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Fri 11 Nov 2007German media's calls recorded by policeGermany:German journalists may soon have to meet their sources in underground car parks, Watergate-style, after the exposure of a wave of electronic phone taps.Reporters from state broadcaster NDR, Tageszeitung newspaper and the Spiegel Online website have complained that their phone conversations with sources were recorded, transcribed and put into police files without their knowledge.