Germany, U.S. to ink no-spying deal in 2014: report Germany and the United States plan to ink a no-spy agreement next year. The agreement is to prohibit the bilateral spying of citizens and governments. The initative came after German and U.S. officials held talks at the White House earlier in the week. BERLIN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Germany and the United States plan to ink a no-spy agreement next year to prohibit the bilateral spying of citizens and governments as a consequence of the U.S. spying scandal, a German newspaper reported in its Sunday edition. The initative came after German and U.S. officials held talks at the White House earlier in the week, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. After alleged U.S. tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, Merkel sent officials to Washington to clarify the allegations and to work out "a new basis of trust." However, some parliamentarians voiced doubt, saying Washington could use such an agreement to alleviate concerns over its spying activities without making any changes on its mass surveillance in Europe. Video: Berlin, Paris demand "no-spying pact" with US by end of year Video: German gov't ready to meet Snowden on US spying Obama aware of spying on Merkel: German paper BERLIN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama was aware of the alleged monitoring of mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday. The paper quoted U.S. intelligence sources as saying that U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) chief Keith Alexander briefed Obama on the operation against Merkel in 2010 but the president did not halt the operation. Bild also said the NSA targeted not only Merkel's business mobile phone but also her official telephone device. Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats have agreed to hold the special session on Nov. 18 to address the possible U.S. spying on the mobile phone communications of the German chancellor. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander on Tuesday told lawmakers that the recent media reports about the agency's spying on European allies are "completely false." Top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the U.S. Congress, the first of its kind following recent media disclosures about U.S. spying on European allies, including millions of citizens in France and Spain and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel.