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-version 1.0pre2              xx xx xx
- * Internationalized, Dutch translation available.
+version 1.0pre2              May 31 2000
+ * Internationalized, Dutch translation available
  * Many sanity checks on the meta protocol added
 
 version 1.0pre1              May 12 2000