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Australia Backs Off From Burqa Plan
Australian lawmakers quashed a plan to make burqa wearers sit behind protective glass screens in Parliament, after warnings the measure could stoke tensions with the country’s large Muslim population-already rattled by tough new counterterror laws.
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I didn't know Australia had a large Muslim population; I thought they were very conservative over there.