Barack Obama In Berlin

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  In Berlin, Barack Obama Speaks Out Against Hiding Behind Walls

  Former US President Barack Obama told an audience in Berlin on Thursday that prosperous nations could not "hide behind a wall" to shield themselves from the turmoil and poverty afflicting other countries.

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  European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources

  European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said.

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  European Leaders And Barack Obama To Discuss Russia Sanctions In Berlin: Sources

  European leaders and President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday an extension of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, as well as possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, multiple sources familiar with the plans said.

• Angela Merkel Laments Breakdown of Trust in US Spy Row

  Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented on Saturday the breakdown in trust between Germany and the United States amid a spying row that saw the CIA chief in Berlin expelled from the country.

• Germany Eyes Overhauled US Partnership In Talks On Spy Row

  Germany's foreign minister said on Friday he would urge a revived US partnership based on "trust and mutual respect" in talks with his American counterpart after Berlin's expulsion of a CIA station chief in a spying row.

• Germany nixes Cold War-era surveillance pact with US, Britain

  Germany cancelled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain today, the first concrete action taken by Berlin in response to revelations by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden about those countries' alleged electronic eavesdropping operations.

• Edward Snowden says Western states 'in bed with' NSA: report

  Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden said the US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other Western governments now complaining about its programmes, in an interview published on Sunday.

• US seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying

  US President Barack Obama tried to reassure European allies affronted by reports of US spying, but suggested all the world's intelligence services were involved in finding out the thinking of opponents and allies alike.

• Barack Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

  Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce US and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."

• Barack Obama to call for cuts in nuclear stock in his Berlin speech

  Barack Obama will propose major cuts in US and Russian nuclear stocks today, making a pitch for his own place in history in an evocative open-air speech during his first visit as president to Berlin.

• Spy sweeps test Barack Obama's rock star status in Europe

  Explosive revelations about US phone and Internet surveillance programs will challenge President Barack Obama's popularity and moral authority when he lands in Europe on Monday.

• Barack Obama to give speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

  US President Barack Obama will follow predecessors John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan and make a major open-air speech in Berlin, from the Brandenburg Gate, on June 19, the White House said on Wednesday.

• Don't overestimate Germany as Euro crisis fighter: Angela Merkel

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the eurozone crisis would dominate the G20 summit next week but warned leaders clamouring for her to take charge