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On anniversary, many remember when Wall fell

BERLIN -- Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow. "It was like a prison," said Sauff, 73, who lived on the Western side of the ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Bennington Banner,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Angela Merkel,  European Union,  Dmitry Medvedev

Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall

BERLIN - Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow. ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Mikhail Gorbachev,  European Union,  Dmitry Medvedev

Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic to tour US

BERLIN (AP) -- Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Buffalo News,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon Rattle,  HBO,  Wynton Marsalis

No-sale decision sparks walkouts

WORKERS at auto maker Opel planned walkouts to protest General Motor Co's decision not to sell the European subsidiary, while Germany's government vowed yesterday to recover 1.5 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) it loaned GM to finance the sale. Klaus ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Shanghai Daily,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sberbank,  Magna International, Inc.,  Chevrolet,  Vauxhall,  Cadillac

Germany fumes over GM ditching Opel sale to Magna

A red traffic light is seen at the entrance of the Bochum car plant of Opel on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009. General Motors Co. said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 it will keep its European Opel unit and restructure it instead of selling a 55 percent stake to ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Long Beach Press-Telegram,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Sberbank,  Magna International, Inc.,  Vauxhall,  Angela Merkel

Germany fumes over GM ditching Opel sale

BERLIN - Germany's politicians fumed with anger and Opel workers cancelled cost concessions and readied walkouts after General Motors Co. abandoned the sale of its European subsidiary to parts maker Magna International and Russian bank Sberbank. Klaus ...

From MELISSA EDDY, AZ Central.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Sberbank,  Vauxhall,  Magna International, Inc.,  Angela Merkel

Unions, Germany, Russia fume over Opel

Germany's politicians fumed with anger and Opel workers cancelled cost concessions and readied walkouts after General Motors Co. cancelled the sale of its European subsidiary to parts maker Magna International MG.A-T and Russian bank Sberbank. Klaus ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Sberbank,  Vauxhall,  Chevrolet,  Magna International, Inc.

German indignation over GM decision to keep Opel

Opel labor representatives called for work stoppages across Europe to protest General Motor Co.'s decision not to sell its European subsidiary, and Germany's government vowed to recover euro1.5 billion ($2.2 billion) it loaned GM to finance the ...

From MELISSA EDDY, TheNewsTribune.com,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Sberbank,  Magna International, Inc.,  Chevrolet,  Vauxhall

Statesmen meet in Berlin for reunification event

BERLIN (AP) -- Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to the collapse of communism in Europe gathered Saturday in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes they helped usher in 20 years ago. Former U.S. President George H.W. ...

From MELISSA EDDY, Buffalo News,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Helmut Kohl,  Mikhail Gorbachev,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

German trial over stabbing death of Muslim woman

The trial of a man accused of stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a German court _ an attack that outraged Muslims _ opens Monday in the same courthouse, but under much greater security. About 200 police officers will secure the ...

From MELISSA EDDY, eTaiwan News,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Angela Merkel,  Hosni Mubarak

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