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Austrian Court Deals Blow to Government's Plan to Cut Benefits

Austria's Constitutional Court on Monday dealt a blow to the government's plans to cut benefits for groups including refugees, striking down identical rules in one province and saying refugees deserve special treatment. Austria's parliamentary election in October was dominated by Europe's immigration crisis, when it took in some of the largest numbers of asylum-seekers in the European Union, relative to its population. Conservatives led by immigration hard-liner...

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