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index c8c7f3aa112..26bd9196d36 100644
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 Interpolation/doc_tex/Interpolation/nn_coords.pdf -text svneol=unset#application/pdf
 Interpolation/doc_tex/Interpolation/nn_coords.xml svneol=native#text/xml
+Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Line_2_intersection.h -text
 Interval_skip_list/doc_tex/Interval_skip_list/query.png -text
 Interval_skip_list/examples/Interval_skip_list/terrain.pts -text
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diff --git a/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h
index e533f26327d..41275ab299c 100644
--- a/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h
+++ b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ do_intersect(const typename K::Circle_2 & circ1,
 
 } // namespace CGALi
 
-
 template <class K>
 inline
 bool
diff --git a/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Line_2_intersection.h b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Line_2_intersection.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce2948262ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Line_2_intersection.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2000  Utrecht University (The Netherlands),
+// ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany),
+// INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
+// (Germany), Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany), RISC Linz (Austria),
+// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org); you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
+// See the file LICENSE.LGPL distributed with CGAL.
+//
+// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
+// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
+//
+// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
+// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+//
+// $URL: svn+ssh://pmachado@scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h $
+// $Id: Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h 39776 2007-08-08 15:15:20Z spion $
+// 
+//
+// Author(s)     : Geert-Jan Giezeman
+
+
+#ifndef CGAL_CIRCLE_2_LINE_2_INTERSECTION_H
+#define CGAL_CIRCLE_2_LINE_2_INTERSECTION_H
+
+#include <CGAL/Circle_2.h>
+#include <CGAL/Line_2.h>
+#include <CGAL/Object.h>
+#include <CGAL/squared_distance_2_1.h>
+
+CGAL_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+namespace CGALi {
+
+template <class K>
+bool
+do_intersect(const typename K::Circle_2 & c, 
+	     const typename K::Line_2& l,
+	     const K&)
+{
+    return squared_distance(c.center(), l) <= c.squared_radius();
+}
+
+template <class K>
+bool
+do_intersect(const typename K::Line_2& l, 
+	     const typename K::Circle_2 & c,
+	     const K&)
+{
+    return squared_distance(c.center(), l) <= c.squared_radius();
+}
+
+} // namespace CGALi
+
+template <class K>
+inline
+bool
+do_intersect(const Circle_2<K> & c, 
+	     const Line_2<K> & l)
+{
+  typedef typename K::Do_intersect_2 Do_intersect;
+  return Do_intersect()(c, l);
+}
+
+template <class K>
+inline
+bool
+do_intersect(const Line_2<K> & l, 
+	     const Circle_2<K> & c)
+{
+  typedef typename K::Do_intersect_2 Do_intersect;
+  return Do_intersect()(c, l);
+}
+
+
+CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/intersection_2_3.h b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/intersection_2_3.h
index aa96425b835..717b8f8927a 100644
--- a/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/intersection_2_3.h
+++ b/Intersections_2/include/CGAL/intersection_2_3.h
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
 #define CGAL_INTERSECTION_2_3_H
 
 #include <CGAL/Circle_2_Circle_2_intersection.h>
+#include <CGAL/Circle_2_Line_2_intersection.h>
 
 #endif