May 22, 2012
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Politics: 20 May 12
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Saturday the eurozone should not abandon fiscal reforms even as it pursues measures to revive growth, the White House said.
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National: 12 Apr 12
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday that "more resolute" UN Security Council action was needed in Syria, the White House said.
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National: 27 Feb 12
Germany said Sunday it had withdrawn its national and international staff from Afghan ministries after US members of NATO forces in Kabul were shot dead at the Afghan interior ministry.
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National: 24 Feb 12
Escalating unrest following the burning of the Koran by US soldiers has forced Germany to give up one of its Afghanistan bases earlier than planned.
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Politics: 22 Feb 12
Despite plenty of transatlantic tensions over the eurozone debt crisis, US President Barack Obama phoned German Chancellor Angela Merkel to congratulate her on concluding a new Greek bailout deal.
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National: 10 Feb 12
A German court handed down a life sentence Friday to a man who has confessed to killing two US soldiers at Frankfurt Airport in what has been called Germany's first deadly jihadist attack.
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Politics: 21 Jan 12
Germany's foreign minister assured Americans Friday that Europe left socialism behind two decades ago, despite statements to the contrary by Republicans on the US presidential campaign trail.
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National: 6 Jan 12
A popular Berlin theatre troupe has denied accusations that its adaptation of a Tony Award-winning play featuring a white man in blackface is racist, saying it's "tradition" for whites to play blacks in German theatre.
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National: 2 Jan 12
Germany has called for "concrete and verifiable" action from Iran over its nuclear drive, after Tehran signalled it was willing to resume negotiations with the international community.
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Lifestyle: 27 Dec 11
After a huge year for dramatic news, The Local has collected together five stories from our 2011 ‘Offbeat’ archive that may have slipped through your news filter.
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National: 20 Dec 11
German industrial giant Siemens has hired the American general fired for criticising US President Barack Obama in public – to head up its attempt to get more US government contracts.
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National: 5 Dec 11
The Bonn conference on Afghanistan to seek a way forward after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014 brought around 100 national delegations and aid organisations together on Monday.
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Business & Money: 27 Nov 11
Germany faced mounting pressure Sunday to let the European Central Bank (ECB) save the crisis-hit eurozone, as reports surfaced of IMF contingency bailout planning for a re-modelled Italy.
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Society: 6 Nov 11
Comedian Hape Kerkeling, the favourite to succeed host Thomas Gottschalk to host Germany's top television show Wetten, dass..?, told an audience of nearly 10 million on Saturday that he did not want the job.
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Politics: 3 Nov 11
Sigmar Gabriel, head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, has joined two other centre-left European leaders, Britain’s Ed Miliband and Sweden’s Hakan Juholt, ahead of the G20 summit to call for a "New Deal" for the world economy.
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Politics: 3 Nov 11
Germany and France have warned Greece it will not get “one more cent” from the European Union or International Monetary Fund unless Athens abides by the terms of a rescue deal agreed upon last week.
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Politics: 2 Nov 11
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has praised Germany’s role in the transatlantic alliance’s military operation in Libya, even though the German government refused to support it at the United Nations.
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Business & Money: 21 Oct 11
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron weighed in on the eurozone crisis with the French and German leaders Thursday, ahead of a crucial weekend EU summit, the White House said.
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Business & Money: 12 Oct 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel predicted Wednesday a eurozone bailout fund would be ratified this month despite rejection by Slovakia, and said all of Europe must help fight the crisis.
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National: 29 Sep 11
German MPs were set to back a beefed-up fund for debt-laden eurozone countries Thursday in a vote both key to stemming financial turmoil and a landmark test of Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership.
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Politics: 27 Sep 11
Greece promised to do its utmost on Tuesday to avert a financial meltdown in the eurozone while Germany told the United States to stop interfering by demanding Europe introduce more stimulus packages.
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Business & Money: 27 Sep 11
The credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s warned Tuesday that Germany’s top rating could be downgraded if Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government decides to pour more money into the European bailout fund.
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Politics: 20 Sep 11
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone Monday to discuss the need for action on the eurozone crisis and the Middle East, the White House said.
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National: 15 Sep 11
German comedian Martin Sonneborn is well-known for jokes bordering on the tasteless. But a satirical political billboard of him posing in blackface makeup as US President Barack Obama is sparking outrage.
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Politics: 13 Sep 11
US President Barack Obama increased the pressure on leading European nations including Germany to end the euro crisis, with a speech calling for decisive action to help the global economy.
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Society: 12 Sep 11
German film director Roland Emmerich has revealed that it's not easy being Green when his mother is around. She stopped sending him his postal vote forms to Hollywood when she learned of his environmentalist political leanings.
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National: 10 Sep 11
More than 100 German soldiers took part in NATO’s Libya operation, 10 times more than previously thought, the government has admitted.
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Society: 8 Sep 11
Philip Murphy, the US ambassador to Germany, has written an open letter admonishing German ‘jerks’ for racially abusing a black member of his staff in Berlin recently.
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Society: 7 Sep 11
A new pan-European survey has found that Germans see US President Barack Obama and American foreign policy more positively than most EU citizens.
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National: 6 Sep 11
After several months of strife between the United States and Germany over its Libya policies, an advisor to US President Barack Obama said Germany had been more involved in the NATO air campaign than widely thought.
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Politics: 28 Aug 11
US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed on the need for "concerted action" to spur global growth, the White House said after the leaders spoke by telephone late on Saturday.
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National: 27 Aug 11
German airline Lufthansa on Saturday cancelled all flights to and from New York for the rest of the weekend as the US East Coast braces for the landing of hurricane Irene.
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Politics: 25 Aug 11
Forbes magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman, calling her the "undisputed" leader of the European Union and head of its only "real global economy."
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Politics: 24 Aug 11
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Wednesday offered a blistering assessment of Germany’s current foreign policy, saying the country had become an erratic and unreliable partner to its closest allies.
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Politics: 18 Aug 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday jointly urged Syria's embattled leader Bashar Al-Assad to step down.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 11
German stocks fluctuated wildly on Tuesday amid continuing fears that the world was headed toward another severe recession. The DAX plunged over 7 percent at one point.
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Politics: 8 Aug 11
The German government warned on Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will forfeit legitimacy if his regime continues to carry out acts of violence against demonstrators. There were also calls to boycott Syrian gas and oil.
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National: 6 Aug 11
The leaders of Germany and France joined US President Barack Obama on Friday in pledging to consider new steps to punish Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his government over "indiscriminate" attacks on civilians.
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Politics: 20 Jul 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday evening in a hastily-arranged meeting a day before the European summit which will look at formulating a second rescue package for Greece.
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Politics: 14 Jun 11
Berlin believes unilateral moves – such as declaring Palestinian independence – would be "very counterproductive" to the Middle East peace process, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned on Tuesday.
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Politics: 11 Jun 11
A high-level German diplomatic mission to the Middle East will try to convince Palestinians next week to drop plans to gain UN recognition for an independent state.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 11
Barack Obama’s enthusiastic reception of Angela Merkel in Washington wasn't just politeness. As commentators in The Local's media roundup on Wednesday agree, the US was making clear it expects more from Germany.
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Politics: 8 Jun 11
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned Europe's debt crisis must not destabilize the global economy, as he laid on a effusive White House welcome for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Politics: 7 Jun 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived at the White House Tuesday, continuing an official US visit during which differences between the transatlantic allies over Libya and global economics are being masked by American pomp.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jun 11
Amid criticism that Germany has been shirking its global responsibilities, Dr. Jackson Janes from the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies analyzes the importance of Chancellor Merkel’s high-profile visit to Washington.
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Politics: 6 Jun 11
US President Barack Obama will ask Angela Merkel for a stronger German contribution to the military intervention in war-torn Libya when the chancellor visits Washington on Monday, according to a media report.
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Politics: 26 May 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor “stress tests” and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations.
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National: 24 May 11
German aviation authorities are implementing special supervision of flights as a cloud of volcanic ash is expected to reach the North Sea coast late on Tuesday.
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Politics: 23 May 11
Germany is helping mediate secret, direct talks between the United States and the Afghan Taliban, with meetings taking place on German soil, according to Der Spiegel magazine.
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Politics: 20 May 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed on Friday a speech by US President Barack Obama calling for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on 1967 borders, calling it "very
important."
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National: 14 May 11
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Israeli-Palestinian ties on Friday, a week before Netanyahu takes his battle against Palestinian statehood to Washington.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 11
Are Germans right to criticize the joyous reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden? Der Tagesspiegel’s Moritz Schuller detects a misplaced whiff of condescension.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 May 11
History’s most extensive and expensive manhunt has come to an end. In The Local's media roundup, the German press on Tuesday gauge the symbolism versus the reality.
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National: 2 May 11
The United States embassy as well as American military bases in Germany are on high alert to the risk of terrorist reprisals after President Barack Obama announced late Sunday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed.
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National: 17 Apr 11
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has said he will visit France next week and Germany in May to seek advice on the creation of a Palestinian state.
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Politics: 5 Apr 11
US President Barack Obama will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to a White House state dinner on June 7, and present her with America’s highest civilian award, the White House announced late Monday.
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Business & Money: 29 Mar 11
Germany has outpaced the United States as the number two player in clean energy while China keeps racing ahead as the world's green investment leader, a study said Tuesday.
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National: 2 Mar 11
Two US servicemen were shot dead at Frankfurt Airport and at least two others seriously injured on Wednesday after a man opened fire on bus for American soldiers. President Obama and Chancellor Merkel expressed shock and outrage.
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Politics: 1 Mar 11
Former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg suffered a fall from grace even more sudden than his gravity-defying rise. A profile of Germany's most popular politician.
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Politics: 25 Feb 11
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle renewed his call for sanctions against Libya on Friday as US President Barack Obama tried to coordinate a quick effort by world leaders to respond to the intensifying crisis in the North African country.
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Politics: 5 Feb 11
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia in Munich on Saturday, a showpiece of Washington's "reset" of ties with its former Cold War enemy.
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National: 2 Feb 11
The Egyptian people have reacted angrily at the delay, but on Wednesday German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he welcomed President Hosni Mubarak’s announcement that he would surrender power in September.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 11
Germans love free thinkers, but they're apparently not so hot on free speech. The reactions to the Giffords shooting in Arizona have revived the spectre of anti-Americanism, argues Malte Lehming from Der Tagesspiegel.
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Politics: 23 Dec 10
Germany praised the US Senate's ratification of a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia late on Wednesday and urged Moscow to quickly grant its own final approval.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Dec 10
Not used to glamorous politicians, Germans are both dazzled and dismayed by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and his wife Stephanie. But Der Tagesspiegel’s Malte Lehming believes that might be changing.
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National: 12 Dec 10
The leaders of economic powerhouses Germany and India said Saturday they were confident they could boost bilateral trade by some €7 billion euros, or about $9 billion, in the next two years.
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Politics: 8 Dec 10
The US ambassador to Berlin, Philip Murphy, sought Wednesday to stem the diplomatic damage from awkward cables on WikiLeaks, calling Germany's maligned Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle "a friend."
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Nov 10
As Washington scrambled on Monday to explain leaked diplomatic communiqués disparaging leaders in Berlin, newspapers in The Local’s media roundup tried to assess the damage to German-American relations.
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National: 20 Nov 10
NATO has set out its gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan, with responsibility for security to be handed over to domestic authorities by the end of 2014, at a summit meeting which started in Lisbon on Saturday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
Success breeds resentment – so it's little wonder other countries including the US are jealous of Germany's booming economy. But even Germans don't seem to like it when things are going well, says Der Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming.
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Politics: 18 Nov 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States, the White House said late on Wednesday.
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Politics: 13 Nov 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the Burmese authorities to release the more than 2,000 political prisoners in the country, while applauding Saturday’s release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Business & Money: 11 Nov 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday attacked "political" limits on national trade surpluses, hitting back at US proposals to tackle world economic imbalances.
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National: 7 Nov 10
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle embarked on a two-day trip to Israel and the Gaza Strip Sunday aimed at promoting a new start to peace talks and monitoring development efforts.
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National: 1 Nov 10
Germany has extended a ban on air freight from Yemen to passenger flights, a Transport Ministry spokesman said Monday, after parcel bombs posted in that country were found on US-bound cargo flights.
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Politics: 29 Oct 10
A Bavarian political scientist warned on Friday that Germans should temper their enthusiasm over rising star Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, saying it could lead to a disappointing “Obama effect.”
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Business & Money: 12 Oct 10
German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle cautioned upon arriving in China Tuesday that a global trade war was brewing, amid wide differences between key trading nations on currency policy.
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Politics: 7 Oct 10
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was named by Norwegian media on Thursday as a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in Germany’s reunification and the creation of the European Union.
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National: 3 Oct 10
Germany's President Christian Wulff Sunday paid tribute to the courage of those who threw off the shackles of communism, as the country celebrated 20 years since reunification after decades of Cold War division.
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National: 3 Oct 10
Germany Sunday was celebrating the 20th anniversary of its reunification, when the capitalist West and communist East merged after decades of Cold War division that ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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National: 29 Sep 10
Western intelligence agencies have uncovered an al-Qaida plot to launch attacks in Germany France, and Britain by Pakistan-based extremists, security sources and media reports said Wednesday.
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National: 16 Sep 10
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Thursday two former inmates at the US prison camp in Guantanamo have arrived in Germany after spending nearly nine years in the terrorist detention centre.
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Society: 21 Jul 10
British Prime Minister David Cameron made a soul-searing confession before the eyes of the world on Tuesday - that he had cheered for Germany after they vanquished England at the World Cup.
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Business & Money: 11 Jul 10
European Central Bank chief economist Jürgen Stark has said "the worst is over" after a key ECB loan deadline passed smoothly and German data showed industrial production in Europe's top economy had soared in May.
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National: 7 Jul 10
Germany has agreed to take in two Guantanamo Bay prisoners after months of wrangling over security concerns following a US request, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced Wednesday.
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Politics: 5 Jul 10
The German office of Iran Air, the national carrier, dismissed Iranian reports Monday that Germany had refused to refuel Iranian passenger planes since Washington imposed unilateral sanctions.
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Politics: 28 Jun 10
Cheeks flushed, eyes shining, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was caught in a rare unguarded moment Sunday as she delighted in German victories on the football field and international stage.
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Politics: 25 Jun 10
As Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Canada for the G20 summit, Sigmar Gabriel, the head of the opposition Social Democrats, on Friday backed US criticism that her proposed austerity measures threaten the global economy.
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Business & Money: 24 Jun 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Wednesday night to stick to the government‘s tough savings programme and hit back at criticism from Washington that austerity by Europe’s biggest economy could put world growth at risk.
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Business & Money: 22 Jun 10
Britain, France and Germany have agreed to introduce levies on banks to make them help pay for global recovery, the European heavyweights said in a joint statement Tuesday.
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Politics: 19 Jun 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel directly contradicted US President Barack Obama on Saturday, saying spending cutbacks were now needed following the spate of throwing money at the global economic crisis.
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National: 31 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said Israel's deadly raid on an aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip had left her shocked and concerned about the fate of six Germans including two MPs.
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National: 29 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel is prepared to have Germany take in freed Guantanamo detainees despite having earlier refused US requests to do so, a magazine reported on Saturday.
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National: 11 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet on Tuesday approved Germany's share of a trillion-dollar rescue package for crisis-hit European countries amid reports she had been prodded by US President Barack Obama to take action.
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National: 9 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday took part in Moscow ceremonies to mark the end of World War II in Europe. Her invitation by President Dmitry Medvedev is seen as a sign of improving relations between Germany and Russia.
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Politics: 29 Apr 10
As pressure mounted on Berlin to tackle Greece's debt crisis, US President Barack Obama called Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday night and later issued a statement saying both leaders agreed on the need for "resolute action."
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Politics: 19 Apr 10
Even the world’s most powerful woman couldn’t do a damned thing this weekend amid the volcano chaos. Chancellor Angela Merkel was as helpless as the hundreds of thousands of other travellers, taking nearly three days to get home.
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National: 18 Apr 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled her planned trip to Poland to attend Sunday’s funeral service for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria.
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Politics: 15 Apr 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles she wanted to boost Germany’s relationship with California and use the west coast of the United States as a gateway to Asia.
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Politics: 13 Apr 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for better legal instruments to ensure the security of nuclear materials and prevent the construction of so-called dirty bombs at a summit in Washington, DC on Monday night.
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