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Merkel faces bumpy road ahead in building coalition government
Sep 25, 2017 10:27Fresh from elections that gave her a fourth mandate as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel will now be starting a quest for political partners, a task she is likely to find more difficult than in the past in the wake of a surge in support for a far-right party.
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German protesters heckle Merkel at final campaign rally before polls open
Sep 23, 2017 08:22German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been booed and heckled by right-wing protesters while speaking at her final campaign rally in Munich two days before the polls that will likely put her in office for a fourth term.
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Collapse of Iran’s deal would send a 'terrible signal': Germany
Sep 22, 2017 03:05German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned that any US move to scrap Iran's nuclear deal would discourage other countries from going to the negotiating table to discuss their nuclear activities.
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Germany seeks to restrict economic ties with Turkey: Merkel
Sep 16, 2017 12:33Chancellor Angela Merkel says Berlin plans to restrict its business with Ankara in an attempt to pressure the Turkish government to release German citizens imprisoned in the country over political reasons.
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Putin-proposed UN peacekeepers must have full access in Ukraine: Merkel
Sep 16, 2017 04:39German Chancellor Angela Merkel says any UN peacekeepers that may be deployed to eastern Ukraine under a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin must be allowed access to all areas held by pro-Moscow forces.
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Germany restarts deportation of Afghan refugees
Sep 13, 2017 11:49Eight Afghans expelled from Germany arrived in Kabul on Wednesday as Berlin resumed deportations of rejected asylum seekers from the war-torn country months after suspending the process when a huge truck bomb hit the Afghan capital.
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Mercedes-Benz inks deal to resume Iran trucks business
Sep 13, 2017 11:29Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG, has signed a contract with Iran Khodro to distribute its trucks in the Middle Eastern country, the German automaker has said.
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Germany halts major arms supplies to Turkey as tensions heighten
Sep 12, 2017 03:50Germany has stopped all major weapons exports to Turkey over the country’s worsening human rights situation amid heightened tensions between the two NATO allies.
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Germans hold anti-war protest near US base
Sep 10, 2017 04:31People in Germany have staged an annual anti-war protest rally in front of a United States air base in their country, condemning war-mongering.
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Germany’s Merkel urges diplomacy to solve dispute with North Korea
Sep 10, 2017 03:54German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed readiness to participate in diplomatic initiatives to end the dispute over North Korea’s weapons programs, pointing to the diplomacy that helped resolve a dispute with Iran in 2015 as a model to tackle international disagreements.