China could also pass Germany as the world's biggest exporter.

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Japan,Germany and China are key producers of the photovoltaic panels used to capture sunlight and pass it onto the electrical grid.

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His misses were to prove costly as Benzema then slotted home from Germany international Sami Khedira's pass inside the area on 37 minutes.

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Ethnic Turks born in Germany are twice as likely to pass the Abitur as those born in Turkey itself, though still only half as likely as native Germans to do so.

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The defeat makes it harder for Merkel to pass legislation, and because Germany is seen as the defacto leader of Europe, that could change how the EU acts on the sovereign debt crisis.

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