The German chancellor found the evidence substantial enough to call the White House and demand clarification.
But the suspicions have prompted some in the French opposition to demand clarification of France's role in Ivory Coast, a former colony.
On Thursday, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, the chancellor's top security official, arrived in Washington to meet with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., among others, to discuss German anger over the allegations that the United States bugged the diplomatic missions of Germany and other European allies and demand clarification about the level of spying.
Boatmen in Punta Gorda on the Caribbean coast have refused to ferry heavy machinery to be used to begin construction, fearing their livelihoods will be harmed.In November the Nicaraguan Academy of Science convened a panel of experts to demand clarification of the impact of dredging sediment along a 105km stretch of Lake Nicaragua.
All three of us laugh, and I demand clarification: spitting beer at someone...deliberately?
"Mexican society, and the families of the young students who are sadly missing, rightly demand clarification of the facts and that justice is done," Peña Nieto says, in a televised speech.
Although many political observers cannot see profound or irreconcilable differences between the two documents, Sinn Fein has demanded "clarifications" and has alternated armed attacks and brief ceasefires, while London, in turn, has said, in essence, "Put down your arms for good and then we'll talk".
Mixed signals from senior Russian officials over how the propaganda law might be enforced during the Games have undercut assertions by the International Olympic Committee that gay athletes and spectators have nothing to worry about, and have left organizing officials facing harsh criticism and demanding clarifications from the Kremlin.
In stark contrast, the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights called the new law "discriminatory" and demanded clarifications from the country's constitutional court.
After initially tweeting about the decision to bring back U.S. troops "now," Trump this week said "we will be leaving at a proper pace while at the same time continuing to fight ISIS and doing all else that is prudent and necessary!" Kurdish officials, meanwhile, have demanded clarifications from the U.S. over its intentions.
