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For German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the new year has gotten off to a dismal start. During the past week, several members of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), have publicly laid into her laissez-faire leadership style, claiming it has weakened the conservative party's base. And Foreign Minister...
Merkel has been at loggerheads with the FDP over tax reform for months. The FDP has insisted that the government stick to the compromise agreed upon during the coalition talks to introduce additional tax cuts worth $35 billion in 2011. But given Germany's soaring budget deficit, Finance Minister Wolfgang...
Westerwelle also opened up a can of worms last week by raising the controversial issue of Turkey's E.U. membership bid while on a trip to Ankara. The Foreign Minister voiced support for the country's accession talks - stalled for years by opposition from Germany and France - by saying it...
On Monday, Peter Robinson announced that he would step aside as First Minister for six weeks, saying he needed "time to deal with family matters" and vowing to clear his name. Iris Robinson, a prominent politician in her own right, gave up her seats in the British Parliament and Northern...
Made in the U.S.A. So who is this man whom U.S. counterterrorism officials would like to see dead? Just like bin Laden, al-Awlaki comes from an influential family: one of his relatives is Prime Minister of Yemen, and his father Nasser al-Awlaki was Agriculture Minister and head of...