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The CSS Validator does not find a style sheet when it's enclosed in <style type = 'TEXT/CSS'> ... </style>
As far as I know this problem lies in the HTML validator classes that redirects to the CSS validator itself
Fixed, see http://qa-dev.w3.org:8001/css-validator/