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Thousands in Berlin Protest COVID-19 Restrictions

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   Thousands of demonstrators rallied Wednesday in central Berlin to
   protest the parliamentary vote that would give Chancellor Angela
   Merkel's government powers to enforce restrictions aimed at curbing the
   spread of COVID-19.

   Germany's lower and upper houses of parliament are due to vote and pass
   laws Wednesday that could allow the government to impose restrictions
   on social contact, rules on mask-wearing, drinking alcohol in public,
   shutting shops and stopping sports events.
   Although most Germans accept the latest limited lockdown to tackle a
   second wave of the virus, a minority of right-wing critics say the law
   gives the government too much power. The far-right Alternative for
   Germany (AfD) has even compared the measures to the Enabling Act of
   1933 that paved the way Hitler's Nazi dictatorship.

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