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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia
BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...
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Obama refuses to specify US support for Syrian rebels
US President Barack Obama, currently on a visit to Berlin, Wednesday refused to specify what military support America was providing rebels in Syria. Obama, however, reiterated that the Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons in the civil war, Xinhua reported. "I cannot and will not comment on specifics on our programmes related to the Syrian opposition," Obama said at a press ...
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Sun shining again for Germanys Mittag
Two years after the "most difficult moment" of her career- being left out of Germany's FIFA Women's World Cup squad - Anja Mittag is back in favour and discusses her return with ...
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German PMI surveys point to stagnation in second quarter
Reuters © A worker controls a tapping of a blast furnace at Europe's largest steel factory of Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in the western German city of Duisburg December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Ina ...
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Ballooned to fame Nena rides high 30 years on
Thirty years ago, a young woman sporting perm and a wistful expression burst onto the music scene. Gabriele Susanne Kerner, or Nena, is still singing about life, love and red balloons, making her our German of the ...
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Berlin Speech Obama Calls for Cuts in Strategic Nuclear Weapons
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek negotiations with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons they hold by up to a ...
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Britain to Pay More for Power Than Germany for Years
British electricity prices may be almost double those in Germany within three years due largely to the impact of a new tax aimed at supporting renewable power generation, a report by bank Credit Suisse showed on Wednesday. Rises in retail prices have become a popular bugbear in Britain at a time when wages are falling in real terms. The bank's analysis showed wholesale prices, which form ...
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FCCs Alpine Germany files for insolvency
VIENNA, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:28am EDT VIENNA, June 20 (Reuters) - The German unit of FCC's Alpine Bau has filed for insolvency, following a similar move by its Austrian parent construction company on Wednesday. Alpine Bau Deutschland has operations in the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates as well as Germany, and employs 1,500 people. It had sales of ...
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Germanys DEG to invest up to $188 mln in MENA firms next year
DUBAI, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:09am EDT DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - DEG, a unit of German state development bank KfW, plans to invest up to 140 million euros ($188 million) in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) private firms next year despite concerns over the region's short-term political instability. DEG, which finances investments of private companies in developing and ...
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Roads and taxes rule CDU manifesto
Aside from pledges not to raise taxes, to boost the economy and to slash public debt, the party would also extend tax breaks for families with children and raise pension entitlements for stay-at-home mothers. One of the costliest proposals ahead of the September 22nd vote ...
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Luther Memorials of Wittenberg and Eisleben
As the summer holidays approach, The Local is touring Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Today we visit the Martin Luther memorials in Wittenberg and ...
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Worlds largest exhibition for solar industry kicks off in Munich
The Intersolar Europe 2013 exhibition gets underway on Wednesday in the Munich International Exhibition Center. The three-day exhibition boasts an outside area and 12 exhibition halls measuring 121.000 square meters this year. It is expected to attract 50,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors, more than 10 percent of whom come from China, according to the organizing committee. The organizer said, ...
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German companies see opportunities in reform
China may be growing at a slower pace, but its focus on urbanization and green industries will offer "great opportunities," said an official from the German Chamber of Commerce. The "strategic industries laid down in the current five-year plan will be very interesting for German companies in the next years," said Alexandra Voss, executive chairwoman of the German Chamber of ...
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Barack Obamas farewell to arms in Berlin
When John F Kennedy spoke in Berlin half a century ago and uttered the words "Ich bin ein Berliner", he unwittingly set the standard for every US president who came after ...
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Obama trip to Berlin style over substance
Barack Obama’s first trip to Berlin as president was portrayed as a visit between friends. Both country’s leading families appeared to get along well – even the rarely seen husband of Chancellor Angela Merkel joined in. Using the anniversary of ...
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In Berlin Obama urges bold nuclear arms cuts
E President Barack Obama, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prepares to speak in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday. Obama, who spoke before 200,000 in Berlin in 2008 as a candidate for president, drew about 4,500 people for his address. (Jewel Samad, AFP/Getty Images) BERLIN - Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on ...
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Dreamliner battery maker ties up with Germanys Bosch
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's GS Yuasa, the battery supplier for Boeing's troubled Dreamliner, on Thursday announced a tie-up with German technology giant Bosch to develop lithium-ion batteries.The pair are planning to set up a joint venture early next year with trading house Mitsubishi Corp. that would research and develop "high-performance" powerpacks, GS Yuasa said."These ...
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Michelle Obama daughters visit Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, on Wednesday visited Berlin's Holocaust Memorial as part of a tour of key sites of Germany's troubled Nazi and Cold War history. They were also to take in the Cold War-era Checkpoint Charlie, where US and Soviet tanks once faced off, and a remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall that once split the city. The Obamas, ...
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Daimler creates China sales unit at Stuttgart HQ
German automobile giant Daimler AG, which owns the Mercedes-Benz car brand, has established a special sales unit in its Stuttgart headquarters dedicated to growing vehicle sales in China, amid a slowdown in China's luxury car ...
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Kerry calls Karzai twice to smooth waters over Taliban talks
Hamid Karzai twice to try to mend fences over the U.S. outreach to the Taliban. The phone diplomacy occurred after Karzai said the Afghan government had suspended security talks with the United States in Kabul "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." "The secretary spoke with President ...
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Obama in Berlin renews call for nuclear disarmament
President Barack Obama issued a call for Russian and US nuclear arsenals to be slashed in a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday and warned Western governments against complacency, saying history's work was not done. Obama used the once-divided city's rebirth as a metaphor for progress, as he stood on the east side of the route of the Berlin Wall."The wall ...
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Steve Bell on Barack Obamas Berlin speech – cartoon
Australia's dreaded cost of living - manacle or myth? George Negus: Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of ...
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Is Obamas Berlin Call for Nuclear Weapons Reductions Realistic
President Barack Obama returned to Berlin for the first time since he became president in 2008 today, where he delivered a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, which previously overlooked the Berlin Wall. His speech acknowledged not only how far the western world has come since the Cold War era, but also how far it has yet to ...
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Obama in Berlin the world’s big problems are global warming American nukes
President Obama couldn’t have been more out-of-touch if he’d delivered his Berlin speech on Mars, instead of to a shriveled German audience only a fraction the size of the one he addressed in 2008. He identified the absolutely non-existent ';climate change'; issue the ';global threat of our time,'; and according ...
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Video Obama toasts his German hosts
Toasting his German hosts in Berlin, President Obama said, "We are proud to join with millions of men and women throughout the world who hold the cause of freedom ...
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Germany has leading role to play in climate change talks
Germany and Mexico co-hosted a global summit on climate change and some significant headway was made, but as the German Environment Minister pointed out, the most important issues remain unresolved. Germany is the regional power in Europe and just as it has played a leading role in dealing with the EU’s financial crisis, it will play a leading role in resolving climate change issues as well.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, commenting on the outcome of the 40-nation summit, told Germany news media that it had been “a contribution to making success possible again”, adding that the importance of the summit’s outcomes were significant because it laid the groundwork or foundation for further agreements on the most important issues. Read more
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