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MUNICH | Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism but Pence resists

MUNICH | Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism but Pence resists

MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel robustly defended European nations’ decision to stand by the Iran nuclear deal in a spirited backing Saturday of her multilateral approach to global affairs, but U.S. Vice President Mike Pence promptly accused Europe of once again undermining the United States.

Merkel’s comments at the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top global…

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MUNICH | Merkel defends Iran stance, urges China to join arms talks

MUNICH | Merkel defends Iran stance, urges China to join arms talks

MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel robustly defended European powers’ decision to stand by the Iran nuclear deal in the face of U.S. criticism as she delivered a spirited backing Saturday of her multilateral approach to global affairs and urged China to join future disarmament efforts.

Merkel’s comments at the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top global defense and…

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BERLIN | New EU measures threaten to complicate Nord Stream pipeline

BERLIN | New EU measures threaten to complicate Nord Stream pipeline

BERLIN (AP) — France and Germany have buried their differences on new European rules that could complicate plans for a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

After last-minute negotiations Friday between the two European Union powerhouses, ambassadors of EU countries meeting in Brussels gave the go-ahead to a tweaked proposal that will not threaten the politically sensitive project.

The agreement,…

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BERLIN | Dislike: Facebook will appeal German data-use ruling

BERLIN | Dislike: Facebook will appeal German data-use ruling

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook should not be allowed to use customer data from other apps and websites to help target advertisements shown on their Facebook pages without their explicit consent, saying it was exploiting its dominant position in social media.

The Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said Facebook was guilty of “exploitative abuse” by forcing…

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BERLIN | German police search Deutsche Bank offices in tax haven case

BERLIN | German police search Deutsche Bank offices in tax haven case

BERLIN— German authorities searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and other offices on Thursday on the suspicion bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros, in an investigation brought about from an analysis of online document leaks.

Frankfurt prosecutors’ spokeswoman Nadja Niesen said the investigation was…

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MUENSTER, Germany | Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany

MUENSTER, Germany | Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany

MUENSTER, Germany  — A 94-year-old former enlisted SS man went on trial Tuesday in Germany, charged with being an accessory to murder for crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp.

Johann Rehbogen is accused of working as a guard at the camp east of Danzig, which is today the Polish city of Gdansk, from June 1942 to about the beginning of…

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BERLIN | WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin

BERLIN | WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin

BERLIN— Chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on French soil, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be in London at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey with Queen Elizabeth II.

But in Germany, there are no national commemorations planned for the centenary of the Nov. 11 armistice that brought an end to the war that killed more than 2 million of…

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BERLIN | Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

BERLIN | Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

BERLIN  — A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted attacks on New York and Washington was deported Monday from Germany to his homeland.

German authorities confirmed that Mounir el Motassadeq was aboard a plane that had taken off from Frankfurt airport in the evening.

El Motassadeq was convicted of membership in a…

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