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As Athens protests, Germany scoffs over Greece debt bailout
Protesters took to the streets of Athens on Thursday over government austerity measures. But anger is also growing in Germany at being asked to finance the Greece debt bailout.
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Germany's Merkel meets Greece PM over debt bailout tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou in Berlin today in an attempt to calm debt bailout tensions between Europe's economic powerhouse and the heavily indebted Mediterranean country.
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Germans to Greeks: Sell the acropolis, Parthenon, and Aegean Islands
Some Germans argue that Greece should sell its assets to pay down its debts.
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Germans to debt-ridden Greeks: Sell the Acropolis. And a few islands.
Two German MPs have kicked up a furor in the Greek debt crisis by suggesting that Greece sell venerated icons such as the Acropolis as well as uninhabited islands.
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Greek debt crisis: High stakes game of financial chicken
The European Union is pushing Greece into deep economic reforms as a way to end the Greek debt crisis and stabilize the weakening euro.
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EU promises help for Greece, but euro falls in absence of bailout
European Union (EU) leaders promised on Thursday that they stand waiting to help debt-laden Greece, if needed. But the euro declined as investors worried about the lack of a clear commitment to a bailout package.
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Why Germany's giving Russia a bearhug
While much of Europe is wary of the bear to the east, Germany continues to pull Russia into European culture and business, although some recent bilateral deals have faltered.
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After Afghanistan conference, an optimistic Karzai
After last week's Afghanistan conference in London, Afghan President Hamid Karzai returned home optimistic, with money pledged for reconciliation with the Taliban and promises that his government will soon be given control over half of Western aid.
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Afghanistan war: Why US disappointed by Germany troop levels
Germany announced it would to send up to 850 troops, to Afghanistan, one day after French President Sarkozy said he would send no more troops. The US had hoped for a much larger commitment.
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How the world views Obama at one year
While Obama remains a ‘rock star’ in many countries, skeptics don’t see much tangible change in US policy.
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Afghan government: Karzai scrambles to form cabinet as deadline looms
Afghan President Hamid Karzai presented a second list of cabinet nominees over the weekend after Parliament rejected most of his initial picks. Karzai wants to lock down his cabinet before a key Jan. 28 conference in London.
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Will the West's criticism of China for jailing top dissident backfire?
The Chrismas Day sentencing of literary critic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison has drawn unusually strong criticism from Western governments, but some experts say that may only result in China taking a harder line.
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Is Hiroshima memorial a fair legacy for Harry Truman?
In Potsdam, Germany, debate rises over a memorial that marks President Harry Truman's 1945 decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Obama's speech on Afghanistan war: Will Europe send more troops?
President Obama's speech on Afghanistan at West Point Tuesday is expected to appeal to Europe to match his troop surge. Will Europeans provide 10,000 soldiers?
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Obama's Afghanistan war speech partly a bid for more foreign troops
In his Afghanistan war speech Tuesday, Obama is expected to call for more US troops to fight. But he'll need as many as 10,000 new foreign troop commitments, too, to get to the force size military commanders say is needed.
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At Berlin Wall fall celebration, old allies ask where is Obama?
As leaders and revelers celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, President Barack Obama's absence is one of several diplomatic wrinkles marring the event.
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Efforts to stem global warming moving at a glacial pace
US lawmakers working on legislation and diplomats everywhere doubt there’ll be any major breakthrough at next month’s meeting in Copenhagen.
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Agreement on climate change looks unlikely ahead of Copenhagen
A European Union agreement last week was short on specifics. US commitments on reductions may not be forthcoming, making Chinese commitments also unlikely.
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The EU's next step after the Lisbon treaty: Choose a president
The European Union is tossing around names for who could be the 'George Washington of Europe,' with Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy a top name. The EU is expected to decide by mid-November.
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Republican Senators boycott debate of climate change bill
Republican boycott of climate change discussion leaves Senate Democrats going it alone for now. GOP lawmakers want more details on the bill’s economic impact.
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Frankfurt book fair's controversial guest of honor: China
Critics said choosing a guest of honor that jails writers is wrong, while others said the German fair's inclusion of China is a way to break down walls.
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After the fall of the wall: Germans long to downsize their role
Germany's postwar internationalism seems to be giving way to parochialism.
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Britain's Brown considers 500 more soldiers in Afghanistan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the UK will add the troops if the British military properly equips them, the Afghan army recruits more soldiers, and other NATO countries 'bear their fair share.'
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