The German Parliament is likely to delay a vote giving final approval to compensating Nazi-era slave laborers, according to a government spokeswoman. The announcement came after a U.S. judge delayed a decision on whether to dismiss class-action lawsuits filed by Holocaust survivors until she received more information about how the new slave labor fund will be handled.
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