Berlin tells CIA station chief to leave in spy scandal

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1 of 2. People pass the entrance to the U.S. embassy in Berlin October 28, 2013.

'The request was made in light of the ongoing investigation by the chief federal prosecutor and questions that have been raised for months about the activities of U.S. intelligence services in Germany,' Steffen Seibert said in a statement.

(Reporting by Stephen Brown and Michelle Martin)