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Wed 08 Aug 2001Number of extremist German Internet sites soarThe number of German-language racist or extreme rightwing Internet sites has tripled since 1999 to around 1,000, North RhineWestphalia justice minister Mr Joechen Dieckmann said today.In a statement on Internet crime on the eve of a conference in Duesseldorf on rightwing extremism on the Internet, Mr Dieckmann said Internet access providers had a duty to control content.