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Greece and Angela Merkel
May 11, 2010BERLIN (May 7) - Pity poor Angela! She's caughte between the rock of Greece and its economic woes, and the hard place of the May 9 elections in Germany's largest state.
Read moreColombian elections offer something new, something old
May 10, 2010The process of finding a successor to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has yielded an unconventional favorite.
Read moreWorld Notes: Somalia, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico and UN
May 10, 2010In Somalia, soldiers aren't getting paid, Spain's jobless rate soars, Cuba celebrates May Day, students in Puerto Rico strike against privatization, and the United Nations reports on press freedom.
Read moreGermany: Left goes in, right goes out – or does it?
May 10, 2010BERLIN -- The state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the valleys of the Rhine and Ruhr is far and away the most populous German state, with 18 million people.
Read moreMay Day message from the Acropolis
May 5, 2010Members of the Communist Party of Greece staged a symbolic occupation of the Acropolis May 4, hanging enormous banners bearing the slogan "Peoples of Europe rise up."
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