Guido Westerwelle

Iran Blocks German Chancellor's Plane En Route To India

AP | By JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 07.31.2011

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BERLIN -- Iran set off a diplomatic row with Germany on Tuesday by closing its airspace to Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane as it flew to India and de...

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Germany Comes up Small on Libya -- Wrong Time to Duck Responsibility

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angela Merkel, Libya, Germany, U.N., Guido Westerwelle, Gaddafi, Un-Libya, Military Force Libya, Libya Germany, Military Intervention Libya, World News
Steve Kettmann

Germany is the most important leader of unified Europe, but the clumsy stance on Libya has cleared the way for France to assert itself in a way that delays any hope of Europe coming of age as a combined political entity.

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Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign Minister, Visits Gaza, Says Blockade 'Unacceptable'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Europe Welcomes Obama Afghanistan Speech But Few Pledge Troops

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — European leaders and top diplomats hailed President Barack Obama's speech defining the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, but few countri...

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Guido Westerwelle, Germany's Openly Gay Foreign Minister, Should Be Sent Abroad: Commentary

newsweek.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Germany is getting a new foreign minister. Cabinet officials come and go in Europe's democracies, but this is different: Guido Westerwelle, the leader...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benyamin Netanyahu, UK, Guinea, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, China, Karzai, Iran, Irish Vote, Guido Westerwelle, Russia, Mahmourd Abbas, Honduras, Solana, US, Germany, Zelaya, Micheletti, Palestinian, UN General Assembly, G20 Climate Change, Yemen. Lebanon, Medvedev, France, Al Shabaab, Mcchrystal, Georgia, Angela Merkel, Taliban, Afghanistan, Hizbul, Ninawa, Qum, World Affairs, Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

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Guido Westerwelle, Germany's Likely Next Foreign Minister, Openly Gay

AP | KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — Guido Westerwelle and his gay partner are Germany's new "power couple" – at least according to the nation's leading daily, which ...

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Diplo-Blogosphere: Ranking the French, Germans and Brits

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

How are the embassies dealing with new media, and using or ignoring the tools that online video and blogging can provide?

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