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This Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows Faiza Silmi, a 32-year-old Moroccan, walking in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, 38 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Paris. A French parliamentary panel will recommend Tuesday a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in public areas from hospitals to schools but will stop short of pressing for the garb to be outlawed in the street, the panel's president says. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

This Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows Faiza Silmi, a 32-year-old Moroccan, walking in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, 38 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Paris. A French parliamentary panel will recommend Tuesday a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in public areas from hospitals to schools but will stop short of pressing for the garb to be outlawed in the street, the panel’s president says. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

This Jan. 12, 2010 photo shows Faiza Silmi, a 32-year-old Moroccan, walking in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, 38 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Paris. A French parliamentary panel will recommend Tuesday a ban on face-covering Muslim veils in public areas from hospitals to schools but will stop short of pressing for the garb to be outlawed in the street, the panel’s president says. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)


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