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Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus The coalition government has agreed an economic stimulus package including investments in railways, roads and schools
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| Feb.8 |
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  Merkel phones pope over Williamson German Chancellor phoned Benedict XVI over a Holocaust denier whom the pope welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church last month
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 Peru film wins Golden Bear The film The Milk of Sorrow has won the Festival's coveted Golden Bear award for best picture
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| Feb.22 |
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EU heads back financial clampdown European leaders have agreed on the need to regulate all financial markets including hedge funds
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| Feb.27 |
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 Opel separates from GM after 80 years General Motors' European division announced that its German subsidiary, Opel cars, will become an independent unit of the company
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| Apr.11 |
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Polar bear attacks woman at Zoo A woman climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time. One adult polar bit her several times
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| May.1 |
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Police battle May Day protesters Clashes have broken out in a number of countries as unions used traditional marches to protest against the handling of the global economic c...
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| May.27 |
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Opel talks break down All-night talks about the future of Opel and Vauxhall have broken down without reaching a decision about who should buy GM's European unit
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| May.29 |
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 Germany picks Magna to save Opel| Germany has agreed a deal with Canadian car parts maker, to take over Opel, part of the European wing of US carmaker GM | |
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| Aug.13 |
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Women's boxing included on Olympics list
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| Aug.16 |
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 Bolt sets record to win 100m gold Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt set a new world record as he stormed to a stunning victory at the World Championships
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| Aug.17 |
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 Legend Bekele powers to fourth world title Ethiopian secured his fourth successive men's 10,000 meter world title with gold medal winning performance at the World Athletics Championsh...
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| Aug.27 |
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  Merkel warns Iran on sanctions The German chancellor: Iran could face new sanctions if it does not show a willingness to negotiate on its nuclear program
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| Sep.6 |
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 Merkel urges Afghan raid inquiry German Chancellor has called for an urgent investigation into an airstrike in northern Afghanistan
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| Sep.13 |
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Merkel to face rival in TV debate There are two weeks to go before Germans go to the polls in a national election. Chancellor squares up to her main rival Frank Walter Steinmeier
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| Sep.18 |
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Germany boosts terrorism alert level The government raised its terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video on the Internet threatening attacks in Germany
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| Sep.20 |
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Gebrselassie wins fourth straight Berlin World-record holder Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon for the fourth straight time despite struggling in the last third of a race
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| Sep.27 |
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Exit polls show Merkel retains office  German Chancellor Angela Merkel defeated her foreign minister to win another four-year term. Christian Democratic Union party received 33.7%
| Merkel told supporters they had achieved 'something magnificent', but said she wanted to be a chancellor of all Germans at a moment of crisis
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Victorious Merkel vows recovery German Chancellor says the priority of her second term in office will be to return prosperity to Europe's largest economy
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| Oct.31 |
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Leaders recall Berlin Wall's fall Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and George Bush who saw the wall fall two decades ago have been reunited in Germany's capital
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Berlin celebrates wall's fall aniversary Thousands of people joined world leaders to remember the night 20 years ago when a euphoric wave of people power swept away the Berlin Wall
| German Chancellor Merkel walked across a bridge that was the first crossing opened between East and West on 9 November 1989, joined by ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev and Polish ex-President Walesa. 1,000 giant dominoes was knocked over
The wall's fall led to the German reunification and the Cold War's end.
East Germany erected the 155-km concrete wall in 1961 to encircle W. Berlin
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Berlin Wall dominoes tumble A line of 1,000 giant dominoes was knocked over along a 2-km strip where the Wall once stood -representing the ending communism across Eastern Europe
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| Nov.26 |
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Top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid| Wolfgang Schneiderhan has resigned over allegations of a cover-up related to a deadly Nato air strike | |
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| Nov.27 |
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2nd German official quits over airstrike| Former Defense Minister and current Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung has resigned over a fatal Afghan airstrike ordered by German forces | |
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