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Berlin is witnessing a spate of arson attacks and the authorities appear to be powerless to stop them - despite nightly helicopter patrols and plainclothes police patrols on the ground.The problem is affecting the current election campaign in the capital: Chancellor Angela Merkel has weighed in on the debate, as both her party and its junior coalition partner the Free Democrats accuse the Berlin government of failure to act.