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KABUL, Afghanistan - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 07:11:01 -0400