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Opel would be finished without Germany: Merkel

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

General Motors' European unit Opel/Vauxhall would have gone under this year without the German government, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday -- and now she wants her money back. "Without our involvement there would be no Opel today," Merkel told the Frankfurter ...

APTOPIX FRANCE ARMISTICE DAY

AP News 9 days ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel before Armistice Day ceremonies Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France commemorates the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called "great war" ...

FRANCE ARMISTICE DAY

AP News 9 days ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel before Armistice Day ceremonies Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France commemorates the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called "great war" ...

World remembers sacrifice of World War I lost generation

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Former foes France and Germany held a joint World War I Armistice Day ceremony for the first time as events around the globe Wednesday honoured the millions killed in the conflict. President Barack Obama, speaking at a ceremony in the United States, ...

World remembers sacrifice of WWI lost generation

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Former foes France and Germany held a joint World War I Armistice Day ceremony for the first time as events around the globe Wednesday honoured the millions killed in the conflict. In London, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes to the war dead, ...

German chancellor helps French mark end of WWI

AP News 10 days ago

France turns Armistice Day into friendship day by inviting German chancellor For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France held a joint ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the end of the conflict, saying it is now ...

Merkel, Sarkozy in first joint Armistice ceremony

Reuters US Online Report World News 10 days ago

PARIS (Reuters) - French and German leaders joined together on Armistice Day for the first time to remember their war dead Wednesday, and pledged to work more closely together as partners in Europe. To the sound of the national anthems of the ...

Merkel in Paris to honour World War I dead

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

French and German leaders stood side by side to honour the fallen of the First World War on Armistice Day for the first time Wednesday, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. "We are not commemorating the victory of ...

Merkel in Paris to honour WWI dead

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Chancellor Angela Merkel to Paris Wednesday to honour the fallen of World War 1, the first time a German leader has taken part in a French Armistice Day parade. They were due to rekindle the flame on the ...

Analysis: France-Germany ties fade

AP News 10 days ago

Analysis: Once center stage in Europe, France-Germany ties fade as war, wall memories recede Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally — and France the perpetual skeptic. Paris snubbed NATO, booted allied soldiers off its soil and sought a ...

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