The spokesperson refuted the view that the plant would have helped farmers deal with an EU directive on nitrates.

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In late 1988, relations between the United States and Germany were seriously strained when a long-running, secret conflict over U.S. allegations tying a German company, Imhausen, to the then-nearly complete Libyan chemical warfare plant at Rabta broke into public view.

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They'll have a great view of the nuclear power plant.

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But The New York Times reported Thursday that it had been given a brief tour of the plant, which it says is about 15 minutes from Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, and that "hundreds" of employees appear to work making the Nexus Q.

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