When German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared at a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday, she expected the Middle East to be the main item on the agenda. But instead she found herself answering questions about a data CD that presents the German government with a tricky moral dilemma and could lead to a spat with Switzerland.
But Merkel was adamant that the CD was worth the risk. "Everything should be done to get this data," she said. "If this data is relevant, it must be our objective to acquire it," she said.
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