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 	    <h3>Latest News</h3>
 
+	    <p>
+	      <strong>2003-11-02:</strong> The <a
+	      href="ftp://ftp.mostang.com/pub/sane/sane-backends-1.0.13-pre1.tar.gz">first
+	      pre-release of sane-backends 1.0.13</a> is now available. Please
+	      test and send any bug reports to our <a href="bugs.html">bug
+	      tracking system</a>.
+	    </p>
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 	      <strong>2003-10-10:</strong> This is the timetable for the next
 	      release of sane-backends (1.0.13):<br>