On Tuesday, farmer Engelbert Bergmann, 55, from Frankfurt, received a letter written by soldier Emil Adam, a neighbour of his grandfather.

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Mr Bergmann added that the doctor's interests were outweighed by the need to maintain public confidence in the medical profession and in the GMC.

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Looking at the impact of the European debt crisis on Asian manufacturing is something that has already happened, Bergmann says, now you have to look at what may happen, which is the impact of Japan on the entire world.

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