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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Becomes President Of Germany
Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany's president today, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era.
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Trial Begins in Death of Turkish-German Heroine
An 18-year-old defendant apologized today for the death of a young German-Turkish woman who became a national symbol of courage for giving her life trying to protect two teenage girls.
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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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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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Merkel backs former East German activist for president
German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed late on Sunday to back former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck to become the country's next president, resolving a political dispute that had become a damaging distraction.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Becomes President Of Germany
Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected Germany's president today, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era.
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Trial Begins in Death of Turkish-German Heroine
An 18-year-old defendant apologized today for the death of a young German-Turkish woman who became a national symbol of courage for giving her life trying to protect two teenage girls.
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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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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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Merkel backs former East German activist for president
German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed late on Sunday to back former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck to become the country's next president, resolving a political dispute that had become a damaging distraction.
