Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Germany: Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Commemorated by German Leaders
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Germany,
Helmut Schmidt
Fourth Republican Debate Highlights: 'Ask Israel' and Fight Isis 'Losers'
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Republican debate,
USA
Armistice Day: Nation Remembers War Dead
BBC: A two-minute silence has been observed across the UK to remember the nation's war dead on Armistice Day.
The silence began at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time in 1918 when the guns fell silent along the Western Front in Europe.
War memorials, offices, schools, town halls, and churches all hosted events.
The Princess Royal was at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, while veterans and serving personnel laid wreaths at the Cenotaph in London.
Armistice Day follows similar ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who died in World Wars One and Two and in every conflict since. (+ BBC video) » | Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The silence began at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the time in 1918 when the guns fell silent along the Western Front in Europe.
War memorials, offices, schools, town halls, and churches all hosted events.
The Princess Royal was at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, while veterans and serving personnel laid wreaths at the Cenotaph in London.
Armistice Day follows similar ceremonies on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who died in World Wars One and Two and in every conflict since. (+ BBC video) » | Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Armistice Day
Germany: Merkel Pays Tribute to Dead Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Survivors Remember Kristallnacht: Susan (Strauss) Taube
To learn more about Kristallnacht, visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum here
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Germany,
Kristallnacht
Survivors Remember Kristallnacht: Johanna (Gerechter) Neumann
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Germany,
Kristallnacht
Belgium: EU Slams Turkey’s Human Rights Record in Accession Report
Cameron: Brexit Could Pose National Security Risks
Robert De Niro: We All Need to Get Past the 'Bullsh*t & Nonsense' in US-Russia Relations
Jihadists Shell Latakia University, Bus Stop, Killing and Wounding Dozens of Civilians
François Hollande-Hassan Rouhani Elysée Lunch Binned Over 'Wine Row'
THE TELEGRAPH: Official lunch between the presidents during the Iranian president's historic trip to Paris next week scrapped after French decline request to serve halal meal and no wine
Wine is considered a key ingredient of France's global prestige and the French president perhaps its ultimate ambassador.
So when Iran's president asked for bottles of Bordeaux and Burgundy to be removed from the table at the Elysée Palace during his historic trip next week, the answer was a polite "non".
Hassan Rouhani is visiting Paris as part of a four-day tour of Italy and France beginning November 14, making him the first Iranian president to travel to Europe in a decade.
He had been due to join François Hollande for a formal lunch at the presidential palace on November 17, but the meal was scrapped after the Elysée reportedly rejected Iran's request to serve a halal meal with no wine. » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
LE MONDE : Hassan Rohani refuse de participer à un repas à l’Elysée où sera servi du vin » | Par Yves-Michel Riols | mardi 10 novembre 2015
Wine is considered a key ingredient of France's global prestige and the French president perhaps its ultimate ambassador.
So when Iran's president asked for bottles of Bordeaux and Burgundy to be removed from the table at the Elysée Palace during his historic trip next week, the answer was a polite "non".
Hassan Rouhani is visiting Paris as part of a four-day tour of Italy and France beginning November 14, making him the first Iranian president to travel to Europe in a decade.
He had been due to join François Hollande for a formal lunch at the presidential palace on November 17, but the meal was scrapped after the Elysée reportedly rejected Iran's request to serve a halal meal with no wine. » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
LE MONDE : Hassan Rohani refuse de participer à un repas à l’Elysée où sera servi du vin » | Par Yves-Michel Riols | mardi 10 novembre 2015
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France,
François Hollande,
halal meat,
Hassan Rouhani,
Iran,
wine
Mort d'Helmut Schmidt : François Hollande salue un grand Européen
Helmut Schmidt, Former West German Chancellor, Dies Aged 96
THE GUARDIAN: Docker’s grandson led West Germany from 1974 to 1982 as it rose to become a global economic powerhouse
Helmut Schmidt, an elder statesman of German politics who led West Germany as it rose to become a global economic powerhouse, has died aged 96.
Schmidt’s doctor, Heiner Greten, told the German news agency dpa he died on Tuesday afternoon in Hamburg. He had been receiving treatment at home after his health deteriorated earlier this week.
The grandson of a docker became chancellor of West Germany in 1974 after the resignation of fellow Social Democrat Willy Brandt, triggered when a top aide to Brandt was unmasked as an East German agent. Schmidt served until 1982, when he lost power to conservative Helmut Kohl.
A centrist, Schmidt steered the country through a wave of homegrown terrorism, preached free-market economics to his party and embodied pragmatic politics in a Europe divided by the iron curtain. » | Staff and agencies in Berlin | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
THE GUARDIAN: Helmut Schmidt: 'Britain's empire has gone, though you think it still exists': Germany's former chancellor believes a lack of leadership has added to the crisis at the European institutions he helped forge » | Larry Elliott, Economics editor | Sunday, December 22, 2013
Helmut Schmidt, an elder statesman of German politics who led West Germany as it rose to become a global economic powerhouse, has died aged 96.
Schmidt’s doctor, Heiner Greten, told the German news agency dpa he died on Tuesday afternoon in Hamburg. He had been receiving treatment at home after his health deteriorated earlier this week.
The grandson of a docker became chancellor of West Germany in 1974 after the resignation of fellow Social Democrat Willy Brandt, triggered when a top aide to Brandt was unmasked as an East German agent. Schmidt served until 1982, when he lost power to conservative Helmut Kohl.
A centrist, Schmidt steered the country through a wave of homegrown terrorism, preached free-market economics to his party and embodied pragmatic politics in a Europe divided by the iron curtain. » | Staff and agencies in Berlin | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
THE GUARDIAN: Helmut Schmidt: 'Britain's empire has gone, though you think it still exists': Germany's former chancellor believes a lack of leadership has added to the crisis at the European institutions he helped forge » | Larry Elliott, Economics editor | Sunday, December 22, 2013
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Germany,
Helmut Schmidt
Anne Will - "Merkels Flüchtlingspolitik - Große Geste, kleiner Plan?"
'Sick of Islam,' Muslims Turn to Christ
According to The Gospel Herald, a ministry leader in Iraq said his organization can not keep up with the demands for Bibles by Muslim refugees Bible since ISIS invaded their homeland.
"They're just sick of Islam," he said. "People are very hungry to know about Christ, especially when they hear about miracles, healing, mercy and love. As terrifying and horrifying as ISIS is, they did us a great favor because they came and have shown them all the killing, saying that it's all in the Quran verses. So now we don't have to say much -- we just say the truth." » | Joseph DeCaro | Monday, November 9, 2015
Spain: Catalan Independence Vote Divides Barcelona
Refugee Crisis Could Lead to EU Collapse, Luxembourg FM Warns
This viewpoint is shared by a number of other EU politicians - but they have different reasons for believing a break-up is possible.
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European Union
Monday, November 09, 2015
Angela Merkel Has Set Europe on a Path to Implosion
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Angela Merkel,
Europe,
Germany
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