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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def newNode(name):
 """Create a new Node """

    ret = libxml2mod.xmlNewNode(name)
    if ret is None:raise treeError('xmlNewNode() failed')
    return xmlNode(_obj=ret)