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German President's X Account Hacked, Changed To Bihar Government's Profile
The official X (formally Twitter) account of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been reportedly hacked and modified to look like a handle of the Bihar government's Water Resources Department.
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German President Dissolves Parliament For February 23 Snap Elections
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.
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King Charles To Travel To France, Germany On First Visit Abroad As Monarch
Britain's King Charles III will travel to France and Germany on his first state visits abroad, the German presidency said on Friday.
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Former German President's Son Stabbed To Death In Berlin
An assailant has stabbed to death the son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker in attack at a Berlin hospital that left one other person seriously injured, police said Wednesday.
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Germany Asks For Poland's Forgiveness 80 Years After WWII Outbreak
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier this morning asked Poland's forgiveness for history's bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago.
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Former German President Roman Herzog Dies At 82
Roman Herzog, who as German President was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Tuesday. He was 82.
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Angela Merkel's Bloc Expected To Decide Whom To Back For President
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are set to decide Monday whether to back centre-left Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to become Germany's next president or propose a rival candidate, a party source said.
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'Enormous Shock' of Germanwings Crash Endures: German President Joachim Gauck
German President Joachim Gauck said Friday that the nation was still in "enormous shock" over last month's Germanwings crash in the French Alps, blamed on a depressed co-pilot.
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East German rights activist Joachim Gauck elected president
Activist pastor Joachim Gauck became German president by an overwhelming majority Sunday, marking the first time a candidate from the former communist east will serve as head of state.
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Germany to elect outspoken rights activist as president
Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck is set to become Germany's next president on Sunday, with hopes high he will restore dignity to the office in the wake of two scandal-tainted predecessors.
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German President quits after Afghanistan row
German President Horst Koehler announced his surprise resignation on Monday after appearing to suggest the country's unpopular Afghanistan mission was partly motivated by commercial interests.
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German President's X Account Hacked, Changed To Bihar Government's Profile
The official X (formally Twitter) account of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been reportedly hacked and modified to look like a handle of the Bihar government's Water Resources Department.
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German President Dissolves Parliament For February 23 Snap Elections
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved Germany's lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.
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King Charles To Travel To France, Germany On First Visit Abroad As Monarch
Britain's King Charles III will travel to France and Germany on his first state visits abroad, the German presidency said on Friday.
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Former German President's Son Stabbed To Death In Berlin
An assailant has stabbed to death the son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker in attack at a Berlin hospital that left one other person seriously injured, police said Wednesday.
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Germany Asks For Poland's Forgiveness 80 Years After WWII Outbreak
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier this morning asked Poland's forgiveness for history's bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago.
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Former German President Roman Herzog Dies At 82
Roman Herzog, who as German President was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Tuesday. He was 82.
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Angela Merkel's Bloc Expected To Decide Whom To Back For President
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are set to decide Monday whether to back centre-left Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to become Germany's next president or propose a rival candidate, a party source said.
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'Enormous Shock' of Germanwings Crash Endures: German President Joachim Gauck
German President Joachim Gauck said Friday that the nation was still in "enormous shock" over last month's Germanwings crash in the French Alps, blamed on a depressed co-pilot.
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East German rights activist Joachim Gauck elected president
Activist pastor Joachim Gauck became German president by an overwhelming majority Sunday, marking the first time a candidate from the former communist east will serve as head of state.
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Germany to elect outspoken rights activist as president
Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck is set to become Germany's next president on Sunday, with hopes high he will restore dignity to the office in the wake of two scandal-tainted predecessors.
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German President quits after Afghanistan row
German President Horst Koehler announced his surprise resignation on Monday after appearing to suggest the country's unpopular Afghanistan mission was partly motivated by commercial interests.
