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Berlin Zoo says Chinese pandas will 'feel at home'

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Merkel: Strong European economy is good for US

GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelsaidonWednesdaythatastrongEuropeaneconomyisgoodfortheUnitedStates.ShecitedtheMarshallPlan,inwhichWashingtoninvestedinGermanyafterthe

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Germany to receive two giant pandas from China

Germany is going to receive a pair of giant pandas from China on June 24.

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Germany to receive two giant pandas from China

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Merkel lauds Macron's election victory as 'strong vote for reforms'

GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelcalledthevictoryofFrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'spartyinthefirstroundofparliamentaryelectionsa"strongvoteforreforms"andasenioroffici

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German theater returns to China

TheBerlinerTheatertreffen,alongwithFrance'sLeFestivald'AvignonandEdinburgh'sInternationalFestival,isoneofthebiggestculturaleventsintheworld,andhasbeenanannualfi

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German police search Berlin properties linked to mosque visited by attacker

German police on Tuesday searched more than 20 properties in Berlin linked to an organisation that ran a mosque visited by the Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people in a Christmas market in December.

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Suspected IS scout for Berlin attack sites goes on trial

An alleged Islamic State jihadist accused of scoping out potential targets for an attack in Berlin, including the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building, goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday.

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Attack-hit Berlin Christmas market to reopen Thursday

The Berlin Christmas market that was struck by a deadly truck rampage three days ago will reopen on Thursday (Dec 22), organisers said, as the grieving city sought a return to normal life and police hunted for the prime suspect in the attack.

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No perfect shield against truck attacks, say experts

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terror group previously cited traditional Christmas markets as viable targets in its wave of terrorism in Europe, and the Berlin assault was reminiscent of July's truck-on- sidewalk attack in Nice.

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Berlin on high alert as suspect in Christmas market attack still on the loose

The German capital is on high alert with one or more suspects still at large after a deadly truck assault on a Christmas market, even as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for an act that struck at the heart of Europe’s Christian traditions.

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Truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, 12 dead

A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others in what Germany's interior minister said looked like an attack.

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U.S. condemns deadly attack on German Christmas Market

The United States on Monday condemned "in the strongest terms" an attack on Christmas Market in Berlin, Germany which killed at least nine.

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Obama lands in Berlin for farewell visit to ally Merkel

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has forged a close transatlantic alliance during eight years in office that President-elect Donald Trump may now call into question.

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Merkel's party hit by anti-migrant anger in Berlin poll

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she accepts her share of responsibility for her conservatives' drubbing in a Berlin state election when voters punished the party for her refugee-friendly migrant policy.

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Populist surge in Berlin vote piles pressure on Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party on Monday (Sept 19) digested another stinging poll loss, in Berlin state elections, and the relentless rise of the right-wing populist AfD which rails against her liberal refugee policy.

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Berlin vote results put Merkel under heavier pressure

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party was hit by a second electoral blow in two weeks in the Berlin state-city vote on Sunday, highlighting an increasing pressure on her open-door refugee policy.