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Infamous Places, 18, Lockerbie, Scotland and the Tower of London
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselag...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 18 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain...
Lockerbie: On the evening of the 21st of December 1988 a bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747-121. The airplane had taken off from Heathrow Airport and was en route for JFK New York. Victims and debris was scattered over a 130 miles stretch of southwest Scotland, with both wings and some of the fuselage landing in Sherwood Crescent in Lockerbie.
Tower of London: The Tower of London is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Britain. Now days it is a tourist attraction but over history it had many different uses. Its original use was as a fortress; palace and prison, particularly for high profile and religious captives. It was also used as a residence by such monarchs as Richard the lionhearted, Henry III and Edward I. It was so used as a prison and place of torture and execution. At one stage it was also a home to a menagerie and boasted a number of big cats such as leopards and lions.
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Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Castles, Prisons, Terrorism, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Infamous Places, 49, The Grand Hotel and Taiwan
produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 49 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attac...
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produced by Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, in Infamous Places, 49 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
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Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attack was orchestrated by the provisional Irish Republican Army or the IRA. And it was carried out in the early hours of the 18th of Octobe...
Brighton Bombing: With echoes of Guy Fawkes and Co's infamous attempt to blow up England's houses of Parliament in 1605, the bomb that targeted attendees at the British Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton was one of the most audacious terrorist attacks on British soil in history. The attack was orchestrated by the provisional Irish Republican Army or the IRA. And it was carried out in the early hours of the 18th of October 1984.
Taiwan Earthquake: The epicenter of 1999's Taiwanese earthquake was here at Chi-Chi. The quake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, took place just before 2am in the morning on the 21st of September. Known, accordingly, as the 921 quake, the disaster occurred along the Chelungpu fault line, which stretches down the western part of the island of Taiwan.
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Contributor
Andrew Thomson, fl. 2009-2011, Madeleine Swain
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Infamous Places
Speaker / Narrator
Madeleine Swain
Person Discussed
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military casualties, Earthquakes, Terrorism, Grand Hotel Bombing, Brighton, England, October 12, 1984, Climate and the Environment, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Main Event, 8, 1950
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 8 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
The Cold War turned hot in the middle of the 20th Century. In 1950 the North Korean army launched an invasion on their countrymen in the South; signaling the beginning of the Korean War. The Soviet Union would support North Korea's Stalinist regime, while the US and its allies rallied behind the South, in an attem...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Main Event, 8 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment), 5 mins
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The Cold War turned hot in the middle of the 20th Century. In 1950 the North Korean army launched an invasion on their countrymen in the South; signaling the beginning of the Korean War. The Soviet Union would support North Korea's Stalinist regime, while the US and its allies rallied behind the South, in an attempt to hold off the Red Threat. Millions of civilians would be killed or injured during the conflict, and cities would be destroyed. The...
The Cold War turned hot in the middle of the 20th Century. In 1950 the North Korean army launched an invasion on their countrymen in the South; signaling the beginning of the Korean War. The Soviet Union would support North Korea's Stalinist regime, while the US and its allies rallied behind the South, in an attempt to hold off the Red Threat. Millions of civilians would be killed or injured during the conflict, and cities would be destroyed. The war would reinforce the separation between communism and capitalism ideologies, and Korea, formally united, would remain divided for generations to come.
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World Wide Entertainment
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World Wide Entertainment
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Main Event
Person Discussed
Kim Il-sung, 1912-1994, Syngman Rhee, 1875-1965
Topic / Theme
Invasions, Military maneuvers, National government, Political boundaries, Political theory, Cold War, 1945-1989, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Momentous Happenings, 3, 1977
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
1977 was a year of contrast, drama and tragedy. While Pierre Cardin was showing off his 'Oh-So 70's' summer collections, the unrest in Northern Ireland continued amid the 5th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday', which the IRA commemorated by bombing London’s West End. In politics, China's notorious 'Gang of Four' was...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 3 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
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1977 was a year of contrast, drama and tragedy. While Pierre Cardin was showing off his 'Oh-So 70's' summer collections, the unrest in Northern Ireland continued amid the 5th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday', which the IRA commemorated by bombing London’s West End. In politics, China's notorious 'Gang of Four' was expelled from the Communist Party; anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in custody in South Africa, and for a time, peace in the Mi...
1977 was a year of contrast, drama and tragedy. While Pierre Cardin was showing off his 'Oh-So 70's' summer collections, the unrest in Northern Ireland continued amid the 5th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday', which the IRA commemorated by bombing London’s West End. In politics, China's notorious 'Gang of Four' was expelled from the Communist Party; anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in custody in South Africa, and for a time, peace in the Middle East looked promising. But 1977 will be remembered most for the death of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, in August at his home in Graceland.
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Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Momentous Happenings
Person Discussed
Steve Biko, 1946-1977, Elvis Presley, 1935-1977, Anwar Sadat, 1918-1981
Topic / Theme
Accidental deaths, Airplanes, Bombardment, Coup d'etat, Fashion, Funerals, International relations, Musicians, National government, Rock music, Social conflict, Terrorism, Aircraft accidents, Steven Biko, Dies in Prison, Pretoria, South Africa, September 12, 1977, First Transatlantic Flight of the Concorde Jet Completed, 1977, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2...
Accidental deaths, Airplanes, Bombardment, Coup d'etat, Fashion, Funerals, International relations, Musicians, National government, Rock music, Social conflict, Terrorism, Aircraft accidents, Steven Biko, Dies in Prison, Pretoria, South Africa, September 12, 1977, First Transatlantic Flight of the Concorde Jet Completed, 1977, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Momentous Happenings, 6, 1984
in Momentous Happenings, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
1984 was a year of Famine, Industrial accidents and another change in leadership behind the Iron Curtain. After the death of Yuri Andropov only two years after he was sworn in as Russian leader, new President Chernenko was given mission: stop the massacre in Afghanistan. There was also an assassination attempt on...
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in Momentous Happenings, 6 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
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1984 was a year of Famine, Industrial accidents and another change in leadership behind the Iron Curtain. After the death of Yuri Andropov only two years after he was sworn in as Russian leader, new President Chernenko was given mission: stop the massacre in Afghanistan. There was also an assassination attempt on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she attended a conference in Brighton. In India, a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide...
1984 was a year of Famine, Industrial accidents and another change in leadership behind the Iron Curtain. After the death of Yuri Andropov only two years after he was sworn in as Russian leader, new President Chernenko was given mission: stop the massacre in Afghanistan. There was also an assassination attempt on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she attended a conference in Brighton. In India, a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide released poisonous gases, killing 20,000 in total; on the flipside, Live Aid was organized to try to raise money to end famine and death in Ethiopia.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Momentous Happenings
Speaker / Narrator
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, 1924-1988
Person Discussed
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, 1924-1988, Indira Gandhi, 1917-1984
Topic / Theme
Assassination plots and attempts, Assassinations, Bombardment, Charity, Funerals, Heads of state, National government, Pollution, Rock music, Social conflict, Terrorism, Indira Gandhi, Assassination, New Delhi, India, October 31, 1984, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Momentous Happenings, 15, 1993
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 15 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
1993 was a year that saw terrorism strike the Big Apple, and a new era for European unity. When a car bomb was detonated beneath Tower one of the World Trade Centre in February, six people were killed and over a thousand occupants were injured. In Bosnia, the shooting of women and children refugees during a suppos...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 15 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
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1993 was a year that saw terrorism strike the Big Apple, and a new era for European unity. When a car bomb was detonated beneath Tower one of the World Trade Centre in February, six people were killed and over a thousand occupants were injured. In Bosnia, the shooting of women and children refugees during a supposed ceasefire infuriated the United Nations. 1993 also saw the death of rocker Frank Zappa from prostate cancer, and a solemn state fune...
1993 was a year that saw terrorism strike the Big Apple, and a new era for European unity. When a car bomb was detonated beneath Tower one of the World Trade Centre in February, six people were killed and over a thousand occupants were injured. In Bosnia, the shooting of women and children refugees during a supposed ceasefire infuriated the United Nations. 1993 also saw the death of rocker Frank Zappa from prostate cancer, and a solemn state funeral for acclaimed director Frederico Fellini, held in Rome.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Momentous Happenings
Person Discussed
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, 1931-2007
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Civil war, Political demonstrations, International relations, National government, Pollution, Ships, Terrorism, Shipwrecks, Maastricht Treaty, 1992, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, World Trade Center Bombing, 1993, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Momentous Happenings, 17, 1995
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
1995 saw terrorism return to the US, ethic cleansing in the Balkans, and orbiting space crews set new records in endurance. In April, United States army veteran Timothy McVeigh set off a car bomb which destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and causing widespread panic. McVeigh was later...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 17 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
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1995 saw terrorism return to the US, ethic cleansing in the Balkans, and orbiting space crews set new records in endurance. In April, United States army veteran Timothy McVeigh set off a car bomb which destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and causing widespread panic. McVeigh was later executed, in 2001. Meanwhile, in space, the Russians were setting records for their cosmonauts spending over 400 days in space. After...
1995 saw terrorism return to the US, ethic cleansing in the Balkans, and orbiting space crews set new records in endurance. In April, United States army veteran Timothy McVeigh set off a car bomb which destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and causing widespread panic. McVeigh was later executed, in 2001. Meanwhile, in space, the Russians were setting records for their cosmonauts spending over 400 days in space. After the war in Bosnia, the United Nations charged 21 Bosnian Serb commanders with
genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Momentous Happenings
Person Discussed
Yitzhak Rabin, 1922-1995, Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Spiritual leaders, Weapons testing, Spacecraft, Terrorism, Oklahoma City Bombing, Oklahoma City, OK, April 19, 1995, Yugoslav War Crimes Trials, Hague, Netherlands, 1994-, Yitzhak Rabin, Assassination, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 4, 1995, Science and Technology, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Momentous Happenings, 22, 2000
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 22 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
An air craft disaster, new political regimes and efforts for peace made the year 2000 a year of momentous happenings. The IRA issued a statement that it would 'put its weapons beyond use' in an effort to ensure a peaceful future for Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, at the inquest into the Omagh bombings, the coroner p...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Momentous Happenings, 22 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2002, originally published 2002), 5 mins
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An air craft disaster, new political regimes and efforts for peace made the year 2000 a year of momentous happenings. The IRA issued a statement that it would 'put its weapons beyond use' in an effort to ensure a peaceful future for Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, at the inquest into the Omagh bombings, the coroner put the blame solely on the IRA; also saying the four weeks of hearing evidence into the disaster was a harrowing experience he would ne...
An air craft disaster, new political regimes and efforts for peace made the year 2000 a year of momentous happenings. The IRA issued a statement that it would 'put its weapons beyond use' in an effort to ensure a peaceful future for Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, at the inquest into the Omagh bombings, the coroner put the blame solely on the IRA; also saying the four weeks of hearing evidence into the disaster was a harrowing experience he would never forget. In France, a tire blow out was blamed for the crash of a Concorde, killing 114 people.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Momentous Happenings
Person Discussed
George Walker Bush, 1946-, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1947-, Al Gore, 1948-, Ralph Nader, 1934-, Vladimir Putin, 1952-
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Elections, Submarines, Aircraft accidents, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Where Were You, 12, Lockerbie Plane Disaster
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Where Were You, 12 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2011, originally published 2011), 24 mins
There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking e...
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Where Were You, 12 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2011, originally published 2011), 24 mins
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There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analysing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on...
There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analysing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on the modern world. This episode focuses on the Lockerbie plane disaster.
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Field of Study
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Content Type
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Contributor
World Wide Entertainment, Amanda Brocklebank
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Where Were You
Speaker / Narrator
Amanda Brocklebank
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Bombardment, Terrorism, Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988, War and Violence, Engineering, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Where Were You, 25, London Terrorist Attacks
in Where Were You, 25 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2011, originally published 2011), 24 mins
There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking e...
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in Where Were You, 25 (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2011, originally published 2011), 24 mins
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There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analyzing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on...
There are some global events of such impact that they stay with us forever. They are so important that we sit up and pay attention as they are happening: we sit glued to the television we pour over newspapers we frantically search out more information to understand. This series looks at some of the most shocking events of the 20th and early 21st Century analyzing how the news of their occurrence spread across the globe and what impact they had on the modern world. This episode focuses on the 2005 bomb attacks on the London underground.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Marilyn Higgins, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Where Were You
Speaker / Narrator
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, 1953-, Marilyn Higgins, fl. 2012
Person Discussed
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, 1953-
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Trains, Terrorism, London Terrorist Bombings, England, July 7, 2005, War and Violence, World History, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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