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Editor’s Note: Marc Young, an American journalist based in Berlin, is covering President Barack Obama’s visit for Yahoo News. BERLIN—When Barack Obama last visited Berlin back in 2008, Constanze Fröhlich felt like she was part of history. “He was about to become the first black president – I wanted to support that,” the 35-year-old university [...]
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Obama loses German hearts and minds ahead of Berlin visit
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
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Tags: ahead, Berlin, German, Hearts, Loses, Minds, Obama, Visit 
No Comments »German anti-euro party clears key hurdle before election
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
By Sarah Marsh and Hans-Edzard Busemann BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's newly launched anti-euro party will clear a key hurdle this weekend to taking part in September's national election but has yet to rally enough support to win seats in parliament. "Alternative for Germany" (AfD), which wants the country to quit the euro and reintroduce the [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: antieuro, Before, Clears, election, German, hurdle, Party No Comments »American Voices: German Thieves Steal 5.5 Tons Of Nutella
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
Thieves in the town Bad Hersfeld, Germany stole five and a half tons of the chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella from a parked semi truck trailer, a heist valued at over $ 20,000. The Onion Tweet This Post
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2013
BRUSSELS (AP) — A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when combat ends. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
German Catholic church allows morning-after pill in rape cases
Posted by admin on February 21st, 2013
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it had decided to permit certain types of “morning-after pill” for women who have been raped, after two Catholic hospitals provoked an outcry last month for refusing to treat a rape victim. The German Bishops’ Conference said church-run hospitals would now ensure proper medical, psychological [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Allows, cases, Catholic, Church, German, Morningafter, pill, rape No Comments »Hitler Novel Tops German Bestseller Lists
Posted by admin on February 5th, 2013
Guardian: “A novel that satirizes Adolf Hitler and the personality cult that once surrounded him has topped the bestselling lists in Germany – and posed the awkward question as to whether readers are laughing at him or with him.” Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
A bitter defeat for Merkel months before German election
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2013
BERLIN (Reuters) – In an extremely tight German state election that seemed to produce few clearcut winners, there was no argument over who the biggest loser was — Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrats (CDU), led by rising star David McAllister, had convinced themselves over the past week that they were on the verge of [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Before, bitter, Defeat, election, German, Merkel, months. No Comments »German state’s “Mac” tries to blaze trail for Merkel third term
Posted by admin on January 15th, 2013
BERLIN (Reuters) – An election on Sunday in Germany's second-biggest state will be a crucial test of Chancellor Angela Merkel's chances of winning a third term in the autumn. It will also showcase the man who may prove best-placed to succeed her as leader of the CDU, the country's biggest conservative party – and possibly [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: blaze, German, Merkel, States, term, Third, Trail, tries No Comments »German economy contracted 0.5 percent in fourth-quarter on euro crisis
Posted by admin on January 15th, 2013
WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – The German economy was hit hard by the euro zone crisis in the final quarter of last year, shrinking more than at any point in nearly three years as traditionally strong exports and investment slowed, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday. Economists expect Germany to bounce back after forecasts for weak [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: contracted, Crisis, Economy, Euro, fourthquarter, German, percent No Comments »German bank regulator to probe pay awards at German banks: paper
Posted by admin on January 6th, 2013
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German regulator BaFin will scrutinise pay policies at two dozen top banks because of doubts over whether lenders are correctly implementing stricter bonus rules, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said. Systemically relevant banks and staff who have been identified as “high level risk takers” including at Deutsche Bank are of particular interest, the paper [...]
