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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1023_brown_rihanna_karrueche_tmz_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/23/1023-brown-rihanna-karrueche-tmz-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Brown&lt;/strong&gt;'s recently-dumped ex&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Karrueche Tran&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;still believes she has a future with the singer -- in fact, Karrueche is telling friends,&amp;#160;she's not gonna stop trying to get with CB just because&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Rihanna&lt;/strong&gt;'s back in the picture. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources close to Karrueche tell TMZ, she was hurt when &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/04/chris-brown-dumped-karrueche-rihanna/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brown gave her the axe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a few weeks ago ... but she never stopped loving him -- and now, she is on a mission to get him back.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Karrueche got used to a certain level of celebrity while dating the singer, and she's not ready to \"go back to being basic\" -- even if that means messing around with Brown, while he's messing with RiRi.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, we're told Karrueche hopes to edge Rihanna back out of the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Case in point -- Karrueche and CB were spotted hanging out together Monday in Burbank, CA ... two days after Rihanna and CB were spotted together in L.A. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we previously reported, CB broke up with Karrueche earlier this month -- citing RiRi as the reason -- saying, \"I love Karrueche very much but I don't want to see her hurt over my friendship with Rihanna.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1023-chris_brown_Karrueche-Tran_tmz_wm_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/23/1023-chris-brown-karrueche-tran-tmz-wm-7.jpg\" /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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