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  • July 2008

    • US Embassy Returns to Berlin's Heart

      New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      US Embassy Returns to Berlin's Heart

      (Newser) - With the July 4 backdrop, the US opened its new embassy in Berlin today, bringing to a close a project planned since reunification. The new facility stands near the historic Brandenburg Gate, the same location as its pre-World War II predecessor. But, the New York Times reports, the building has attracted severe criticism from everyone from local officials to architecture critics. More »

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      Germany  • Berlin  • George H. W. Bush  • US Embassy  • reunification  • Berlin Wall  • Brandenburg Gate

  • May 2008

    • Helmut Kohl, 78, Marries Girlfriend in Hospital

      Independent (UK)  |  May 14, 08 2:34 PM CDT

      Helmut Kohl, 78, Marries Girlfriend in Hospital

      (Newser) - Helmut Kohl, the chancellor first of West Germany and then of a reunified Federal Republic, has married at the age of 78. But the wedding, to an economist 30 years his junior, took place in a hospital amid fears that he is in deteriorating health. As the Independent reports, Kohl's new bride, Maike Richter, has been standing in for him at public events, and the ex-chancellor has no plans to leave the clinic. More »

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      Germany  • marriage  • wedding  • reunification  • Chancellor of Germany  • CDU  • West Germany

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Communist Cyprus Prez to 'Work Within Free Market'

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 26, 08 4:00 AM CST

      Communist Cyprus Prez to 'Work Within Free Market'

      (Newser) - New President Dimitris Christofias' win in Cyprus makes him the first Communist ever to lead an EU state—but he has pledged to work within the free market, reports the Guardian . His party has a Marxist manifesto, but analysts say that Christofias is a pragmatist whose policies are more social democratic than old-school Communist. More »

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      European Union  • election  • Communist Party  • Marxism  • Cyprus  • reunification  • Dimitris Christofias

    • Greek Cypriots Elect Prez Committed to Unifying Isle

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 25, 08 4:00 AM CST

      Greek Cypriots Elect Prez Committed to Unifying Isle

      (Newser) - Greek Cypriots have elected a communist president committed to reunification with the Turkish northern section of the divided island. Dimitris Christofias, educated  in the old Soviet Union, won 54% of the vote in a race against his right-wing rival. The new leader has promised to hold negotiations with the president of the Turkish part of Cyprus, who has already agreed to begin talks, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »

  • January 2008

    • Taiwanese Nationalists Win Big

      BBC  |  Jan 12, 08 12:25 PM CST

      Taiwanese Nationalists Win Big

      (Newser) - Taiwan’s China-friendly opposition party dominated parliamentary elections today, the BBC reports, dealing a blow to the hard-line president 2 months before his own poll. The KMT, which supports closer ties with Beijing, trounced the ruling DPP, winning 72% of the seats in the 113-seat chamber. President Chen Shui-bian, resigning as the DPP’s chief, said he was “shamed” by the outcome. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • Taiwan  • independence  • reunification  • Taipei

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