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BERLIN, Nov 17 (KUNA) -- The Interior Minister of Lower Saxony said in
remarks published Wednesday he would propose, at a meeting of interior
ministers of local states due in Hamburg on Thursday, reinforcing security
precautions in predominantly-Muslim districts.
Owe Schurmann, in remarks published by the German daily, "Neueosnabrucker
Zeitung," said this measure, along with other precautions such as banning
Muslim fundamentalists from using computers or mobile telephones, was part of
a national program to protect the nation against terrorist attacks.
The plan is also designed to prevent Muslim hardliners from venturing into
mosques and search computers possessed by suspected terrorists.
Elaborating, the official said the conferees, at tomorrow's gathering,
would also discuss measures for safe transfer of nuclear waste, stressing that
the federal authorities should bear the responsibility of covering costs of
the transfer of such hazardous materials. (end)
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