<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - angela-merkel</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/angela-merkel</link><description>Newsvine - angela-merkel</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:37:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 03:52:38 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Is the Cyprus 'bank robbery' the answer to levelling out the economic inequalities across the world? (Poll)</title>
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Cyprus is threatening to go into meltdown because the lenders in the European Union, who have been bailing out the country, has hit upon a novel and sure fire way to get the country to cough up what it owes. Austerity hasn't worked at all, except to depress income even further, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360459-is-the-cyprus-bank-robbery-the-answer-to-levelling-out-the-economic-inequalities-across-the-world-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360459-is-the-cyprus-bank-robbery-the-answer-to-levelling-out-the-economic-inequalities-across-the-world-poll</guid><category>germany</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>bailout</category><category>inequality</category><category>cyprus</category><category>euros</category><category>larnaca</category><category>economic-disparity</category><category>euro-partners</category><category>bank-accounts-raided-by-government</category><category>levy-on-deposit-accounts</category><category>more-even-distribution-of-wealth</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB824F615-DE9B-BBD6-16D2-E6E6320D4B83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB824F615-DE9B-BBD6-16D2-E6E6320D4B83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Germany, Merkel's Main Rival Appears to Stumble From Gaffe to Gaffe</title>
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BERLIN &mdash; Chancellor&nbsp;Angela Merkel&rsquo;s challenger in next year&rsquo;s election may have already blurted out his own &ldquo;binders full of women&rdquo; gaffe early in the German campaign.
Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, the Social Democratic Party&rsquo;s candidate for ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285938-in-germany-merkels-main-rival-appears-to-stumble-from-gaffe-to-gaffe</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285938-in-germany-merkels-main-rival-appears-to-stumble-from-gaffe-to-gaffe</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>women</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>csu</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>sps</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rival: Merkel has advantage because she's a woman</title>
<description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel's main challenger in next year's German elections says the chancellor has an advantage over him because she is a woman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16248456-rival-merkel-has-advantage-because-shes-a-woman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16248456-rival-merkel-has-advantage-because-shes-a-woman</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>challenger</category><category>merkel</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:34:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michele Bachmann Wins WND's 'Woman of the Year' Award Partially Based on 'Womanliness'</title>
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Every year, World Net Daily presents a lucky lady with a "Woman of the Year" award, based on her  ability to "represent goodness, womanliness, perseverance and  character." Oooh, womanliness. A trait of utmost importance, second only to "wears lipstick at all times."
The woman&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16221500-michele-bachmann-wins-wnds-woman-of-the-year-award-partially-based-on-womanliness</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16221500-michele-bachmann-wins-wnds-woman-of-the-year-award-partially-based-on-womanliness</guid><category>politics</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>phyllis-schlafly</category><category>world-net-daily</category><category>michele-bachmann-wins-wnds</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib48184737-2AB3-E7B8-6869-CEE9A704F00F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib48184737-2AB3-E7B8-6869-CEE9A704F00F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Israel has the right to respond to provocative PA moves'</title>
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If the Europeans want to prevent Israel from responding further to the recent  Palestinian victory at the UN, they should &ldquo;encourage a positive Palestinian  dynamic&rdquo; and keep the PA from &ldquo;further provocative actions,&rdquo; diplomatic  officials said on Tuesda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703651-israel-has-the-right-to-respond-to-provocative-pa-moves</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703651-israel-has-the-right-to-respond-to-provocative-pa-moves</guid><category>eu</category><category>un</category><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>binyamin-netanyahu</category><category>operation-pillar-of-defense</category><category>national-public-diplomacy-forum</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos755B3DE2-3E96-F698-33FC-AE506F08C00B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="311" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos755B3DE2-3E96-F698-33FC-AE506F08C00B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Merkel to drum up election-year support at CDU convention | News | DW.DE | 04.12.2012 </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15656391-merkel-to-drum-up-election-year-support-at-cdu-convention-news-dwde-04122012</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15656391-merkel-to-drum-up-election-year-support-at-cdu-convention-news-dwde-04122012</guid><category>angela-merkel</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>christian-democratic-union</category><category>newsvine-feedback</category><category>uk-news</category><category>worldview</category><category>eurovine</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>world-news-and-views</category><category>germany-world-news</category><category>crazy-about-rachel-maddow</category><category>homosexual-unions</category><category>angela-merkle</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111DDA162A7-D783-B103-A256-B118EE5FF96F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111DDA162A7-D783-B103-A256-B118EE5FF96F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German minister under pressure over Ph.D. thesis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Angela Merkel says she has full confidence in her education minister, who is facing questions about whether she plagiarized her doctoral thesis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14449441-german-minister-under-pressure-over-phd-thesis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/14/14449441-german-minister-under-pressure-over-phd-thesis</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>minister</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>plagiarism</category><category>chancellor-angela-merkel</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:05:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35afdfe1-d1a8-4059-908f-0c05fc50b309.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35afdfe1-d1a8-4059-908f-0c05fc50b309.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file picture German chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Education Minister Anette Schavan, sit in the German Bundestag in Berlin. Merkels spokesman Steffen Seibert says the chancellor has full confidence in Education Minister Schavan, who is facing questions about whether she plagiarized her doctoral thesis.  The University of Duesseldorf has been looking into Schavans 1980 thesis for several months and German media on the weekend reported that an initial appraisal found questionable passages on 60 of its 351 pages, but the school will not comment saying the investigation is still ongoing. (AP Photo/dapd/ Maja Hitij,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Merkel gets a hostile reception on Greek visit</title>
<description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception from many ordinary Greeks Tuesday when she flew into Athens on her first visit to the country since its debt crisis erupted three years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Paphitis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicholas Paphitis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14306614-merkel-gets-a-hostile-reception-on-greek-visit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14306614-merkel-gets-a-hostile-reception-on-greek-visit</guid><category>eu</category><category>financial</category><category>crisis</category><category>merkel</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>german-chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>financial-crisis</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 05:02:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff60882-ef8d-4564-b0fb-c93ed5cb585d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ff60882-ef8d-4564-b0fb-c93ed5cb585d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters chant slogans in front of the Greek parliament during a union anti-austerity rally a day before the visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Athens on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Greek police have increased security and are preparing to close down large sections of the capital Athens to contain protests against Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is visiting the city Tuesday for talks with the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eca493f5-3d22-44c6-baad-4b1e96881327.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eca493f5-3d22-44c6-baad-4b1e96881327.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Greek and European Union flags wave above the Ministry of Finance as the illuminated temple of Parthenon is seen during the sunset in Athens on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 prior to a union anti-austerity rally a day before the visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The authorities are keen to prevent embarrassing riots. More than 7,000 police will be on security duty in the capital from early Tuesday, while public gatherings will be banned in much of the city center and on a 100-meter (yard) radius from the route her motorcade will follow. The ban will not affect the main protests, but will prevent demonstrators from reaching the German embassy, where a populist right wing party was planning a protest. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40c43435-217b-4952-9a91-3cf40bb0b935.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40c43435-217b-4952-9a91-3cf40bb0b935.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Civilians are detained as a precaution by riot police, prior to an protest in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began here three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive Tuesday in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6530ff21-d139-4f4f-af30-7ff9153b8fb3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6530ff21-d139-4f4f-af30-7ff9153b8fb3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Civilians are detained as precaution by riot police prior to an protest in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began here three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive Tuesday in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d401b9e7-5bfd-4e00-8f60-2dfaa3b2da7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d401b9e7-5bfd-4e00-8f60-2dfaa3b2da7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speak before their meeting at the Maximos mansion in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Amid draconian security measures and a mass protest, German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Tuesday for her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began there three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the Greek government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship.   (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6cb55f2-7e1d-4843-873c-19362e3adc47.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6cb55f2-7e1d-4843-873c-19362e3adc47.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrator display a banner that reads &quot; NO to the 4th Reich&quot; prior to an protest in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began here three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive Tuesday in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6347b84-ee28-4cc3-8522-ccea6a3f3f3a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e6347b84-ee28-4cc3-8522-ccea6a3f3f3a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrator holds an anti-Merkel banner  prior to a protest in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive Tuesday in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91c195da-3b14-440c-8461-bf6b5a5ee9b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="363" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=91c195da-3b14-440c-8461-bf6b5a5ee9b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrator holds a banner with an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and present German Chancellor Angela Merkel  with a swastika   and a slogan  that reads &quot; the Germans are coming back&quot; prior to an protest in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began here three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive today in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83cae694-02dc-40a7-8802-ca4103542d75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=83cae694-02dc-40a7-8802-ca4103542d75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protester is arrested during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 as German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began here three years ago. Her five-hour stop is seen by the government as a historic boost for the country's future in Europe's shared currency, but by protesters as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. More than 7,000 police will be on hand, cordoning off parks and other sections of central Athens, to keep demonstrators away from the German leader who is due to arrive today in the Greek capital for talks with conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64ac80c0-7822-4456-9b5e-b29b479d403d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=64ac80c0-7822-4456-9b5e-b29b479d403d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riot police arrest a demonstrator during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception from ordinary Greeks Tuesday when she flew into Athens on her first visit to the country since its debt crisis erupted three years ago. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e57bb49-a424-46c4-93bb-e1c0a8b5f545.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e57bb49-a424-46c4-93bb-e1c0a8b5f545.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters are chased by riot police during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens, Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception from ordinary Greeks Tuesday when she flew into Athens on her first visit to the country since its debt crisis erupted three years ago. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Peer Steinbrück: a straightforward politician | Germany | DW.DE | 29.09.2012</title>
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Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, a former German finance minister, is to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections next year. The outspoken and quick-witted centrist is not free from controversy within his own party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14166153-peer-steinbrck-a-straightforward-politician-germany-dwde-29092012</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14166153-peer-steinbrck-a-straightforward-politician-germany-dwde-29092012</guid><category>germany</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>social-democrats</category><category>world-news</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>su</category><category>berlin</category><category>chancellor</category><category>frontrunner</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>fdp</category><category>wolfgang-clement</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 08:27:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Opinion: The troublesome challenger Steinbrück | Germany | DW.DE | 29.09.2012</title>
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Facing Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, the former finance minister, is the toughest challenge the opposition could have thrown at Chancellor Merkel in the fight to see who leads Germany, writes DW's Volker Wagener.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14150859-opinion-the-troublesome-challenger-steinbrck-germany-dwde-29092012</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14150859-opinion-the-troublesome-challenger-steinbrck-germany-dwde-29092012</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>social-democratic-party</category><category>csu</category><category>opionion</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>sigmar-gabriel</category><category>fdp</category><category>red-green</category><category>guido-westerwelle</category><category>deutsche-welle</category><category>eco-greens</category><category>author-volker-wagener</category><category>traffic-light-coalition</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Opposition leader: Merkel fails to tackle crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA[The man who will challenge Angela Merkel to lead Germany next year has accused her government of failing to address the underlying causes of Europe's debt woes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14135159-opposition-leader-merkel-fails-to-tackle-crisis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14135159-opposition-leader-merkel-fails-to-tackle-crisis</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>challenger</category><category>merkel</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>merkel-challenger</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:03:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36a9b558-4c01-4569-893e-7af2f3b043da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36a9b558-4c01-4569-893e-7af2f3b043da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The Sept. 21, 2009 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and then German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, left, after a meeting with the German Government's task force for finance architecture at the chancellery in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party appears set to choose former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, who helped pilot the country through the 2008-9 financial crisis, as Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in next year's election. Several German media outlets reported Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 the center-left Social Democrats have decided to nominate the 65-year-old Steinbrueck. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=952c26c3-36bd-41d9-ae63-3966975169dd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=952c26c3-36bd-41d9-ae63-3966975169dd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The Jan 12, 2007 file photo show then German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck smiling during a press conference in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party appears set to choose former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, who helped pilot the country through the 2008-9 financial crisis, as Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in next year's election. Several German media outlets reported Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 the center-left Social Democrats have decided to nominate the 65-year-old Steinbrueck. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=928ffccb-ffee-4043-8a08-b144afdd77b4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=928ffccb-ffee-4043-8a08-b144afdd77b4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Social Democratic politicians, from left, Peer Steinbrueck, Sigmar Gabriel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a news conference in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party appears set to choose former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, who helped pilot the country through the 2008-9 financial crisis, as Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in next year's election. Several German media outlets reported Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 the center-left Social Democrats have decided to nominate the 65-year-old Steinbrueck. (AP Photo/dapd, Michael Gottschalk, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03f4562-20f8-4ba8-baf3-9da11cf8e69f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a03f4562-20f8-4ba8-baf3-9da11cf8e69f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The Sept. 21, 2009 file photo shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and then German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, left, briefing the media after a meeting with the German Government's task force for finance architecture at the chancellery in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party appears set to choose former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, who helped pilot the country through the 2008-9 financial crisis, as Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in next year's election. Several German media outlets reported Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 the center-left Social Democrats have decided to nominate the 65-year-old Steinbrueck. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=940920ca-5ddf-445e-a68d-dd596608a0a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=940920ca-5ddf-445e-a68d-dd596608a0a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former German Finance Minister and member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD),  Peer Steinbrueck, smiles during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Party chairman Sigmar Gabriel announced Steinbrueck as the party's top candidate for the federal elections 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ad45a44-b4d3-48d4-853f-df4ca9a30de6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ad45a44-b4d3-48d4-853f-df4ca9a30de6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angela Merkel's designated top challenger in the general elections Peer Steinbrueck, left, and head of the German Social Democrats, SPD, Sigmar Gabriel wait for the start of a meeting of the party's executive committee in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Michael Gottschalk)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German police: Merkel party hotel room broken into</title>
<description><![CDATA[German police say someone broke into a hotel room that was used as an office of the chancellor's conservative party while Angela Merkel was holding talks in the same building.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/23/14046949-german-police-merkel-party-hotel-room-broken-into</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/23/14046949-german-police-merkel-party-hotel-room-broken-into</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>party</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>merkel-party</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:56:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e05a621-4abe-470d-8c5e-0a1b07d8fce2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e05a621-4abe-470d-8c5e-0a1b07d8fce2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Francois Hollande meet with spectators at the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Merkel and Hollande attendes the celebration of the 50th anniversary of former French President Charles de Gaulle's speech to the youth of Germany.(AP Photo/Marijan Murat, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German opposition struggles to unsettle Merkel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's main opposition party is itching to end Angela Merkel's 7-year grip on power &#8212; but with elections a year away, there is no challenger in place and little sign of a winning strategy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geir Moulson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geir Moulson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14002280-german-opposition-struggles-to-unsettle-merkel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14002280-german-opposition-struggles-to-unsettle-merkel</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>merkel</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>challengers</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:49:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35f38683-4d99-469b-a188-6a162f5db7c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35f38683-4d99-469b-a188-6a162f5db7c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Social Democratic politicians, from left, Peer Steinbrueck, Sigmar Gabriel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a news conference in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party is itching to end Angela Merkel's 7-year grip on power  but with elections a year away, there is no challenger in place and little sign of a winning strategy. (AP Photo/dapd, Michael Gottschalk, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=453ead38-198c-4913-a185-d93a38835084.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=453ead38-198c-4913-a185-d93a38835084.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a press conference in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party is itching to end Angela Merkel's 7-year grip on power  but with elections a year away, there is no challenger in place and little sign of a winning strategy. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3c07f39-3ca5-44de-a8db-7763f105f061.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3c07f39-3ca5-44de-a8db-7763f105f061.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2012 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a news conference with Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. Germany's main opposition party is itching to end Angela Merkel's 7-year grip on power  but with elections a year away, there is no challenger in place and little sign of a winning strategy. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Daily Kos: British PM Cameron &amp; German,s Merkel Tell Netanyahu to Shut the F'ck Up, </title>
<description><![CDATA[
I wonder why the US Press is ignoring the fact that 3 weeks ago ... 3 long weeks ago ... British PM David Cameron and German Chancellor Merkel told Bibi to shut the f'ck up, "no" to red lines and gave Bibi a "red light" when it comes to invading Iran.
5 days ago: Haartz Newspa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[midgebaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[midgebaker]]></source><link>http://midgebaker.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13922155-daily-kos-british-pm-cameron-germans-merkel-tell-netanyahu-to-shut-the-fck-up</link><guid>http://midgebaker.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13922155-daily-kos-british-pm-cameron-germans-merkel-tell-netanyahu-to-shut-the-fck-up</guid><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>politics</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>election-2012</category><category>bibi-netanyahu</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=midgebakerE944F71F-DFE0-66E9-0A41-A64045832C14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=midgebakerE944F71F-DFE0-66E9-0A41-A64045832C14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German lawmaker: no majority for 3rd Greek bailout</title>
<description><![CDATA[Germany's parliament is unlikely to approve a third financial rescue package for Greece, a senior lawmaker in Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition said Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13882544-german-lawmaker-no-majority-for-3rd-greek-bailout</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13882544-german-lawmaker-no-majority-for-3rd-greek-bailout</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>financial</category><category>crisis</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>chancellor-angela-merkel</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The euro: Tempted, Angela? | The Economist</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A controlled break-up of the euro would be hugely risky and expensive. So is waiting for a solution to turn up
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219530-the-euro-tempted-angela-the-economist</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219530-the-euro-tempted-angela-the-economist</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>euro</category><category>ecb</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>economies-business-german</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German Court May Take Longer to Rule on Euro Measures - SPIEGEL ONLINE</title>
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The German Constitutional Court may take several months, rather than the expected three weeks, to decide on a request that it issue a temporary injunction blocking measures to rescue the euro. Finance Minister Wolfgang Sch&auml;uble urged the court to hurry up Tuesday, warning &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12664002-german-court-may-take-longer-to-rule-on-euro-measures-spiegel-online</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12664002-german-court-may-take-longer-to-rule-on-euro-measures-spiegel-online</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>injunction</category><category>esm</category><category>wolfgang-schaeuble</category><category>joachim-gauck</category><category>federal-constitutional-court</category><category>european-stability-mechanism</category><category>the-leftists</category><category>efsf</category><category>fiscal-pact</category><category>andreas-vosskuhle</category><category>peter-gauweiler</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth705466EE-C82D-6B7E-9D8C-CC41FDE410B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="135" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth705466EE-C82D-6B7E-9D8C-CC41FDE410B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Has German self-pity been holding back a resolution to the Euro crisis?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg Prime Minister, said he was stepping down as head of the eurozone finance ministers at the end of June, citing irritation with Germany and France.
"They act as if they are the only members of the group", he said. Germany has indeed &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[twinklystar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[twinklystar]]></source><link>http://twinklystar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12481732-has-german-self-pity-been-holding-back-a-resolution-to-the-euro-crisis</link><guid>http://twinklystar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12481732-has-german-self-pity-been-holding-back-a-resolution-to-the-euro-crisis</guid><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>euro</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>euro-crisis</category><category>mario-monti</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twinklystar471F81FB-6E4A-6E61-025D-B8CD3F2590B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="539" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twinklystar471F81FB-6E4A-6E61-025D-B8CD3F2590B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Quotations of the day</title>
<description><![CDATA["This boson is a very profound thing we have found. We're reaching into the fabric of the universe in a way we never have done before. We've kind of completed one particle's story. ... Now we're way out on the edge of exploration." &#8212; University of California at Santa Barbara scientist Joe Incandela, leader of a team of 2,100 scientists, on the discovery of a new subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, or "God particle."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12451163-quotations-of-the-day</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/28/12451163-quotations-of-the-day</guid><category>quotes</category><category>northern-ireland</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>queen-elizabeth-ii</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>irish-republican-army</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>santa-barbara</category><category>ron-howard</category><category>peter-robinson</category><category>irish-protestant</category><category>andy-griffith-show'</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:01:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Europe Will Splinter No Matter What Happens In Greece; 'France Has At Most Three Months' Says German Official.  Business Insider. Mike &quot;Mish&quot; Shedlock, Global Economic Trend Analysis. 6-16-12, 23 minutes ago. </title>
<description><![CDATA[
All eyes are focused on the Greek election on Sunday. However, a fundamentally far more important election (for the long term) will take place in France on Saturday.If socialists take control of both houses in French parliament as expected, president Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande wo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12259175-europe-will-splinter-no-matter-what-happens-in-greece-france-has-at-most-three-months-says-german-official-business-insider-mike-mish-shedlock-global-economic-trend-analysis-6-16-12-23-minutes-ago</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12259175-europe-will-splinter-no-matter-what-happens-in-greece-france-has-at-most-three-months-says-german-official-business-insider-mike-mish-shedlock-global-economic-trend-analysis-6-16-12-23-minutes-ago</guid><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>europe</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>splinter</category><category>eurozone</category><category>fran-ois-hollande</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:54:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD7BE232B-5E08-0AFE-5E3F-75450C7CC5C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD7BE232B-5E08-0AFE-5E3F-75450C7CC5C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The political issues in the Greek elections</title>
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Sunday&rsquo;s general election in Greece is uniformly portrayed as a  defining moment in which the Greek people will have the chance to  determine not only the future of their own country, but the course of  Europe. But as far as Europe&rsquo;s ruling elite is concerned, Greec&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12257497-the-political-issues-in-the-greek-elections</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12257497-the-political-issues-in-the-greek-elections</guid><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-monetary-fund</category><category>international-committee</category><category>george-osborne</category><category>radical-left</category><category>united-socialist-states</category><category>new-democracy</category><category>ex-lehman-brothers</category><category>michael-tory</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan54315877-3C72-D8E1-5AC7-D35BC4B5E6C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan54315877-3C72-D8E1-5AC7-D35BC4B5E6C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Germany can't save everyone, says Merkel as Spain's problems mount. by Ben Chu. Friday, 15 June 2012</title>
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Spain's 10-year borrowing costs breached 7 per cent yesterday, the highest level since the formation of the single currency, while the flames of the eurozone crisis spread closer to Italy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230884-germany-cant-save-everyone-says-merkel-as-spains-problems-mount-by-ben-chu-friday-15-june-2012</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230884-germany-cant-save-everyone-says-merkel-as-spains-problems-mount-by-ben-chu-friday-15-june-2012</guid><category>bonds</category><category>germany</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>merkel</category><category>central-bank</category><category>debt</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>sovereign-debt</category><category>eurozone</category><category>g-20</category><category>eurozone-crisis</category><category>mario-monti</category><category>fran-ois-hollande</category><category>luis-de-guindos</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:55:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH5CDCF5F8-0464-A3E5-DA12-4DF83DFBA388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH5CDCF5F8-0464-A3E5-DA12-4DF83DFBA388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This Is What A Country On The Brink Of Collapse Looks Like. Business Insider. by Wolf Richter, Testosterone Pit.  June 5, 2012, 6:18 PM  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism, Greece&rsquo;s second largest industry after the shipping industry, and already in a downdraft, is taking another hit as tour bus drivers will go on strike for four days next week; wage negotiations have&nbsp;deadlocked.&nbsp;
Owners demand that drivers take a 50% cut i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/06/12080621-this-is-what-a-country-on-the-brink-of-collapse-looks-like-business-insider-by-wolf-richter-testosterone-pit-june-5-2012-618-pm</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/06/12080621-this-is-what-a-country-on-the-brink-of-collapse-looks-like-business-insider-by-wolf-richter-testosterone-pit-june-5-2012-618-pm</guid><category>pensions</category><category>bribes</category><category>votes</category><category>gazprom</category><category>ecb</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>profits</category><category>world-news</category><category>pharmacists</category><category>bailout</category><category>vat</category><category>competitiveness</category><category>eurozone</category><category>vote-buying</category><category>electric-supply</category><category>depa</category><category>shipping-industry</category><category>social-benefits</category><category>drachma</category><category>child-benefits</category><category>borrowed-money</category><category>syriza</category><category>target2</category><category>tour-bus-drivers</category><category>shipbuilding-industry</category><category>lagie</category><category>german-frigates</category><category>inflated-wages</category><category>olympic-facilities</category><category>xgd</category><category>private-sector-wages</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:16:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH4F367294-A101-5E94-5F56-ED0E733A4208.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH4F367294-A101-5E94-5F56-ED0E733A4208.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>There is a vast misperception of Israel in Europe, Netanyahu says</title>
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives exclusive interview to German newspaper Bild, says "Israel is maligned day in, day out" &bull; Netanyahu says Germany's support for Israel is "tangible" but that Israel has never asked other countries to defend it.
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Western Europe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Levi777]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Levi777]]></source><link>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071142-there-is-a-vast-misperception-of-israel-in-europe-netanyahu-says</link><guid>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071142-there-is-a-vast-misperception-of-israel-in-europe-netanyahu-says</guid><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>holocaust</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>german-submarines</category><category>benyamin-netanyahu</category><category>german-newspaper-bild</category><category>nuclear-tipped-cruise-missiles</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 18:56:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Full Text Of George Soros Speech [June 2, 2012  Trento, Italy]. Business Insider</title>
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Ever since the Crash of 2008 there has been a widespread recognition, both among economists and the general public, that economic theory has failed. But there is no consensus on the causes and the extent of that failure.I believe that the failure is more profound than generally&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055251-full-text-of-george-soros-speech-june-2-2012-trento-italy-business-insider</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055251-full-text-of-george-soros-speech-june-2-2012-trento-italy-business-insider</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>spain</category><category>politics</category><category>euro</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>george-soros</category><category>eurozone</category><category>financial-bubbles</category><category>karl-popper</category><category>reflexivity</category><category>maastricht-treaty</category><category>fallibility</category><category>european-stability-mechanism</category><category>ltro</category><category>robert-merton</category><category>david-tuckett</category><category>fantasy-object</category><category>long-term-refinancing-operation</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHE94B0F8F-49D8-1BE3-5490-8C54275C1318.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHE94B0F8F-49D8-1BE3-5490-8C54275C1318.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>