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...they're talking, it sounds as if many European leaders don't want to give their American peers much choice in the matter. German host Chancellor Angela Merkel said the group-France, Italy, Britain, Luxembourg, Spain, the Netherlands and Czech Republic-had agreed to measures they will insist be adopted at the G20 meeting in London in early April. "All financial markets, products and participants including hedge funds and other private pools of capital which may pose a systematic risk must be subjected to appropriate oversight or regulation," Merkel said in a summit statement. "A clear message and concrete action...
...their transient existence, these harbingers of mortality are a far cry from bleak or empty representations of death. Instead, the obvious beauty of these flowers, no matter how short-lived or delicate, is a testament to those unbreakable bonds worth striving for—love, familial ties, and friendships. German director Doris Dörrie’s “Cherry Blossoms” is a similar reminder to appreciate life’s transient but spectacular moments. This touching film, though at times overstated in its sentimentality, incorporates the evocative power of the plant’s symbolic...
...most recent European move to woo Iraq came this week when German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a surprise visit to Baghdad. In addition to discussing diplomatic issues, Steinmeier made it clear that restoring the bustling business that Germany Inc. was doing in Iraq before the war is a key priority for Berlin. "Germany wants to assist Iraq in reconstruction," declared Steinmeier, who was accompanied by a delegation of German business leaders. "My visit demonstrates that we want to support this new Iraq on the path of democratic consolidation." (See pictures of Basra bouncing back...
...While stability in Iraq is still shaky, Germany wants to make sure it gets a piece of the reconstruction pie early. As Steinmeier made the rounds in Baghdad during his unannounced trip, German Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was back in Berlin touting the initiative as seeking to "contribute to reviving the once intensive economic relations between Germany and Iraq...
...German Foreign Minister's trip to Iraq came just a week after French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Baghdad. "My coming here is to tell French companies: the time has come. Come and invest!" Sarkozy declared, explaining to his host, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, how French investment would be mutually beneficial. "We seek cooperation in the economic field, energy, rebuilding, and to help the police, security and Iraqi military forces, as well as restoring the international position of Iraq," Sarkozy promised. "We want to encourage all European countries to come. It is in Europe's interest to extend...