Angela Merkel
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Prime Minister Modi returns from Brazil
National | Jul 18, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTNew 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 | Jul 18, 2014, 07:10 AM ISTNew 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 | Jul 11, 2014, 08:23 AM ISTBerlin: 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 | Jun 30, 2014, 06:54 AM ISTKiev, 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 | Jun 06, 2014, 11:13 AM ISTBerlin: 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, 08:54 AM ISTBerlin: 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, 05:22 PM ISTLondon: 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 | Feb 19, 2014, 11:09 AM ISTBerlin: 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 | Jan 30, 2014, 01:54 PM ISTBerlin : 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 | Jan 07, 2014, 11:50 AM ISTNew 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 | Dec 11, 2013, 05:13 PM ISTBerlin: 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 | Nov 19, 2013, 02:18 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 19, 2013, 09:30 AM ISTBerlin : 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 | Nov 05, 2013, 01:53 PM ISTBerlin : 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 | Oct 29, 2013, 10:20 AM ISTWashington : 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 | Oct 25, 2013, 11:05 AM ISTBrussels : 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 | Sep 23, 2013, 09:56 AM ISTBerlin : 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 | Sep 21, 2013, 06:44 PM ISTBerlin: 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 | Sep 21, 2013, 02:28 PM ISTBerlin: 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 | Sep 15, 2013, 11:34 PM ISTDresden: 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