Cycling Tour of Eritrea Stage 2 result and General Classification.

Tour of Eritrea 2012 - Stage 2 #Rider's NameTimeCountry 1Jacques Janse Van RensburgMTN-Qhubeka 2Frekalsi DebesayEritrean National Team 3Azzedine LagabAlgeria 4 5 6 Tour of Eritrea 2012 - General Classification @ Stage 2 #Rider's NameTimeCountry 1Jacques Janse Van RensburgMTN-Qhubeka 2Azzedine Lagab @55”Algeria 3Frekalsi Debesay @1m46”Eritrean National Cycling Team 4 5 6 HTML Comment Box is loading comments... /**/...

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Grace Mahary Traded in Her Basketball Sneakers for Givenchy Pumps

Modeling was never in the cards for die-hard basketball player Grace Mahary. The Alberta native had her sights set on a sports career, instead — until an opponent on the court knocked in one of her teeth, causing her to reassess her calling. But the game's loss is modeling's gain: After signing with Elmer Olsen Model Management — also responsible for Daria Werbowy — the 22-year-old flew to Paris, met with Riccardo Tisci, booked a Givenchy exclusive for fall 2012, and the rest is history. Mahary stopped by our offices following a recent V magazine editorial shoot to chat about working with Tisci, her sushi and Pinkberry diet, and whether she Googles...

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Meb Keflezighi Rises Again

By Sabrina Grotewold The trailblazer has nothing to lose as he guns for another Olympic medal. Mebrahtom Keflezighi’s a nice guy, but he’s got teeth. Sharpening them was a prerequisite for any post-collegiate elite runner hoping to reverse the abysmal state of U.S. distance running in 2000. Keflezighi, known affectionately by family and fans as Meb, proved that American men could compete on a world-class level again. “When Joe Vigil and I put the Mammoth Track Club together [in 2001], we had Meb and Deena [Kastor] as our leaders,” says Bob Larsen, Keflezighi’s coach for the past 18 years and the now-retired cross-country and track...

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FORMER Gold Coast winger Golgol Mebrahtu looms as John Aloisi's first signing before Melbourne Heart focuses its energy on pursuing two foreign stars

The pacy winger/attacker is the versatile type Heart favours and he could slot into the left-wing position with internationals Rutger Worm and Alex Terra being released and David Williams having a poor debut season. Mebrahtu, 21, showed potential but lacked composure in front of goals. Born in Eritrea but raised in Sudan, Mebrahtu's family moved to Brisbane when he was 10. He was picked up by former coach Miron Bleiberg, who saw him juggling a ball in a park. Heart has also bid for fellow Gold Coast excitement machine Ben Halloran, although the teenager is believed to favour a move to Brisbane Roar. Halloran is also on Melbourne Victory's wish-list. Aloisi...

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Helicopter carrying internal security minister George Saitoti, his deputy and four others crashes near Nairobi.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies Saitoti was a leading voice against al-Shabab Kenya's minister for internal security, who once served as the country's vice president, and his deputy are among six people who died when a police helicopter crashed near the capital Nairobi, according to Kenyan officials. Minister George Saitoti and his deputy, Orwa Ojode, were killed in the crash, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka said on Sunday. Two pilots and two bodyguards were also killed, officials said. Saitoti, 66, was a candidate in next year's presidential election and a key figure driving his country's fight against al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab fighters...

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Cycling Tour of Eritrea stage 1 result and General Classification.

Tour of Eritrea 2012 - Stage 1 #Rider's NameTimeCountry 1Jani Tewelde [22]2:25:42 8 8ERI MTN 2Mekseb Debesay [21]+0 5 5Red Sea Camels 3Yemane Bereket [25]+0 2 2Eritrean National Team 4Tesfay Abraha Habtemariam [22]+0 ERI MTN 5Azzadine LAGAB [26]+0ALG GSP 6Jacques . VAN RENSBURG [25] +6RSA MTN 7Dawit Araya [25]+0ERI 8Freqalsi Abraha [29]+51ERI 9Meron Russom [25]+51ERI MTN 10Hichem CHAABANE [24]+51 ALG VCS 11Awet GEBREMEDHIN [20]+51 ERI 12Elias AFEWERKI [20]+51 ERI 13Tesfom OKBAMARIAM [21] +0ERI 14Kindishih DEBESAY [21]+1:14 ERI 15Solomun HABTE ABRHA [22] +1:14 ERI 16Daniel TEKLAY []+1:14 ERI 17Abraham RUHUMURIZA [33]+5:44 RWA 18Emanuel RUDAHUNGA [22]+7:27 RWA 19Hailemichael AKALE [31]+10:06 ERI 20Bilal SAADA [22]+10:07 ALG VCS 21Hamad ALMOHAMAD [23] +10:07 SYR 22Add...

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AU ready to move summit - Malawi

LILONGWE - The African Union will move a July summit from Malawi if the country keeps up its efforts to block the attendance of Sudan's wanted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Malawi's vice president said on Friday. Malawi last month asked the African Union to prevent Bashir from taking part in the event, saying his visit would have "implications" for its aid-dependent economy. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court over charges he masterminded genocide and other atrocities during his country's Darfur conflict. As an ICC member state, Malawi is supposed to arrest him if he enters its territory - and the global court's chief prosecutor...

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Sudan-S. Sudan border talks 'end without progress'

KHARTOUM — Peace talks between Khartoum and Juba to set up a demilitarised buffer zone have ended with Sudan accusing South Sudan of seeking to create "10 disputed areas," state media reported on Friday. The defence ministers of Sudan and South Sudan met this week in Addis Ababa to discuss border security, including a cessation of hostilities and the establishment of a demilitarised area along their common frontier. But the African Union-mediated talks ended on Thursday with the two sides unable to agree on the line from which the safe demilitarised border zone would be drawn, Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein was quoted as saying by the official SUNA news agency. "The map which South Sudan has adopted, and which it wants to be the basis of the demilitarised buffer zone, is considered hostile, and...

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Al-Shabab: US puts bounty on Somali militants.

Despite recent losses, al-Shabab still controls much of southern Somalia 7 June 2012 , bbcThe United States is to offer millions of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of the Somali militant group al-Shabab.   It is the first time the US has offered money for specific members of the group, which announced its allegiance to al-Qaeda earlier this year. It has put a price of $7m (£4.5m) on al-Shabab's founder and commander, Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamud Godane. It comes as African Union forces make key advances against the group. Al-Shabab still controls much of the country but is under pressure from...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 21

Stage 21 Results 1 PINOTTI, Marco (BMC RACING) 33:06 2 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY PROCYCLING) + 0:39 3 SERGENT, Jesse (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 0:53 4 RASMUSSEN, Alex (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 1:00 5 DE GENDT, Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) + 1:01 6 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 1:09 7 LARSSON, Gustav (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) + 1:14 8 BODNAR, Maciej (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 1:15 9 TUFT, Svein (team code missing) + 1:22 10 VERMOTE, Julien (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) + 1:23 11 STANNARD, Ian (SKY PROCYCLING) + 1:24 12 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 13 CATALDO, Dario (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) + 1:25 14 MALORI, Adriano (LAMPRE - ISD) + 1:28 15 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA, Nelson Filipe (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 1:30 16 PHINNEY, Taylor (BMC RACING) + 1:31 17 VANDEVELDE, Christian (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 1:36 18 IGNATYEV,...

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Rwanda: Boyer Aims for Top 5th Finish in Eritrea

By Ostine Arinaitwe AFTER a good outing in the Tour of Morocco where the national cycling team finished 7th, Team Rwanda coach Jonathan Boyer has challenged the side to finish inside the top 5 in the Tour of Eritrea, slated for May 30-June 3. "The terrain suits us well. It is hilly and the riders are natural climbers. So finishing in the top 5 is a realistic target for us," Boyer said yesterday. The Tour of Eritrea has eight stages and is a 2:2 UCI (International cycling union) classified race. The competition started in 1946 and was not held for a number of years. Team Rwanda will face competition from the elite riders from Eritrea and Morocco as well as South African professional cycling team MTN Qhubeka. Rwanda's contingent includes six riders, Abraham Ruhumuriza, Nathan Byukusenge, Nicodem...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 19

Stage 19 Results 1 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) 6:18:03 2 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:19 3 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 0:32 4 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) + 0:35 5 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 0:43 6 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:55 7 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) + 0:57 8 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) + 1:18 9 PIRAZZI, Stefano (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 1:22 10 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 11 DE GENDT, Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) + 1:34 12 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - ISD) 13 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY PROCYCLING) + 1:37 14 CASAR, Sandy (FDJ-BIG MAT) + 1:41 15...

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2012 Tour of Italy (Giro d'Italia)

Tour of Italy - Stage 1 #Rider's NameTimeCountry/Team 1Taylor Phinney10'26"BMC Racing 2Geraint Thomas+0'09"Team Sky 3Alex Rasmussen+0'13"Garmin-Barracuda 4Manuele Boaro +0'15"Saxo Bank 5Gustav Larsson+0'22"Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Stage1 Stage2 Stage3 Stage4Stage5 Stage6 Stage7 Stage8 Stage9 Stage10 Stage11 Stage12 Stage13 Stage14 Stage15 Stage16 Stage17 Stage18 Stage19 Stage20 Stage21 Stage22 Stage23 Stage24 Stage25 Stage26 Stage27 Stage28 Stage29 Stag...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 17

Stage 17 Results 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 5:24:41 2 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 3 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 4 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) 5 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) 6 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 0:02 7 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) + 1:22 8 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA) 9 DE GENDT, Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) 10 TSCHOPP, Johann (BMC RACING) 11 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 12 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) 13 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - ISD) 14 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MOVISTAR) 15 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 1:44 Stage 17 winner RODRIGUEZ...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 11

Stage 11 Results 1 FERRARI, Roberto (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 6:49:05 2 CHICCHI, Francesco (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 3 VAITKUS, Tomas (team code missing) 4 CAVENDISH, Mark (SKY PROCYCLING) 5 BELLETTI, Manuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 6 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) 7 SCHORN, Daniel (NETAPP) 8 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ-BIG MAT) General Classification after Stage 11 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 47:16:39 2 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:17 3 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) + 0:32 4 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) + 0:52 5 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) 6 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:57 7 CARUSO, Damiano (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 1...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 10

Stage 10 Results 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 4:25:05 2 HUZARSKI, Bartosz (NETAPP) + 0:02 3 VISCONTI, Giovanni (MOVISTAR) 4 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 0:06 5 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 6 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 7 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte (RABOBANK) 8 CATALDO, Dario (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) General Classification after Stage 10 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 40:27:34 2 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:17 3 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) + 0:32 4 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) + 0:52 5 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) 6 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:57 7 CARUSO, Damiano (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 1:02 8 CATALDO, Dario (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) + 1...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 9

Stage 9 Results 1 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José (MOVISTAR) 3:39:15 2 FELLINE, Fabio (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 3 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) 4 CARUSO, Damiano (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 5 SCHORN, Daniel (NETAPP) 6 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KATUSHA) 7 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 8 BRANDLE, Matthias (NETAPP) 9 BELLETTI, Manuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 10 IMPEY, Daryl (ORICA-GREENEDGE) General Classification after Stage 9 1 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 36:02:40 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 0:09 3 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) + 0:15 4 KREUZIGER, Roman (ASTANA) + 0:35 5 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) 6 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:40 7 CARUSO, Damiano (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 0:45 8 CATALDO, Dario (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) + 0:46 9 SCHLECK, Frank (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN)...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 8

Stage 8 Results 1 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) 6:06:05 2 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) + 0:23 3 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 0:27 4 DE GENDT, Thomas (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) 5 CATALDO, Dario (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 6 CARUSO, Damiano (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 7 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) 8 HUZARSKI, Bartosz (NETAPP) 9 RUJANO GUILLEN, José (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 10 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 11 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 12 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) 13 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) 14 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE - ISD) 15 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) General Classification after Stage 8 1 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 32:23:25 2 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 0:09 3 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) + 0:15 4 KREUZIGER, Roman...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 7

Stage 7 Results 1 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) 5:51:03 2 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) 3 SCHLECK, Frank (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 0:03 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 5 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:05 6 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) + 0:09 7 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA) 8 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 9 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI) + 0:11 10 BRAMBILLA, Gianluca (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) 11 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY PROCYCLING) 12 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR) 13 CAPECCHI, Eros (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 14 PAUWELS, Serge (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 15 GADRET, John (AG2R LA MONDIALE) General Classification after Stage 7 1 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 26:16:53 2 TIRALONGO, Paolo (ASTANA) + 0:15 3 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA)...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 6

Stage 6 Results 1 RUBIANO CHAVEZ, Miguel Angel (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 5:38:30 2 MALORI, Adriano (LAMPRE - ISD) + 1:10 3 GOLAS, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 4 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr (ASTANA) 5 BENEDETTI, Cesare (NETAPP) 6 IMPEY, Daryl (team code missing) + 1:51 7 POZZATO, Filippo (FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA) 8 SABATINI, Fabio (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) 9 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José (MOVISTAR) 10 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 11 SOUPE, Geoffrey (FDJ-BIG MAT) 12 VISCONTI, Giovanni (MOVISTAR) 13 BAKELANTS, Jan (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) 14 FELLINE, Fabio (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 15 BAK, Lars Ytting (LOTTO BELISOL) 16 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 17 COLBRELLI, Sonny (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) 18 PAUWELS, Serge (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 19 SMUKULIS, Gatis (KATUSHA) 20 LAGUTIN,...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 5

Stage 5 Results 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (SKY PROCYCLING)            4:43:15 2 GOSS, Matthew Harley (Orica-GreenEdge) 3 BENNATI, Daniele (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) 4 HUNTER, Robert (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 5 MODOLO, Sacha (COLNAGO - CSF INOX) 6 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KATUSHA) 7 FAVILLI, Elia (FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA) 8 BELLETTI, Manuel (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 9 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ-BIG MAT) 10 JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen (SAXO BANK) General Classification after Stage 5 1 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 14:45:13 2 HUNTER, Robert (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:05 3 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:11 4 GOSS, Matthew Harley (Orica-GreenEdge) + 0:13 5 CAVENDISH, Mark (SKY PROCYCLING) + 0:14 6 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY PROCYCLING) + 0:16 7 BOARO, Manuele (SAXO...

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Giro d'Italia 2012 Stage 18

Stage 18 Results 1 GUARDINI, Andrea (FARNESE VINI - SELLE ITALIA) 3:00:52 2 CAVENDISH, Mark (SKY PROCYCLING) 3 FERRARI, Roberto (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) 4 HUNTER, Robert (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) 5 HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian (SAXO BANK) 6 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) 7 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KATUSHA) 8 CHICCHI, Francesco (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) 9 SOUPE, Geoffrey (FDJ-BIG MAT) 10 VANENDERT, Dennis (LOTTO BELISOL) General Classification after Stage 18 1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) 77:47:38 2 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN-BARRACUDA) + 0:30 3 BASSO, Ivan (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 1:22 4 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE - ISD) + 1:38 5 URAN URAN, Rigoberto...

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