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News: Florida protesters demand arrest in black teen's death Myanmar votes in historic election; spotlight on Suu Kyi Trudeau's son boxes clever with win in Ottawa South Korea March exports fall; U.S. shipments up on FTA Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts Rebels advance in Mali, deadline for coup leaders Three winning tickets sold in record $656 million U.S. lottery Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West Fighting continues in Syria as West, opposition to meet Romney predicts victory in Wisconsin primary Fed's Kocherlakota sees 2.3 percent inflation in 2013 Haitian president urged to control ex-soldiers In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate Santorum says he won't be "unrealistic" in Republican nomination race Switzerland seeks arrest of German tax collectors Clinton: "regret" over closure of U.S.-backed group in Dubai Gunmen kill two outside Miami funeral of shooting victim One person killed in Kenyan coast explosions Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of border attacks Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West Mali army deserts Gao bases: sources Support for Greek socialists rises ahead of election Hungarians rally as pressure rises on president to quit Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday at pope's request Dutch minister says to follow IMF on aid to Greece Grenade attacks in, near Kenya's Mombasa injure 15: media Former Iran negotiator says nuclear deal possible Qaeda-linked militants kill at least 20 Yemeni soldiers Libya says 147 dead in week of southern tribal clashes Kosovo accuses Serbia of police "abduction" Suu Kyi runs for parliament in crucial Myanmar poll Slain Iraqi-American woman buried in Iraq Second grenade hits restaurant in Kenya's Mombasa: police source Bahraini protester dies after being shot at demonstration Riot police detain Russians demanding free assembly Florida protesters demand arrest in black teen's death Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:14 PM PDT Reuters - SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched on Saturday in the Florida city where unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin was shot dead a month ago to demand that police arrest the neighborhood watch volunteer who says he was acting in self-defense when he pulled the trigger. "We want arrests, shot in the chest," the protesters chanted. Civil rights leaders Reverend Al Sharpton and Reverend Jesse Jackson took part in the protest in Sanford organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). ... Full Story Top Myanmar votes in historic election; spotlight on Suu Kyi Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:35 PM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions. The United States and European Union have hinted that economic sanctions - imposed years ago in response to human rights abuses - may be lifted if the election is free and fair, unleashing a wave of investment in the impoverished but resource-rich country bordering rising powers India and China. ... Full Story Top Trudeau's son boxes clever with win in Ottawa Sat,31 Mar 2012 09:52 PM PDT Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian politics is more rough and tumble than the country's reputation for civility might suggest. At times it can be downright bruising - literally - as demonstrated by the celebrity son of Pierre Trudeau, Canada's Liberal prime minister during the go-go 1960's. Justin Trudeau, a Liberal member of Parliament in his own right, climbed into an Ottawa boxing ring on Saturday night and delivered an upset thrashing to his Conservative adversary, Senator Patrick Brazeau. The bout, staged for an Ottawa cancer charity, was more than a good-natured publicity stunt. ... Full Story Top South Korea March exports fall; U.S. shipments up on FTA Sat,31 Mar 2012 08:54 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean exports in March fell 1.4 percent from a year ago, missing a consensus forecast for a small gain and adding to questions about the strength of a global recovery even with a boost to shipments in the first month of a landmark free trade pact with the United States. Shipments to the United States jumped nearly 28 percent thanks to the free trade agreement, but weak sales to the other big markets such as China and the European Union clouded prospects, data published on Sunday showed. ... Full Story Top Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:30 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't give breast milk to my baby," said the 32-year-old Anita, who like other women interviewed for this story, declined to give her full name. "I'm scared he'll get addicted She was huddled with other women at the U.N. ... Full Story Top Rebels advance in Mali, deadline for coup leaders Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:26 PM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army has abandoned bases around the northern town of Gao to rebels while the leaders of a coup faced a deadline to start handing back power or face sanctions. The defeat in the key garrison town was the latest for the army after a lightning 48-hour advance by northern rebels seeking to capitalize in chaos in the West African country after the March 22 coup. "Given the proximity of the camps to residential areas, our forces decided not to fight," a statement by junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo, read out on state television, said. ... Full Story Top Three winning tickets sold in record $656 million U.S. lottery Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:23 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - The largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history - a whopping $656 million - will be shared by the buyers of three winning Mega Millions tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland - but their identities remained a mystery, lottery officials said on Saturday. A pre-dawn call alerted Denise Metzger, manager of a Motomart convenience store, to news from lottery officials that her store had sold a winning ticket in the tiny farming community of Red Bud in southern Illinois, with less than 4,000 residents, about 30 miles southeast of St. Louis. ... Full Story Top Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:21 PM PDT Reuters - GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army abandoned its military bases around the key northern garrison town of Gao on Saturday after a fierce assault by heavily armed rebels, military and civilian sources said. It was the latest defeat for the army after a lightning 48-hour advance by northern rebels seeking to capitalize in chaos in the West African country after last week's coup. "Given the proximity of the camps to residential areas, our forces decided not to fight," a statement by junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo read out on state television said. ... Full Story Top Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:53 PM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Photos of dead and maimed wolves have pervaded the Internet in recent weeks, raising tensions in the Northern Rocky Mountains over renewed hunting and trapping of the once federally protected animals. Escalating rancor between hunters and animal rights activists on social media and websites centers on pictures of wolves killed or about to be killed. Many have text celebrating the fact that Western states are allowing more killing of the predators. ... Full Story Top Fighting continues in Syria as West, opposition to meet Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syrians trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad meet their Western backers on Sunday while fighting has continued despite the Syrian government saying the year-long revolt is over. The political opposition remains divided and has not yet formally accepted a peace plan brokered by United Nations-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan. Prospects of Western-led military intervention are close to zero, although Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal renewed calls on Saturday to arm the Syrian opposition, describing it as a "duty". ... Full Story Top Romney predicts victory in Wisconsin primary Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT Reuters - FITCHBURG, Wisc. (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday predicted a victory on Saturday in Wisconsin's upcoming primary contest and said he believed it could help put him on a path to clinching the nomination. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has come from behind in the polls in Wisconsin to take the lead over chief rival Rick Santorum. The state will vote on Tuesday along with Maryland and Washington, D.C. "This was an uphill battle for me if you looked back three or four weeks ago. ... Full Story Top Fed's Kocherlakota sees 2.3 percent inflation in 2013 Sat,31 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT Reuters - EVANSTON, Illinois (Reuters) - U.S. inflation will be above the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target next year, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said on Saturday, suggesting he sees pressure building for the central bank to lift interest rates. "I'm expecting inflation to be 2 percent this year, and 2.3 percent next year," Kocherlakota told the Midwest Economics Association's annual meeting. The Fed has kept U.S. short-term borrowing costs near zero for more than three years, and its policy-setting panel has said it expects to need to keep them there through late 2014. ... Full Story Top Haitian president urged to control ex-soldiers Sat,31 Mar 2012 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian government panel has urged the president to appoint an interim commander to take charge of former soldiers, a panel member said on Saturday, as the leader of a successful 2004 uprising warned that ex-members of the military could seize power. Several thousand former members of the military that was disbanded in 1995 by then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide after a series of coups, have occupied government buildings and former army camps, defying injunctions from the government to leave. ... Full Story Top In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate Sat,31 Mar 2012 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in a policy U-turn, said on Saturday it would back its deputy leader for president, an endorsement that guarantees Khairat al-Shater a place among the frontrunners after the group initially said it would not field a candidate. The Brotherhood said it changed tack after reviewing other candidates in the race and after parliament, where its Freedom and Justice Party controls the biggest bloc, was unable to meet "the demands of the revolution", a reference to its mounting criticism of the ruling army's handling of the transition. ... Full Story Top Santorum says he won't be "unrealistic" in Republican nomination race Sat,31 Mar 2012 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - BROOKFIELD, Wisc. (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum vowed on Saturday that the race for the Republican nomination is far from over but signaled that he would not be "unrealistic" if the time ever came to step aside for rival Mitt Romney. Lagging in opinion polls, endorsements and delegates, Santorum nevertheless challenged the Romney camp's assertions that the former Massachusetts governor is the inevitable Republican nominee to face President Barack Obama on November 6. ... Full Story Top Switzerland seeks arrest of German tax collectors Sat,31 Mar 2012 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has issued arrest warrants for three German civil servants, accusing them of industrial espionage for buying the bank details of German tax evaders, the finance ministry of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) said on Saturday. In the latest chapter of an ugly dispute over tax evasion that has strained ties between the two neighbors, a spokeswoman for the ministry confirmed a report about the arrest warrants due to appear in Sunday's Bild am Sonntag newspaper. ... Full Story Top Clinton: "regret" over closure of U.S.-backed group in Dubai Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday raised concerns over a move by the United Arab Emirates, a key U.S. ally in the Gulf, to shut down a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group. "We very much regret it," Clinton said after a meeting in Riyadh with foreign ministers from Gulf States, referring to the closure of the Dubai office of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which was also the subject of a crackdown in Egypt. Clinton said she discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan. ... Full Story Top Gunmen kill two outside Miami funeral of shooting victim Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12, including a young girl, police said on Saturday. The gunmen escaped after firing from a car into a crowd of mourners who had gathered on Friday night for the funeral of a 21-year-old man, who was himself the victim of a deadly shooting. "I was on my way out of the chapel when I heard the shots," the pastor who officiated at the service, A.D. Lenoir, told The Miami Herald. "I told people to look for cover. It was chaos. ... Full Story Top One person killed in Kenyan coast explosions Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Two blasts in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and a nearby town killed one person and wounded more than 20 on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks to hit the east African country since it sent troops into neighboring Somalia. Up until now, attacks had centered on the capital, Nairobi, and near the border with Somalia following its deployment of troops last October. Saturday's blasts were the first in Mombasa, a popular holiday destination with locals and foreigners, since Kenya began its mission to fight Islamist rebels north of the border. ... Full Story Top Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack Sat,31 Mar 2012 02:19 PM PDT Reuters - GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's army abandoned its military bases around the key northern garrison town of Gao on Saturday after a fierce assault by heavily armed rebels, military and civilian sources said. It was the latest defeat for the army after a lightning 48-hour advance by northern rebels seeking to capitalize in chaos in the West African country after last week's coup. "Given the proximity of the camps to residential areas, our forces decided not to fight," a statement by junta leader Captain Amadou Sanago read out on state television said. ... Full Story Top Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of border attacks Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan have accused each of launching further attacks in the oil-producing area straddling their border, dashing hopes for a new round of talks designed to end the dispute. Clashes first broke out on Monday in the worst direct confrontation between the two since South Sudan became independent in July 2011 but died down two days later when South Sudanese troops moved out of the disputed Heglig area, inside Sudan. But on Friday Sudan launched an aerial bombardment on South Sudanese army border positions, according to South Sudan's army. ... Full Story Top Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through Sanford, Florida, on Saturday demanding an arrest of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen a month ago. "We want arrests ... shot in the chest," they chanted in reference to 17-year-old victim Trayvon Martin, who was shot in the chest. Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP which organized the march, and civil rights leader the Rev. ... Full Story Top Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:25 PM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Photos of dead and maimed wolves have pervaded the Internet in recent weeks, raising tensions in the Northern Rocky Mountains over renewed hunting and trapping of the once federally protected animals. Escalating rancor between hunters and animal rights activists on social media and websites centers on pictures of wolves killed or about to be killed. Many have text celebrating the fact that Western states are allowing more killing of the predators. ... Full Story Top Mali army deserts Gao bases: sources Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soldiers in the Malian army deserted the main military bases around the key northern town of Gao on Saturday after a rebel assault, military and civilian sources said. One civilian source said rebels already occupied the two main bases around the town while another source just one of the two camps was now under rebel control. A Reuters reporter in Gao said there was no fighting in the town itself. (Reporting by Cheick Dioura and Tiemoko Diallo; writing by Mark John) Full Story Top Support for Greek socialists rises ahead of election Sat,31 Mar 2012 01:04 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - Support for Greece's co-ruling socialists is ticking up ahead of an election expected in May, though backing for the country's biggest parties remains low, an opinion poll showed on Saturday. Greece is expected to hold the election on May 6 after a successful debt swap deal to cut its massive debt allowed it to secure a 130 billion euro bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund earlier this month. ... Full Story Top Hungarians rally as pressure rises on president to quit Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:57 PM PDT Reuters - BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hungarian protesters called on President Pal Schmitt to resign on Saturday over a plagiarism scandal that could become a distraction to the government as it tries to win financial support from international lenders. They chanted "Pal Schmitt, pack your things" at the hilltop presidential palace. The rally follows an interview with Schmitt on state television M1 late on Friday, in which he resisted calls to quit even though a day earlier he was stripped of his doctorate after a months-old plagiarism row. ... Full Story Top Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:39 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three lucky ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland will share the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history of $656 million, after about 1.5 billion $1 tickets were sold, lottery officials said on Saturday. At least two of the winners' tickets were "quick picks" - meaning all six numbers of the Mega Millions lottery computer picked the winning numbers announced at the drawing Friday night in Atlanta: 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23. ... Full Story Top Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three lucky ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland will share the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history of $656 million, after about 1.5 billion $1 tickets were sold, lottery officials said on Saturday. At least two of the winners' tickets were "quick picks" - meaning all six numbers of the Mega Millions lottery computer picked the winning numbers announced at the drawing Friday night in Atlanta: 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23. ... Full Story Top Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday at pope's request Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has declared next week's Good Friday a holiday following a request from Pope Benedict during his visit to the island, state media said on Saturday. The communist government will decide later whether to make Good Friday, the day Christians commemorate Christ's death, a permanent holiday, it said. Benedict requested the holiday - celebrated on April 6 this year - as part of Easter celebrations during a meeting with President Raul Castro in Havana on Tuesday, the Vatican said. ... Full Story Top Dutch minister says to follow IMF on aid to Greece Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - The Netherlands will not give its share of bailout funds to Greece if the International Monetary Fund deems Athens has failed to keep its pledges and withholds its next tranche of aid, the Dutch finance minister said in a newspaper interview. The minister, who took a hard line during negotiations on Greece's second, 130 billion euro ($173 billion) bailout earlier this year, has in the past warned the programme remains fraught with risk and that its success depends on Athens' ability to push through reform. ... Full Story Top Grenade attacks in, near Kenya's Mombasa injure 15: media Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:05 PM PDT Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five people were injured in a grenade attack at a packed restaurant in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, media and a police source said, after an earlier explosion near the city injured 10 others. Media and the police source said the first blast was also thought to be a grenade which went off at a religious meeting in Mtwapa, outside Mombasa, but there was no official confirmation. "One hand grenade was thrown into a pub and restaurant opposite the stadium. ... Full Story Top Former Iran negotiator says nuclear deal possible Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An end to a nearly decade-long nuclear standoff between Iran and major world powers will be possible if the United States and its European allies recognize Tehran's right to enrich uranium, a former Iranian negotiator said in an editorial. "Talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), scheduled for next month, provide the best opportunity to break the nine-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program," Hossein Mousavian, Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator, wrote in an editorial in the Boston Globe. ... Full Story Top Qaeda-linked militants kill at least 20 Yemeni soldiers Sat,31 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - ADEN (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed a military checkpoint in southern Yemen early on Saturday, killing at least 20 soldiers, a senior military official said, the latest in a spate of attacks claimed by an al Qaeda-linked group. Local officials said heavy fighting broke out between the militants and army reinforcements sent from the port city of Aden to retake the checkpoint, located on the road linking the southern provinces of Lahej and Abyan, which was still closed off on Saturday evening. ... Full Story Top Libya says 147 dead in week of southern tribal clashes Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:47 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A week of fighting between rival tribes deep in Libya's south has killed 147 people, the government said on Saturday, but it said it had brokered a fresh ceasefire agreement between the two sides. The clashes in the desert oasis city of Sabha were between members of the Tibu ethnic group, many of whom are originally from neighboring Chad, and local militias from Sabha. ... Full Story Top Kosovo accuses Serbia of police "abduction" Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:39 AM PDT Reuters - PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo accused former master Serbia on Saturday of abducting two Kosovo Albanian police officers patrolling their joint border and demanded the European Union intervene, in the latest sign of tension ahead of Serbian elections in May. Serbia's interior ministry said it had arrested the two men on Serbian-controlled territory and released photographs of them handcuffed and face down in a wooded area. Weapons and radios were scattered on the ground and masked members of the Serbian gendarmerie stood over them. ... Full Story Top Suu Kyi runs for parliament in crucial Myanmar poll Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar holds crucial by-elections on Sunday that are expected to see Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the fight for democracy under the former junta, entering parliament for the first time and could lead to an easing of sanctions by the West. The United States and European Union have hinted economic sanctions - imposed years ago in response to human rights abuses - could be lifted if the election is free and fair, which could unleash a wave of investment in the impoverished but resource-rich country bordering India and China. ... Full Story Top Slain Iraqi-American woman buried in Iraq Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:13 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi-American woman who was beaten to death in her U.S. home in a possible case of hate crime was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Relatives wept as the casket of Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, was taken to the Valley of Peace cemetery in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Iraq's capital Baghdad. Alawadi was found unconscious in the dining room of her rented home in California last Wednesday by her 17-year-old daughter. ... Full Story Top Second grenade hits restaurant in Kenya's Mombasa: police source Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:10 AM PDT Reuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five people were injured in a grenade attack at a packed restaurant in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, media and a police source said, after an earlier explosion near the city injured 10 others. Media and the police source said they were wounded when a suspected grenade went off at a religious meeting in Mtwapa, a place outside of Mombasa, although there was no official confirmation. "One hand grenade was thrown into a pub and restaurant opposite the stadium. The place was full of people," said a police source at the scene by telephone of the second attack. ... Full Story Top Bahraini protester dies after being shot at demonstration Sat,31 Mar 2012 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini man died on Saturday after being shot during an anti-government march a day earlier, his relative and the opposition said, blaming his death on what they described as loyalist militia members. The government's media arm, known as the Bahrain Information Affairs Authority (IAA), confirmed that Ahmed Ismail, 22, bled to death after being shot on Friday. Mohammed bu Daniel said his cousin was taking pictures of a demonstration when what he described as "militia members" in an unmarked car opened fire on him. ... Full Story Top Riot police detain Russians demanding free assembly Sat,31 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters shouting "Russia without Putin!" tussled with police in Moscow on Saturday, and dozens of activists were detained and bundled into police vans. Police detained about 75 people rallying in Moscow and St Petersburg against Vladimir Putin - who will return to the presidency in May after four years as prime minister - and demanding the freedom of assembly. In Moscow, riot police in black helmets and body armor locked elbows and pushed a crowd of about 300 protesters and journalists along sidewalks and roadways near a central square. ... Full Story Top

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