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1316:Shods
1296:Bakos
1244:Miami
1091:, in
859:Notes
664:(68)
624:(61)
569:(84)
534:Year
465:Rafah
461:Egypt
327:Egypt
261:UTC+3
240:UTC+2
216:Egypt
1331:Glim
1049:2013
984:ISBN
947:ISBN
911:ISBN
845:HMS
798:(0)
793:(0)
788:(0)
783:(0)
742:16.2
737:11.7
732:15.6
727:18.9
722:21.4
717:22.5
712:22.1
707:20.3
702:16.7
697:13.6
692:11.4
687:10.2
672:20.5
667:15.9
657:23.5
652:25.5
647:26.5
642:25.9
637:24.6
632:21.6
627:18.5
617:14.3
612:13.7
602:24.9
597:20.1
592:24.5
587:28.2
582:29.7
577:30.6
572:29.7
562:26.6
557:23.5
552:20.6
547:18.4
542:17.8
531:Dec
528:Nov
525:Oct
522:Sep
519:Aug
516:Jul
513:Jun
510:May
507:Apr
504:Mar
501:Feb
498:Jan
463:are
388:Nile
375:and
347:Name
265:EEST
18:HMS
1178:".
1163:".
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816:183
682:9.7
317:or
294:or
254:DST
244:EET
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