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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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Mr 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 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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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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Poll 88 Percent of Germans Approve of Obamas Foreign Policy
Eighty-eight percent of Germans approve of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy, data collected by the Pew Research Center indicates. Pew said polling for its 2013 Spring Global Attitudes Survey revealed Germany remains one country where some vestiges of the old "Obamamania" from 2008 still endure. The U.S. president receives high marks for his handling of global ...
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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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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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Dentist cut off own finger for insurance cash
A German dentist who was so desperate for cash that he cut off his own finger for the insurance money has been found guilty of fraud and sentenced to a year in prison to be served on parole. The man said he was the victim of an ...
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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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