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November 15, 2000 

NEWARK, New Jersey-- (AP) - More than 1 million people who endured slave and forced labor under the Nazi regime are closer to obtaining compensation from Germany and German companies.

A federal judge on Monday granted requests from surviving laborers to dismiss about 50 lawsuits against German companies. Dismissal of the remaining lawsuits in U.S. courts, expected by the end of the year, would clear the way for payments to begin flowing from a dlrs 4.6 billion fund.

The German government and industry agreed to create the fund last year to compensate laborers under the condition they would receive protection from lawsuits mounting in the United States.