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Merkel courts SPD in pivotal talks
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| Nov.19 |
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Germany coalition talks collapse as FDP pulls out
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| Oct.1 |
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Germany gay marriage: Couple are first to marry |
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| Sep.24 |
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Merkel wins fourth term, nationalists rise German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term while nationalists have made a historic surge in federal elections
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| Jun.30 |
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German lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage A landmark decision which just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her longstanding opposition to a free vote
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| Jun.9 |
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Merkel says EU is 'ready to start Brexit negotiations' |
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| Dec.30 |
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Merkel: Islamist terror is 'greatest threat' to Germany
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| Dec.23 |
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Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri killed in Milan 
Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police. The Tunisian criminal fired on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol
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| Dec.21 |
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Tunisian fugitive 'had been under surveillance'
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| Dec.20 |
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Berlin attack: Hunt for attacker after sole suspect released
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| Dec.19 |
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Berlin attack: Police say lorry crash 'probably terror attack' 
Map of Breitscheidplatz Berlin Germany The driver, an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48
| The stricken market is at Breitscheidplatz, close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in Berlin's west in the shadow of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was damaged in a World War Two bombing raid
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| Nov.20 |
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Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to seek fourth term |
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| Sep.18 |
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Berlin state poll: Losses for Merkel's CDU, gains for AfD |
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| Jun.26 |
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France and Germany 'in agreement' over UK's EU exit |
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| Jun.25 |
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Brexit: Merkel says 'no need to be nasty' in leaving talks
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| Jun.18 |
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German minister warns Nato against 'warmongering' |
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| Apr.15 |
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Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult |
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| Mar.12 |
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Merkel faces test as Germany votes in regional elections |
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| Nov.5 |
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Germany to speed up asylum process |
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| Sep.8 |
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Germany's Merkel says EU quotas are a 'first step'
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Germany 'can take 500,000 asylum seekers a year'
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| Sep.7 |
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Migrant crisis: Influx will change Germany, says Merkel
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| Sep.6 |
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Germany to release funds to help regions cope |
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| Aug.4 |
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German prosecutor sacked over Netzpolitik treason probe
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| Jun.20 |
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Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany |
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| Jun.6 |
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Barcelona crowned European champions for fifth time
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| Jan.31 |
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German ex-President Weizsaecker dies |
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| Nov.9 |
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Berlin Wall: Thousands of balloons released Some 8,000 helium balloons have been released into the night sky over Germany's capital to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall
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Merkel hails Berlin Wall's fall |
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| Nov.8 |
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Germany marks anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall |
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Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War |
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| Sep.14 |
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Merkel: Fighting anti-Semitism is German duty |
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| Aug.29 |
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Ukraine 'slipping out of control', Germany warns |
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| Aug.27 |
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Ukraine crisis: Russia pressed over fresh fighting |
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| Jul.10 |
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Germany expels U.S. Embassy official
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| Jul.7 |
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Merkel concerned over US spy claims |
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| Jul.4 |
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Germans summon envoy over 'US spy' |
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| May.30 |
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Row brews as Merkel backs Juncker as EU chief |
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| May.26 |
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Merkel vows economic boost to counter Eurosceptic gains |
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| Feb.7 |
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Merkel condemns US over EU insult |
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| Dec.22 |
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Khodorkovsky vows to help prisoners |
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| Dec.17 |
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Merkel voted into 3rd term
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| Nov.26 |
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German parties reach coalition deal
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| Oct.23 |
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Merkel concern at 'US phone spying'
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| Sep.22 |
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Merkel celebrates after election
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| Sep.6 |
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Hitler bodyguard Rochus Misch dies at 96 |
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| Feb.23 |
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German poor 'should eat horsemeat' |
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| Feb.9 |
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German 'plagiarism' minister quits
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| Oct.23 |
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Merkel to unveil Roma memorial |
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| Jun.4 |
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Canadian 'killer' held in Berlin
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| May.15 |
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Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks |
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| Feb.17 |
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German president resigns amid scandal President Christian Wulff announced his resignation Friday following a series of scandals that prompted calls for him to stand down
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| Dec.2 |
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Merkel ready for closer euro union |
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| Oct.9 |
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Euro crisis talks 'end in accord' |
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| Sep.29 |
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Parliament approves EU bailout fund
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| Sep.28 |
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Merkel faces test in bailout vote |
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| Sep.14 |
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Eurozone leaders reassure Greece |
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| May.30 |
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Merkel : Germany 'to set energy example' |
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| May.29 |
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Germany pledges nuclear shutdown
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| Mar.2 |
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Merkel announces new defense minister |
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| Jan.9 |
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Germany pledges to act on dioxins |
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| Nov.2 |
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Parcel bomb sent to Angela Merkel |
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| Sep.26 |
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12 dead in bus crash in Germany |
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| Sep.6 |
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Germany extends nuclear lifespan |
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| May.31 |
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German president quits amid row
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| May.21 |
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Germans approve euro rescue plan |
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| Nov.27 |
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2nd German official quits over airstrike |
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| Nov.9 |
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Berlin celebrates wall's fall aniversary
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| Sep.27 |
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Victorious Merkel vows recovery |
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Exit polls show Merkel retains office
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| Sep.13 |
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Merkel to face rival in TV debate |
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| May.29 |
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Germany picks Magna to save Opel |
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| Feb.22 |
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EU heads back financial clampdown |
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| Oct.17 |
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Parliament passes bank bailout |
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| Oct.5 |
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Plan to save German bank 'agreed'
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| Jul.24 |
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Obama seeks stronger Europe ties |
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| Jul.5 |
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Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin |
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| Feb.15 |
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Deutsche Postbank posts 39% loss |
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| Dec.7 |
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Germany moves to ban Scientology |
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| Mar.25 |
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EU leaders call for rapid reforms |
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| Oct.25 |
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Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany
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| Jul.9 |
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Italy wins World Cup over France Italy wins by penalties, 5-3: .Zidane scores on 7 min. Materazzi atones for giving away the penalty. Zidane red-carded
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| Jan.12 |
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Europeans: Refer Iran to U.N. |
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| Dec.5 |
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Rice visits Germany amid CIA row |
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| Nov.30 |
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Merkel defiant over German hostage |
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| Nov.22 |
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Merkel sworn
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| Oct.10 |
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Merkel to become German chancellor Conservative leader will become Germany's first woman chancellor under a deal withn Social Democrats
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| Sep.19 |
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Merkel urges Schroeder to concede |
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| Sep.18 |
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Election ends in stalemate Angela Merkel's conservatives have won election by just 3 seats, falling far short of a majority
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Merkel claims German mandate |
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| Jul.1 |
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Schroeder loses confidence vote
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| May.10 |
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Holocaust memorial unveiled |
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| Aug.10 |
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Libya agrees Berlin bomb payout |
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| Mar.31 |
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Afghanistan wins $8.2bn in aid |
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Kabul 'needs aid in war on drugs' |
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| Feb.18 |
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EU's 'big three' deny power grab |
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| Dec.11 |
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Schroeder joins Iraq contracts row |
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| Sep.20 |
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Leaders find 'common ground' on Iraq |
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| Sep.23 |
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Schroeder outlines battles ahead |
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| Sep.20 |
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Minister denies Bush 'Hitler' slur |
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| Aug.20 |
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Hostages at Iraqi embassy |
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| Nov.24 |
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Plane crashes at Zurich |
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| Nov.16 |
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Schroeder wins key confidence vote |
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| Nov.13 |
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4 jailed for Berlin bombing |
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| Aug.1 |
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Germany's first gay couple wed |
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| Jan.10 |
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2 ministers quit over mad cow crisis |
before year 2000
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| Nov. 9, 1989 |
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Fall of the Berlin Wall Map of Brandenburg Gate Berlin Germany| A barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) | |
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| Jun. 24, 1948 |
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Russian blockade of Berlin began| The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift... | |
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| May. 9, 1945 |
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World War II ends in Europe| The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. News of the imminent surrender broke in the West on 8 May, and celebrations erupted throughout ... | |
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| Feb. 27, 1933 |
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Reichstag fire in Germany Map of Reichstag Berlin Germany| An arson attack on the Reichstag building. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch council communist was arrested for the crime | |
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| Jan. 30, 1933 |
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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after parliamentary elections had not resulted in the formation of a majority government
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| Mar. 18, 1890 |
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Otto von Bismarck resigns as German Chancellorship A conservative Prussian statesman who engineered a series of wars that unified the German states into a powerful German Empire
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| May. 18, 1883 |
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Walter Gropius, architect, born Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School
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| Jun. 16, 1880 |
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Berlin Conference The Congo Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period
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| Jan. 18, 1871 |
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German Empire proclaimed The empire was the historical German nation state that existed from the unification of Germany in 1871 to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918
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| Sep. 29, 1862 |
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Otto von Bismarck delivers 'Blood and Iron' speech The title of a speech by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck given in 1862 about the unification of the German territories
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| Jan. 28, 1859 |
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Kaiser William II born Map of Kronprinzenpalais Berlin Germany The last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918
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Frederick the Great died Frederick II was the third Hohenzollern king, reigning over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786
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| Jan. 24, 1712 |
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Frederick the Great of Prussia born Frederick II was the third Hohenzollern king, reigning over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786
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| Feb. 16, 1620 |
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Frederick William the Great Elector, born Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as 'the Great Elector'
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