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 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Authorities seeking to prevent more racial unrest in Sydney were keeping a close watch on places of worship, as Prime Minister John Howard acknowledged Wednesday this week's riots may have harmed Australia's image abroad.
Police were investigating whether an early morning fire at a Protestant church in Sydney was related to the rioting that gripped the city's beachside suburbs Sunday and Monday. Another church in the neighborhood, which has a large Middle Eastern population, had its windows smashed overnight.
"Incidents like this don't play well around the world," Howard said on the sidelines of an East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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