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| Merkel calls Obama about 'US spying on her phone' | |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called US President Barack Obama after receiving information that the US may have spied on her mobile phone. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called US President Barack Obama after receiving information that the US may have spied on her mobile phone. |
| A spokesman for Ms Merkel said the German leader "views such practices... as completely unacceptable". | A spokesman for Ms Merkel said the German leader "views such practices... as completely unacceptable". |
| Ms Merkel has called on US officials to clarify the extent of their surveillance in Germany. | Ms Merkel has called on US officials to clarify the extent of their surveillance in Germany. |
| The White House said President Obama had told Chancellor Merkel the US was not snooping on her communications. | |
| "The United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor," White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday. | |
| 'Breach of trust' | |
| Mr Carney told reporters that Washington was examining concerns from Germany as well as France and other American allies over US intelligence practices. | |
| The call comes a day after US intelligence chief James Clapper denied reports that American spies had recorded data from 70 million phone calls in France in a single 30-day period. | |
| He said a report in Le Monde newspaper had contained "misleading information". | |
| The German government would not elaborate over how it gained its information about alleged US spying on its leader's communications. | |
| But news magazine Der Spiegel, which has published stories based on material from fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden, said the information had come from its investigations. | But news magazine Der Spiegel, which has published stories based on material from fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden, said the information had come from its investigations. |
| Berlin demanded "an immediate and comprehensive explanation" from Washington about what it said "would be a serious breach of trust". | |
| "Among close friends and partners, as the Federal Republic of Germany and the US have been for decades, there should be no such monitoring of the communications of a head of government," the statement. | |
| The statement said that Ms Merkel had told Mr Obama: "Such practices must be prevented immediately." | |
| The US has also seen other allies angry over spying concerns. | |
| Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a visit the US this month in protest at the alleged electronic espionage by the NSA against her country, including communications at her office. | |
| She rejected arguments put forward by the US that the interception of information was aimed at protecting nations against terrorism, drugs trafficking and other organised crime. | |
| US officials have begun a review of American intelligence gathering amid the international outcry. |