SHARON MEETS WITH GERMAN PRESIDENT HORST KOEHLERA
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) and German President Horst Koehler during a meeting in Jerusalem February 1, 2005. Koehler arrived in Israel on Tuesday on a three-day official visit, which is due to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries. (UPI Photo/Gil Cohen Magen/pool)
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BERLIN, June 1 (UPI) -- The surprise resignation of German President Horst Koehler has plunged Europe's largest economy into a severe political crisis.
BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The 60th anniversary of the democratic constitution, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German federal elections -- Germany is looking back on a year full of political and historic highlights.
WINNENDEN, Germany, March 22 (UPI) -- German President Horst Koehler told mourners the entire nation was grieving with the families of the 15 people killed in last week's school shooting rampage.
BERLIN, June 5 (UPI) -- Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, is paying his first official visit to Germany on Thursday.
BERLIN, March 7 (UPI) -- The German president has approved the creation of a new gallantry medal for the country's soldiers, a spokesman said.
BERLIN, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Germany on Wednesday formally recognized Kosovo's independence, which prompted Serbia to recall its ambassador from Berlin.
MOSCOW, April 25 (UPI) -- Russia's first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin was buried in Moscow Wednesday after a solemn service at an Orthodox cathedral. The 76-year-old Yeltsin died Monday of heart failure and his memorial service was at the Russian Orthodox Christ
BERLIN, April 19 (UPI) -- The Berlin Zoo has received a death threat against the international celebrity polar bear cub named Knut, whose mother abandoned him at birth. The Sun of London reported Thursday that the zoo received a fax on Wednesday that said: "Knut dead. Thursday noo
BERLIN, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- The German parliament Tuesday voted in Angela Merkel as the country's new chancellor, the first female and first eastern German to hold the post.
GDANSK, Poland, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- An open-air mass was held in Poland Wednesday at the Gdansk shipyard gates to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Solidarity trade union.
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