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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for an investigation into possible spying on high-level Japanese government and corporate officials following WikiLeaks' release last week of a list of spying targets, Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday.

BERLIN - The U.S. National Security Agency tapped phone calls involving German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her closest advisers for years and spied on the staff of her predecessors, according to WikiLeaks.

BERLIN - The U.S. National Security Agency tapped phone calls involving German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her closest advisers for years and spied on the staff of her predecessors, WikiLeaks said on Wednesday.

PARIS - France swiftly rejected on Friday a request for asylum by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

LONDON - U.S. and European security authorities are investigating whether a previously unknown leaker provided sensitive intelligence documents to WikiLeaks about alleged U.S. spying on French politicians, according to sources familiar with the matter.

PARIS - France will send a senior French intelligence official to the United States in the coming days to discuss a WikiLeaks report that Washington spied on three French presidents between at least 2006 and 2012.

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius summoned the U.S. ambassador to France on Wednesday to explain a WikiLeaks report that the United States spied on three French presidents between at least 2006 and 2012, a French diplomatic source said.

PARIS - The United States National Security Agency spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, WikiLeaks said in a press statement published on Tuesday, citing top secret intelligence reports and technical documents.

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande called a secret meeting of his cabinet about the potential consequences of a Greek exit from the euro zone as early as May 2012, WikiLeaks said on Tuesday, citing U.S. National Security Agency secret intelligence reports.

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