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The Myth of the Euro's Imminent Demise

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.29.2012

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Anyone reading the U.S. press last year would have assumed the Euro would be dead by now. It isn't. Here's guessing the Euro will survive the current crisis -- which would be good not just for Europeans but for the world.

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Merkel's Party Plunges In Polls After State Elections Flop

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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BERLIN -- A new poll finds support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has fallen after an embarrassing election defeat in Germany's most pop...

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Who Needs a Greek Government?

Peter Alexander Meyers | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Efficiency, Polanyi, Papandreou, Syriza, Elections 2012, Referendum, Merkel, Greek Debt Crisis, Capitalism, Euro, Pasok, Greece, New Democracy, Alexis Tsipras, Legitimacy, Samaras, Tsipras, World News

Greeks must decide to stay or go. Perhaps that is why it failed to come before the people. Perhaps that is why, when on May 6 the election was played out in a way that minimized the literal and more important question -- "Do you want to adopt the new agreement?" -- it failed again.

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Assad and NATO

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.20.2012

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Waiter Dumps Beer On German Chancellor

Posted 02.27.2012

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She attends hundreds of events each year, but there's a good chance German Chancellor Angela Merkel will remember this year's Ash Wednesday meal. A...

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Merkel's Chilling Vision of a Post-democratic Europe

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 03.28.2012

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The light of democracy is being extinguished across the continent in which it was born. An unaccountable European elite is ignoring the basic principles of democracy and betraying the founding vision of the EU.

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Let Them Eat Austerity: At Davos, Merkel Dismisses Euro Crisis

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.26.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Do they hand out Nobel prizes for advances in delusional thinking? If so, I hereby nominate Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel,...

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All Eyes On German Renewable Energy Efforts

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 02.28.2012

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FELDHEIM, Germany — This tiny village in a wind-swept corner of eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution. Yet environmentalists...

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Seasoned Greetings: It's Another Ho-Ho-Horowitz Christmas!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.15.2012

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Tough times? Try some tunes! We've got political carols! Financial carols! Scandal carols! Carols from the world of sports! Yes indeedy, friends -- it's a holiday miracle!

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New European Treaty Won't Solve Immediate Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.09.2011

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The agreement European leaders reached Thursday night was taken by some as a sign that the eurozone would avoid breakup. Not so fast. Economists, poli...

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Merkel's Call For EU Presidential Election Met With Skepticism, Praise

AP | By DON MELVIN | Posted 11.16.2011

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BRUSSELS -- The European Union is often derided for being run by faceless bureaucrats. Germany's governing party thinks it has a solution: a direct vo...

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Merkel, Sarkozy Default

Jeff Danziger | Posted 12.26.2011

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United States of Germany

Diane Francis | Posted 11.22.2011

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The European Union should shred Eurozone treaties. Germany should be put in charge of the workout. There should be one central bank, and it should be in Frankfurt.

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Merkel Debuts New Berlin Wall Memorial

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

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BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel has opened a permanent exhibition on Germany's Cold War past at what was once one of East Berlin's busiest border c...

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Germany Phases Out Nuclear Energy

Tina Gerhardt | Posted 07.31.2011

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Merkel's decision could have a ripple effect for the nuclear industry worldwide, given that Germany is the largest developed country to phase out nuclear energy, and could prove useful for a rethink of U.S. nuclear energy policy.

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The 'Surprises' of the Japanese Crisis and the Investment Lessons to Learn

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 10.26.2011

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Surprise consequences to the earthquake in Japan have revealed significant weaknesses in both the worlds of politics and business and from an investment point of view, there are lessons we can learn.

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12 Damaging WikiLeaks About World Leaders

Doug Molitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unmasking the favors our buddies do for us is bad enough. But letting scurrilous gossip and character assassination reach the Internet is inexcusable. There's barely room for any more as it is!

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Nuclear Power Ambivalence: the Fears and the Facts

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Germany's ambivalence about nuclear power, common in many developed countries, is again on display following the decision by Chancellor Merkel and the...

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Germany Forgets: Islamic Values are Christian Values

Yursil Kidwai | Posted 05.25.2011

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What are Christian values, and how does Islam differ from them?

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Merkel Goes From Glories To Disgrace

AP | KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — It was only nine months ago that Forbes magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman for the fourth y...

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Donovan's Amazing Feat: Making U.S. One With the Rest of the World

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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The World Cup provides an opportunity for Americans to shed some of the baggage of its global super power status and instead just be one of the guys.

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Air Force's Delay In Tanker Bidding Extends Job Intrigues

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's hope the Obama administration this week delayed its deadline for picking the next generation of Air Force tankers for good reason, as claimed ...

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Cash-Strapped Greece Should Sell Islands, German MPs Say

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two German MPs have recommended Greece sell off some of its islands to counter the country's notorious debt problem. Josef Schlarmann and Frank Schae...

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Sarkozy and Merkel Brush Off Obama snub

AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel brushed off President Barack Obama's decision not to attend an annu...

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Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

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