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	1 Introduction
	2 The Galactic stellar warp
	3 The stellar warp as traced by RC stars
	4 The stellar warp as traced by RGB stars
	5 The Galactic flare
	6 The warped and flared Galactic disk and the connection with stellar over-densities
	7 Galactic structure to  kpc in the outer Galaxy: what do we expect?
	8 Discussion and conclusions
	Appendix A: The absence of peculiar CMa radial velocity signature
	Appendix B: The possible shortage of an old (9 Gyr) and metal poor CMa stellar population
	Appendix C: The negative vertical velocity of the Canis Major
	Appendix D: The "narrowness'' of CMa main sequence
	Appendix E: CMa and the Orion arm connection
	References

	List of tables
	List of figures