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"Madam Is Busy": When Sonia Gandhi Kept Najma Heptulla Waiting For An Hour Over Call From Berlin
After being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1999, Najma Heptulla rang up the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Berlin to convey the news but had to hold the phone line for an hour as staff told her that "Madam is busy"
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Navalny's Wife Says Wrote His Name On Ballot After Voting In Russian Presidential Poll
Yulia Navalnaya told journalists and supporters Sunday that she wrote her dissident late husband's name on her ballot after voting in Berlin in Russia's presidential election.
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Catalan Separatists To Try Again To Elect Carles Puigdemont
Catalan separatists, meeting in Berlin, vowed Saturday to attempt once again to get their leader-in-exile Carles Puigdemont reinstalled as president of the Spanish region while adding that they don't want to hold fresh elections.
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Germany Alarmed by Facebook Data Abuse Reports, Lawmakers Demand Answers
Reports have said Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, harvested Facebook users' personal data to support Trump's 2016 presidential election campaign.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Limbers Up For Tricky Dance With Angela Merkel
French President Emmanuel Macron likes to describe France and Germany as two tango dancers who are enthusiastic partners but wary about embracing. This weekend, he will discover who will be his partner in Berlin for what he hopes will be an ambitious -- and French-led -- dance routine
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Becomes President Of Germany
Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany's president today, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era.
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Donald Trump After Berlin, Turkey Attacks: 'I've Been Proven To Be Right'
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that attacks this week in Berlin and Ankara proved he was correct to propose curbing Muslim immigration to the United States.
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After Win Over Angela Merkel's Party, Anti-Migrant Group Eyes Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces the threat of fresh gains by the right-wing populist AfD party in Berlin state elections Sunday, as discontent rises over her welcome to refugees.
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Europe Won't Recognise Vote in Eastern Ukraine, Angela Merkel Tells Vladimir Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Putin on the phone that Sunday's planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognised by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday.
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Berlin Urges Afghan Rivals to Find Rapid Fix to Disputed Vote
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday urged the two rivals in Afghanistan's disputed presidential elections to find a rapid solution to end the crisis over the vote.
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Berlin Voters Reject Plan to Build on Airport-Turned-Park
Voters in the German capital on Sunday rejected plans for a large-scale property development on their former Tempelhof Airport, which has in recent years become a popular inner-city park.
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European Election: And The Winner is ... Angela Merkel
Largely untouched by the eurosceptic wave sweeping the continent, Germany's Angela Merkel looks set to emerge the biggest winner of Sunday's European elections.
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Germany's Angela Merkel begins third term with focus on Europe
Angela Merkel was elected to a third term as chancellor in a vote in the German lower house of parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for her new government to formally take power after months of coalition talks.
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German election results give Angela Merkel a wardrobe headache
Relishing a thumping election victory for her conservatives in Germany's Sunday election, a smiling Angela Merkel said on Monday that conjecture about looming coalition talks presented her with a dilemma on what to wear.
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Angela Merkel wins in Germany, 'grand coalition' likely: exit polls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a third term in elections Sunday but her conservatives may be forced to govern in a "grand coalition" with the centre-left Social Democrats, exit polls showed.
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"Madam Is Busy": When Sonia Gandhi Kept Najma Heptulla Waiting For An Hour Over Call From Berlin
After being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1999, Najma Heptulla rang up the then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi from Berlin to convey the news but had to hold the phone line for an hour as staff told her that "Madam is busy"
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Navalny's Wife Says Wrote His Name On Ballot After Voting In Russian Presidential Poll
Yulia Navalnaya told journalists and supporters Sunday that she wrote her dissident late husband's name on her ballot after voting in Berlin in Russia's presidential election.
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Catalan Separatists To Try Again To Elect Carles Puigdemont
Catalan separatists, meeting in Berlin, vowed Saturday to attempt once again to get their leader-in-exile Carles Puigdemont reinstalled as president of the Spanish region while adding that they don't want to hold fresh elections.
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Germany Alarmed by Facebook Data Abuse Reports, Lawmakers Demand Answers
Reports have said Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, harvested Facebook users' personal data to support Trump's 2016 presidential election campaign.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Limbers Up For Tricky Dance With Angela Merkel
French President Emmanuel Macron likes to describe France and Germany as two tango dancers who are enthusiastic partners but wary about embracing. This weekend, he will discover who will be his partner in Berlin for what he hopes will be an ambitious -- and French-led -- dance routine
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Becomes President Of Germany
Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany's president today, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era.
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Donald Trump After Berlin, Turkey Attacks: 'I've Been Proven To Be Right'
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that attacks this week in Berlin and Ankara proved he was correct to propose curbing Muslim immigration to the United States.
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After Win Over Angela Merkel's Party, Anti-Migrant Group Eyes Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces the threat of fresh gains by the right-wing populist AfD party in Berlin state elections Sunday, as discontent rises over her welcome to refugees.
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Europe Won't Recognise Vote in Eastern Ukraine, Angela Merkel Tells Vladimir Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Putin on the phone that Sunday's planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognised by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday.
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Berlin Urges Afghan Rivals to Find Rapid Fix to Disputed Vote
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday urged the two rivals in Afghanistan's disputed presidential elections to find a rapid solution to end the crisis over the vote.
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Berlin Voters Reject Plan to Build on Airport-Turned-Park
Voters in the German capital on Sunday rejected plans for a large-scale property development on their former Tempelhof Airport, which has in recent years become a popular inner-city park.
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European Election: And The Winner is ... Angela Merkel
Largely untouched by the eurosceptic wave sweeping the continent, Germany's Angela Merkel looks set to emerge the biggest winner of Sunday's European elections.
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Germany's Angela Merkel begins third term with focus on Europe
Angela Merkel was elected to a third term as chancellor in a vote in the German lower house of parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for her new government to formally take power after months of coalition talks.
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German election results give Angela Merkel a wardrobe headache
Relishing a thumping election victory for her conservatives in Germany's Sunday election, a smiling Angela Merkel said on Monday that conjecture about looming coalition talks presented her with a dilemma on what to wear.
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Angela Merkel wins in Germany, 'grand coalition' likely: exit polls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a third term in elections Sunday but her conservatives may be forced to govern in a "grand coalition" with the centre-left Social Democrats, exit polls showed.
