UK PM David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence.
They also urged the Egyptian president to launch political reforms in the country.
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Merkel makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
December 18th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived early on Saturday in Kunduz accompanied by Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Chief of Staff Volker Wieker.
Her government will next month seek a renewed parliamentary mandate for its 4,800-strong Afghan mission.
Merkel: Euro will survive crisis
November 27th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed confidence euro will survive debt crisis, and that no member of the eurozone risks having to restructure its debt.
She spoke Thursday in Berlin, seeking to reassure financial markets as the euro was near a two-month low against the dollar.
Obama to award Bush ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’
November 18th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama has announced that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honour, to George W Bush next year. According to the New York Daily News, the decision has come a day after Bush gave a respectful nod to Obama at the groundbreaking of his library in Dallas. [...]
Yemen’s local and global terrorism: No quick fixes
November 4th, 2010 |
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Fighting terrorism in Yemen requires patience and partners
JUST as mist often cloaks its spiky mountain peaks, Yemen tends to fade from outsiders’ view until an alarming event there commands sudden interest. The foiling of al-Qaeda’s Halloween plot to sneak two parcel bombs onto aircraft bound for America is just such an attention-grabber.
The attackers hid the devices in ink cartridges inside computer printers and sent them by scheduled courier services from the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, addressed to synagogues in Chicago. The plan may have been to explode them en route, perhaps as the plane was landing. That highlights a security hole in global transport (see article) as did a separate series of primitive bombs sent, apparently by Greek leftists, to the German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European targets. …
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women 2010
October 7th, 2010 |
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First Lady Michelle Obama is the World’s Most Powerful Women, according to the latest ranking from Forbes Magazine. This year’s list of the Most Powerful Women on Earth brands singer Lady Gaga more powerful than the woman who is second-in-line to the US presidency, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mrs. O joins media moguls Oprah Winfrey [...]
German party calls for visas for Montenegrins
August 11th, 2010 |
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The Christian Social Union (CSU) on Tuesday criticized Montenegro’s decision to introduce an economic citizenship for well-known businesspeople. The party, a member of the ruling coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, requested a reintroduction of the visa regime for Montenegro.
“Europe must tackle big economic differences”
May 17th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told union leaders that Europe needs more financial regulation. More importantly, it needs to tackle the gap between its strongest and weakest economies, she said, Deutsche Welle reports.
Merkel coalition suffers big defeat
May 10th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition parties have suffered huge losses in elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. It robbed her government of a majority in the upper house of parliament.
Merkel cautious about handout for Greece
April 27th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for a stable European currency, urging debt-ridden Greece to implement tougher measures. Speaking to journalists in Berlin on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was resolute in her assessment of the Greek debt crisis, and said Greece must accept tough austerity measures over a period of years to ensure the stability of the euro
Ash forces world leaders to change plans
April 16th, 2010 |
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The cloud of volcanic ash disrupting flights across Europe means German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be able to return to Friday as planned. Merkel has been in the U.S. all week, first for US President Barack Obama’s nuclear summit and then for a visit to California. It was not clear to which airport her flight would divert.
S.M. Krishna to attend Polish president’s funeral
April 15th, 2010 |
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Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will head the Indian delegation that will attend the funeral ceremony of President Lech Kaczynski who was killed Saturday in an air crash in Russia.
World leaders, including President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are expected to gather in Krakow, [...]
Merkel: Bilingualism, integration for Turkish immigrants
March 30th, 2010 |
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In talks with the Turkish PM German Chancellor Angela Merkel supported the idea of Turkish language instruction in Germany, though not at the expense of German. They also discussed Iran and Turkey’s EU bid.
Kunduz scandal touches Merkel’s office
March 26th, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office reportedly knew that civilians were killed in a German-ordered airstrike in Afghanistan just hours after the bombing. Newsweekly Der Spiegel reported Thursday that the German foreign intelligence service (BND) sent an e-mail describing the attack and the possible numbers killed.
Germany agrees to Greek help
March 24th, 2010 |
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Germany says it is now ready to Greece’s debt-burdened economy but only as last resort and with IMF involvement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has so far rejected calls from fellow European leaders to help Athens. She has insisted IMF loans should complement any EU assistance.
“Greece staying in eurozone”
March 18th, 2010 |
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There is “zero chance†of Greece leaving the eurozone, Prime Minister George Papandreou said yesterday, Ekathimerini reports. His comments came after suggestions by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that members should face expulsion if they do not comply with the euro’s fiscal criteria.
Merkel, Zapatero open CeBIT IT fair
March 2nd, 2010 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero opened the annual IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover. Merkel told guests at the opening of the annual IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover that recent demands from the computer industry for an Internet minister “were not the solution.”
“Greece needs to do more to reduce deficit”
March 1st, 2010 |
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EU’s finance chief Olli Rehn told top Greek officials on Monday that the country needs to do more to bring down its deficit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out the possibility of a German bailout.
EU reaches agreement on plan for Greece
February 12th, 2010 |
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Key EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have agreed on the need to assist debt-ridden Greece. The outcome of the meeting wasn’t enough however to calm market fears and pressure on the euro currency.
Germany boosting troops for Afghanistan
January 26th, 2010 |
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In spite of negative public opinion, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Tuesday that Germany’s troop contingent for Afghanistan will be increased by 850. Following much speculation recently in the German press, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced at a press conference on Tuesday that a 500 troops would be deployed to Afghanistan to join the around 4,300 already stationed there.