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                      JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW But Judea clamoured all around,                                 Of the dead declined to be reminded                                                           Alexander Galich Chapter One: PHONEY WAR   1.  Who cares?       There is a huge pile of papers before me on my desk,

Remember when war was a bad thing? Remember when the “doves” lined the streets in protest against foreign entanglements that would put our troops in danger? I do. I was there in 2003, when a “million” protesters lined the streets

(AP) Merkel’s party, Greens eye German state allianceBERLINChancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the environmentalist Greens will try to form a government together in one of Germany’s most prosperous regions _ a move that could expand the traditional foes’ future options

(AP) Europeans form ‘drone club,’ want to competeBRUSSELSFrance, Germany and other European countries on Tuesday formed a “drone users club” to pool information on the use of pilotless aircraft and develop a rival to the U.S. and Israeli machines that

(AP) Merkel: trust with US needs to be rebuiltBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the relationship between Germany and the United States as well as the future of a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement have been “put to

(AP) Iran’s Rouhani says uranium enrichment `red line’By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIranian officials said Sunday the country made progress with world powers during “serious” talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, but insisted the nation cannot be pushed to give up uranium

(AP) Fugitive whaling protester: ‘We’re not pirates’By GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEA fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted “we’re not pirates” Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded

Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2003 for promoting human rights in her native Iran, has publicly called for the U.S. and E.U to bar Iran from using U.S. and European satellites.  Ebadi asserted

(AP) Snowden seeks the world’s help against US chargesBy GEIR MOULSON and KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINEdward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released

On October 30, the U.S. Treasury blamed Germany for “dragging down its neighbors and the rest of the global economy.” According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Treasury specifically focused on Germany’s “export-led growth model as a major factor

(AP) Eurozone unemployment reaches new record highBy JUERGEN BAETZAssociated PressBRUSSELSThe number of unemployed in the 17-nation eurozone reached a record high in September as the bloc’s nascent recovery failed to generate jobs, official data showed Thursday.The ranks of the jobless

(AP) Under-fire German bishop retreats to monasteryBERLINA German bishop removed from his diocese by the Vatican following a furor over the spiraling cost of his new residence has retreated to a monastery in Bavaria. Pope Francis last week expelled Limburg

Germany has a new regulation, effective November 1, that will allow parents of babies who lack gender-determining anatomy to be noted in the country’s birth register without being marked either male or female. The German Ethics Council conducted a study

The “martyr death” is the “best way to die,” Mustafa’s “wish… for every believing brother and sister,” declared the 24-year old Moroccan-German in an Oct. 18 interview for the German public television station ZDF (“Minderjährige Deutsche im Krieg” segment). Having

(AP) Norway town sees winter sun for 1st timeBy MARK LEWISAssociated PressSTAVANGER, NorwayResidents of the small Norwegian town of Rjukan have finally seen the light. Tucked in between steep mountains, the town is normally shrouded in shadow for almost six

Germans were among Barack Obama’s foremost fans when he first ran for president in 2008. That country had been among the leading opponents of the Iraq War at the UN, joining France on the UN Security Council to push back