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Germany vows to protect EU firms against Iran bans
May 09, 2018 14:12Germany says it will try to protect European companies from any adverse effects from US President Donald Trump's decision to quit the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement.
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Trains collide in Germany, at least 2 killed
May 08, 2018 07:42A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed, and fourteen were injured.
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Germany, France resolute on Iran nuclear deal preservation
May 08, 2018 00:54The foreign ministers of Germany and France, two signatories to a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015, have expressed their countries' firm determination to preserve the multilateral agreement.
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German bill seeks to prevent weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, UAE over Yemen conflict
Apr 28, 2018 11:55Germany’s democratic socialist political party Die Linke has proposed a draft bill aimed at banning weapons exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their role in the three-year-old Yemen war, which has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians in the impoverished Arab country.
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Trump demands Merkel pay up 'fair share' for defense
Apr 28, 2018 11:52US President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for refusing to pay her “fair share” for defense, during an intense 30-minute meeting they had in his office in Washington.
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German parliament condemns US-led strikes on Syria as illegal
Apr 21, 2018 01:01Jurists at the German parliament have said the recent US-led airstrikes that hit Syria over an alleged chemical attack violated international law.
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10,000 evacuated after 500kg WWII bomb discovery in German capital
Apr 20, 2018 10:43Some 10,000 people were evacuated from an 800m radius around Berlin Central Station after a 500kg (1,100lbs) World War II-era bomb was found by construction workers on Friday.
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Macron to meet Merkel to push for EU reform plans
Apr 19, 2018 09:33French President Emmanuel Macron is due in Germany on Thursday for a working meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in an attempt to hammer out a common position with Berlin on his agenda for Europe-wide reforms, amid political opposition to that agenda inside Germany.
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Ukraine slams German-Russia gas pipeline, calls for project cancellation
Apr 09, 2018 10:37Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has repeated his opposition to Germany’s plans for building a second gas pipeline to bring gas from Russia, saying the project is political in nature and has no economic justification.
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Hundreds rally in Berlin calling for Puigdemont’s release
Apr 01, 2018 14:35Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters marched in Berlin on Sunday to demand the release of ex-regional president Carles Puigdemont, who was arrested in Germany last week and faces extradition to Spain on rebellion charges.