md5 strange error

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I have this error , what happen ?

Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 30 2008, 15:41:38)
[GCC 4.3.2 20080917 (Red Hat 4.3.2-4)] on linux2
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>>> import md5
>>> pass = md5.new()
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    pass = md5.new()
         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> m = md5.new()
>>> n = md5.new()

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