Blogging for a free world (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Sochi next month to meet President Dmitry Medvedev, the German government said Wednesday. Merkel will make a one-day trip on Aug. 15, the German government said in a statement. It did not say what she might discuss with Medvedev. Medvedev visited Berlin and met Merkel in early June on his [...]
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | yesterday
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, three American Christian activists were removed from the city's Tiananmen Square on Thursday after protesting restrictions on religious freedom in China. Plainclothes security officials interrupted the three campaigners, who included the director of...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The German government has said it will not reverse its nuclear phase-out plans before next year's federal elections despite pressure from some conservatives. Government spokesman Thomas Steg made the comments just days after a working group at the Economy Ministry recommended that the working lives of German atomic plants be extended by eight years. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
(August 06. Berlin, Sri Lanka Guardian) After a successful demonstration against the LTTE in Berlin, the initiative ´´Sri Lankans against LTTE Terror- Germany´´ have written letters to the President of Germany Mr. Horst Köhler, Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, Interior Minister Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble and Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier, appealing the Federal Government to ban the LTTE as a terrorist...
Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The following is an article by the candidate from the Baldwin presidential campaign: 08/03/2008 (4:16 pm) BUSH TRIP TO BEIJING OLYMPICS SHAMEFUL August 1, 2008 According to numerous press reports, President George W. Bush plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China later this month. Bush said that it “would be an affront to [...]
Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of the current US Presidential campaign, aside from the studied avoidance of any serious proposals to address the worst economic depression since the 1930’s, is the fact that both major party candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, have to date been stone silent on the most pressing issue of future [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
A boycott isolated to the opening ceremony avoids targeting the athletes. It would have sent a strong symbolic statement to Beijing at little substantive cost to US-Chinese relations. Instead, Bush has made a powerful statement of tacit approval. His decision is regrettable.
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
OBAMA: Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome. Read the full story
Dialog International (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Germany's oldest political party - the Social Democrats (SPD) is losing members at an alarming rate: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said Monday it had surpassed the rival Social Democratic Party (SPD) on the basis of membership...
Moon of Alabama (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Jerusalem Post is miffed about a German 'gas deal' with Iran. A parliamentary state secretary in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet appears to have acted illegally in influencing the country's Export Control office (BAFA) to approve a €100 million-plus...
The Daily Reckoning Australia (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
"OBAMANIA" they're calling it. The Europeans went wild for Obama on his recent visit. They seem to see in the Democratic candidate a refreshing change...
Fred Fry International (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
It seems that Germany still is playing both sides: In the first speech by a German Chancellor to the Knesset, Angela Merkel earned Israel's respect in March by insisting that Iran's nuclear program must be stopped and that, if necessary, "Germany will push for further sanctions." Oh, really? It now turns out that only a month earlier, Germany's Export Control Office had given the green light for a...
Smooth Stone (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Germany once again rears its ugly head and assists in cultivating a Jew-hating regime. This is not to be believed, from German-Iranian Gas Deal Criticized : The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Wednesday urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to block a $156 million deal between Germany's Steiner and the Iranian government to build three gas liquefaction facilities, saying it would "embolden" an anti-Semitic regime....
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed a Turkish court's decision not to ban Turkey's ruling party for undermining secularism. A spokesperson for Merkel's office said the Chancellor personally conveyed her relief to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying stability and democratic order in Turkey were central concerns. A top Turkish prosecutor had accused the ruling AK Party of wanting...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Germany's research minister is facing criticism for her plans to spend millions of euros on atomic research -- despite a binding agreement to phase out nuclear energy.
