.

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Amber Rudd resigns hours after Guardian publishes deportation targets letter

PM accepts Rudd’s resignation after 200 MPs sign letter accusing her of making up immigration policy ‘on the hoof’

Theresa May to name new home secretary as Amber Rudd quits - politics live

Amber Rudd has dramatically resigned as home secretary, after repeatedly struggling to account for her role in the unjust treatment of Windrush generation migrants.

The home secretary was forced to step down after a series of revelations in the Guardian over Windrush culminated in a leak on Friday that appeared to show she was aware of targets for removing illegal migrants from Britain.

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Sainsbury's vows to slash prices after Asda merger

Retailers say they plan no store closures as they unveil deal to create UK’s biggest supermarket chain

Sainsbury’s claimed it would cut prices by 10% under a merger with Asda, as it confirmed terms of a deal which would hand the Leeds-based supermarket’s US owner Walmart nearly £3bn in cash and a near-42% stake in the combined business.

The companies said there were no planned store closures as a result of the deal which would value Asda at £7.3bn, maintaining both retail brands in a network of more than 2,800 stores.

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Monday briefing: Rudd blown away by Windrush

Home secretary quits over mishandling of immigration policy … US in uproar about Michelle Wolf’s jokes … Art museum where 60% of paintings are fake

Good morning. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories to start your week.

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Nearly 100 London councillors have links to property industry

Almost one in 10 councillors work for consultancies involved in planning or construction firms

Almost one in 10 councillors in London either work for property businesses or have received gifts or hospitality from them, a Guardian investigation into the depth of links between town halls and the property industry has revealed.

Nearly 100 councillors in the capital work for property companies or lobbying and communications consultancies involved in planning, according to declarations of interest made by elected representatives. Some of them also sit on planning committees making decisions over major developments, including volumes of affordable housing.

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Millions of trees at risk in secretive Network Rail felling programme

Exclusive: Plan to stop leaves and branches falling on lines has already led to thousands of trees being chopped down

Millions of trees are at risk in a secretive nationwide felling operation launched by Network Rail to end the nuisance of leaves and branches falling on the line.

Thousands of poplars, sycamores, limes, ash trees and horse chestnuts have already been chopped down across the country from Yorkshire to Dorset, and the scale of the potential destruction outlined in a Network Rail blueprint involves 10m trees growing within 60 metres of track.

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NHS England short of more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, report says

Patients losing out while nurses ‘run ragged’ amid widespread shortages, says Macmillan Cancer Support

NHS cancer services are struggling with widespread shortages of specialist nurses who give patients drugs, help them through their illness and care for those who are dying, a report reveals.

Hospitals in England have vacancies for more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, chemotherapy nurses, palliative care nurses and also cancer support workers, raising doubts about the NHS’s ability to cope with the fast-growing number of people being diagnosed with the disease.

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Kabul: more than 20 dead as explosions hit city centre

Suspected suicide attacks hit the Afghan capital during rush hour, killing 21 people, including a journalist, and injuring 27

Authorities in Kabul say two explosions have hit the centre of the Afghan capital and at least 21 people are dead.

Kabul chief of police Dawood Amin said the area hit by the first blast on Monday morning included foreign offices. Authorities said at least 21 people, including a journalist, were killed and 27 wounded in the rush hour attack.

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Revealed: how bookies use AI to keep gamblers hooked

Artificial intelligence being used to predict behaviour in ‘frightening new ways’ despite condemnation from MPs and campaigners

The gambling industry is increasingly using artificial intelligence to predict consumer habits and personalise promotions to keep gamblers hooked, industry insiders have revealed.

Current and former gambling industry employees have described how people’s betting habits are scrutinised and modelled to manipulate their future behaviour.

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UN suspends key witness in alleged sexual assault inquiry

Miriam Maluwa put on administrative leave after giving evidence to support claims against UNAids deputy director

A key witness in a sexual assault investigation involving a UN assistant secretary general has been suspended from her job, in a move campaigners say is a show of “pure intimidation tactics”.

Miriam Maluwa, who has worked for the UN for more than 25 years, was placed on administrative leave from her post as country director for UNAids in Ethiopia on 27 March. In a letter from the agency she was told this action did not amount to disciplinary measures, but that UNAids would be conducting a management and operational review of the country’s office during her absence.

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Dutch golden age painting looted by Nazis to be auctioned

The Oyster Meal by Jacob Ochtervelt was returned to descendants of original owner, who have decided to sell

A Dutch golden age painting looted by the Nazis from a bank vault and displayed for 30 years in London’s Mansion House is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s.

Jacob Ochtervelt’s The Oyster Meal was returned to the family of its original owner by the City of London Corporation last November. George Gordon, the co-chair of the auction house’s Old Masters paintings and drawings department, said it was one of the finest works in existence by the 17th century artist.

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World's oldest known spider dies at 43 after a quiet life underground

Female trapdoor spider known as Number 16 was sedentary and stayed close to her burrow

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The world’s oldest known spider has died at the ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers say.

The trapdoor matriarch comfortably outlived the previous record holder, a 28-year-old tarantula found in Mexico, according to a study published on Monday in the Pacific Conservation Biology Journal.

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'Sidelined' China seeks to maintain influence as ties between North Korea and US improve

Improved relations between the former foes could dramatically alter the power structure in the region, leaving Beijing on the outside

During North and South Korea’s historic summit on Friday, China was notably quiet. Chinese officials and state media focused instead on president Xi Jinping’s meeting with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and a visit by Xi to China’s Yangtze river. After the summit, China’s ministry of foreign affairs released a short statement saying Beijing “welcomed” the results of the talks. “China stands ready to continue to play its positive role to this end,” it added, according to Xinhua news agency.

Then, on Monday, China’s foreign ministry announced it was sending its top diplomat, foreign minister Wang Yi, to visit North Korea this week.

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Time for a revolution: how the art of 1968 caught a world in turmoil

It was the year hippy idealism gave way to riot and struggle – with protests in Paris, tanks in Prague and black power in the US. Guardian writers pick the pivotal works from that tumultuous time

On 19 August 1968, Josef Koudelka returned to Czechoslovakia from Romania, where he had been living among and photographing Romany Gypsies. The following day, Soviet tanks appeared on the streets of Prague. For seven days, the 30-year-old Moravian-born photographer roamed the city with his East German Exakta Varex camera loaded with movie film, the only stock he could find at short notice.

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‘Does the criticism affect me? Yes, massively’: Jamie Oliver’s war on childhood obesity

From school dinners to sugar, the chef’s campaigns provoke strong reactions – but he won’t give up. Why? ‘It just feels like the right thing to do’

‘If you analyse what I’m saying,” says Jamie Oliver, “there’s nothing clever and there’s nothing really that controversial; it’s fucking really basic common sense.”

We meet on the morning that a letter he coordinated has been released, addressed to the prime minister and signed by Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon and other party leaders. It calls on the government to ban junk food advertising before 9pm and unhealthy buy-one-get-one-free offers, among other things. Oliver is proud of it. He looks relaxed, sitting on one of the sofas in his industrial, vintage-styled head office – although he knows the attacks will come. Later, he will be accused on Twitter of being the “fun police”; a column in the Sun will call it a nanny-state initiative that penalises poor people.

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Invitation to a Royal Wedding review – a documentary that tells you nothing

If you want actual information about the Harry and Meghan’s do that clashes with the FA Cup final in May, look elsewhere

There’s a wedding going on, someway near Slough, soon. On the same day as the FA Cup final, so I can’t imagine anyone’s going to be that fussed about it. Trevor McDonald and Julie Etchingham are excited, though. Sir Trevor remembers Charles and Diana’s wedding, when 600,000 people lined the streets. That was the problem with the marriage, too, wasn’t it, too many people in it?

This isn’t about them though, it’s about their second son, and his American bride, a modern wedding for different times. Julie and Sir Trevor are going behind the scenes to try to find out some secrets ...

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Seven ways … to support your immune system

Your body works hard to fight off infections, but there are things you can do to give it a boost

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With Rudd now gone, Theresa May faces a new crisis | Isabel Hardman

The Windrush scandal has claimed its first scalp. But the prime minister is in a desperately weak position and the focus will turn to her own role

Amber Rudd’s resignation may have been inevitable from the day the Windrush row broke, but it was still a shock to everyone in the Conservative party, including the home secretary’s allies and Downing Street. Most Tories were settling down for a quiet night when the news broke late on Sunday. I had spent the day speaking to No 10 figures and Rudd’s friends and all had been confident that she would stay in the job.

On their weekly ring-around of MPs, the Conservative whips ask their charges about various big political issues that might cause trouble in the days ahead. You might expect, given the way it has dominated the front pages for two weeks now, that Windrush might get a mention in the round of calls. It didn’t. No one was planning for this resignation.

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Michelle Wolf has nothing to apologise for. Her critics do, though | Arwa Mahdawi

Urging the comedian who performed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to apologize for an uncontroversial joke sends an incredibly dangerous message

Let me tell you a few deplorable things that happened in America this weekend. Nearly 43 million people woke up in poverty in the richest country in the world. And 3.2 million Americans woke up without health insurance. A further 36 people died because of gun violence, bringing the total number of gun deaths in the US this year to 4,627.

All of that is deplorable. What is in absolutely no way deplorable or shocking or outrageous or unacceptable is a joke about eye shadow. You probably know what I mean, it was headline news on Sunday. But if you missed the controversy, the summary is that a comedian called Michelle Wolf made a gag about Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner in DC.

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Ten million British jobs could be gone in 15 years. No one knows what happens next | John Harris

The reality of automation is becoming clear – and it’s terrifying. So why is there so little thinking among politicians about those who will be affected?

Plenty of people may not have heard of the retail firm Shop Direct. Its roots go back to the distant heyday of catalogue shopping, and two giants of that era, Littlewoods and Great Universal Stores. Now it is the parent company behind the online fashion brand Very and the reinvented Littlewoods.com. All this may sound innocuous enough. But in two areas of Greater Manchester, Shop Direct is newly notorious.

Until now, what the modern corporate vernacular calls “fulfilment” – in other words, packing up people’s orders and seeing to returns – has been dealt with at three Shop Direct sites, in Chadderton and Shaw, near Oldham, and in Little Hulton, three miles south of Bolton. But the company now has plans to transfer all such tasks to a “fully automated”, 500,000 sq ft “distribution and returns centre” located in a logistics park in the east Midlands. The compulsory consultation period begins tomorrow, and the shopworkers’ union Usdaw and local politicians are up in arms: if it happens in full, the move will entail the loss of 1,177 full-time posts, and 815 roles currently performed by agency workers; on the new site there will only be jobs for about 500 people. At a time when apparently low unemployment figures blind people to the fragility and insecurity of so much work, the story is a compelling straw in the wind: probably the starkest example I have yet seen of this era of automation, and the disruption and pain it threatens.

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These local elections matter: they could send a shockwave to Westminster | Polly Toynbee

Tory losses would send the message that council services must be protected, and that Britain demands an end to austerity

The streets of London are not ablaze with posters or other signs there are local elections on this week, as in 150 councils around the country. Yet in a surprisingly optimistic report out today, Hansard says intention to vote is at an all-time high of 62%, with voter engagement with politics higher than ever. But that determination to vote may be stymied by an alarming fall in voter registration. According to Equifax analysis, 197 local authorities saw a drop in the last year: Newcastle down 7%, Mole Valley down 5%.

The shift to individual voter registration risked knocking out the young, students no longer registered by universities, renters and ethnic minorities. The voter ID pilot this week will show whether yet another gerrymander in the voting system deters those – more likely to be Labour – arriving at polling stations without passports or driving licences.

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Since when did 'perfect smokey eye' become an insult, America? | Jean-Hannah Edelstein

Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for commenting on the press secretary’s eye shadow. This is a storm in a teacup

If you’re not familiar with the common parlance of cosmetics, you might not know that ‘a perfect smokey eye’ is a very nice way to describe a woman’s makeup – glamorous, well-applied, nicely smudged. But on the morning after the White House Correspondents’ Association (WCHA) dinner on Saturday night, you might have thought otherwise.

Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for saying just that about the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, during her keynote roast: “I actually really like Sarah,” Wolf said. “I think she’s very resourceful. But she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Like maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s lies. It’s probably lies.”

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The Guardian view on local elections: good reasons to give May a bad night | Editorial

Austerity, the Windrush scandal and Brexit have underscored this government’s callousness, incompetence and poor judgment. Voters must not assist Theresa May on her damaging course

Voters in nearly half of England’s local councils, including the London boroughs and the other biggest cities, will go to the polls on Thursday. Few expect the Conservatives to do well. This certainly includes the Tories themselves, who are busy managing expectations down to floor level, so that almost any victories can be presented as an unexpectedly positive evening.

Perhaps surprisingly, Labour is also trying to dampen expectations. Many of these councils were last elected in 2014, a decent year for Labour; and both main parties are unsure how the Ukip vote is likely to be redistributed. Four years ago, Ukip’s estimated share of the national vote was 17%. This year it will be well under half that.

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Marouane Fellaini heads late goal and Manchester United beat Arsenal

The problem with football, as Arsène Wenger is rapidly finding out, is that there is never any guarantee of a happy ending. Wenger had been clapped to his seat but the hospitality did not extend to the pitch. His team had conceded a 91st-minute winner and, however rich the tributes might be for the departing manager, Arsenal have now lost six successive away fixtures in the league for the first time since Billy Wright was their manager in 1966.

Wenger left Old Trafford with a silver vase, presented by Sir Alex Ferguson, and the lingering memory of this game will be the applause that followed the Frenchman along the touchline before the start. By the end, however, Old Trafford had reverted to type. “We want you to stay” was the cry, directed towards Wenger, after the stoppage-time header from Marouane Fellaini that meant Arsenal’s manager will remember his final visit to this stadium with little affection.

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Lionel Messi hat-trick gives Barcelona La Liga title after win over Deportivo

Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions for the 25th time after beating Deportivo La Coruña 4-2 with the help of a hat-trick from Lionel Messi but while their coach Ernesto Valverde praised their consistency he acknowledged they have “lacked brilliance” at times.

Barça needed only a draw to clinch the title and complete an eighth domestic double after winning the King’s Cup last week and they marched into a 2-0 lead with goals from their record signing, Philippe Coutinho, and top scorer, Messi, in the first half. The result also relegated Deportivo.

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Lewis Hamilton wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Red Bulls suffer calamity

• Raikkonen second; Pérez third; Sebastian Vettel fourth
• Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo collide

From formulaic through to a denouement that simply could not have been scripted, the streets of Baku were once again the stage for a compelling, dramatic performance. Where cool heads were called for at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix there was not a little abandon and in its wake fortune too played its part to deliver an unlikely result in a season already notable for refusing to stick to a predictable plot.

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Trump eager to meet with Kim Jong-Un, but won't until North Korea surrenders nuclear program: John Bolton

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President Trump says comedian 'bombed' at White House Correspondents' Dinner, touts success of his rival rally in Michigan

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Multiple deer shot with arrows through head, body; Oregon police searching for suspect

At least two deer were discovered wandering around Friday with arrows sticking through their bodies, prompting authorities in Oregon to offer a reward for information that could lead to arrest.

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World's oldest spider has died after wasp attack

The world’s oldest spider has died at the age of 43 after being subdued by a parasitic wasp in the Australian oubback, the Independent reports.

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Yellowstone geyser erupts for 3rd time in 6 weeks

Geologists at Yellowstone National Park have reported the third eruption from the world's largest active geyser in the past six weeks.

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Great white shark Hilton, 1,326-pound real life 'Jaws,' spotted off Gulf Coast

A real life "Jaws" named Hilton was spotted in the Gulf of Mexico just west of the Florida Keys this week.

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Gruesome 'Game of Thrones' massacre site reveals its grisly secrets

Archaeologists have unearthed details of a gruesome fifth-century massacre that has sparked comparisons with “Game of Thrones.” The mysterious site, long thought to be “cursed,” is now revealing its horrific history.

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