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        3/11/2008, Adar Bet 4, 5768

      Belgian Restitution to Holocaust Survivors Approved


      The Belgian government and banks will pay $54 million to claimants whose property and goods in the country were looted by the Nazis during World War II. Some of the money will also go to create a trust to provide assistance to the poor and a memorial to create a permanent reminder of the Holocaust.

      In addition, Holocaust survivors, families of those who did not survive and the Jewish community will receive a total of $170 milliion in restitution payments as well.