FILE PHOTO: Members of German government and parliament stand as they sing the national anthem during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's equality czar wants to remove words like "fatherland" and "brotherly" from the country's national anthem, following Canada and Austria in adopting gender neutral phrases.