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 ## Changelog
 
-### [1.6.1](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tags/v1.6.1) - unreleased
+### [1.7.0](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/tags/v1.7.0) - 20 Mar 2016
 
  * [Issue #10](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/10): Add [LoadURL,LoadURLs,MustLoadURL,MustLoadURLs](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.LoadURL) method to load properties from a URL.
  * [Issue #11](https://github.com/magiconair/properties/issues/11): Add [LoadString,MustLoadString](http://godoc.org/github.com/magiconair/properties#Properties.LoadString) method to load properties from an UTF8 string.
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 Overview [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/magiconair/properties.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/magiconair/properties)
 ========
 
-#### Current version: 1.6.0
+#### Current version: 1.7.0
 
 properties is a Go library for reading and writing properties files.