The lower house of the Polish Parliament approved a bill to set up protective zones around the sites of eight former Nazi death camps in Poland. The bill, which still needs the approval of the upper house, would bar business activity at the sites and require special permits for public gatherings. The bill would also give the Polish government the power to remove some 200 crosses that were erected last year by Catholic fundamentalists near Auschwitz.
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