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23 min ago | Seattle Times

Germans won’t race to lower autobahn speeds

For many in this car-crazy nation, the freedom to hurtle down the famed autobahn at 120 mph or more is an inalienable right.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Social Democratic Party of Germany

4 hrs ago | The Age

Germany and France launch 'New Deal' for jobseekers

Germany and France are to tackle mass youth unemployment that is gripping southern Europe with a ''New Deal'' aimed at curbing the mounting anger threatening to tear apart the eurozone.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Techno, The New Deal

8 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

Our petty provincialism threatens free trade ambitions

Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders. RANDY QUAN FOR THE GlOBE AND MAIL Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, North America, Canada, Stephen Harper

Fri May 24, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang poses together with the Swiss yodel group ''Saengerrunde Zurich'' in Embrach, Switzerland, Friday, May 24, 2013.

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Related Topix: Li Keqiang

Bloomberg

Merkel's Airbus Jets Get Protection From Growing Missile Threat

Airbus SAS planes used by German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be equipped with a system to safeguard them from attack by heat-seeking missiles.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A300, Commercial Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus A319, Airbus SAS, Aerospace-Defense, Europe, World News, Germany, Manufacturing, Northrop Grumman

Xinhuanet

Secret to successful China-Germany ties lies at the top

Contact at the top level, featuring an intergovernmental consultation mechanism, has been a driving force in enhancing political trust and boosting cooperation between China and Germany.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, China, Asia, Germany, Li Keqiang

Brandon Sun

Chinese premier to seal free trade deal with Switzerland, 1st with major western economy

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to sign a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement the country has reached with a major western economy.

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Related Topix: Li Keqiang, Europe, World News, Germany

Korea Herald

New bank authority - indispensable'

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all.

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Related Topix: Germany, Europe, World News

The Hartford Courant

Private consumption helps German economy to meager growth

Robust private consumption helped Germany eke out meager growth in the first quarter, compensating for declines in both exports and investment, and is likely to remain a pillar of support for Europe's largest economy this year.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Ansonia, CT

Thu May 23, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Melinda Gates is No. 3 on Forbes list of world's most powerful women

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ranks No.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Jay Inslee, King County, WA, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable Organizations

Suria

Germany 'most popular country' in the...

Germany is the most popular country in the world despite well-publicised protests against its insistence on austerity measures within the European Union, an annual poll for the BBC World Service revealed on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany

MarketWatch

German brewers fret over fracking

German beer makers have asked Chancellor Angela Merkel to block hydraulic fracturing, saying they worry it might pollute water and taint the country's beer.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Beer, Drink

The Globe and Mail

German brewers warn fracking could hurt beer industry

File photo of a waitress using a whistle to free her way while carrying ten of the traditional one-litre "Masskrug" beer mugs at the opening day of the Munich Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese in Munich, September 22, 2012.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany

Seattle Times

German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th

Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday - trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise for its efforts to reform Europe's biggest economy from French President Francois Hollande, a recent left-wing winner who has lost his luster.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany,

The Huffington Post

The World's Most Powerful Women 2013: Forbes

For our 10th annual FORBES Power Women list, our mission is to redefine power. We've selected 100 women go beyond the traditional classifications of the power elite .

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Manmohan Singh

Pandagon

Femen Stage Topless Protest Against Putin in Germany

Femen, the Ukrainian feminist group, have staged another topless attack on Vladimir Putin, as he toured a factory in Hannover this morning.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Reuters

Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy

Europe edged closer to lifting banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria said it was ready to share data on foreign depositors but Vienna's support could fade should efforts to strike a similar deal with Switzerland fail.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Austria, Germany

Jerusalem Post

Israeli embassy slams Germany party over labeling

Embassy calls efforts of German Green Party to label products from West Bank "another try to negatively single out Israel." BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an ... (more)

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Trend

Angela Merkel awarded prize for friendship towards Jewish community

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was honoured Wednesday by the Conference of European Rabbis for her support to the German Jewish community and her denunciation of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, dpa reported.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany

The Independent

German chancellor Angela Merkel named most powerful woman in the world by Forbes - again

Jamie Lewis works for The Independent website, he previously ran a blog on mental health for the Huffington Post and worked as a reporter for the International Business Times.

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