Word: berliner
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...with reporting by William Boston / Berlin and Adam Smith / London...
...knew very little about the politics energizing millions of people from Berlin to Budapest to Beijing. Beyond TV images and conversations with family and friends, I had no conception of the grievances that would lead to the demolition of the Berlin Wall, would bring about multiparty elections in Hungary or caused crowds to gather in Tiananmen. But even a child could sense that the times were momentous...
...Angela Merkel is very popular. She's even more popular than her own party," Oskar Niedermayer, a professor of political science at Berlin's Free University, tells TIME. "Voters are confident Merkel will be able to steer Germany through difficult times. This election result is an important psychological boost...
...Forsa polling institute. But the Social Democrats say they're determined to claw back support before the federal elections on Sept. 27. It's an ambitious goal for a party that is hemorrhaging votes and can't seem to find a way out of the crisis. - Tristana Moore / Berlin...
...Germany, speculation surfaced in the press that Obama's decision to visit Dresden, instead of the capital of Berlin, could be seen as a slight to Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, who faces challenging parliamentary elections in September. In a press conference Friday morning, Obama himself knocked down this idea, saying the choice of Dresden had more to do with his tight schedule, which left scant time between his Egypt visit and his visit Friday afternoon to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, where he will meet with wounded U.S. soldiers. (See pictures of Obama...