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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the matter needs to be discussed urgently (Reuters)

Calls for urgent UN meeting on Syria video

There is a call today for the United Nations Security Council to meet urgently to reach a joint position on what to do about the Syrian conflict.

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Merkel, Jolie and Clark (Reuters)

The world's most powerful women video

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been crowned the world's most powerful woman for the third year running.

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Greeks protest against visit of German Chansellor Angela Merkel in Athens (Reuters)

Hostile reception for Merkel in Greece video

German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception from many ordinary Greeks Tuesday.

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Lady Gaga, Beyonce among 'world's most powerful women'

Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira have been named among the Most Powerful Women in the World by Forbes magazine.

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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue (Reuters)

Merkel demands binding climate treaty

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the warming of the planet may increase by as much as 4 degrees Celsius if nations do not agree on better climate-protection measures.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and fellow lawmakers vote on the European Stability Mechanism in Bundestag in Berlin

Bold plans for Europe economy

Europe's leaders have proposed bold new plans to grow the economy and get rid of a debt crisis that has crippled its financial system.

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German Chancellor Merkel talks as she receives British Prime Minister Cameron (Reuters)

Cameron debates eurozone with Merkel video

Merkel has called for Europe to take a gradual path towards political union, frustrating the appeals of many of her colleagues for quick, bold moves to fight the continent's raging financial crisis.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Reuters)

Can global leaders help Europe contain crisis?

When leaders from eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, the focus will be on how to prevent Europe's debt crisis from spiralling out of control.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande (Reuters)

Hollande, Merkel to seek growth for Europe video

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have agreed to spend the coming weeks discussing proposals for generating economic growth in Europe, a first step to bridging their differences over how to tackle the eurozone debt crisis.

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Hollande will make his first trip abroad the day after he takes office, to Berlin to meet with Angela Merkel (AAP)

France president-elect has full plate video

On his whirlwind first day since winning the French presidential election, Socialist Francois Hollande was set to embark on a crash course in international politics, with a critical visit to Berlin, an invite to the White House, and two top summits already on the agenda.

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Francois Hollande on Place de la Bastille, in Paris (Reuters)

World welcomes Hollande's French victory video

Chancellor Angela Merkel called Hollande to congratulate him and her foreign minister agreed to discuss the kind of growth pact that Hollande has championed.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Annual Meeting 2012 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Reuters)

Merkel: Only a unified Europe can remain powerful video

Merkel insisted that Europe will remain an economic power only if it deepens the integration that has caused it so many problems.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) at a European Union summit in Brussels (Reuters)

Analysis: Merkel, Sarkozy bond amid crisis

Judging by their body language, they've developed a friendlier working relationship as they worked to resolve the continent's debt crisis in recent months.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Reuters)

Germany pessimistic over crisis summit video

Germany has suggested that European leaders could fail to agree on a plan to tighten the continent's economic ties by the end of the week.

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Merkel's office said her Friday address will inform lawmakers of the joint action she and Sarkozy plan to propose in Brussels (Reuters)

Merkel: Financial crisis solution to 'take years'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says there is no easy fix to the European financial crisis, and that a solution will "take years”.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (Reuters)

Famed 'Merkozy' relationship wobbles amid euro crisis video

They were so close at one point that people started calling them "Merkozy" - but you can always count on money to break up a beautiful relationship.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to US President Barack Obama during a private dinner at the 1789 restaurant in Washington (Reuters)

PHOTOS: Obama and Merkel, diplomatic friends

The White House went all out to underscore the theme of friendship at a state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel: It even did a little social engineering with James Taylor's playlist for the al fresco gathering in the Rose Garden.

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Obama at an appearance with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Reuters)

Obama expresses concern over sluggish economy

With few options at hand and his poll numbers sagging, American President Barack Obama has expressed concern about the sudden slowdown in the economy but said he is not worried about a second recession and the nation should "not panic".

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Barack Obama walks out of restaurant with Angela Merkel in Washington (Reuters)

Obama takes Merkel out for pre-state dinner dinner

Nearly 17 years after the last dinner for a leader from Germany, the White House was readying an elaborate, red-carpet welcome Tuesday for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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German Chancellor Merkel addresses the media at a news conference on the report of the so-called Ethics Commission for a Secure Energy Supply in Berlin (Reuters)

German nuclear plan to serve as 'roadmap' for others video

Europe's economic powerhouse, Germany, has announced plans to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.

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