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	1 Introduction
	2 The data sets
	3 Lightcurve analysis
	4 Comparison of the datasets
	5 Period-luminosity relations
	6 Historical versus current periods
	7 Colour-colour diagrams
	8 Mira bulge population as function of latitude
	9 The orientation of the bar
	10 The distance to the galactic centre
	References
	Online Material
	Appendix A: The light curve analysis model
	Appendix B: Simulations of the Galactic bulge and foreground disk stars
	Appendix C: Comparing stellar evolution codes

	List of tables
	List of figures