Word: angela
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Regional elections rarely excite much attention outside the immediate locality. But there are notable exceptions and the results of yesterday's regional poll in the state of Hesse, which handed a coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) a sweeping victory, is being studied closely across Germany and beyond...
...Germany Better Late than Never After months of denying there was any need for a rescue, Chancellor Angela Merkel unveiled a $66 billion stimulus package and a $132 billion loan fund to help Europe's largest economy through its worst recession since World...
...currently best-selling audio Bible, Inspired by ... the Bible Experience, has an all-star cast including Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson and Forest Whitaker - all African American. Meanwhile, Jones' only real competition for the role of God - at least until Denzel Washington gets a bit older - is Morgan Freeman. Jones is the Old Testament God, fierce and forbidding. Freeman is the New Testament version, all wise and all knowing, to be sure, but more approachable. He has done it twice in movies, has been the VOG in commercials for Listerine and Visa cards, among other products...
...farce played out in Brussels, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek - the Czech Republic currently holds the E.U. presidency - and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were phoning Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, warning him that Gazprom and Russia faced the loss of reputation and revenues as Western customers looked elsewhere. The E.U. efforts were almost all aimed at the Russians rather than the Ukrainians. They also spoke with Ukrainian officials. It helps that the E.U. is Ukraine's largest aid donor. Ukraine is facing a financial meltdown, and recently asked for a $16.4 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. Gazprom, owing around...
Just a few weeks ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed content to coast along and see just how bad the financial crisis would get before taking action. As world leaders were piling up huge bailouts, Merkel promised only modest aid for the German economy, and members of her Cabinet even ridiculed other European leaders for engaging in a race to see who could spend the most. But as the new year gets under way, Merkel has clearly joined the race and may be moving ahead of the pack...