US-INTELLIGENCE-GERMANY-DIPLOMACY-FILES

US-INTELLIGENCE-GERMANY-DIPLOMACY-FILES

(FILES) A picture taken on September 6, 2013 shows US President Barack Obama (L) standing nearby Germanyâ??s Chancellor Angela Merkel during the family picture of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg. The German government has received information that US intelligence is spying on the mobile phone communications of Chancellor Merkel, her spokesman said on October 23, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV