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| Compiled on April 30, 2014, 05:52 PM CET |
| LITTLE LOVE FOR SANCTIONS Ukraine Crisis A Tightrope Walk for German Businesses As Moscow continues to escalate the situation in Ukraine, public and political pressure is turning against German companies who do business with Russia. The countries' economic ties make disengagement next to impossible. |
| NSA WHAT? Spying Scandal Unlikely to Dominate Merkel's US Visit German Chancellor Merkel expects little progress in clarifying the NSA affair in Washington this week. She is still angered by US spying on her cell phone communications, but will instead address the Ukraine crisis and free trade with President Obama. |
