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However, to allow the declaration element of Massa's case to proceed "comes too close in my view to impinging on the right of the FIA to govern its own affairs", the judge said.

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Since neither option was a possibility, “for the time being, no dramatic initiatives are available to reverse this state of affairs.”

Johann Wadephul, Germany’s foreign affairs minister, told reporters Wednesday that his country hadn’t been briefed on the specifics of the proposal.

American International Group pulled John Neal’s appointment as the insurer’s second-in-command after it discovered his previous employer launched an investigation into an alleged workplace affair, according to people familiar with the matter.

Vincent Karremans, economic affairs minister, said that he considered it right to suspend action, made under the Goods Availability Act, ahead of further talks with the Chinese government.

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