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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man suspected of helping a Libyan bid to acquire atomic weapons technology in 2001 has been released on bail, the federal prosecutor's office says. The man, who lives in South Africa and was named only as Gerhard W., 65, is suspected of passing on to a South African company a request from an illegal procurement network based in Dubai to supply Libya with gas centrifuge equipment used for uranium enrichment, the office said. Although the firm built the centrifuge, it was never delivered to Libya, it said, adding it was still looking into the extent...