Topic: Berlin (Germany)

Rail bombs raise fear of left-wing attacks in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany stepped up security on its railways on Thursday, dispatching police reinforcements to halt a campaign of arson attacks after officials found a firebomb on tracks near Berlin.It was the 16th explosive device detected in four days.Noone has been ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday used the anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall as a rallying cry for a reinvigorated US-European push to free those oppressed by religious extremism.Clinton's appeal in Berlin came as President Barack Obama's administration mulled ...

After election win, Merkel may face new U.S. demands

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to face pressure to offer more help to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan when she meets U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week.Merkel, who began a second term this week as leader ...

Spartacus League

Spartacus League, German Spartakusbund, revolutionary socialist group active in Germany from autumn 1914 to the end of 1918. The league developed as an offshoot of the Social Democratic Party, among elements who violently opposed Germany's role in World War I and who ...

Karl Liebknecht

Jan. 15, 1919, Berlin), German Social Democrat, who, with Rosa Luxemburg and other radicals, founded the Spartakusbund (Spartacus League), a Berlin underground group that became the Communist Party of Germany, dedicated to a socialist revolution. With financial help from the party, he ...
Obama tells Berlin throng there are more walls to be torn down in fighting terror, extremismDemocratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to " "Obama spoke from ...
Obama to speak on trans-Atlantic relations at Berlin's Victory Column, near Brandenburg GateBarack Obama's office said Sunday he will give a speech on the U.S. partnership with Germany and trans-Atlantic relations in front of the gold-topped Victory Column, or Siegessaeule, in the ...
Very early this morning, Bloomberg News cited a report in the German press saying that Obama will not speak at Brandenburg gate in Berlin next week: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will give a speech at the Victory Column in central Berlin, ...

Obama Decision On Brandenburg Gate Speech Is Imminent

It looks like we may be on the verge of finding out whether Barack Obama will opt to deliver his July 24th speech before Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate, which would associate Obama with JFK and Ronald Reagan and add a great deal ...
There's been an interesting twist in the ongoing behind-the-scenes discussions over whether Barack Obama will deliver a speech on July 24th at Berlin's historically-charged Brandenburg Gate.A new report in the German press says that Bush administration officials are unhappy with the idea ...