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By Christine Kearney
New York - A US judge ruled on Wednesday that lawsuits seeking monetary damages can continue against five large companies accused of aiding South Africa's former apartheid system of racial segregation.
But US District Judge Shira Scheindlin also dismissed claims against banks UBS AG and Barclays Bank Plc and electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd.
"Corporate defendants accused of merely doing business with the apartheid Government of South Africa have been dismissed," Scheindlin said in her ruling.
The judge allowed at least some claims made by tens of thousands of South African plaintiffs in two lawsuits in US federal court to proceed against automakers General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Daimler AG as well as International Business Machines and Rheinmetall AG.
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