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| | Germany - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | It is bound by Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, the Baltic Sea to the northeast, Denmark to the north, the North Sea to the northwest, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the west, Switzerland to the south and Austria to the south and southeast. |
 | | Also in 1991 Germany contributed some US$5.5 billion towards the United States costs in the Gulf War as it was unable to send troops outside of the NATO area due to the country's constitution, while other military aid was donated to other alliance partners. |
 | | As a result Germany's independent central bank, the Bundesbank, called for strict control of public finances and announced that as a result of the governments failure to cut spending that there would be no lowering of Germany's high interest rates. |
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