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Video In Berlin Obama summons up spirit of Cold War
Speaking at Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama summoned the spirit that won the Cold War to confront the challenges of a new century: terrorism, intolerance and the continued threat posed by nuclear arms. (June ...
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Berlin Brandenburg Gate Become Icons for US Presidents
WASHINGTON, June 19 (by Suleiman Wali for RIA Novosti) – Summertime in Germany has become a popular time and place for several American presidents over the past 50 years, ever since John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963. On ...
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AIR Estimates Insured Losses in Germany from Historic Floods
EUR 4.0 Billion and EUR 5.8 Billion BOSTON, June 19, 2013 - Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from the recent floods in central Europe at between EUR 4.0 billion and EUR 5.8 billion. The overall economic impact is expected to be much higher. While the worst damage has already occurred, this flood event is ongoing. "An extraordinarily wet May and ...
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Minnesota to open trade office in Dusseldorf Germany
The state of Minnesota will open a new foreign trade office in the Dusseldorf, Germany, to promote exports and foreign investments in the state, Katie Clark Sieben, the state commissioner of employment and economic development, announced Wednesday. Clark Sieben and Gov. Mark Dayton revealed the location during a conference call with Minnesota reporters from Berlin, where they are wrapping up a ...
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Obama Merkel exchange toasts in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama kisses German Chancellor Angela Merkel after she finished her speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and spoke at the historic site where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ...
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Life is good for Germanys economy. But is it good for Germans
While the German economy is being held up as the model for ailing Europe to follow, some Germans say that the benefits of the boom aren't reaching ...
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Germany register narrow win against Canada
Germany 1-0 CanadaLeonie Maier scored in the second half as the European champions followed up their weekend win against Scotland with another ...
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Germanys ascendancy over Europe will prove short-lived
Germany has peaked. Its hegemony in Europe is a "power illusion", a confluence of fleeting advantages soon to be overwhelmed by the delayed effect of error and the crush of historic ...
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Germanys Serviceplan Repeats as Grand Prix Winner in Design
CANNES, France-Serviceplan in Munich, Germany, walked off with its second straight Design Lions Grand Prix here tonight, winning this time for embedding a store's sustainability report on a single shopping ...
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Video Obama salutes the Berlin Airlifts Candy Bomber
During a speech in Berlin, President Obama paid tribute to 92-year-old Gail Halvorsen, a retired Air Force colonel who dropped candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift, saying, "We could not be more proud of ...
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Commerzbank confirms to axe over 5000 jobs
FRANKFURT (AFP) - Management and employees' representatives at Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank, reached agreement Wednesday on cutting over 5,000 jobs during the next three years."Together with the employees' representatives we have found a way to achieve considerable cost reductions, on the one hand, and to secure our competitiveness and earnings power through ...
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Canada’s women’s soccer team loses to Germany in friendly
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan, left, and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan challenge for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match between Germany and Canada in Paderborn, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Martin ...
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Obama Offers Few Nuclear Policy Surprises in Berlin
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Wednesday delivered in Berlin a modified replay of his 2009 Prague speech on the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, featuring a similar brand of soaring oratory about high ideals that his European fans and critics alike have come to expect. It is four years later, though, and Europeans, like their U.S. counterparts, have had plenty of time to glimpse the ...
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Altano can win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for Germany
can win the Gold Cup. Trained by Andreas Whler, he makes plenty of appeal at 20-1 in an open renewal of the famous marathon.Germany has not been a consistent source of top-quality Flat horses but has enjoyed notable successes in the past two years, especially through Danedream, winner of the Arc and the King George for Peter Schiergen. Energizer, trained by Jens Hirschberger, gave the country ...
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Obama defends US surveillance tactics in Berlin
BERLIN -- U.S. President Barack Obama defended U.S. intelligence methods on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling German Chancellor Angela Merkel and wary Germans that Washington was not monitoring the emails of ordinary citizens or damaging civil ...
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Obama speech in Berlin looks to shared values of iron curtain era
Barack Obama to live up to the "Ich bin ein Berliner" or "Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall" lines of John F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.Yet as the US president admitted himself, after delivering the greeting "Hello Berlin!" - which despite its lack of oratory prowess drew huge cheers from the Berlin crowds at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday - times have ...
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Obama draws on Kennedy speech in Berlin
Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama has called for a world of "peace and justice'' and said Russian and US nuclear weapons should be slashed by up to a third. 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, and warned the "complacent'' West that history did not stop with ...
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Obama relishes weather crowds in trip to Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama waves before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit look on on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup, Getty ...
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Ich Bin Ein Berliner Obama Invokes Kennedy in Speech
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's legendary Berlin visit, Barack Obama wowed the city with a rousing speech at the Brandenburg Gate, saying all oppressed people are "citizens of Berlin" -- and urging the world to help free ...
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German firms see opportunities in reform
/enpproperty--> 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 ...
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Obama defends US snooping in uneasy Germany
USA US President Barack Obama has defended the actions of his government's spying on Germany and its citizens on his Wednesday visit to the country, shortly after NSA revelations exposed that Germany was the US's most spied upon European nation. The codenamed 'Prism' operation instigated an outcry in a nation which still remembers the East German secret 'Stasi' ...
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Cheers sobriety meet Obama call to action in Berlin
Under a blazing sun and waving German and US flags, a crowd in Berlin cheered a call by US President Barack Obama on Wednesday for more transatlantic cooperation, but with a whiff of disappointment in recent American leadership.Anticipation ran high for the address before the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of Germany's hard-fought national unity, nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy's ...
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Transcript of Obama speech in Berlin
In a wide-ranging foreign-policy speech in Berlin, President Barack Obama called for launching negotiations with Russia aimed at ending the two nations' Cold War military posture and a reduction of nuclear arms by up to one-third. Here is the text of the speech, as provided by the White ...
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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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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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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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