We understood that the time was coming for the German problem to be addressed.

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In the German capital, the Berliner Morgenpost returned to the problem of knowing how many companies had used slave labour .

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For instance, as everyone by now must be aware, yesterday German regulators, in an effort to fix one problem, created another.

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There is, of course, something of an irony in the widespread belief that it is Jain's nationality that's the problem - which is that Ackermann may walk and talk like a German, but he is in fact Swiss.

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"Since arriving in Germany I have not been able to train without pain, " said the German who pulled out of the French Open at the second round stage due to the same problem.

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An opinion poll by the German Marshall Fund, in November, suggested that a majority of Americans and Europeans regard migration as a problem, not as an opportunity.

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