Germany
Stalemate on the Rhine and quagmire in Berlin
June 18, 2010Things are really happening in Germany - politics and economy in upheaval, and no one can tell what's next.
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Germany, Afghanistan, Gaza
June 1, 2010On the first such occasion in German history, President Horst Koehler, only a year into his second term, told a sudden press conference Monday that he was immediately resigning.
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Germany’s Left Party defies split predictions
May 17, 2010At the second congress of Die Linke, The Left, on Saturday, 558 delegates disappointed media "experts" by sticking together and moving ahead.
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Greece and Angela Merkel
May 11, 2010BERLIN (May 7) - Pity poor Angela! She's caughte between the rock of Greece and its economic woes, and the hard place of the May 9 elections in Germany's largest state.
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Germany: Left goes in, right goes out – or does it?
May 10, 2010BERLIN -- The state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the valleys of the Rhine and Ruhr is far and away the most populous German state, with 18 million people.
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