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Wed 10 Oct 2008Germany to allow domestic military deployments for first time since 1945
GERMANY:THE GERMAN government has signed off on plans for a constitutional amendment to allow domestic military deployments for the first time since 1945, writes Derek Scallyin Berlin.
After years of debate and a long-running cabinet row, a compromise - once agreed by parliament - will allow German soldiers to help out local police in limited circumstances such as natural disasters.
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