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Proof: On the run for 20 years, Ugandan warlord Kony still 'active' within the Lord's Resistance Army

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fb794a04a96da435855ef6282cd0043d849994a602a6d45ae134a2ce172aa3d6

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969637, mined 2026-10-02 21:40 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-fb794a04a96d.json prints fb794a04a96da435855ef6282cd0043d849994a602a6d45ae134a2ce172aa3d6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-fb794a04a96d.json and headline-fb794a04a96d.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-fb794a04a96d.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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