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US sidesteps German report on mass spying sweeps
February 25, 2014
The United States today declined to comment on claims that its spies are conducting sweeping surveillance of hundreds of prominent Germans, though it did not deny the reports.
The claims by a newspaper, following a transatlantic row over revelations that Washington's National Security Agency intercepted Chancellor Angela Merkel's communications, marked another test for wobbling US-German relations.