21. Press Release 2 First indigenous peoples Millennium Conference to take place in panama City.panama City, 4 May 2001. The first conference for indigenous peoples of the http://www.nciv.net/Millennium/persberichten/press_release_English2.htm

Indigenous Peoples' Millennium Conference 7 to 11 May 2001, Panama City, Panama Press Release (2) First Indigenous Peoples Millennium Conference to take place in Panama City Panama City, 4 May 2001 The first conference for Indigenous Peoples of the millennium will bring together Indigenous representatives from all parts of the globe to address issues of discrimination and racism against Indigenous Peoples. Important Indigenous representatives from all continents will attend this conference - from the Aborigines of Australia and Native Americans to the Pygmies of the African rainforest and the Inuit of the Arctic North. The Indigenous Peoples' Millenium Conference will take place at the Gran Hotel Soloy in Panama City from May 7-11, 2001. Indigenous Peoples are faced with serious forms of discrimination and racism in many parts of the world. The goal of this conference is for Indigenous Peoples to exchange experiences and develop common strategies in order to promote and protect their rights in light of the United Nations' Decade for the World's Indigenous People (1994-2004). It also sets out to influence the upcoming United Nation's World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. The Millennium Conference will hopefully bring about a new connection between Indigenous grassroots and international politics. The Indigenous representatives at the conference will evaluate the results -up to now- of the United Nations Decade for the World's Indigenous People and set the goals they want to reach before the end of this Decade, in 2004. This Decade was intended by the United Nations to strengthen international co-operation for the solution of problems faced by Indigenous Peoples in such areas as human rights, the environment, development, education and health. Up to now, this Decade has not produced strong results.

22. Press Release 3 The indigenous peoples Millennium Conference 711 May 2001, panama City, panama.PRESS RELEASE (3). Opening ceremony of the indigenous peoples Millennium http://www.nciv.net/Millennium/persberichten/press_release_English3.htm

The Indigenous Peoples' Millennium Conference 7-11 May 2001, Panama City, Panama PRESS RELEASE (3) Opening ceremony of the Indigenous Peoples' Millennium Conference Panama City, 7 May 2001 The First Millennium Conference for Indigenous Peoples at the Gran Hotel Soloy in Panama City has successfully brought together about 150 Indigenous Peoples representatives from over 50 countries to deliberate on issues affecting their lives. This meeting underscores the ability of Indigenous Peoples to collectively seek support for, and successfully pursue their fundamental human rights outside of the United Nations' bureaucracy. In mid-April 1999, the United Nations and its member states declined to sponsor a mid-decade review of the Programme of Action for the UN Decade for the World's Indigenous Peoples. Such a review would have facilitated consultations between Indigenous representatives and the United Nations to gauge the progress that was made within the framework of this Decade. This would have served to map out a strategic plan to carry forward the agenda of Indigenous Peoples worldwide. However, rather than shelve the idea, an international Steering Committee of Indigenous Peoples together with the Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) rallied indigenous leaders worldwide and garnered support from individual governments, funding agencies and NGOs and together sponsored this Indigenous Peoples Millenium Conference. This, entirely without the financial support of the United Nations, despite the fact that it was their Decade to review. One of the Steering Committee member organisations, Napguana, which is an Indigenous organisation from Panama, decided that it would host this important conference.

23. Indigenous Peoples And The Right To Development The indigenous peoples of panama have already experienced the devastating impactsof imposed development and its empty promise of prosperity for their areas http://www.treatycouncil.org/section_21141721.htm

International Indian Treaty Council CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS “WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 18th Session July 23 - July 27, 2000 Item # 4: "Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Development" Joint Statement by the International Indian Treaty Council and the Kuna Youth Movement Thank you Madame Chair. The UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Right to Development nearly twenty-five years ago. Article 1 of the Declaration states that the right to development is an inalienable human right for all peoples "in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized." Article 1 also states that the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, and "full sovereignty over their wealth and natural resources," are fundamental to the right to development. Indigenous Peoples are often viewed as barriers to so-called progress, and their rights and communities are swept aside with little hesitation or redress within the state systems. Clearly, Indigenous Peoples around the word require and deserve the attention and the intervention of the world community as they stand in defense of their homelands, human rights and way of life in the face of imposed development and resource extraction.

24. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SEATTLE DECLARATION On The Occasion Of The Third Ministerial “WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF indigenous peoples Ø Taita Stanley,Movimiento de la Juventad Kuna, panama http://www.treatycouncil.org/section_21171.htm

International Indian Treaty Council CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS “WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SEATTLE DECLARATION on the occasion of the Third Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization November 30-December 3, 1999 We, the Indigenous Peoples from various regions of the world, have come to Seattle to express our great concern over how the World Trade Organization is destroying Mother Earth and the cultural and biological diversity of which we are a part. Trade liberalization and export-oriented development, which are the overriding principles and policies pushed by the WTO, are creating the most adverse impacts on the lives of Indigenous Peoples. Our inherent right to self-determination, our sovereignty as nations, and treaties and other constructive agreements which Indigenous nations and Peoples have negotiated with other nation-states, are undermined by most of the WTO Agreements. The disproportionate impact of these Agreements on our communities, whether through environmental degradation or the militarization and violence that often accompanies development projects, is serious and therefore should be addressed immediately. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AOA), which promotes export competition and import liberalization, has allowed the entry of cheap agricultural products into our communities. It is causing the destruction of ecologically rational and sustainable agricultural practices of Indigenous Peoples.

25. NGO Forum Documentation A meeting of more than 150 indigenous representatives in panama resolved on For 17 years we have worked to include indigenous peoples within the http://www.racism.org.za/media1.htm

Media Resource Indigenous groups push for recognition ANDREW BOUNDS IN PANAMA CITY The world's indigenous races will press for recognition as peoples with the right to self-determination at the United Nations Conference on Racism in South Africa in September. A meeting of more than 150 indigenous representatives in Panama resolved on Saturday to ask for specific recognition by the universal declaration of human rights, part of the UN charter. "There are 400m indigenous people throughout the world who do not enjoy the protection of human rights law," said Mililani Trask, from Hawaii. "We are never recognised as peoples. When we are discriminated against and persecuted we are ethnic minorities. When we flee war, refugees. "For 17 years we have worked to include indigenous peoples within the declaration of human rights. This cannot continue." Ms Trask added that indigenous peoples should be able to vote for the degree of autonomy they wished, including independence. The conference denounced continuing "colonisation" that deprives indigenous peoples of rights over their land and said little had changed six years into the UN's decade of indigenous peoples. However, they welcomed the creation of a permanent forum of indigenous affairs by the UN Economic and Social Council.

26. Native Lands - CA Map Update indigenous peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico panama’s La Prensa Reports on the Collaborative Effort Between the http://www.nativelands.org/bin/view.pl/41215.html

Program Highlights Second Indigenous Conference Workplan with URACCAN CA Map Update ... Guatemala "Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico" In January 2003, Native Lands’ new map, Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico , was completed. It is an update of an earlier map, The Coexistence of Indigenous Peoples and the Natural Environment in Central America , published in 1992. Both maps were collaborative efforts between Native Lands and the National Geographic Society. The original map put on display forest cover and areas of indigenous use and occupation. The current map contains these elements but has added coastal-marine ecosystems and southern Mexico, to include the entire Maya region as far as the Istmo de Tehuantepec. Like its predecessor, this map is bilingual, with texts in English and Spanish. A team of specialists from each of the eight countries mapped spent roughly a year and a half, from October 2000 through January 2002, gathering data for the map. During this time, they consulted with a wide range of experts – biologists, anthropologists, geographers, conservationists, fishermen, indigenous leaders – in a series of meetings, workshops, and visits to pull together accurate information on the following dimensions: Forest cover : Categories of vegetation are: Tropical broadleaf forest (upland); tropical broadleaf forest (lowland); pine forest, pine and oak (upland); pine savannah (lowland); coastal wetlands, including mangroves; high plateau (páramo); and areas without natural vegetation. Data were obtained from the World Bank/CCAD Mesoamerican Biological Corridor project to map forest ecosystems of Central America, and from local institutions throughout the region.

27. Choike : Indigenous Peoples . panama. Cordillera peoples Alliance. Federation of indigenous peoples grassrootsorganizations at the forefront of indigenous peoples struggles for the http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/4/34/links.html

var category = '4'; var subcategory = '34'; Directory NGO sites This site Directory In-depth Reports Campaigns News ... CONTACT Categorias(category); SubCategorias(category,subcategory); Indigenous Peoples recommended Indian Law Resource Center ILRC is dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures, and traditional lands. The Center provides legal and technical support to indigenous communities working on these issues. Tebtebba Tebtebba Foundation is committed to the recognition, protection and promotion of indigenous peoples' rights worldwide. Kaitiaki - Maori Environmental and Heritage Guardians The site works on behalf of whanau, hapu and iwi, particularly on environment and resource management issues. New Zealand. NGO sites Ak'Tenamit Organization dedicated to reduce poverty in the rain forests of eastern Guatemala. Aldet Centre - Saint Lucia Organization established for the purpose of promoting strategic studies, human rights and democratic development in Saint Lucia (Hiwanaru). Amanaka'a Amazon Network Organization dedicated to support the peoples of the Amazon Rainforest. Brazil.

28. Document/Essai - Republic Of Panama, Act No. 20: Special System For Registering This Act recognizes the collective rights of indigenous peoples over their the workmanship of the traditional dress of the indigenous peoples of panama, http://www.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/indigenous/lawPanama.html

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA ACT No. 20 On the 26 th day of the month of June of the year 2000 (Published in Gaceta Oficial (Official Gazette) No. 24,083 of June 27, 2000) The Spanish version of this law is the official version Concerning the Special System for Registering the Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples, for the Protection and Defense of their Cultural Identity and Traditional Knowledge, and Setting out other Provisions THE LEGISTATIVE ASSEMBLY DECREES: Chapter I Purpose Article 1. The purpose of this Act is to protect the collective intellectual property rights and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples over their creations, such as inventions, models, drawings and designs, innovations contained in the images, figures, symbols, graphics, stone carvings and other details; as well as the cultural elements of their history, music, art and traditional forms of artistic expression susceptible to commercial use, via a special system to register, promote and market their rights, in order to highlight the sociocultural values of indigenous cultures and render social justice unto them. Article 2.

29. Document/Essai - Protecting Indigenous Women's Intellectual Property - Backgroun It is not surprising that the artistic heritage of indigenous peoples has A work session was held in panama with lawyers and members of indigenous http://www.ichrdd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/indigenous/introEnglish.html

Indigenous Women’s Continental Network Protecting Indigenous Women's Intellectual Property Tools for thought and action with regard to protecting the traditional designs and patterns of indigenous women Background On a daily basis, Indigenous women in Latin America find, in craft markets, t-shirts made halfway around the world that reproduce their peoples’ traditional designs. Last year, a famous New York fashion designer sent a crew to tour the Canadian Arctic to find "design ideas" to inspire her winter collection. When the Pauktuutit Association of Inuit Women found out, it immediately contacted the designer’s lawyers to make it clear that the designs of Inuit artists should not be copied or adapted, since they constitute their heritage. In France, the head of a small business decided to give classes in making "Molas", the embroidery designs of the Kuna women of Panama. The business woman appropriated the Kuna women’s techniques and designs to launch her own line of clothing, as well as a specialized magazine to teach the French to reproduce traditional Panamanian embroidery. Indigenous women who are struggling to overcome poverty are deeply concerned and upset to see "designers" steal their traditional designs and patterns. Not only are these designs and patterns one of their few sources of income, they also symbolize their cultural identity.

30. Conserving Biodiversity, Supporting Livelihoods In Panama’s Rainforest: Interna The indigenous peoples who live there depend on this forest for food, to workwith panama’s indigenous people on the sustainable use of biodiversity. http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-5498-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Español Français idrc.ca HOME IDRC ... Features Topic Explorer Reports magazine About Reports ... Researcher Profiles People Lisa Waldick ID: Added: Modified: News 82 of 113 Conserving Biodiversity, Supporting Livelihoods in Panama’s Rainforest Related articles: In Reports magazine: In Conversation: Peter Cooper In Reports magazine: Creating Ecologically-Based Businesses for the Maya Biosphere Reserve , by Kevin Conway Related sidebar: A life-changing Experience Links to explore... IDRC Program Initiative: Sustainable Use of Biodiversity ( SUB Commentary: Debating the Use of Genetic Materials , by Brian Davy and Michael Halewood IDRC Booktique: Seeding Solutions: Volume 2 — Options for National Laws Governing Access To and Control Over Genetic Resources Return to Focus on Medicinal Plants About Reports Email notification An Embera woman with children holding traditional hand-woven baskets. (Photo courtesy of Panart) Mark Foss Where Central and South America come together, grows a rainforest that is one of the richest ecological regions of tropical America. The Indigenous peoples who live there depend on this forest for food, medicine, building materials and much more. But parts of the rainforest are being cut by outsiders, the pressure on natural resources is increasing, and the livelihoods of the Indigenous peoples are threatened. "How can we reconcile decent livelihoods with the protection of the environment?" asks Catherine Potvin, an associate professor at McGill University in Montreal and the leader of a research project supported by the International Development Research Centre (

31. World Bank Group | Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous Poverty indigenous peoples and Poverty in Latin America An Empirical Analysis, Poverty in indigenous populations in panama a study using LSMS data, http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/63ByDocName/TopicsIndigenousPoverty

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32. The World Bank - Indigenous Peoples related to indigenous people in panama and the opportunities created by thislegislation for biodiversity conservation, as is http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/0/9f66a9bbef5b323f852567cc0077f74a?Op

33. Human Organization,Winter 2003 Participatory Research Mapping of indigenous Lands in Darién, panama The methodology shows how indigenous peoples can work with researchers in data http://www.sfaa.net/ho/2003/winter2003.html

Quick Menu SfAA Home HO Home HO Online Back Issues HO Board Author Information Editor Comments Reviewer Information Reviewer Thanks SfAA Membership HO Rates SfAA Publications Volume 62, No. 4, Winter 2003 Maps of, by, and for the Peoples of Latin America Peter H. Herlihy and Gregory Knapp Key words : participatory research, participatory mapping, indigenous peoples, Latin America Peter H. Herlihy Key words Derek A. Smith Key words Anthony Stocks Key words : mapping, Bosawas, Mayangna, Miskitu, Nicaragua Mapping the Past and the Future: Geomatics and Indigenous Territories in the Peruvian Amazon Richard Chase Smith, Margarita Benavides, Mario Pariona, and Ermeto Tuesta Key words : mapping, GIS, indigenous peoples, Peruvian Amazon Key words : race, land rights, Nicaragua, Miskitu Indians, Creoles Narrating Place and Identity, or Mapping Miskitu Land Claims in Northeastern Nicaragua Karl H. Offen Key words : place, identity, mapping, Miskitu Indians, Nicaragua

34. Plan Puebla Panama The PlanPuebla panama (PPP) is a series of industrial development mega-projects These dams, which will displace indigenous peoples and destroy natural http://www.denjustpeace.org/PlanPueblaPanama.html

The Plan-Puebla Panama What is the Plan-Puebla Panama? The Plan-Puebla Panama (PPP) is a series of industrial development mega-projects proposed through Mexico and Central America to provide the infrastructure groundwork required for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and ultimately part of the bigger Free Trade of the Americas Agreement (FTAA) that would unite North, Central, and South America. Mexico One reason for public discontent is that over 96% of the PPP's $10 billion dollars price tag will go directly to transportation and electrical interconnection and less than 2% of the project's funding combined will be allocated for sustainable development, human development, and protection from natural disasters. Likewise, multinational corporations will primarily use, and sequentially benefit from, the transportation and electrical infrastructure. After construction is complete, the intention is to privatize both systems. Top-heavy with road construction and electrical integration, t he PPP is comprised of eight features.

35. FOR: Panamá Update, Spring-Summer 1996 The National Coordinating Body of indigenous peoples of panama, the CatholicChurch, human rights and environmental organizations have sought the annulment http://www.forusa.org/programs/panama/archives/696urgen.htm

Fellowship of Reconciliation Panama Campaign FOR Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 Mission St. #305, San Francisco, CA 94110 Tel: (415) 495-6334, Fax: (415) 495-5628, E-mail: forlatam@igc.apc.org Urgent Action: Copper Mine Imposed on Affected Indigenous Communities On February 29, the Panamanian government authorized the Canadian mining company Panacobre (owned by Tiomin Resources) to begin exploration and then copper exploitation at the Cerro Colorado mine, in Remedios, Chiriquí, thought to be the third largest porphyry copper reserve in the world. But the area where the mine is located is inhabited by Ngobe indigenous people. The Ngobes have worked for more than 20 years for legal recognition of their Constitutional right to demarcation of their lands - that is, for the Ngobe-Buglé Reserve (or comarca) law. The Ngobe-Buglé people number 123,000 (about 60% of all Panama's indigenous population), distributed between Chiriqu', Bocas del Toro and Veraguas provinces. They were not consulted when the mining concession was made, although there is a Inter-governmental Commission for writing the demarcation bill, which includes Ngobe-Buglé representation and to which the government had committed itself. The Ngobe General Congress has also demanded that the government not go ahead with the concession before the Comarca is defined. There are also serious concerns about the social, political and ecological effects that the mining concession will have on the indigenous people. The National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of Panama, the Catholic Church, human rights and environmental organizations have sought the annulment of the mining contract. Ecologists say that mining projects in Panama lack environmental impact studies and that cyanide spills have recently resulted from the Remance Mine.

36. EPICA: Ecumenical Program In Central America And The Caribbean Greetings from indigenous peoples of panama. We are writing to thank you for thesolidarity and support that we have received Since we began hearing that http://www.epica.org/Library/indigenous/darien.htm

Indigenous Communities in Panama Call for Solidarity A Letter From the Darien Gap The Darien Gap, internationally known as one of the most culturally and biologically diverse areas in the world, may be on the brink of dramatic change. In the last three years the Panamanian and Colombian governments have renewed pressure to build the final section of the Pan_American Highway through the region, an act that would link North and South America for the first time by road, but could also devastate the area's rain forests and indigenous cultures. In response to plans to build the highway through ancestral lands, the indigenous peoples of Panama founded the Indigenous Pan_American Highway Commission in October 1993, a coalition of grassroots indigenous groups that represent the Darien Gap's major indigenous congresses. In April 1996, Panama authorized the United States to conduct military exercises in the Darien border region with Colombia, a further violation of indigenous autonomy. The following letter was written by representatives of indigenous communities in the Darien Gap area to the solidarity community of the United States. Greetings from indigenous peoples of Panama. We are writing to thank you for the solidarity and support that we have received... Since we began hearing that the Panamanian and Colombian governments had been meeting to plan the construction of the Pan_American Highway through the Darien Gap, without the participation of civil society and indigenous peoples, we have demanded, through the Indigenous Pan_American Highway Commission, that participation be given to indigenous peoples because of the fact that the highway's construction will mean the destruction of our people and the environment.

37. Panama, Country, Central America. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 panama was densely inhabited by different indigenous peoples before the arrivalof the Spanish. The first European sighting of panama was by the Spaniard http://www.bartleby.com/65/pa/Panama.html

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38. Defending Indigenous Cultures Against Globalization Global Policy Delegates to the First Millennium Conference of indigenous peoples of indigenouspeoples has been organized by panama s Napguana ( core of the earth , http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2001/luca0508.htm

about GPF What's New Newsletter Sitemap ... *Opinion Forum Defending Indigenous Cultures against Globalization By Kintto Lucas Inter-Press Service May 8, 2001 Indigenous leaders from around the world are gathered this week in the Panamanian capital, where they have launched a global appeal to defend their traditions against the imposition of mass culture they contend is inherent in the globalization process. Delegates to the First Millennium Conference of Indigenous Peoples discussed in the Monday plenary session the progress their communities have made in development since 1994, the year marking the start of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, declared by the United Nations. The approximately 200 native leaders also deliberated the creation of a Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples within the UN system, as well as the economic and cultural impacts of globalization in their communities, and mechanisms to ensure respect for indigenous rights. Tuesday saw the reinforcement of the common stance the world's native peoples will take at the UN World Conference against Racism and Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, to take place this September in Durban, South Africa. The delegates gathered in the Panamanian capital agreed that in recent years a ''cultural and economic racism'' has gained strength and is hurting the native populations' development potential.

39. Dialogue Between Nations: Negotiations Representatives of indigenous peoples from more than 20 countries are For hispart, Héctor Huertas, of the Cuna People of panama, stressed the need for http://www.dialoguebetweennations.com/OASdeclaration/english/negotiations.htm

PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS OEA/Ser.K/XVI GT/DADIN/doc.144/03 rev. l 6 October 2003 Original: Spanish Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples INITIAL MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS (Simón Bolívar Room - November 10 to 12, 2003) AGENDA Monday, November 10 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration of participants 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. OPENING SESSION 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FIRST WORK SESSION: Section One: Scope of Application 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SECOND WORK SESSION: Section Two: Human Rights Tuesday, November 11 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. THIRD WORK SESSION: Section Three: Cultural Identity 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. FOURTH WORK SESSION: Section Three: Cultural Identity Wednesday, November 12 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FIFTH WORK SESSION: Section Four: Organizational and Political Rights 2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

40. THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles Paiwas in Nicaragua and down into the Darien Gap in panama. indigenous peoples The indigenous peoples of the region are the Palestinians of Central http://lark.phoblacht.net/pppftts.html

Plan Puebla Panama And Free Trade - The Corporate Contribution To Low Intensity Warfare Low intensity conflict against Cuba and Venezuela, infrastructure programs like Plan Puebla Panama, the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the war in Colombia may seem to have little in common. But they are all part of the same "Thing" in the sense used by John Thelwall the 18th Century English dissident. They are all measures taken by a ruthless State and private sector network determined to protect its interests whatever it takes. It also helps to imagine this "Thing" in the sense of the John Carpenter film of that name - a destructive monster that takes on any shape it chooses. In Latin America, the Thing is the determination of the United States corporate plutocracy and its local allies to advance their own interests over those of the poor majority. The fact that George W. Bush and his regional allies are running out of time politically is behind the increasing urgency of attacks on Cuba, provocations in Venezuela and efforts to tie up "free trade" deals in the region by the end of 2005.

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