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Angela Merkel stories: 92 news summaries

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Germany Balks at US Request for Troop Help

Call for reinforcements in southern Afghanistan outside 'point of focus'

Feb 1, 08 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Germany has rejected a request from US defense secretary Robert Gates for more troops to fight the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, Der Spiegel reports. German defense minister Franz Josef Jung prefers his troops remain in the country's north, in accordance with Germany's Afghanistan mandate—which says troops will only... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Angela Merkel • Germany • US military • Marine • Franz Josef Jung

Both Parties Claim Victory
in Key German Election

Merkel gains as premier takes drubbing

Jan 29, 08 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Two days after an ugly campaign in the German state of Hesse ended with voting for a new premier, both sides are claiming victory in the bellwether contest. Roland Koch, the hard-right incumbent and the CDU's de facto No. 2, obtained only a 0.1% majority—a dismal performance for... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Hesse • Roland Koch • CDU • SPD

Immigrants
Fire Back at Xenophobic Campaign*

*In Germany

Jan 10, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Germany’s immigrants are fed up with Roland Koch, whose bid for reelection as governor of the state of Hesse is exacerbating racial tensions, Der Spiegel reports. Koch seized upon a December subway beating to blast "criminal young foreigners," and the rhetoric quickly escalated to anti-immigrant rant, portraying... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • immigrant • Roland Koch

Merkel Trades Compromise
For Hard Line

Chancellor backs right-wing colleague
in strategy shift

Jan 8, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of a regional election later this month, Angela Merkel has left behind the conciliatory tone of her first 2 years and come out swinging. The German chancellor gave her strongest backing to the minister-president of Hesse, who is running for reelection on a harsh anti-immigrant platform. In an interview... More »

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immigration • Angela Merkel • Germany • Hesse • boot camp • anti immigrant platform • election

Bush Warms to Global Warming

The president looks to lead on climate change, in his own way

Dec 29, 07 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to polish his legacy, President Bush is mulling new climate policy that may include mandatory emissions caps, the Washington Post reports. The Post tracks his evolution from climate skeptic to advocate of higher fuel efficiency and a $37 billion investment in alternative fuels—although critics remain dubious of... More »

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climate change • Angela Merkel • greenhouse gases • global warming • cap and trade • White House • Kyoto Protocol • Environmental Protection Agency • George W. Bush

Defiant African Leaders Reject EU Trade Deal

Relations between continents sour over human rights, Mugabe

Dec 10, 07 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - European-African trade talks at a tense Lisbon summit collapsed in their final session yesterday. If a new agreement isn’t reached by year’s end, the European Union may levy higher tariffs on African exports, further exacerbating tensions between the continents. A new, controversial set of agreements would have dropped... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Angela Merkel • European Union • Europe • Gordon Brown • South Africa • Lisbon • African Union • WTO • tariffs • Thabo Mbeki • Senegal • Abdoulaye Wade • trade summit

Germany Rips African Ruler at Trade Talks

Calls human rights in Zimbabwe 'damaging'
to Africa's image

Dec 8, 07 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Germany blasted Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe today as the EU began a historic trade summit with Africa, Reuters reports. Mugabe listened as German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared Zimbabwe’s human rights crisis “damaging the image of the new Africa.” Such issues loom on the first day of the... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union

Merkel, Sarko Keep Heat on Iran

Partners insist sanctions are still possible despite new intelligence

Dec 7, 07 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Angela Merkel joined Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday in reaffirming their hard line on Iran's nuclear program despite the new American intelligence assessment that weapons development was halted in 2003. "I don't see why we should renounce sanctions," said the French president at a joint press conference in Paris, with... More »

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Iran • Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • nuclear program • Mediterranean Union

Merkel's Grand Coalition Hits
a Rocky Patch

Her No. 2 gone, can chancellor hold government together?

Nov 22, 07 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - On the second anniversary of her taking office, the German media reports on new troubles for Angela Merkel's increasingly fractious grand coalition, which has two years to go but seems unlikely to push through the difficult reforms the chancellor promised. With last week's resignation of Franz Müntefering, the government's... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Franz Müntefering

Strikes Hit German Commuters

Train worker walk out in third day; negotiations
at a standstill

Nov 16, 07 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - France isn't the only country suffering a railway strike this week. In Germany, millions of commuters are stranded as a dispute over pay hikes enters its third day. The strike, which began on freight services, has now expanded to commuter trains, reports the Telegraph. It's the most serious strike in... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Deutsche Bahn • transit strike

Bush, Merkel Meet in the Middle

US supports Iran diplomacy; Germany agrees on sanctions

Nov 10, 07 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Bush vowed to play nice with Iran today and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to mull more sanctions despite resistance to the notion in Germany, the BBC reports. Facing reporters on Bush's Texas ranch, the president backed diplomacy as a way to thwart Iran's nuke program. "We will continue... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Germany • sanctions • George W. Bush

Canada Hails Dalai, China Rages

Latest welcome for Tibetan exile new blow to China

Oct 30, 07 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper rolled out the red carpet for the Dalai Lama yesterday, provoking the wrath of the Chinese government. The two men exchanged traditional white Tibetan silk scarves, with Harper's gift to his guest embroidered with the Canadian maple leaf. The Chinese are furious over the attention... More »

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Afghanistan • China • Angela Merkel • Canada • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Stephen Harper • George W. Bush

Dalai Visits Germany; China Irked

Beijing responds: calls off German trade talks

Sep 23, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet today with the Dalai Lama, even as China responded by canceling meetings in Munich. The Chinese government, which governs Tibet, derided the meeting as part of the Dalai Lama's agenda to promote Tibetan independence. BBC reports the Germans were unmoved: "The meeting will... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence

US Agencies Aided German Terror Probe

Capture of suspects in bomb plot a joint effort with the CIA

Sep 11, 07 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA and NSA played a marquee role in last week’s capture of three men suspected of planning major terror attacks in Germany. For several months, Angela Merkel’s chief of staff held a weekly meeting about the plotters, Der Spiegel reports, and the cooperation was so significant that... More »

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CIA • terrorism • Pakistan • Angela Merkel • Germany • NSA • probe • Operation Alberich • George W. Bush

Sarkozy-Merkel, Les Meilleurs Ennemis

Europe's No. 1 couple smile for the cameras, but tension mounts

Sep 11, 07 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy traveled to Berlin yesterday, but Der Spiegel reports that the famed Franco-German alliance at the heart of Europe is under strain. Sarkozy has annoyed Angela Merkel with everything from the EU Reform Treaty to his wife's Libyan exploits. But Merkel is hardly an amie: from energy to finance,... More »

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diplomacy • Angela Merkel • European Union • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy

Europe Yawns Over US Election

Not convinced trans-Atlantic
ties will improve

Sep 7, 07 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next occupant of the Oval Office will not improve damaged US-European relationships, said almost half of Europeans in a recent poll. In an opinion not reflected by leaders like Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, only 35% said relations would improve, while 46% said they would not. A study sponsor... More »

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Angela Merkel • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • United States • Election 2008

Chinese Military Hackers Hit London, Too

A day after Pentagon denial, evidence of cyberattacks in Europe

Sep 5, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A day after Beijing denied that Chinese hackers had infiltrated the Pentagon's computer network, the Guardian leads with a story that "cyberwarriors" have targeted British defense and diplomatic ministries. The hackers, believed to be working for the People's Liberation Army, have also directed attacks at American and German government... More »

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China • Pentagon • Angela Merkel • cyberwarfare • hackers • Britain • People's Liberation Army

A Woman's Place Is
in ... Charge

Forbes' most powerful rise to the top of politics, industry

Aug 31, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes names the 100 most powerful women in the world, putting Oprah one spot south of Ruth Bader Ginsburg—and placing Meredith Vieira ahead of Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer. The top 10:
  1. German chancellor Angela Merkel
  2. Chinese vice premier Wu Yi
  3. Temasek Holdings chief executive Ho
... More »

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Angela Merkel • women • Condoleezza Rice • Wu Yi • list • Meredith Vieira • Ho Ching • Indra Nooyi • Sonia Gandhi • Cynthia Carroll • Patricia Woertz • Irene Rosenfeld • Patricia Russo

Germany Furious Over Chinese Spy Hackers

Berlin government computers infected with espionage programs

Aug 27, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her Chinese summit today amid highly charged reports in der Spiegel that the Chinese have been spying on the German government by hacking into computers in several German ministries. Scores of official computers are said to have been infected with spyware concealed in PowerPoint... More »

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China • Angela Merkel • Germany • espionage • hacker • Lanzhou • trojans • spyware

After Two Years, Merkel's Still Honeymooning

German chancellor's mid-term approval rating is record 76%

Aug 22, 07 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Better than halfway through her first term as Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel is more popular than ever, Der Spiegel reports, with an impressive 76% approval rating. Her hardworking image has gotten boosts from solid diplomacy and good domestic luck, with reforms put in place by the previous government now paying... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • Vladimir Putin • female politicians • George W. Bush

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