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NEWS ABOUT: Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - With the slogan "Yes weekend" and promises to subsidize tanning beds and cosmetic surgery, candidate Horst Schlaemmer has stormed the otherwise drab German election campaign scene. Unlike rivals Angela Merkel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, aspiring chancellor Schlaemmer doesn't exist—he's a character created by a comedian—but that didn't stop... More »

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Angela Merkel • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • German election • Horst Schlaemmer

German Opposition Leader Quits

Party had tapped rival foreign minister to challenge Merkel

Sep 8, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has resigned after the party leaked that it had chosen another leader to face Angela Merkel in next year's general election, reports Der Spiegel. The party's candidate will be Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current foreign minister in Merkel's grand coalition government. Kurt Beck, who has... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • SPD • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Chancellor of Germany • Kurt Beck

 Obama in Berlin
 Ahead of Speech 

Candidate meets Angela Merkel before public address

Jul 24, 08 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama arrived in Berlin this morning, where he met Angela Merkel at the German chancellery ahead of a major speech this evening. The Europe leg of the candidate's tour followed an early-morning stop at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Obama will speak to the chancellor and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, her... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • Election 2008 • Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Israel-Hezbollah Swap May
Signal Progress

Exchange could foreshadow more controversial deals

Jun 2, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The weekend swap of a Hezbollah spy for the remains of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers has whipped up speculation about the release of more Lebanese prisoners, the Independent reports. Although Israel denied the return of the remains was negotiated, the German foreign minister has been facilitating talks between the parties,... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Hassan Nasrallah • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Samir Kuntar • Nasim Nisr • Eldad Regev • Ehud Goldwasser • prisoner exchange

Merkel Holds Cabinet Meeting in Jerusalem

German celebrates Israeli statehood
with 3-day trip

Mar 17, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Angela Merkel holds her weekly cabinet meeting today, it will meet not in Berlin but in Jerusalem—a special gesture to mark the 60th anniversary of Israeli statehood. Only a few decades ago Israelis marched in protest when the country welcomed its first German ambassador, but now the chancellor... More »

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Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Ehud Olmert • Holocaust • Knesset • World War II • Third Reich • Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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