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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 FINAL//EN"> <html> <head> <title> Sri Lanka</title> <script> var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []; /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */ _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="https://a.advameg.com/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '22']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.async=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script> <noscript><p><img referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://a.advameg.com/matomo.php?idsite=22&rec=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript> </head> <body> <h1>SRI LANKA - A Country Study</h1> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5788426211617053"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_color_border = "CCCCCC"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "000000"; google_color_url = "666666"; google_color_text = "333333"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><a href="/">Country Listing</a></p> <ul> <li><a name="lk0000" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13113.html">SRI LANKA</a> <li><a name="lk0001" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13114.html">Foreword</a> <li><a name="lk0002" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13115.html">Acknowledgments</a> <li><a name="lk0003" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13116.html">Preface</a> <li><a name="lk0004" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13117.html">Country Profile</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0004" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13117.html">COUNTRY</a> <li><a name="lk0005" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13118.html">GEOGRAPHY</a> <li><a name="lk0006" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13119.html">SOCIETY</a> <li><a name="lk0007" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13120.html">ECONOMY</a> <li><a name="lk0008" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13121.html">TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS</a> <li><a name="lk0009" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13122.html">GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS</a> <li><a name="lk0010" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13123.html">NATIONAL SECURITY</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0011" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13124.html">Introduction</a> <li><a name="lk0012" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13125.html">Chapter 1. Historical Setting</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0013" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13126.html">ORIGINS</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0014" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13127.html">Ancient Legends and Chronicles</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0014" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13127.html">Buddhist Chronicles</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0015" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13128.html">The Impact of Buddhism</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0016" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13129.html">THE CLASSICAL AGE, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1200</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0016" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13129.html">Early Settlements</a> <li><a name="lk0017" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13130.html">Rise of Sinhalese and Tamil Ethnic Awareness</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0018" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13131.html">DECLINE OF THE SINHALESE KINGDOM, 1200-1500</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0018" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13131.html">Sinhalese Migration to the South</a> <li><a name="lk0019" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13132.html">A Weakened State: Invasion, Disease, and Social Instability</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0020" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13133.html">EUROPEAN ENCROACHMENT AND DOMINANCE, 1500-1948</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0021" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13134.html">The Portuguese</a> <li><a name="lk0022" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13135.html">The Dutch</a> <li><a name="lk0023" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13136.html">The British</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0023" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13136.html">Early Contacts</a> <li><a name="lk0024" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13137.html">The British Replace the Dutch</a> <li><a name="lk0025" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13138.html">Modernization and Reform</a> <li><a name="lk0026" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13139.html">The Colebrooke-Cameron Reforms</a> <li><a name="lk0027" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13140.html">Economic Innovations</a> <li><a name="lk0028" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13141.html">Rise of the Sri Lankan Middle Class</a> <li><a name="lk0029" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13142.html">Buddhist Revivalism</a> <li><a name="lk0030" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13143.html">Constitutional Reform</a> <li><a name="lk0031" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13144.html">World War I</a> <li><a name="lk0032" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13145.html">The Donoughmore Commission</a> <li><a name="lk0033" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13146.html">Growth of Leftist Parties</a> <li><a name="lk0034" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13147.html">World War II and the Transition to Independence</a> </ul></ul> <li><a name="lk0035" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13148.html">INDEPENDENCE</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0036" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13149.html">Divisions in the Body Politic</a> <li><a name="lk0037" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13150.html">United National Party "Majority" Rule, 1948-56</a> <li><a name="lk0038" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13151.html">Emergence of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> <li><a name="lk0039" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13152.html">Tamil Politics</a> <li><a name="lk0040" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13153.html">Sri Lanka Freedom Party Rule, 1956-65</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0040" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13153.html">Legislation and Communal Agitation</a> <li><a name="lk0041" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13154.html">Populist Economic Policies</a> <li><a name="lk0042" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13155.html">United National Party Interlude</a> <li><a name="lk0042" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13155.html">Return of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0043" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13156.html">The United National Party Regains Power, 1965-70</a> <li><a name="lk0044" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13157.html">United Front Rule and Emerging Violence, 1970-77</a> <li><a name="lk0045" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13158.html">The United National Party Returns to Power</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0046" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13159.html">Election of 1977 and More Violence</a> <li><a name="lk0047" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13160.html">Constitution of 1978</a> <li><a name="lk0048" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13161.html">The Riots of 1981</a> <li><a name="lk0049" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13162.html">Presidential Election of 1982</a> <li><a name="lk0050" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13163.html">The Riots of July 1983</a> </ul></ul></ul> <li><a name="lk0051" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13164.html">Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0052" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13165.html">THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0052" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13165.html">Geology</a> <li><a name="lk0053" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13166.html">Topography</a> <li><a name="lk0054" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13167.html">Climate</a> <li><a name="lk0055" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13168.html">Ecological Zones</a> <li><a name="lk0056" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13169.html">Land Use and Settlement Patterns</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0057" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13170.html">THE PEOPLE</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0058" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13171.html">Population</a> <li><a name="lk0059" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13172.html">Ethnic Groups</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0060" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13173.html">Sinhalese</a> <li><a name="lk0061" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13174.html">Tamils</a> <li><a name="lk0062" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13175.html">Muslims</a> <li><a name="lk0063" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13176.html">Burghers</a> <li><a name="lk0064" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13177.html">Veddah</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0065" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13178.html">Ethnic Group Relations</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0066" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13179.html">SOCIAL ORGANIZATION</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0066" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13179.html">Caste</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0067" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13180.html">Nature of Caste</a> <li><a name="lk0068" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13181.html">Caste among the Sinhalese</a> <li><a name="lk0069" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13182.html">Caste among the Tamils</a> <li><a name="lk0070" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13183.html">Caste Interactions in Daily Life</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0071" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13184.html">Family</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0072" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13185.html">RELIGION</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0072" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13185.html">Buddhism</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0073" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13186.html">The Life and Message of the Buddha</a> <li><a name="lk0074" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13187.html">The Buddhist Community</a> <li><a name="lk0075" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13188.html">Popular Sinhalese Religion</a> <li><a name="lk0076" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13189.html">Buddhism and Politics</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0077" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13190.html">Hinduism</a> <li><a name="lk0078" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13191.html">Islam</a> <li><a name="lk0079" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13192.html">Christianity</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0080" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13193.html">SOCIAL SERVICES</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0081" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13194.html">Education</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0081" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13194.html">Traditional and Colonial Systems</a> <li><a name="lk0082" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13195.html">The Modern Education System</a> <li><a name="lk0083" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13196.html">Education and Ethnic Conflict</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0084" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13197.html">Health</a> <li><a name="lk0085" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13198.html">Living Conditions</a> </ul></ul> <li><a name="lk0086" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13199.html">Chapter 3. The Economy</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0087" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13200.html">NATURE OF THE ECONOMY</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0088" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13201.html">Structure of the Economy</a> <li><a name="lk0089" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13202.html">Role of Government</a> <li><a name="lk0090" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13203.html">Development Planning</a> <li><a name="lk0091" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13204.html">The Economy in the Late 1980s</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0092" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13205.html">AGRICULTURE</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0093" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13206.html">Changing Patterns</a> <li><a name="lk0094" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13207.html">Land Use</a> <li><a name="lk0095" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13208.html">Government Policies</a> <li><a name="lk0096" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13209.html">Land Tenure</a> <li><a name="lk0097" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13210.html">Cropping Pattern</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0098" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13211.html">INDUSTRY</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0099" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13212.html">Changing Patterns</a> <li><a name="lk0100" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13213.html">Industrial Policies</a> <li><a name="lk0101" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13214.html">Manufacturing</a> <li><a name="lk0102" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13215.html">Construction</a> <li><a name="lk0103" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13216.html">Mining</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0104" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13217.html">ENERGY</a> <li><a name="lk0105" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13218.html">TRANSPORTATION</a> <li><a name="lk0106" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13219.html">TELECOMMUNICATIONS</a> <li><a name="lk0107" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13220.html">LABOR</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0108" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13221.html">Characteristics and Occupational Distribution</a> <li><a name="lk0109" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13222.html">Government Labor Policies</a> <li><a name="lk0110" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13223.html">Working Conditions</a> <li><a name="lk0111" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13224.html">Labor Relations</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0112" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13225.html">TRADE</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0113" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13226.html">Internal Trade</a> <li><a name="lk0114" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13227.html">External Trade</a> <li><a name="lk0115" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13228.html">Foreign Exchange System</a> <li><a name="lk0116" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13229.html">External Debt</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0117" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13230.html">FINANCE</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0118" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13231.html">Budgetary Process, Revenues, and Expenditures</a> <li><a name="lk0119" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13232.html">Foreign Aid</a> <li><a name="lk0120" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13233.html">Fiscal Administration</a> <li><a name="lk0121" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13234.html">Monetary Process</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0122" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13235.html">TOURISM</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0123" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13236.html">Chapter 4. Government and Politics</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0124" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13237.html">POLITICS AND SOCIETY</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0124" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13237.html">Race, Religion, and Politics</a> <li><a name="lk0125" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13238.html">The Sinhalese: Racial Uniqueness and Politicized Buddhism</a> <li><a name="lk0126" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13239.html">Tamil Exclusivism</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0127" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13240.html">THE 1978 CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0128" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13241.html">Historical Perspective, 1802-1978</a> <li><a name="lk0129" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13242.html">Government Institutions</a> <li><a name="lk0130" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13243.html">Presidency and Parliament</a> <li><a name="lk0131" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13244.html">Local Government</a> <li><a name="lk0132" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13245.html">Electoral System</a> <li><a name="lk0133" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13246.html">Judiciary</a> <li><a name="lk0134" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13247.html">Civil Service</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0135" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13248.html">THE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0136" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13249.html">Sinhalese Parties</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0136" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13249.html">The UNP</a> <li><a name="lk0137" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13250.html">The Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a> <li><a name="lk0138" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13251.html">The Marxist Parties</a> <li><a name="lk0139" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13252.html">The People's United Front</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0140" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13253.html">Tamil United Liberation Front</a> <li><a name="lk0141" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13254.html">Other Parties</a> <li><a name="lk0142" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13255.html">Electoral Performance</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0143" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13256.html">THE EMERGENCE OF EXTREMIST GROUPS</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0144" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13257.html">Tamil Alienation</a> <li><a name="lk0145" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13258.html">Tamil Militant Groups</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0146" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13259.html">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a> <li><a name="lk0147" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13260.html">Other Tamil Groups</a> <li><a name="lk0148" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13261.html">The 1984 All Party Conference</a> <li><a name="lk0149" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13262.html">India's Perspective</a> <li><a name="lk0150" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13263.html">The Eastern Province Question</a> </ul></ul> <li><a name="lk0151" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13264.html">FOREIGN RELATIONS</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0152" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13265.html">Relations with Western States</a> <li><a name="lk0153" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13266.html">The Indo-Sri Lankan Accord and Foreign Relations</a> </ul></ul> <li><a name="lk0154" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13267.html">Chapter 5. National Security</a> <ul><!-- h2 --> <li><a name="lk0155" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13268.html">PRIMARY THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0156" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13269.html">The Tamil Insurgency</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0157" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13270.html">Insurgent Groups</a> <li><a name="lk0158" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13271.html">Major Incidents of the Insurgency</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0159" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13272.html">The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0160" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13273.html">THE ARMED FORCES</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0161" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13274.html">Historical Background</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0161" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13274.html">Ancient Military Traditions</a> <li><a name="lk0162" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13275.html">The Armed Forces under British Rule</a> <li><a name="lk0163" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13276.html">The Armed Forces after Independence</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0164" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13277.html">Structure and Administration of the Armed Forces</a> <ul><!-- h4 --> <li><a name="lk0165" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13278.html">The Army</a> <li><a name="lk0166" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13279.html">The Navy</a> <li><a name="lk0167" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13280.html">The Air Force</a> <li><a name="lk0168" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13281.html">Conditions of Service</a> <li><a name="lk0169" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13282.html">Ethnic Composition of the Armed Forces</a> <li><a name="lk0170" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13283.html">Women in the Armed Forces</a> <li><a name="lk0171" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13284.html">Awards in the Armed Forces</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0172" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13285.html">Foreign Military Relations</a> <li><a name="lk0173" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13286.html">Foreign Military Presence</a> <li><a name="lk0174" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13287.html">The Defense Budget</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0175" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13288.html">NATIONAL POLICE AND PARAMILITARY FORCES</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0175" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13288.html">Organization</a> <li><a name="lk0176" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13289.html">Strength</a> <li><a name="lk0176" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13289.html">Equipment and Training</a> <li><a name="lk0177" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13290.html">The Home Guard</a> </ul> <li><a name="lk0178" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13291.html">THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM</a> <ul><!-- h3 --> <li><a name="lk0179" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13292.html">Criminal Justice and the Effects of Insurgency</a> <li><a name="lk0180" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13293.html">The Penal Code</a> <li><a name="lk0181" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13294.html">Criminal Procedure and the Structure of the Courts</a> <li><a name="lk0182" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13295.html">Rules of Search, Arrest, and Detention</a> <li><a name="lk0183" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13296.html">Executive Powers of Pardon and Commutation</a> <li><a name="lk0183" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13296.html">Penal Institutions and Trends in the Prison Population</a> <li><a name="lk0184" href="../../cgi-bin/query/r-13297.html">Drug Abuse and Drug Legislation</a> </ul></ul> <!-- If there are additional Appendices, insert <a> here --> <li>Appendices <ul><li><a href="sri_lanka/lk_appen.html">Appendix A. 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