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Obama Talks Climate Change In Berlin Speech We Will Do More
BERLIN, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States understood it had to do more to fight climate change and he pledged that more action was ...
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Obama Berlin Speech Renews Calls For Nuclear Reductions
BERLIN - Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to reignite the spirit that Berlin ...
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Qatar said to place large order for tanks artillery from German firm
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON -- Germany has reported a major military order from the Middle East. Germany’s Rheinmetall said it received an order of 475 million euros from an unidentified Arab military. The company said it would supply the L-55 artillery for more than 60 Leopard-2A7 main battle ...
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Britain to pay more for power than Germany for a decade - Credit Suisse
Reuters © Power lines are reflected in a mirror at the Rio Tinto power station in Lynemouth, northern England July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nigel ...
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The Right Tone Why Germany Should Love Obama a Little More
Barack Obama unleashed a full charm offensive in Berlin on Wednesday and he did a great job. It's high time for people to appreciate this US president a bit more ...
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Obama Visits Berlin on Diplomacy Tour
President Obama began his day in Berlin with meetings with Germany's president and chancellor in advance of a foreign policy speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Obama first met with President Joachim Gauck at Schloss Belevue, his official residence. The two approached a group of school children waving miniature flags of both countries and Obama posed with some some, saying, "Everyone ...
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History weighs on Berlin speech
Five years and 50 years. As US President Barack Obama revisited Berlin last night, he could not escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons of history and personal achievement. His 26-hour whirlwind visit to the German capital marks his return to a place where he once summoned a throng of 200,000 to share his ambitious vision for American leadership. That was 2008, when Obama was ...
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Obamas 2008 Berlin Speech vs. Todays by the Numbers Words and Themes
speech in Berlin today intentionally echoed his 2008 speech in the city as a candidate. But, perhaps unintentionally, the themes in each speech were also largely the same: the war on terror, international ...
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Obama turns JFKs Berlin speech into new call for freedom
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama offered a new twist on Wednesday to John F. Kennedy's historic 1963 call for liberty -- "Ich bin ein Berliner" -- by saying other oppressed people eager to join the free world were also "citizens of ...
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Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay ...
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Warm Notes in Berlin for Obama and Merkel
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Pope Francis Message to the German National Eucharistic Congress
VATICAN CITY, June 09, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the translation of the message sent by Pope Francis sent to Archbishop Joachim Meisner of Cologne and Archbishop Robert Zollisch, President of the German Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the National Eucharistic Congress in Cologne.* * *To our venerable brothersCardinal Joachim MeisnerArchbishop of Cologneand Archbishop Robert ...
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President Obama Delivers Berlin Speech
Flanked by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, ...
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Qatar set to buy stake in Germanys SolarWorld
Qatar is poised to invest into Germany's Solarworld, a loss-making company that could provide valuable technology and sales infrastructure. Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec), a subsidiary of the Qatar Foundation, could reportedly spend close to US$50 million on a 30 per cent stake in the ailing producer of photovoltaic (PV) panels. It is also said to be ready to buy a EUR200m (Dh983.9m) ...
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In Berlin Obama Warns of Famine Floods Refugees Vanishing Coastlines
President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after the conclusion of his speech in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd in Berlin Wednesday that nations must unite to fight the "grim" future of climate change, which will produce "severe storms, more famine and floods, ...
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Obama Berlin Speech Touts ‘Gay and Lesbian Brothers and Sisters’ ‘Respect for Faith’
President Barack Obama waves to spectators before he delivers a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday June 19, 2013. At right stands German chancellor Angela Merkel.( AP Photo/Michael ...
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Germany agrees financing of 8 billion euro flood aid fund
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has agreed the financing of an 8-billion euro (6.8 billion pounds) fund to help repair damage caused by the worst flooding in a decade, with both the federal government and states footing the bill, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The federal government at the outset will itself raise the full amount for the so-called "reconstruction aid" fund because ...
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President Obama Speaks in Germany
President Obama, speaking in Berlin, proposes deep cuts to America's nuclear weapons and addressed the NSA surveillance program. He also discussed Ben Bernanke, reports CNBC's John ...
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Obama delivers address at Berlins Brandenburg Gate
President Barack Obama talks about reducing nuclear weapons, fighting terrorism and the fall of the Berlin Wall while addressing a crowd at the Brandenburg ...
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Michelle Obama lays roses at bloodiest site along Berlin Wall
1 of 4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and her daughter Sasha place flowers as they visit the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse in Berlin June 19, ...
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Security is tight as Berlin prepares for Obama
06/02/2013 19:16 CET What a difference 5 years makes. US President Barack Obama has returned to a more sober welcome in Berlin than in 2008, when as a candidate, he drew a crowd of 200,000. The German capital rolled out the red carpet once again, but it seems it was the barriers built around it that are bothering Berliners. One resident explained the extent to which the security is impacted ...
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Scuppered barges plug dyke to hold back German flood
Similar "blocking events" have been responsible for many other extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere in recent years - including the European heatwave in 2003, the Russian heatwave and the Indus river flood in Pakistan in 2010, and the 2011 US heatwave. Some climate scientists think the surge of blocking events is linked to the rapid warming in the Arctic. In March, for ...
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In return to Berlin Obama finds a cooler Germany
While still highly popular, Obama has come under criticism from the German public and government alike over the NSA's online surveillance program and US use of ...
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Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China
Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...
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Opinion 50 years after Ich bin ein Berliner
>Editor's note: Nicolaus Mills is professor of American studies at Sarah Lawrence College and author of "Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower. "(CNN) -- The White House has announced that on Wednesday, at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama will speak in Berlin at the city's landmark Brandenburg Gate. The president's ...
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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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