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[ALOCHONA] New tensions on Talpottee




Alochoks,
 
It is hard to trust the news we receive now a days. Talpottee was in the BBC news recently [ Saying the whole island went under the sea] and now we are getting a different update from the Americans. We have better relations with India compare to her other neighbors. Let us see if India decide to treat us fairly on this issue. I am expecting the best gesture from them. unless history repeats....
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New tensions on Talpottee

 
Tuesday July 06 2010 21:31:06 PM BDT
By Abu Zafar Mahmood, USA

 
Introduction: Talpottee Island in Bay of Bengal is strategically very important Location for naval powers. Indian government suddenly becomes serious to this Bangladeshi Island in their formal possession right a way. They want written deed from Bangladesh Prime Minister and quickly hand it over to them. In a personal dictation one influential Indian Minister informed her through a caution letter recently. Talpottee now considered as number one of their priority lists due to possible race in Indian Ocean zone. On the other hand, the Ambassador of United States in Dhaka met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and has shown his attention on the Island saying about its latest scenario.

The Island Talpottee has sunk beneath the water as the Indian researchists blamed a combination of the rising sea levels and soil erosion for the out crop of the South Talpottee which is called New Moore by the Indians. Their story was published in Time online, BBC News etc on March 24th and 25th, 2010.

Professor Hazhra, a researcher of School of Oceanographic Studies at Jadavpur University at Kolkata claimed that his studies revealed that sea levels in this part of the Bay of Bengal have risen much faster over the past decade than they had done in the previous 15 years. He depended on the Satellite photos as a claimed and said there is no trace of the Island anymore.

Their Bangladeshi operatives and Indians together served the story within very short times through making news and e-mails. I myself also found one in New York. The Bangladesh government and intellectuals have been keeping mouth shut for either compromise with them or fear the Indian might.

Ambassador J F Moriarty inform the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in Dhaka in June 2010 that The Talpottee did not sink under sea water at all. Rather it is now 4 times larger than present land area of Bangladesh. He strongly claimed that the Satellite photos clearly pointed the size of the island and gradually it is rising. Now it is ready for cultivation and human living.

Lets go for more details.India`s thrust for the Talpottee Island going extreme due to the heading up of Sleeping Dragon China's new journey in and around the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea regions. India owns more capability then their enemy Pakistan especially in naval force and control on Indian Sea, beleiveable. But as Pakistan, Myanmar and China jointly stand against the Indian navy, the muscle scenario turns different. Russia is China`s security partner. In that circumstances India must close it`s tail in bottle and will not qualify to remain in battle field .So, India keeps pressure on Bangladesh to expand their hands for achieving little hope for prestige sake.

However, India is concerned in China's growing naval presence in and around the Indian Ocean region, beginning in areas such as China's Hainan Island in the South China Sea is a real threat for India. China deployed its Jin class Submarines in 2008 at a submarine base near Sanya in the southern tip of Hainan. It raises alarm to India as the base is merely 1200 nautical miles from the Malacca Straight and it is the closest access point to the Indian Ocean. The base also has an underground facility that can hide the movement of submarines in making them difficult to detect.

The concentration of strategic naval forces at SANYA could propel China towards a consolidation of its control over the surrounding area of Indian Ocean region. The presence of access tunnels on the mouth of the deep water base is particularly another problem for India as it will have strategic implications in the Indian Ocean region, allowing China to interdict shipping at the 3 crucial chokepoints in the Indian Ocean---The Straight of Malacca, the Straight of Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb.

China's "string of Pearls" strategy that has significantly expanded China's strategic depth in India's backyard. This "string of Pearls" strategy of bases and diplomatic ties includes the Gwadar port in Pakistan, naval bases in Myanmar, electronic intelligence gathering facilities on Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Funding construction of a canal across the kra Isthmus in Thailand , a military agreement with Cambodia and building up of forces in the South China Sea.

This pearls are to help build strategic ties with several countries along the sea lanes from the Middle East to the South China Sea in order to protect China`s energy interests and security objectives.

Almost 80% of China`s Oil supply passing through the Straight of Malacca. India needs Talpottee Island to use it mainly against China to cut their Oil supply line. Bangladesh has no business to be part of India`s muscle race against China.

China is courting other States in South Asia by building Container ports in Bangladesh at Chittagong and Sri Lanka at Hambantota .China already signed the agreement with Sri Lanka for the development of the Hambantota Zone which includes a container port, a bunker system and Oil refinery. China`s activities at Marao in Maldives also escalating the tensions in New Delhi too.

The deep sea port of Gwadar on the South-West coast of Pakistan attracted the importance due to it's strategic location about 70 kilometers from Iranian border and 400 kilometers east of the Straight of Hormuz ,a major supply route of the world. This Sea-port is going to provide a "Listening post" which will monitor any naval activities in the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea also.

So, the naval expansion of China and the rivalry between the two South Asian Countries, India becoming more aggressive to take control on Bangladeshi Talpottee Island which Bangladesh can never provide them anyway for her existence reason.

However, lets comeback in our own concerns. Sheikh Hasina government showed no interests till now on it and shut mouth mysteriously after the Indian publicity and propaganda. The opposition political parties also stayed silent. They might have huge knowledge on the area as their Indian friends and professors taught them with special attention.

On Tuesday June 29th, 2010 the online edition of The Pioneer.com published an article titled "Brace for two-front war, Army told".Mr.Rahul Dutta is the writer. He wrote, Government has given a directive in writing to the armed forces to enhance their military capabilities Vis-a Vis the neighboring country and prepare for a two-front war with china and Pakistan. Asking the armed forces to prepare themselves to fight simultaneous wars on the eastern and western fronts with China and Pakistan, Defense Minister AK Antony has directed the chiefs of Army, Navy and Airforces to rapidly modernize and upgrade their weapon systems and tone up operational preparedness.

India and China have a 5000 thousand km-long disputed border and the Chinese has have over the years rapidly improved their logistical lines by building roads right up to their side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).India is disadvantageous position as terrain on its side is hilly.

On the other hand, India is in the process of creating block in Straits of Malacca for Chinese sea communication. More over dreaming to grow absolute influence over Indian Ocean. So, she needs a "metal chain" over the islands close to Indian Ocean and ready to keep her easy access up to the Straits of Eden with red sea.

The recent cold war between United States and India also a concern for India. So, she treats America, China and Pakistan as her future counter forces. In this situation India might fear about China-USA alignment against her.

Under such circumstances, The Talpottee Island becomes a burning target for India to build Indian naval base which will make the easiest military strategy to digest Bangladesh and to face Chinese-Burmese-USA-Pakistani muscles of Arm forces.

Indian naval war ships are anchored in Talpottee area and other war ships continuously patrol in that area as if they already occupied the Island. Hasina government has been keeping close their eyes as if they know nothing about their trespass.

Sheikh Hasina did so many verbal and written promise with the Indian representatives under the negotiation of the advisers of the then Care Taker Government of Dr.Fakhruddin Ahmed and his brother-in-law Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed.

Dr.Iftekhar married a British-Indian Brahman lady and served the Indian interests from top to bottom. As he was in-charge of the Foreign Ministry, operated the Foreign policies of Bangladesh in accordance with Indian road maps which have been followed by Sheikh Hasina government till today.

She was empowered in the governance of the country when was found more safe, trusted and Indian loyalist power hunger then General Moin uddin Ahmed.She agreed to be prime Minister under any conditions.

The American global strategy towards the Indian Ocean is changed. The present and future strategy is far difference then the immediate past. USA already keeping distance from India.Conflicts of interests between the two nations getting clear day by day. Any form of Indian naval station in BangladeshiTalpottee might not be tolerated by them. So, India aggressibly wants Sheikh Hasina to legally hand over the ownership and right of possession to Indian Government over Talpottee Island.

Mr. Pronob Mukherjee wrote the personal caution letter to Sheikh Hasina to complete the deed and hand over it immediately according to her earlier promise. He mentioned in the content of the letter a straight option which is directly related to her personal security clearly. Bangladesh Awami league leaders since the reign of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman respect him as their family member and Hasina treat him as her guardian who take care her Foreign, Home, Defense and political affairs.

Mr.Sajeeb W Joy carried the letter from New Delhi in last week of May and handed it over to his mother Sheikh Hasina at Dhaka. During his stay at India Mr.Joy stayed at the resident of Mr. Mukherjee.

Recently the American Ambassador in Bangladesh met with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka and conveyed her message of their satellite image on South Talpottee Island and its present large size of almost 78 thousand square miles. The water level also much in lower (4-6 feet) level as he mentioned categorically where the land is ready for human housing, cultivation and living.

It could be surprising pleasure news for the Prime Minister and for Bangladesh as well. But the Prime Minister replied with a question," So what?" as she feels no interest on Talpottee at all. She does not care even a little on it. Does it reflect her earlier decision to hand over the Island in securing the Indian interests? The analysts have started thinking that she is strict on her commitment with India though it goes against Bangladesh.

Conclusion: - The Sink Story of Talpottee Island made by School of Oceanographic Studies at Jadavpur University in Kolkata is a crystal lie and guided by Chanoyokkyo tactics. It was published to confuse the global attention on Talpottee with a target of creating easy situation of building Indian naval base. However, the Satellite image taken by United States and the presentation of American Ambassador might influence on Talpottee conspiracy. American government supports the ownership of Bangladesh keep intact over Talpottee Island. China, Russia, Myanmar and Pakistan also stand with the same opinion. Bangladesh must not sacrifice Talpottee Island to India as it is a suicidal step for the existence of Bangladesh. We all have to keep eyes and ears on our Talpottee Island. If found otherwise on it, a new generation revenge is ready for securing the interests of Bangladesh.

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The writer is a Free-lance Journalist and freedom fighter. E Mail : rivercrossinternational@yahoo.com
New York, USA

 


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[ALOCHONA] Afghanistan : The "Graveyard of Empires" Strikes Back. Coalition Forces are in Retreat



Afghanistan : The "Graveyard of Empires" Strikes Back. Coalition Forces are in Retreat



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[ALOCHONA] Indian BSF kills one more Bangladeshi : 32 killed in four months



Indian BSF kills one more Bangladeshi : 32 killed in four months

 
Indian Border Security Force killed one more Bangladeshi at Char Mazar frontier under Rajpara police station in Rajshahi here on Wednesday as the killing spree on Bangladesh border continues unabated despite India's repeated pledges to stop such killings.(The BD Today )

According to BSS, BSF killed a Bangladeshi national at Char Mazar frontier under Rajpara police station on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Faruque Hossain, 30, son of late Zamshed Ali of Keshabpur under the same police station. Second-in-Command of 37 Rifles Battalion Major Arif Hossain told the newsmen that the BSF troops of Kaharpara camp under Raninagar Police Station in Murshidabad of West Bengal, opened fire on a group of people when they were going near to the no-mans-land early in the morning. Of them, Faruque Hossain received bullet injuries and died on the spot, he said. Soon after the incident, Indian border guards took away the body to their territory. BDR officials strongly protested the killing and urged their counterparts to return the body immediately. With this BSF killed 32 Bangladeshis in last 4 months.


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[ALOCHONA] Re: Uptrend in rice price worries people




 
The impact of increased procurement price on coarse rice appears to have reached the city market as cost of the rice went up by Tk 2 to Tk 4 a kilogram in three to four days.
   
Wholesalers across the country said they feared further decline in the supply of coarse rice to the market with the possibility of further increase in rice prices.
   The commerce secretary, Ghulam Hossain, said the commerce ministry found that rice prices had increased by Tk 1 to Tk 2 a kilogram in a week.
   
Up by Tk 2 a kilogram in the week, the ordinary grade lali mota rice was retailed between Tk 30 and Tk 31 on Friday at Nakhalpara in Dhaka. Coarse variety guti rice was retailed between Tk 34 and Tk 36, up by Tk 3 in four days.
   'When prices increase on the wholesales market, it also creates impact on the retail market,' Kamal Hossain, a retailer at Nakhalpara, said.
   
Jahangir Hossain, a wholesaler at Badamtali, said price of all verities of rice had increased by Tk 50 to Tk 100 a maund (37.3km) in a week.
   'Rice prices have already started increase because of persistent shortage of paddy supply on the farmers' market,' Jahangir said. 'The latest round of increase in rice prices has taken place after the government increased procurement price.'
   
Jahangir's wholesale shop on Wednesday sold coarse lali mota rice for Tk 28.14 and guti rice for Tk 32.70 a kilogram. The price was up by more than Tk 2 in three to four days, he said.
   The Badamtali wholesaler said after the government had increased procurement price, they noticed a decline in the supply of coarse rice.
   
Pradyut Sarker, a rice trader from Pulhat in Dinajpur, said rice prices, after registering an increase in the past week, however, remained somewhat stable in the place on Wednesday.
   Ordinary grade hybrid coarse rice sold for Tk 27.7 a kilogram in bulk trading at Pulhat on Wednesday. It sold for Tk 26.2 a week ago.
   'The millers are confused whether the new procurement price would apply to August deliveries and they are keeping watch on the market,' Pradyut said. 'Such confusion has at least prevented further increase in coarse rice prices for the time being.'
   
The food ministry on July 1 decided to offer Tk 3 in cash incentive on the purchase of a kilogram of rice as it was failing to procure rice because of the prevailing high market price.
   By the end of June, the government could procure only 2.6 lakh tonnes of rice against the target of 12 lakh tonnes. The dealers made more profit from the market by not selling the rice to the government for Tk 25 a kilogram.
  
 The food minister also said the government would monitor whether the incentive would result in an increase in rice prices.
   The commerce secretary, Ghulam Hossain, said the ministry found that prices of rice had increased by Tk 1 to Tk 2 a kilogram in a week.
   Ghulam said, 'Rice procurement price has been increased to secure enough stock and to pay enough price to growers but consumers suffer because of the impact of the price increase.'
   'Rice procurement and price fixation is coordinated by the food ministry,' he said, adding that he had informed higher authorities of the latest round of rice price increase.
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jul/08/front.html

On 7/5/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Samakal: http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=76853&pub_no=387


On 6/29/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Uptrend in rice price worries people


Even after satisfactory harvest of Boro this year and stable supply chain, the prices of different varieties of rice remained high in the city's kitchen markets yesterday, said traders. The present stock of rice is satisfactory compared with the previous years, they said. But, the uptrend in rice price has caused concern to the commoners, as they strongly expected that the price of rice would have been decreased to a tolerable level.

The prices of different categories of rice shot up between Tk 2 and Tk 4 per kg for the last one-month in the city's markets, according to traders.

In the city's retail markets, per kg of coarse rice was sold between Tk 27 and Tk 28 in the previous months. But, it was now selling between Tk 30 and Tk 32 per kg.

Minicate was sold between Tk 42 and Tk 44. Nazirshail depending on quality was sold between Tk 42 and Tk 46. Paizam was sold between Tk 35 and Tk 36 yesterday.

During the first quarter part of the current year, the coarse variety of rice was sold between Tk 20 and Tk 24 per kg in the city's kitchen markets.The limited income people especially labourer class were benefited by the price. They are now hard hit by the coarse rice price.Earlier, the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management had introduced Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice to bring stability in the retail level price.

The shut down of OMS might have added price hike of rice especially coarse variety, according to market experts. They suggested Government to reintroduce OMS before the upcoming month of Ramzan.

Trades at Badamtali rice markets told The New Nation that a section of rice mill owners in the northern districts have stocked huge quantity of rice by taking bank loans. They alleged that the unscrupulous mill owners drastically reduced per day quantity of their rice sale to the retailers in recent days, trying to create an artificial price hike.

In the 2008-09 fiscal, the total demand of food in the country was 2 crore 67 lakh metric tonnes against the total production of 2 crore 83 metric tonnes.

The target food production during the current fiscal was earmarked 2 crore 90 lakh metric tonnes against the production of 3 crore 44 lakh metric tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Presently, there are about 7 lakh metric tonnes of food stock in the government silo, said a source in the Directorate of Food yesterday. The government will take measures to ensure 'price stability' in the rice market by curbing 'machination of profit monger traders', said a highly placed source of the Ministry of Food.
 




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[ALOCHONA] Tender, land dispute behind JU violence



Tender, land dispute behind JU violence
 
Ashik Hossain
JU correspondent

Jahangirnagar University, July 7 (bdnews24.com) — The bloody violence at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday was allegedly an outburst of pent-up anger among Al-Biruni Hall Chhatra League men and those on the university committee.

The violence saw 50 people getting injured — 12 of them flung from the roof of the four-storey Al-Biruni Hall — including an assistant proctor and 11 rounds of gunshot in the presence of the vice-chancellor.

There are allegations that even the VC was manhandled when he tried to resolve the tension between rival groups at the student dormitory.

On condition of anonymity, some Chhatra League workers of Al Biruni Hall said there had been a rift over sharing commissions from tender bidders and control of the dormitory seats.

The Chhatra League activists also said that lack of compromise over sharing posts on the university's central committee was also another reason behind the mayhem.

Moreover, an understanding between JU president Rashedul Islam Shafin and a local influential man allegedly took place over the possession of one Moslem Mia's land adjoining the university.

Witnesses said that the influential man had begun frequenting the campus.

Locals of Bishmail area alleged that Chhatra League cadre Sirajul Islam, known as an armed cadre backed by JU organising secretary Shahadat Hossain, is the mastermind of many crimes in the adjoining areas of the university.

Shortly after Monday's violence, the university authorities had formed a authorities had formed a five-member committee, led by pro-vice chancellor Farhad Hossain, to ascertain the reason of the clash and identify those involved in the violence.

When asked, Hossain, however, declined to make any comments.

JU Chhatra League president Shafin denied any involvement of any one Chhatra League cadres in the land dispute. "No one from the Chhatra League was involved with the incident."

JU Chhatra League president Shammya said neither he nor the university president had any involvement with Monday's violence.

He termed the violence as a 'conspiracy', saying, "The incident was caused just to dissolve the university's committee."

About the land dispute between him and Shafin, he said, "I don't know anything about tender or land issues."

On Monday, he had, however, blamed Shafin for the violence.

Bangladesh Chhatra League on Monday suspended 17 members of its Jahangirnagar University unit following a series of bloody clashes between two Chhatra League factions.

The BCL central working committee also suspended all activities of the university unit.

The former committee of BCL's Jahangirnagar University unit was dissolved after a bloody clash between two factions on Feb 16, 2009.

The new committee was formed on May 19 last year with Shafin and Nirjhar as president and secretary respectively.

Only four days later, activists of the joint secretary SM Azgar Ali attacked and injured eight BCL activists of Maulana Bhashani Hall, including their vice-president Rashed Dicken.



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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: Law and order



So let me just understand this. In order to protest against the potential damage to local communities in economic and security terms, this action committee actually damaged the economics and security of the community.

There is no hope for Bangladesh if we are breeding people of such low IQ on such a scale.

If this is the best we can do then it goes a long way to explain why we have languished in the anals of history.

Such people should be ruled by outsiders for their own protection.

Independence was such a mistake.

Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 07:59:42 +0600
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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Law and order

Role of 2 AL MPs
 
আ ক ম মোজাম্মেল হক, জাহিদ আহসান রাসেল

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-07-05/news/76138



 
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Gazipur locals run riot on rumour
 
Block highways, damage 200 vehicles
 
Agitators put barricade on Dhaka-Mymensingh road yesterday protesting against the Rajuk's satellite town project in Gazipur. The mob brought out procession and set fire to a factory. The project was later cancelled at the intervention of the prime minister.
 
 
Thousands of locals in Gazipur yesterday vandalised over 200 vehicles, torched a garment factory and barricaded roads for hours--all on rumours that Rajuk was acquiring land to build a satellite town.

Hundreds of vehicles bound for northern districts and greater Mymensingh were stranded for around four hours on Dhaka bypass and Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.

The situation began improving at around 5:30pm when local Awami League lawmaker AKM Mozammel Haque announced the government has cancelled Rajuk's "satellite town project comprising three unions in Gazipur and parts of Tongi". Addressing a rally at Bhogra, he said, "The prime minister has assured that her government will do nothing against public interest."

After the announcement, the demonstrators left the rally venue in victory processions. Contacted, a Rajuk official said they do not even have any project named Gazipur Satellite Town.

Kamal Uddin Talukder, Gazipur deputy commissioner, expressed frustration at the movement over the so-called project. He said the way people behaved over a rumour was unacceptable.

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways got back to normal at 7:00pm. The Bhogra rally was organised by "all-party action committee", demanding cancellation of "satellite town project".

Gachha, Bason and Pubail union parishad chairmen and local AL and BNP leaders spoke at the rally. Leaders of the committee said the "project", if implemented, would have affected houses of around 10,000 families and many mills and factories.

The local administration deployed four magistrates and a huge contingent of police to avert untoward incidents during the rally that began at 4:30pm.The law enforcers however could not do much as rumours flew around inciting people to violence.

Things spiralled out of control at around 3:30pm as thousands of locals wielding bamboo sticks and bricks went on the rampage along a seven-kilometre stretch on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.They damaged vehicles and blockaded the road with burning tires.

Few of the stranded buses and cars had their glasses intact. Panicked, passengers got off their vehicles and ran for safety.To make matters worse, workers of garment and other factories in the area joined the demonstrators.

As workers of Rose Knitting at Dhaka Bypass Road crossing did not participate in the agitation, locals got locked into a clash with them. They ransacked the factory building and set fire to it, said eyewitnesses.

Police said at least 50 people including 12 cops were injured in the clashes.Gazipur Fire Service units doused the flames at the garment factory.Rafiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of fire service, said two tin-shed houses were gutted.

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=145279
 



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Re: [ALOCHONA] Now you know why they are after your factories



Not to worry. Hasina will soon fix this. India has nothing to worry about. BAL will deliver.

Joy Bangla....?

Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Now you know why they are after your factories

India trails Bangladesh in RMG exports

Bangladesh's textile and apparel exporters are giving a tough competition to their Indian counterparts in both the United States and European Union.
   A report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries, released on Monday, showed that Bangladesh witnessed a growth of 3.6 per cent in its apparel exports to the EU market in 2009, while all its major competitors like China, Turkey and India experienced negative growth.
   The EU and US are the major destinations of textiles from both Bangladesh and India.
   The FICCI analysis had noted that India's exports of textiles and apparel had witnessed a negative growth of around 11 per cent to US and EU in 2009, but still managed to increase its share by 0.17 per cent in both the markets.
   Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia had seen slightly higher increase in their shares in US textiles and clothing market in the recession year 2009 over 2008.
   According to the FICCI report; the share of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and China increased by 0.5, 0.4, 0.67 and 4.3 percentage points respectively in US imports in 2009 as compared to 0.17 percentage points for India. In fact, in 2009, Vietnam managed to surpass India in terms of share in US imports of textiles and apparels.
   The apex trade body observed that India's textiles and apparel exports to the US grew by 4.2 per cent per annum between 2004 and 2009; while those of Bangladesh witnessed a growth of 11.5 per cent. China, Vietnam and Indonesia registered a growth of 15.3 per cent, 14.5 per cent and 8.9 per cent respectively in textile and apparel exports to the US.
   India's share in EU market of apparel increased from 6.8 per cent to 7.2 percent while that of Bangladesh increased from 7.5 per cent to 8.9 per cent. China's share in EU's apparel imports from third countries increased from 42.7 per cent to 44.7 per cent but that of Turkey fell slightly from 12.7 per cent to 12.2 per cent.
   The FICCI analysis revealed that the share of Bangladesh in EU's imports of apparels in 2005 had been almost equal to that of India (around 6.2 per cent). In 2008, the share of Bangladesh had been 7.5 per cent and India's share had been 6.8 per cent in EU's imports of apparels – a difference of just 0.7 percentage points.
   But, in 2009, the gap had further widened with the share of Bangladesh being 8.9 per cent and that of India 7.2 per cent - a difference of 1.7 percentage points, the report stated.
 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: The sky, the mind, the ban culture

Syed Badrul Ahsan does everything possible to divert the reader from where blame lies - if blame lies with Awami League. Here he talks about everything under the sun in a crafty, roundabout way. He thinks he is very manipulative but for those who care enough to look twice his blind partisanship is very plain to see.

Which is why he will talk about Pakistan banning Mujib but never mention Mujib banning political parties, the press etc. Whatever the situation, these people will find a way of twisting things in favour of their party and their their nethri.

So he brings in Mujib, Tagore, Pakistan and even banning the sky.

But what he should be doing is writing about who is responsible for the current banning fad in Dhaka. But what can you expect? Under no circumstances will people like him attack those who are doing the banning if those who are doing the banning belong to their party.

And people like him are lead writers in the Daily Star.

It is a horrific situation.

Hey Badrul - talk about everything but don't talk about AL leaders who are behind the banning. Bloody rubbish Nethri system turns men into mice.

And Badrul is a mouse. Just like every other man who swears blind loyalty to his Nethri and doesn't have the basic morals to protest injustice within his party.

We are a nation of mice.


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@...> wrote:
>
> Syed Badrul Ahsan is the Head of Awami League Current Affairs at the Daily Star. This piece is one of the best examples of what is wrong with intellectualism in Bangladesh today. This piece is deliberately diversionary and misleads the reader to a place far away from where the reader should be. It is political trickery posing as non partisan intellectualism.
>
> It is appalling that he is in such an important position and it is appalling that he is getting away with this kind of journalism - a kind of yellow journalism that hides both its real origins and its real motives.
>
> This is about as irrelevant and nonsensical a piece that you will find.
>
> Just what the politicians love to see in our papers.
>
> Instead of holding authorities to account Syed Badrul Ahsan has us reaching for our dictionary.
>
> Hey Badrul! Nowka! Nowka!
>
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Ezajur Rahman <Ezajur@> wrote:
> >
> > The sky, the mind, the ban culture
> > Sadat Uddin Ahmed AmilSyed Badrul Ahsan
> > THE ban on Facebook could be lifted within days. Or perhaps by the time you read this in print, it might already have been withdrawn. But that is not what exercises our minds at this point. What we are upset about is the brusqueness with which the attack on Facebook was made. Of course, if there is anything obscene that has appeared on it, if the reputations of citizens, powerful or meek, have been ridiculed, all that the authorities needed to do was to go after those who indulged in such nefarious deeds. But to assume that an entire system can be done away with or simply run out of town only rekindles in us all the old thoughts of bygone rulers trying to govern us through control mechanisms that eventually did not amount to much. Control led to chaos. The mechanisms broke down.
> > The trouble with the post-modern era is that you cannot have all your wishes come true. All this technology around you is really daunting. More importantly, there is the matter of citizens' increasingly powerful sensibilities coming into play. Think back on the Tagore centenary celebrations in 1961 here in this land. Much effort was put into the job of trying to disrupt the proceedings by the Ayub Khan regime because it and its toadies believed Bengalis were actually celebrating the genius of a Hindu bard. Nothing worked for the regime, though. The presence of Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed at the head of the Tagore programme warded off the sinister shadow of the regime. The wolves then lay low, until the time came a few years later when Khwaja Shahabuddin, Ayub's information minister, finally clamped a ban on Tagore music in East Pakistan. That victory proved pyrrhic, though. By the late 1960s, Tagore was back and with him, with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
> > Rahman in the forefront, Bengali nationalism was in the ascendant.
> > Banning has never been a solution to a problem. It has been a problem on its own. Look at the record. Military regimes in Bangladesh and Pakistan, having shot their way into power, have gone for imposing a ban on or a suspension of the constitution. That act was speedily complemented by restrictions on the way women would move around. It is rather curious that one of the first things coup-makers do is push civilised laws under the carpet and go for an inspection of female anatomy, in the latter instance, eventually deciding what women should be wearing or not wearing. Well, as history informs us so gleefully, constitutions have always come back and women have certainly refused to have their couture chosen by soldiers propping up illegitimate governments. Usurper regimes have gone for a ban on politicians and political parties. Yahya Khan thought banning the Awami League in 1971 would resuscitate a dying Pakistan in our lives. In the event, the Awami
> > League only made sure that Pakistan was banned in Bangladesh for all time in December 1971.
> > There is something about the mind that rebels, always. When you ban a book, you are not only stifling intellectual freedom but also you are, at the same time, provoking people into wanting to read it. It is then that clandestine ways are discovered for the book to be distributed to as wide a circle as possible. You can threaten a writer with beheading; you can force a writer into exile. But do not forget that such ham-fisted measures only make the writer that much more appealing and readers that much more demanding. You can come up with all the excuses you can muster about the absence of moral dimensions in a movie and then clamp a ban on it. Once you do that, you are helping in the creation of an insular world for yourself. Insularity, you will of course remember, was what brought down apartheid South Africa and white minority-ruled Rhodesia.
> > There is a certain degree of arrogance which comes with banning. Turkey's generals, for all their appreciable role in upholding the country's secular traditions, made the mistake of arguing that women could not wear headscarves. The consequence was defiance. Watch the wife of President Abdullah Gul. She never lets go of her headscarf. And like her, other Turkish women have taken to ignoring the scowl of the army. Just as the state cannot decree what raiment people can get into, individuals or groups of individuals cannot and must not insist that a particular sect of believers be proscribed as a faith. You can observe your religion in all its totality, but you cannot turn it into a weapon to intimidate adherents of other beliefs. In much the same way, you cannot be self-righteous about your politics and then use it to hunt down people and destroy their reputations on spurious charges of treason. If you do, you will find the guillotine waiting for you. Do
> > not forget America's Joe McCarthy.
> > The mind is certainly wider than the sky. You cannot outlaw the sky, can you? Why must you then try putting the mind in fetters? Why not ban the ban culture itself?
> > Syed Badrul Ahsan is Editor, Current Affairs, The Daily Star.
> > Email: bahsantareq@
> >
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Re: [ALOCHONA] Now you know why they are after your factories



Friends


From the dawn of our independence the Bastard  HINSDUSTAAN was out destroy our socio-econo-political entity and make us their "Korod Rajjaya" like Sikkim and Bhutan. But it was our uncompromising self respect and desire to steer our own destiny by us only and not dictation of any big brother. The Hindustaaaani bastards tried on and often to weaken the unity of the people by let losing their paid agents in the form of KUTTA JIBI/ Media Personalities/Business personalities to blow the horn for them. They sometimes succeeded by throning their pet pet in the power. By thus they squeezed Bangladesh to execute their side of one agenda to keep us on the toes.
 It was bastards Hindustaan advice the democracy was strangulated and one party Fascist DEMOCRAZY was installed but the heroic people Bangladesh foiled that in 1975 and kept the Paa Chata Hindustani dalals away from power for long and progressed in many respect.  

Hindustan could never tolerate any competitor in it's econo-political way and again engaged several Sharmeo Bangladeshi in guise of KUTTA JIBI/Gadhani/HBCOP(led by cr dutt) n media both print and electronic to WORSHIP FOR THEM and help implementation all their illegitimate agenda harming Bangladesh in all respect. These quislings do not have an iota of love for Bangladesh's soil and the woes caused by the bestial HINDUSTAN by blocking water/occupying our land and making us controlled by the RAW.

Does these bastard quislings remember the history of Palasy wherein the traitors connived with the British and strangulated the independence and sovereignty of then Bengal. The history is so rude to put the traitors and quislings onto the docket of justice and punish them severely. Umi Chand/Rai Bollobh/Mir Jafar/jogot Seth/Miron/Mohammadi Beg and gong. Better the new generation quislings read history and act the sane way to help the nation to usher into an era of hope,aspiration,peace and development and exist in the comity of nation with dignified standing.

Let the heroic sacrifice of the Martyrs remain ever glowing in the "Akash Batash Nodi Prantor" of BANGLADESH  n the Lal Sabuj Pataka to fly high with right dignity n honour forever n ever.

Hell with HINDU  STAAANI Paa Chata Dalals n Paki Janwar's Doshors

BANGLADESH  ZINDABAD
ZINDABAD 
BANGLADESH ZINDABAD

Faruque Alamgir


On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
 

India trails Bangladesh in RMG exports

Bangladesh's textile and apparel exporters are giving a tough competition to their Indian counterparts in both the United States and European Union.
   A report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries, released on Monday, showed that Bangladesh witnessed a growth of 3.6 per cent in its apparel exports to the EU market in 2009, while all its major competitors like China, Turkey and India experienced negative growth.
   The EU and US are the major destinations of textiles from both Bangladesh and India.
   The FICCI analysis had noted that India's exports of textiles and apparel had witnessed a negative growth of around 11 per cent to US and EU in 2009, but still managed to increase its share by 0.17 per cent in both the markets.
   Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia had seen slightly higher increase in their shares in US textiles and clothing market in the recession year 2009 over 2008.
   According to the FICCI report; the share of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and China increased by 0.5, 0.4, 0.67 and 4.3 percentage points respectively in US imports in 2009 as compared to 0.17 percentage points for India. In fact, in 2009, Vietnam managed to surpass India in terms of share in US imports of textiles and apparels.
   The apex trade body observed that India's textiles and apparel exports to the US grew by 4.2 per cent per annum between 2004 and 2009; while those of Bangladesh witnessed a growth of 11.5 per cent. China, Vietnam and Indonesia registered a growth of 15.3 per cent, 14.5 per cent and 8.9 per cent respectively in textile and apparel exports to the US.
   India's share in EU market of apparel increased from 6.8 per cent to 7.2 percent while that of Bangladesh increased from 7.5 per cent to 8.9 per cent. China's share in EU's apparel imports from third countries increased from 42.7 per cent to 44.7 per cent but that of Turkey fell slightly from 12.7 per cent to 12.2 per cent.
   The FICCI analysis revealed that the share of Bangladesh in EU's imports of apparels in 2005 had been almost equal to that of India (around 6.2 per cent). In 2008, the share of Bangladesh had been 7.5 per cent and India's share had been 6.8 per cent in EU's imports of apparels – a difference of just 0.7 percentage points.
   But, in 2009, the gap had further widened with the share of Bangladesh being 8.9 per cent and that of India 7.2 per cent - a difference of 1.7 percentage points, the report stated.
 




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Re: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka



 
I know many people can't make a connection between my name and my views. The synthesis is that a person with a Muslim name is not allowed to talk free and differ from your views which is dogmatic....
 
I am being practical Sir. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck.........it is a duck
 
 
Once upon a time I used to spend a lot of time in interfaith groups. It has been my experience that, your views are very similar to fanatic Hindus (Based on many of your prior posts and current posts). Which is NOT a crime. I am a firm believer in personal freedom of expression and freedom to chose your faith (Or one can be atheist). I am not worried about it.
 
The only thing you do here that is beyond logic. Consistently you insult other people of faith or faith itself and at the same time expect people to respect you.
 
Jono gono mono adhinayaka, Pak sar zameen saad baad, or Amar sonar Bangla or in our Canada, O Canada, what to do with all these songs? How Bande ma taram is different than those songs?
 
Praising someone or some thing is OK. However we cannot "Worship"( Bandana) a land (According to Islam). Saying good things about Mahatma Gandhi is perfectly OK. However we cannot participate in "Puja" for human beings or any type of idol. As per Islam we follow one and only UNSEEN God of the universe.
 
I am only trying to explain what Islam says. At no point I am trying change your opinion. Couple of places your understanding of Islam were factually WRONG, so I am trying to present correct point of view only.
 
The story of Gabriel, Muhammad's ascension to the heavens, Jesuse's heavenly conception and birth all will be bed time stories. By sticking to these fables...
 
Is it necessary to insult other faiths? Do you think 99% of world population are in error? It is a bit arrogant isn't it?
 
You can read story of a former atheist here. He had a PHD in math!! [ Source: http://www.welcome-back.org/profile/jeffrey_lang.shtml]
 
Logically most people of the world claim to follow one faith or other. They chose to follow some faith because it is relevant to them. Only a tiny portion of world population claim to have "No faith" or atheists. Most of them used to be communists and they are reverting back to religion. If we follow plain logic, chances of all these people (Having faith in God) being right is higher than atheists (Decreasing in number!).
 
Maybe it is unpardonable crime to force opinion on others. Communists tried it [By destrying places of worship] and failed. That is my point of view and I am sticking to it[ Until proven wrong]........ ;-)
 
I do not want to move away from our Bengali adda forum and turn it into a faith debate here. However those who are interested to learn a bit more, you may visit following sites to get in deapth views of Islam.
 
 
 
 
 

Shalom.....


-----Original Message-----
From: Akbar Hussain <akbar_50@hotmail.com>
To: alochona group <alochona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 7:32 pm
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 
I know many people can't make a connection between my name and my views. The synthesis is that a person with a Muslim name is not allowed to talk free and differ from your views which is dogmatic and does not sit in the couch as science and logic does. If blind faith is the foundation of your views our debate will be stagnant and boring. In the 7th century Muhammad was right for his times but in 21st century you are wrong for your times.  The time of the pagan Arabs have passed a long time ago, human knowledge have advanced beyond any limits, therefore those 7th century fables are completely obsolete now. If you stick to those dead ideas it's your personal freedom, no sensible and pragmatic person will share your perceptions.
 
The notion of worshipping is a superfluous act. But people use it to acknowledge their limits based on their depth of emotion which is again based on helplessness. A piece of land where you live and grow your food to survive does not deserve to be praised, as you have said. Jono gono mono adhinayaka, Pak sar zameen saad baad, or Amar sonar Bangla or in our Canada, O Canada, what to do with all these songs? How Bande ma taram is different than those songs?
 
On a philosophical note I would tell you that an epoch is fast approaching when all the institutionalized religions will merge into one and that will be based on humanism. The posterity will call us ignorant if we do not realize this sure eventuality. The story of Gabriel, Muhammad's ascension to the heavens, Jesuse's heavenly conception and birth all will be bed time stories. By sticking to these fables and by ignoring the importance of logic and science we do not help the progress of knowledge.  My name is not an obstacle in this process; it's the immovable position of people like you who are trying to stop the march of time.
 
It's an unpardonable crime to divide the humanity in the name of faith.
 
Akbar Hussain

 



To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: qrahman@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 23:55:28 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

" Once I told a Muslim friend of mine that worshipping the Shiva Linga and kissing the Black stone in the house of Kaba is nothing different"He could not gather any logic to answer me

I request you to use your "Indian" name in this forum. The Arab smelling name you are using probably not your "Real" name............[ This is an old Indian trick in the net]
 
I will advise people like you to be generous in your perceptions and view thing in a wider perspective.
 
There is a another hypothesis that, you were talking to a coconut and imagining it as your friend. Muslims with average knowledge of religion should be able to explain the difference. I am being generous with two possible views as per your request!!
 
With due respect to you ( Whatever your name is) I have serious doubt about your knowledge of Islam or Hinduism. Kissing black stone has NO religious significance to Muslims [ Yes I can produce religious texts if you like to learn more]. However Shiva Lingam in Hindu custom is a whole different game!! [ To put it mildly]. It is a deity!!
 
Muslims [ During time of prophet Muhammad(PBUH)] used to stand on Kaba's and gave Azan [ Call to prayer]. People can easily finish their Hajj without physically kissing the black stone. By kissing the stone we show our love for Prophet Abraham and Muhammad (PBUT). Nothing more than that.
 
I may disagree with some views of Farida Majid but I respect her. She is sincere in whatever she stands for. I agree with her in many areas like empowerment of women and increase tolerance in our soceity.
 
Reverting to "Bande matarom" for a minute. I am well aware that, most people do not see it as communal song. Mostly it is used to show love for "Mother India". Which is fine.
 
However if you go by the words of that song and analyze them according to religious scriptures, knowledgeable Muslims would be troubled by it. According to Islam, we should ONLY worship Allah. "Bande" urges us to worship motherland and it goes against the core spirit of monotheistic Islam [ All Abrahamic faiths( Islam, Judaism and Christianity) teaches us that]. We can surely love,praise and protect our respective lands of birth but Muslims consciously cannot take part in "Worshipping"[ Bandana] land or similar rituals. Muslims can freely praise and pray to God who gave us our motherlands and other bounties of life.
 
Actually it is a small difference. We praise God who gave us countries we love instead of praise a piece of land which does not have life of its own [ Or any genuine feeling]. At least God knows when you are thanking God. A lifeless land have no way of appreciating your love for her [ According to Islamic logic----no disrespect to different customs. Just want to explain the differences].
 
Shanti & Shalom.
 
--qr
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Akbar Hussain <akbar_50@hotmail.com>
To: alochona group <alochona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 12:58 am
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 
Very well said Mr. Islam,
 
To understand Farida Majid you have to travel a long way from the 7th century Arabia to India, the land where our forefathers were born and raised. Your culture, food, language and your features are all Indian but you love to think to be an Arab. Your motherland's praise makes you hateful but you love to kiss the hand of a Saudi mullah. Joy Bangla is a Hindu word to you but Zindabad makes you happy. Your mother tongue smells infidel to you but an Arabic word takes you to the heavens. What a miserable ignorance, what a mean interpretation? What a narrow understanding?
 
 A few weeks before I met an Indian Muslim man in full Saudi dress. I asked him if he was an Arab. He said no' but this is my Islamic dress. I reminded him that Muhammad's sworn enemies such as Abu Zahel also wore the same dress as Muhammad but to you why this dress has become so holly? He declined to answer because a fool can't understand logic. Once I told a Muslim friend of mine that worshipping the Shiva Linga and kissing the Black stone in the house of Kaba is nothing different. He could not gather any logic to answer me. I will advise people like you to be generous in your perceptions and view thing in a wider perspective.
 
If you have the courage to respond to my comments come on but do not ignore me by taking me as an enemy of Islam. Ignorance and dogmatism are the most powerful and potent enemies of Islam, it's not me or Farida Majid.
 
Akbar Hussain
 



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From: aminul_islam_raj@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:05:26 -0700
Subject: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

Dear All,
I am familiar with the name of one farida majid. I went through many of her postings.She said that "Bonde Matarom is not a comunal Slogan.But it is clear that she is hard core anti muslim.
This Farida majid and his like minded people staged a  "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism"  drama in Dhaka
 
Attorney William Sloan, a foreign delegate, addresses the International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism at the Osmani Memorial Hall in the capital yesterday. Speakers at the conference urged international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals. Photo: Shawkat JamilStaff Correspondent
The MSSK Trust, Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 and South Asian People's Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism jointly organised the conference titled "The International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
In the resolution titled "Dhaka Declaration", the conference also called on international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals.
The resolution was adopted at concluding session of the conference following daylong discussions attended by delegates including human rights activists, lawyers and experts from 11 countries.
The resolution said the trial of war criminals in Bangladesh would discourage the culture of impunity and urged international community "to unite against the culture of impunity to prevent genocides and war crimes from recurring."
Countries affected by terrorism and regional extremism were also urged to support the proposed regional taskforce, a taskforce proposed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, to combat religious extremism and terrorism.
The resolution also emphasized strict measures to check money laundering for what they said, "fundamentalist organisations across the world are using different NGOs, Banks and various financial institutions to finance militancy and terrorism through money laundering."
Building a domestic and regional secular humanist network by civil societies and governments across the world was also urged upon.
The conference also called upon Pakistan to take effective measures to curb and eliminate religious militancy, repeal anti-Ahmadiyya laws and blasphemy laws.
Earlier, during its inauguration, speakers from home and abroad urged all countries to form an inter-continental network based on secularism.
"Religious fundamentalism in many forms and faces has become a great problem. There is no time to lose. With cooperation from all we must cut it out globally before it is too late. Otherwise humanism will be in jeopardy," said Prof Kabir Chowdhury, president of the advisory committee of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.
"If there are Muslim fundamentalists in Pakistan, there must be Hindu fundamentalists in India. If there is Hindu fundamentalists in India, there is no way to resist Muslim fundamentalists in Bangladesh," said former speaker of India PA Sangma.
Former speaker of Nepal Daman Dhungana said that democracy couldn't be achieved without overcoming religious extremism.
"Individually it is tough to overcome this, but globally it can be done," he added.
Prof Shafaraj Khan from Pakistan, Prof Maxim Dubayev from Russia, terrorism expert Chris Blackburn from UK, Cecilia Wikstrom, member of MEP, Sweden, Parvin Najfgholi Ardalan, human right activist from Iran and Attorney William Sloan also spoke in the inaugural session. Journalist Shahriar Kabir conducted the programme.
Speakers also discussed Jamaat-e-Islami's link with international terrorist organizations.
"Trial of war criminal is necessary for strengthening the foundation of democracy. It is a matter of great shame that collaborators were reinstated in Bangladesh politics," said Dr Peter Custers from The Netherlands in his speech during inaugural session.
He also mentioned that European countries politically support this effort of war crimes trial and suggested taking assistance from international lawyers.
"It's never too late for justice. Time is always now. It is always the right time to punish crime against humanity," said William Sloan.




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