It was incredible, absolutely incredible, for a moment, that it was really my name that was coupled with this disgraceful suspicion.

They suggest that a suspect should be sampled from the same kind of tissue, whether hair or blood, say, as the tissue taken in evidence.

But it should also be given new authorities, including the ability to investigate suspected nuclear weapons-related activities even when no nuclear materials are present.

According to various reports, some 250 officials descended on the offices of the steel-maker as part of an investigation into suspected tax evasion.

The German Defense Ministry and Chancellery are aware of the targeted killing by US units of Taliban insurgents, many of whom are suspected of having committed attacks on the German army.