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...Although just half of GM's European businesses are located in Germany, Berlin has effectively grabbed control of efforts to save GM's Opel and Vauxhall operations, which GM's board in Detroit this week centralized under Opel's control. But Belgium and the U.K. are no longer willing to just follow Berlin's lead. Politicians and union leaders there fear that Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing re-election in September, is preparing a deal that would save GM jobs in Germany at the expense of plants in their countries. (See 10 milestones on the road to GM's bankruptcy...
...unions' demands are unrealistic. Meanwhile, the association of German cities and councils has slammed the unions' muscle-flexing, saying the strike "would only harm parents and children." But most parents seem to back the strike action, even as they struggle to juggle work and child care. In Berlin's leafy Kollwitz Square, home to a small but crowded playground, many parents say they support the teachers' goals and are unfazed by the disruption. "The nursery teachers work long hours and they're often too tired and stressed to look after the kids properly," says Xenea, mother of 3-year...
...first the government needs to get the teachers back to work. On Wednesday, union bosses are due to sit down with the local authorities in Berlin to hammer out a new pay deal. Another strike is planned for that day, and if there's no deal, more walkouts are expected. In the meantime, some councils have set up "emergency kindergartens" staffed by non-union members for strike days. In other parts of the country, parents have teamed up to organize alternative day-care arrangements; others are taking a day's vacation to stay home with the kids...
...that's around $1,066 per month for a single person or $2,240 for a couple with one child. Some of the hardest hit by Germany's increasing poverty levels are children. It's estimated that there are more than 3 million German children living in poverty; in Berlin alone, up to 36% of all children are poor. "The gap between the rich and poor is wider than ever and more children have been plunged into poverty," says Bernd Siggelkow, a pastor who runs the Arche project in Berlin to help children in need. "People who claim state benefits...
...using coca in any form (since Coca-Cola evades the question). Ironically, the drink is not actually available yet in Bolivia. But, the locals say, this is a great opportunity to show that coca isn't harmful - with or without the cocaine alkaloid. With Reporting by Tristana Moore / Berlin...