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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel. GM last week called off the planned sale of Germany-based Opel to car parts maker Magna and Russian lender Sberbank.
Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen must produce a substantial agreement, and failure would set back by years efforts to fight global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her new government's top priority is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis — but she warns they will intensify before the situation improves.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called it the “happiest day in German history.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy drove all the way from Paris to witness it, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it helped build trust.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called it the “happiest day in German history.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy drove all the way from Paris to witness it, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it helped build trust.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with Angela Merkel, Germany's first chancellor from the former communist East.
BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing – retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell. The Bornholmer Strasse bridge was the first crossing to open on Nov. 9, 1989 following a communist official's confused announcement that East Germany was lifting travel ...
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet Monday approved economic stimulus measures for 2010 worth some EUR8.4 billion, said a person familiar with the government's action.
Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visited what was once a fortified border crossing on Monday - retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell.
BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of “Gorby! Gorby!” as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.
BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of “Gorby! Gorby!” as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mikhail Gorbachev retraced the steps of the first East German crowds surging to West Berlin 20 years ago.
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.
Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division.
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The German Energy Agency wants Germany to stick to a law that will phase out nuclear power because extending the lives of reactors may hamper competition and investment, Frankfurter Rundschau reported.
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell.
Ceremonies and celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall are taking place in that city today, the 20th anniversary of the day the wall was breached. World leaders joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel in walking through the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin, crossing the line where the wall once divided the city. Michele Norris talks to NPR's Eric Westervelt, reporting from the ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is giving Congress a vivid picture of the life she led as a child in a subjugated East Germany, saying she is thrilled to speak directly to American political leaders. Monday marks 20 years since the Berlin Wall was pulled down, leading to the reunification of Germany and Merkel says her speech to Congress was meant to thank American for her support "throughout ...
