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  Prime Minister Modi returns from Brazil

  Politics | July 18, 2014 11:25 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned here Thursday night after taking part in the sixth BRICS summit in Brazil.During his visit, the Prime Minster had bilateral meetings with leaders from Russia, China, Brazil, and

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  Narendra Modi speaks to Merkel, invites her to visit India

  India | July 18, 2014 7:10 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his transit halt at Frankfurt on his way back home from the BRICS summit in Brazil and

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  Germany kicks out top US spy over espionage claims

  World | July 11, 2014 8:23 IST

  Berlin:  Germany on Thursday demanded Washington's top spy in Berlin leave the country as a new round of allegations of US espionage worsened the friction between the two allies. The immediate trigger was the emergence

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  Ukraine President calls Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande to keep peace plan

  World | June 30, 2014 6:54 IST

  Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tried to keep his peace plan to settle the conflict with pro-Russian separatists on track in a four-way phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders

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  Angela Merkel pledges support for Ukraine's development

  World | June 06, 2014 11:13 IST

  Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko and pledged support for Ukraine's future development, media reported on Friday.Speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Poroshenko, Merkel praised the "fair and free

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  Angela Merkel congratulates Poroshenko, vows more support for Ukraine

  World | May 31, 2014 8:54 IST

  Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday sent her congratulations to Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and pledged continued support for his country, a government statement here said.In a telegram to Poroshenko, Merkel said the presidential

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  France, Germany threaten Russia over Ukraine polls

  World | May 10, 2014 17:22 IST

  London: France and Gremany have threatened Russia with more sanctions if the Ukraine presidential election scheduled for May 25 fails to take place, a media report said Saturday.French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela

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  Merkel meets coalition allies to defuse crisis after scandal

  World | February 19, 2014 11:09 IST

  Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel held an emergency meeting with the leaders of coalition partners to defuse a widening crisis in her two-month-old government sparked by the opening of a child pornography probe against Indian-origin

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  Spying on allies creates mistrust, less security : Merkel

  World | January 30, 2014 13:54 IST

  Berlin : Nations spying on their allies would risk destroying trust and harming security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her first major policy speech after re-election Wednesday.She told parliament that Germany and the US

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  Angela Merkel fractures pelvis in skiing accident

  World | January 07, 2014 11:50 IST

  New Delhi: Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a minor pelvis fracture during her Christmas cross-country skiing trip in Switzerland, and will have to govern Germany mostly while lying down for the next three weeks, her spokesman

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  German prosecutor: still weighing NSA probe

  World | December 11, 2013 17:13 IST

  Berlin: Germany's chief federal prosecutor says he hasn't decided whether to open an investigation into alleged surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency but is suggesting that he's skeptical.Prosecutor Harald Range's office has been considering

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  Angela Merkel to get 2013 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace

  India | November 19, 2013 14:18 IST

  New Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be awarded the coveted Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013 with an international jury headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh choosing her.  The announcement

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  US spying claims threaten transatlantic ties: Merkel

  World | November 19, 2013 9:30 IST

  Berlin : German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that transatlantic ties, including the negotiations on a free trade deal, are being tested by the alleged extensive US spying in Germany and Europe."The transatlantic relationship and

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  Merkel insists German-US ties should not be risked

  World | November 05, 2013 13:53 IST

  Berlin : German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday stressed the importance of the German-US alliance, saying that an ongoing debate on whether to grant Edward Snowden asylum must not hamper bilateral ties."The chancellor believes she has

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  US weighs end to spying on leaders

  World | October 29, 2013 10:20 IST

  Washington : The Obama administration is considering ending spying on allied heads of state, a senior administration official said, as the White House grappled with the fallout from revelations that the U.S. has eavesdropped on

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  Merkel: US spying has shattered allies' trust

  World | October 25, 2013 11:05 IST

  Brussels : European leaders united in anger as they attended a summit overshadowed by reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies—allegations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said had shattered trust in the Obama administration and

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  Merkel's conservatives biggest winner in German poll

  World | September 23, 2013 9:56 IST

  Berlin : German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), emerged as the biggest winner in Sunday's federal election, official results showed early Monday.The pair

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  Merkel frontrunner, but situation still fluid in German polls

  World | September 21, 2013 18:44 IST

  Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc is in a leading position but it is not definite that the current governing coalition would continue to hold on to power, an exit poll said ahead of Sunday's

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  Germany's Angela Merkel favored for third term

  World | September 21, 2013 14:28 IST

  Berlin:  She enjoys overwhelming popularity and leads an economy that's the envy of Europe. But Angela Merkel is in a fight to clinch a new term for her ruling coalition in Sunday's national election, with

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  Camera drone makes rough landing 2 metres from Angela Merkel

  World | September 15, 2013 23:34 IST

  Dresden: A camera drone had a rough landing in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel at an election campaign event in Germany after police told its operator to bring down the craft.Television footage from the event