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FILES – Picture taken on March 30, 2010 shows German national of Lebanese origin Khaled el-Masri sitting at the start of his trial at court in Memmingen, southern Germany, where he was accused of beating the mayor of Neu-Ulm, southern Germany in September 2009. Washington pressured Berlin not to enforce arrest warrants against CIA agents involved in the alleged 2003 abduction of German citizen of Lebanese origin, Khaled el-Masri, leaked documents showed on December 9, 2010. In one of the most notorious examples of alleged “renditions” of “war on terror” suspects under the government of former US president George W. Bush, Masri says he was abducted by US agents in Macedonia on December 31, 2003. AFP PHOTO DDP/ SEBASTIAN WIDMANN GERMANY OUT