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...Merkel agreed. However distasteful Germany's leader may have found the deal, she said on Monday that the end, in this case, may justify the means. "Just like any reasonable person, I am in favor of punishing tax evasion," she told reporters in Berlin. "In order to do this, everything should be done to get hold of this data...
...announced an increase of only 500 extra soldiers plus a so-called "flexible reserve" force of 350 deployable at short notice - far fewer than Washington had hoped for, and with an emphasis on training Afghan forces rather than engaging in frontline fighting. "This could strain relations with Washington ... [Berlin] is now inviting the Americans to do the dirty work in Afghanistan," says Henning Riecke, an analyst at the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations...
...With reporting by Tristana Moore / Berlin...
...amazed to read that Bernanke's wife "makes him do the dishes and take out the trash." Perhaps you should have included the corollary that he makes her cook? Or perhaps there is no coercion, but each has accepted certain responsibilities within their marriage. Elizabeth Corwin, BERLIN...
...This shouldn't come as a surprise in Germany, where Obama has been immensely popular since he announced his candidacy. In July 2008, just after Obama locked up the Democratic nomination, he gave a speech in Berlin that drew 200,000 cheering supporters - an event that was later mocked by the McCain campaign, which called him the "biggest celebrity in the world" in a TV ad. And because Obama's first-year problems have been largely domestic - such as the drawn-out fight with conservatives over health care reform - his reputation hasn't been tarnished much abroad since that defining...