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epa03540366 German Economics Minister Philipp Roesler delivers a speech on the annual economic report of the German government at the German 'Bundestag' parliament in Berlin, Germany, 17 January 2013. The German government on 16 January had slashed its 2013 growth forecast to 0.4 per cent, in another sign the euro debt crisis is dragging down the nation's economic performance. Berlin had previously forecast 1-per-cent growth for Europe's biggest economy. EPA/MICHAEL KAPPELER