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    "byline": "By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and AP",
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    "excerpt": "The US has pushed back on the IRGC\u2019s claims, dismissing them as an attempt to increase oil prices ahead of US elections.",
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    "title": "Iran says seven ships hit in Hormuz Strait, warns US of wider response"
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