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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Map srs="+proj=merc +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=0 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs" bgcolor="steelblue">
+
+    <Style name="labels">
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <Filter>([name]='CHILE')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" halo_radius="1"
+            name="'45˚ angle'" orientation="45" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <Filter>([name]='Australia')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" halo_radius="1"
+            name="'- 45˚ angle'" orientation="-45" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo1">
+            <Filter>([name]='Brazil')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" halo_radius="1"
+            name="'90˚ angle'" orientation="90" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <Filter>([name]='Mongolia')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" halo_radius="1"
+            name="'- 90˚ angle'" orientation="-90" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <Filter>([name]='Sudan')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" halo_radius="1"
+            name="'180˚ angle'" orientation="180" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <Filter>([name]='United States')</Filter>
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" 
+            name="'no rotation of text'"  halo_radius="1" />
+        </Rule>
+        <Rule title="foo">
+            <ElseFilter />
+            <TextSymbolizer face_name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="15" 
+            name="[name]"  halo_radius="1" />
+        </Rule>
+    </Style>
+
+    <Layer name="point" srs="+init=epsg:4326">
+        <StyleName>labels</StyleName>
+        <Datasource>
+            <Parameter name="extent">-180,-70,180,70</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="file">../sqlite/qgis_spatiallite.sqlite</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="geometry_field">geometry</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="key_field">pkuid</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="table">point</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="type">sqlite</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="use_spatial_index">1</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="wkb_format">spatialite</Parameter>
+        </Datasource>
+    </Layer>
+    
+</Map>