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Putin’s Loss of German Trust Seals the West’s Isolation of Russia

November 18, 2014 by yalibnan 2 Comments

By: Simon Shuster Vladimir Putin has long had a soft spot for Germany. As an officer of the KGB in the late 1980s, he was stationed in the East German city of Dresden, where he developed a love of the language and, according to his memoirs, for the enormous steins of pilsner he drank at […]

Filed Under: Featured News Tagged With: Germany, Merkel, Putin, Russia, sanctions, trust

Lightning strikes Hollande’s plane on way to Berlin

May 15, 2012 by yalibnan 3 Comments

There’s a metaphor in here somewhere: As spanking-new French President Francois Hollande headed to Germany on Tuesday for a possibly contentious meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss how to save the Eurozone, his plane was struck by lightning.

Filed Under: Lebanon News and World News Archives Tagged With: Falcon 7X, France, Francois Hollande, Germany, Hollande, Merkel, Sarkozy

Featured News

Saudi Crown prince’s brother named his deputy DM and Princess Reema as ambassador to U.S.

Israel: New polls put Gantz-Lapid ahead of Netanyahu

Saudi Arabia crown prince strikes oil deal in China

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Lebanon News

85 percent of the Lebanese do not trust their politicians, poll

Top Amal official purchased 40 weapons from Switzerland for his personal protection

Lebanese demand civil marriage on home soil

U.S. Senator lauds Lebanon’s effort to improve the economy

World News

U.N. chief appeals for violence to be avoided in Venezuela

Venezuelan military kills woman near Brazil border over international aid, mayor says

Netanyahu’s main challengers form centrist alliance ahead of Israeli election

Another possible Trade war: Trump threatens tariffs on EU if no trade deal reached

Opinion

Venezuela Isn’t Just a Failed State. It’s a Failure of the Left

An ‘emergency’ power grab would only add to Trump’s problems

President Trump is entering his terrible twos

How a president shapes the public character

Business News

Japan posts largest trade deficit in 5 years

Canada arrests chief financial officer of China’s Huawei

British pound rises as chances for Brexit reversal rise

IBM set to acquire Red Hat in $34B deal

Arts & Culture

Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85

Trump’s mockery of rape victims emboldens rape culture

Legendary French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour dies at 94. ‘Adieu and thank you’

Kavanaugh’s behavior: Whatever you say never really goes away

Science & Technology

Apple shows off its most expensive iPhone yet

What Does Mars Water Mean for Chances of Alien Life?

800 million workers could be replaced by robots in hotels, airports and supermarkets

Unbelievably, Apple Admits It Slows Down Older iPhones

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