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Proof: Ruto's re-election bid caught between IMF's tough conditions and Kenyans pleading for relief

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d3379bf8a5791edcb9f254a5e71e5cf63fbe75668f4c688e84a9e627e8d72a0e

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d3379bf8a579.json prints d3379bf8a5791edcb9f254a5e71e5cf63fbe75668f4c688e84a9e627e8d72a0e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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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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