News on Germany

Rail bombs raise fear of left-wing attacks in Germany

2011-10-13T06:30:20Z

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 h...

How the stimulus bill affects the United States economy

2010-11-04T14:33:09Z

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Slouching Towards Weimar: How Right Wing Charlatans Have Ruined Conservatism, the Republican Party and America.

2010-11-03T03:16:53Z

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Hitler, Gestapo, reflections in our White House.

2010-11-03T03:16:56Z

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Dems' Record Puts Party On The Defensive

2010-09-29T22:00:38Z

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Merkel takes tough line on integration to party cheers

2010-09-25T08:00:03Z

MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel told conservative party members on Saturday that immigrants needed to do more to integrate into German society, including learning the language and obeying "every single" law.

Merkel, whose popularity has plunged...

What is Socialism? Part 6: Market Socialism, Mutualism, and State Socialism

2010-11-02T14:09:35Z

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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

2010-10-25T08:33:26Z

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Clinton uses Wall's fall as rallying cry against extremism

2010-06-25T19:54:14Z

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 Obam...

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

2010-06-25T20:04:49Z

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 US signs agreement with Germany to cooperate on homeland security research projects

The U.S. and Germany signed an agreement Monday to share science and technology research in an effort to improve the security of both nations.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said after signin...

Homeland Security chief readies first trips abroad

2010-04-16T16:11:28Z

US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano will visit Germany next week in her first foreign trip, followed by visits to neighboring Canada and Mexico in April, her spokeswoman said Friday....

Bettmann/Corbis German Empire

2010-10-26T20:52:51Z

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Washington welcomes European moves to take Guantanamo detainees

2010-04-16T13:43:25Z

The United States on Tuesday welcomed indications that some European governments were willing to resettle detainees of the Guantanamo Bay military prison if president-elect Barack Obama follows through on his pledge to close the notorious camp.

State Department spokesman London will host second G-20 summit on the financial crisis in April

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that London will host an April meeting of the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies on the financial crisis.

Brown told lawmakers that...

Obama win injects a Cool America factor

2010-04-16T14:38:04Z

Barack Obama's victory in the US election has given Americans an almost overnight excuse to stop hiding their passports.

Americans around the world have reported being congratulated by strangers in the street. Obama t-shirts are on sale in stores in Paris and London, and after years of criticism over

Eurogroup head voices relief at US Senate vote on bailout

2010-06-26T02:26:34Z

The chair of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday he was very relieved that the US Senate had adopted a plan to bail out the banking sector.

"I am very relieved that the Senate hurdle has been passed," Juncker told Deutschland...

Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror

2010-04-16T16:40:19Z

Obama tells Berlin throng there are more walls to be torn down in fighting terror, extremism

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it."

Obama spoke from a par...

Obama to speak at Berlin's Victory Column

2010-04-16T16:46:30Z

Obama to speak on trans-Atlantic relations at Berlin's Victory Column, near Brandenburg Gate

Barack Obama's office said Sunday he will give a speech on the U.S. partnership with Germany

Report: Obama Will Speak At Victory Column, Not Brandenburg Gate

2010-04-16T16:46:37Z

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...

Obama Decision On Brandenburg Gate Speech Is Imminent

2010-04-16T16:50:18Z

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 of historical res...

Report: Bush Officials Not Happy About Possible Obama Speech At Brandenburg Gate

2010-06-12T11:25:35Z

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 and privatel...

Germany Partial Solar Eclipse

2011-01-05T08:02:05Z

A partial solar eclipse is pictured through clouds in Albershausen, southwestern Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Daniel Kopatsch)

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Australia Flooding

2011-01-05T08:06:21Z

In this photo released by the Northern Territory Police, four German tourists rest on the roof of their vehicle as they wait for their rescue from the flooded Magela Creek, near Jabiru, Australia, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Sweden, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed Tina Maze of Slovenia, left, and third placed Austrian Elisabeth Goergl after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in Munich, southern

Germany New Year Preparations

2010-12-30T21:31:31Z

Workers run a cable over the street in preparation for the New Year's celebrations in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to celebrate the beginning of the New Year 2011 at the famous landma...

OLY John Leicester 281210

2010-12-28T12:30:30Z

FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file combination of six photos, Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer looks at the ball that hit the bar, bounce over the line during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and England at F...