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Liz Cheney Running for President in 2012?

When Liz Cheney said “Think Cheney 2012″ on the last FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace – the panel in the studio and lame stream media later assumed she was talking about her father – former VP Dick Cheney. Everybody took the...

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Making allowances for childcare | Benjamin Dierks

Cash incentives alone won't solve childcare – perhaps Gordon Brown should look at Germany's response to a 'stove premium' While Gordon Brown has had to rethink his plan to abolish tax relief on childcare vouchers , family...

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New German Foreign Minister on 1st Moscow visit!

Updated on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:33 IST Tags: Moscow: Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow on Friday, but remained discreet on human...

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Germans and French back COP15 success

German chancellor Angela Merkel The German and French leaders have thrown their backing behind a climate change agreement in Copenhagen. Only weeks ahead of the World Climate Conference in Copenhagen, German chancellor Angela...

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Hymn to Belgium's EU president

As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids ( The great EU stitch-up , 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to...

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Turkish anger over EU appointment

Choice of European council president seen as move to block Turkish accession to EU Robert Tait Istanbul Europe's new president, Herman Van Rompuy, faced a furious backlash in Turkey yesterday amid reports of his hostility to...

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Calls from Angela Merkel told Tony Blair he would not get EU's top job

Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall...

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Merkel halted Blair's EU candidacy

Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall...

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Werner Herzog to head Berlin Film Festival jury

Oscar-nominated German director Werner Herzog will lead the international jury at the 60th Berlin Film Festival from February 11-21, organisers said on Thursday. The critically acclaimed Herzog, 67, will head the panel that...

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Douglas Alexander: Fighting together for a safer future for the world's children

• Brian Viner: Sorry, Roy, but Ireland played like superstars The furore concerning the Thierry Henry handball has moved into a new dimension of weirdness, with the player himself agreeing that the controversial World Cup...

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