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New Zealand’s parliament took a step closer on Tuesday to make it easier to arrest and prosecute terrorists planning attacks, just weeks after an assault by a knife-wielding assailant — inspired by the militant Islamic State group — wounded seven people at a supermarket. The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill passed its second reading in parliament with the ruling Labour Party and the main …

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