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By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 5:15 PM

The Obama administration will announce this afternoon that it is rejecting a Canadian firm’s application for a permit to build and operate the Keystone XL pipeline, a massive project that would have stretched from Canada’s oil sands to refineries in Texas, according to people who have been briefed on the matter.

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