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<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>text-align: start, dir=ltr</title>
<link rel='author' title='Richard Ishida' href='mailto:ishida@w3.org'>
<style type='text/css'>
.test { text-align: start; }
/* the CSS below is not part of the test */
.test, .ref { border: 1px solid orange;  margin: 20px; width: 300px; color: orange; font: 24px/24px Ahem; }
.ref { position: relative;  height: 24px; }
#rb1 { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; background-color: orange; width: 120px;  height: 24px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='instructions'>Test passes if the shading in both orange boxes is identical.</div>
<div dir="rtl">
<div class="ref"><div id="rb1"></div></div>
<div class="ref"><div id="rb1"></div></div>
</div>
</body>
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