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Conergy nears deal with Asian investor: sources

FRANKFURT - Germany's Conergy is close to striking deal that would see an Asian investor take a substantial stake in the company, once Europe's top solar group, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-U.S. trade talks

BERLIN - Germany said on Monday if media reports of large-scale U.S. spying on the European Union were confirmed, it would be unacceptable Cold War-style behavior between partners who require trust to forge a new transatlantic trade area.

United Nations, World 01 Jul 2013

German Social Democrats mull ruling out coalition with Merkel: media

BERLIN - Germany's opposition Social Democrats are considering formally ruling out a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats after September's election, according to media reports on Sunday.

World, 30 Jun 2013

U.S. taps half-billion German phone, internet links in month: report

BERLIN - The United States taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Germany in a typical month and has classed its biggest European ally as a target similar to China, according to secret U.S. documents quoted by a German newsmagazine.

World, China, 30 Jun 2013

ThyssenKrupp mulls selling part of European steel business, paper

FRANKFURT - ThyssenKrupp , Germany's biggest steelmaker, is examining the possibility of selling part of its European steel business to an investor, Rheinische Post newspaper said on its website on Saturday, citing unnamed supervisory board sources.

29 Jun 2013

Book asks if Bruce Springsteen helped bring down the Berlin Wall

BERLIN - Almost 25 years ago, Bruce Springsteen gave communist East Germany its biggest ever rock concert in a performance that fuelled a spirit of rebellion and may have contributed to events that brought down the Berlin Wall, a new book says.

Entertainment, Fashion, Music, 26 Jun 2013

German minister challenges Britain over spying program

LONDON - Germany's justice minister has written to two British ministers demanding to know to what extent a British spy agency targeted German citizens in a large-scale data trawling program that has shocked Berlin, the Guardian said on Wednesday.

U.S., World, 26 Jun 2013

Germany's Ifo says economy to grow 0.6 percent in 2013

BERLIN - Germany's Ifo institute has trimmed its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.6 percent because Europe's largest economy had a subdued first quarter and only narrowly avoided a recession, it said on Wednesday.

26 Jun 2013

Japan's Eisai pulls drug from Germany after pricing row

LONDON - Japanese drugmaker Eisai is to stop selling its new epilepsy therapy Fycompa in Germany - the biggest market for the product - following a row over the price it can charge for the drug.

Health, Japan 25 Jun 2013

Germany proposes delaying EU-Turkey talks over protests

LUXEMBOURG - Germany proposed on Monday postponing a new round of EU membership talks with Turkey by about four months to signal the bloc's displeasure at its crackdown on anti-government protests.

World, Turkey 24 Jun 2013

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Egypt's Mursi rebuffs army ultimatum, sets own course

CAIRO - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had not been consulted and would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation. | Video

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Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

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