http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/All the latest Angela Merkel news headlines!240http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239813.html?britains-new-leader-names-cabinet-teamhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239813.html?britains-new-leader-names-cabinet-team<p>LONDON --Britain's new leader chose his senior circle of ministers on Thursday, picking David Miliband, the youngest foreign secretary in decades and a rising star who voiced doubts over the Iraq war.</p><p>Miliband, a 41-year-old environment chief, was confirmed as Foreign Secretary, according to a British government official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.</p><p>Gordon Brown, who became prime minister Wednesday after waiting for a decade, planned a host of changes from Tony Blair's final team, bringing a crop of young legislators into his government.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:41 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239814.html?china-now-the-world-8217s-biggest-carbon-dioxide-emitter-will-play-crucial-climate-rolehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239814.html?china-now-the-world-8217s-biggest-carbon-dioxide-emitter-will-play-crucial-climate-role<p> NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; It&#8217;s China&#8217;s turn on the climate hot seat.Last month energy analysts announced that China&#8217;s booming economy has propelled it past the United States as the world&#8217;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the atmospheric pollutant that is primarily responsible for global warming. China emitted 8 percent more carbon dioxide than the United States in 2006, according to a report released in June by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. </p><p> </p><p> </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:41 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239815.html?new-british-pm-names-cabinethttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1239815.html?new-british-pm-names-cabinet<p>LONDON (AP) -- Britain's new leader chose his senior circle of ministers on Thursday, picking David Miliband, the youngest foreign secretary in decades and a rising star who voiced doubts over the Iraq war. </p><p>Miliband, a 41-year-old environment chief, was confirmed as Foreign Secretary, according to a British government official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.</p><p>Gordon Brown, who became prime minister Wednesday after waiting for a decade, planned a host of changes from Tony Blair's final team, bringing a crop of young legislators into his government.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:41 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1233124.html?merkel-y-fillon-dicen-que-cambios-en-par-237s-no-afectar-225n-cooperaci-243n-bilateralhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1233124.html?merkel-y-fillon-dicen-que-cambios-en-par-237s-no-afectar-225n-cooperaci-243n-bilateral<p> La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, y el</p><p>primer ministro franc&#233;s, Fran&#231;ois Fillon, aseguraron hoy que las</p><p>relaciones franco-germanas no se ver&#225;n alteradas por el cambio de</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:24:54 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218557.html?tony-blair-makes-resignation-officialhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218557.html?tony-blair-makes-resignation-official<p>LONDON - An emotional Tony Blair resigned as prime minister Wednesday after a decade in power, clearing the way for Treasury chief Gordon Brown to take command of the government.Blair submitted his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II during a 25-minute closed-door meeting at Buckingham Palace. With his wife, Cherie, he waved to reporters and then traveled to his constituency in northern England, where he is expected to quit as a lawmaker to take up his post with the Quartet of Mideast peace mediat...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218558.html?blair-leaving-brown-taking-power-in-ukhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218558.html?blair-leaving-brown-taking-power-in-uk<p>LONDON (AP) -- Removal men packed furniture and boxes into a van outside Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street home Wednesday as he prepared to leave office and hand power to Treasury chief Gordon Brown. The incoming leader, who for many lacks the charisma of his predecessor, must woo Britons by shaking off the taint of backing the hugely unpopular Iraq war. With promises of restoring trust in government, he is planning to sweep aside the Blair era after a decade waiting for the country...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218559.html?gordon-brown-set-to-take-over-in-britainhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218559.html?gordon-brown-set-to-take-over-in-britain<p>LONDON (AP) -- Tony Blair's decade in power ends Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of government.</p><p>For Brown, who for 10 years has controlled the national finances as chancellor of the exchequer, it is the culmination of a long - and reportedly frustrating - quest for the top job.</p><p>Brown's devotion to fiscal "prudence" and his commitment to increasing aid to Africa are well known, but questions remain to be answered about what he intends to do in Iraq and more generally about his foreign policy goals.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218560.html?brown-becomes-new-british-prime-ministerhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218560.html?brown-becomes-new-british-prime-minister<p>LONDON (AP) -- Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising "a new government with new priorities," after Tony Blair resigned to end a decade in power. Power changed hands traditionally and quietly behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace as Blair first called on Queen Elizabeth II to submit his resignation, and Brown arrived soon after to be confirmed as the new prime minister. "This will be a new government with new priorities," Brown told reporters...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218561.html?brown-becomes-british-prime-ministerhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218561.html?brown-becomes-british-prime-minister<p>LONDON -- Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising a new government with new priorities, after Tony Blair resigned to end a decade in power. </p><p>Brown, the former Treasury chief, smiled broadly following a meeting at Buckingham Palace during which Queen Elizabeth II asked him to form a new government in the traditional transfer of power.</p><p>An emotional Tony Blair had just resigned as prime minister after a decade in power, clearing the way for Treasury chief Gordon Brown to take command of the government.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218562.html?after-decade-in-power-tony-blair-steps-downhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218562.html?after-decade-in-power-tony-blair-steps-down<p>LONDON -- Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising "a new government with new priorities," after Tony Blair resigned to end a decade in power.</p><p> Power changed hands traditionally and quietly behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace as Blair first called on Queen Elizabeth II to submit his resignation, and Brown arrived soon after to be confirmed as the new prime minister.</p><p> "This will be a new government with new priorities," Brown told reporters outside his Downing Street office minutes later. "I've been privileged with the great opportunity to serve my country."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218563.html?british-prime-minister-blair-ends-decade-in-powerhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218563.html?british-prime-minister-blair-ends-decade-in-power<p>Prime Minister Tony Blair, his decade in power drawing to a close, said Wednesday he is sorry for the peril faced by British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he made no apologies for supporting the United States in taking military action there.</p><p>Blair faced the House of Commons for a last time before going to Buckingham Palace to resign as prime minister, clearing the way for Treasury chief Gordon Brown to take command of the government.</p><p>Blair opened his final weekly appearance for question time in the House of Commons as he has many times before - by expressing condolences to the families of the fallen, this week including two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218564.html?gordon-brown-set-to-take-command-in-britain-as-tony-blairs-decade-in-power-endshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218564.html?gordon-brown-set-to-take-command-in-britain-as-tony-blairs-decade-in-power-ends<p>LONDON ? Tony Blair's decade in power ends Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of government.</p><p>For Brown, who for 10 years has controlled the national finances as chancellor of the exchequer, it is the culmination of a long ? and reportedly frustrating ? quest for the top job.</p><p>Brown's devotion to fiscal "prudence" and his commitment to increasing aid to Africa are well known, but questions remain to be answered about what he intends to do in Iraq and more generally about his foreign policy goals.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218565.html?brown-becomes-new-british-prime-minister-following-resignation-by-an-emotional-blairhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218565.html?brown-becomes-new-british-prime-minister-following-resignation-by-an-emotional-blair<p>LONDON (AP) &mdash; Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising &ldquo;a new government with new priorities,&rdquo; after Tony Blair resigned to end a decade in power.Power changed hands traditionally and quietly behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace as Blair first called on Queen Elizabeth II to submit his resignation, and Brown arrived soon after to be confirmed as the new prime minister.&ldquo;This will be a new government with new priorities,&rdqu...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218566.html?gordon-brown-to-take-over-as-british-prime-ministerhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218566.html?gordon-brown-to-take-over-as-british-prime-minister<p>Tony Blair's decade in power ends Wednesday after facing questions in Parliament and having a last lunch at No. 10 Downing St. before Gordon Brown takes command of government.</p><p>For Brown, who for 10 years has controlled the national finances as chancellor of the exchequer, it is the culmination of a long &#8212; and reportedly frustrating &#8212; quest for the top job.</p><p>Brown's devotion to fiscal "prudence" and his commitment to increasing aid to Africa are well known, but questions remain to be answered about what he intends to do in Iraq and more generally about his foreign policy goals.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218567.html?tony-blair-bowing-out-gordon-brown-to-take-power-in-britainhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218567.html?tony-blair-bowing-out-gordon-brown-to-take-power-in-britain<p>LONDON ? Prime Minister Tony Blair, his decade in power drawing to a close, said Wednesday he is sorry for the peril faced by British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he made no apologies for supporting the United States in taking military action there.</p><p>Blair faced the House of Commons for a last time before going to Buckingham Palace to resign as prime minister, clearing the way for Treasury chief Gordon Brown to take command of the government.</p><p>Blair opened his final weekly appearance for question time in the House of Commons as he has many times before ? by expressing condolences to the families of the fallen, this week including two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218568.html?tony-blair-leaves-buckingham-palace-after-tendering-his-resignation-to-queen-elizabeth-iihttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218568.html?tony-blair-leaves-buckingham-palace-after-tendering-his-resignation-to-queen-elizabeth-iiNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218569.html?tony-blair-leaving-but-not-apologizing-for-putting-troops-in-iraqhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218569.html?tony-blair-leaving-but-not-apologizing-for-putting-troops-in-iraq<p>(6/27/07 - LONDON, ENGLAND) - Prime Minister Tony Blair, his decade in power drawing to a close, said Wednesday he is sorry for the peril faced by British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he made no apologies for supporting the United States in taking military action there. </p><p> ------------------- </p><p> ------------------- </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218570.html?gordon-brown-to-take-over-from-blair-in-britainhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218570.html?gordon-brown-to-take-over-from-blair-in-britain<p>LONDON (AP) -- Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising ''a new government with new priorities,'' after Tony Blair left office with a legacy of economic prosperity overshadowed by the deeply divisive Iraq war.</p><p>Power changed hands traditionally and quietly behind closed doors in Buckingham Palace as Blair first called on Queen Elizabeth II to submit his resignation to end a decade in power, and Brown arrived soon after to be confirmed as the new prime minister.</p><p>''This will be a new government with new priorities,'' Brown told reporters outside his Downing Street office minutes later. ''I've been privileged with the great opportunity to serve my country.''</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218571.html?labour-party-benefiting-from-?brown-bounce?http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1218571.html?labour-party-benefiting-from-?brown-bounce?<p>LONDON - Britain is getting a new prime minister: Gordon Brown, a taciturn economist who has vowed to re-evaluate the country's policy in Iraq and tackle extremism with a lighter touch. And polls show ? however unexpectedly ? that the Labour Party is already benefiting from a "Brown bounce."</p><p>Brown, who must woo Britons still smarting over the war and head off a challenge from the revived opposition Conservative Party, on Wednesday will become the 11th prime minister invited to take office by Queen Elizabeth II.</p><p>His journey to Buckingham Palace ? in a standard government sedan ? ends a 13-year wait to step from outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair's shadow.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:20 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1204927.html?german-govteads-leadership-structure-firstly-a-company-issuehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1204927.html?german-govteads-leadership-structure-firstly-a-company-issue<p>German Govt:EADS Leadership Structure Firstly A Company Issue</p><p>DOW JONES NEWSWIRES</p><p>June 25, 2007 7:27 a.m.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:22:32 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1204928.html?sarkozy-takes-center-stage-in-europehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1204928.html?sarkozy-takes-center-stage-in-europe<p>BRUSSELS, June 24 &#x2014; The new French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has reasserted his country&#x2019;s traditional role at the diplomatic heart of Europe by emerging as the main force behind a deal that brought the European Union back from the brink of crisis.</p><p>Mr. Sarkozy proved to be the crucial figure during a fractious meeting, displaying a hyperactive style that helped break down the resistance of Poland&#x2019;s unyielding leaders.</p><p>Though scheduled only for Thursday and Friday, the meeting of European leaders ran into Saturday, with agreement clinched around 4:30 a.m. Poland and Britain had demanded significant changes to the treaty aimed at rewriting a European Constitution that was rejected in referendums in France and the Netherlands in 2005.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:22:32 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1199343.html?v-is-not-for-victoryhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1199343.html?v-is-not-for-victoryNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:19:50 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194499.html?624-world-briefinghttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194499.html?624-world-briefing<p>KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and U.S.-led troops Saturday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.</p><p>"Afghan life is not cheap and it should not be treated as such," Karzai said in an angry rebuke that drew a contrite acknowledgment from NATO that it must "do better."</p><p>In the past 10 days, more than 90 civilians have been killed by airstrikes and artillery fire targeting Taliban insurgents, Karzai said. The mounting toll is sapping the authority of the Western-backed Afghan president, who has pleaded repeatedly with U.S. and NATO commanders to consult Afghan authorities during operations and show more restraint.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:54:21 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194500.html?eu-leaders-agree-on-new-treatyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194500.html?eu-leaders-agree-on-new-treaty<p>BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union leaders agreed Saturday on the key points of a treaty meant to strengthen the bloc's foreign policy role and eliminate unwieldy bureaucracy.</p><p>The treaty would replace the constitution that Dutch and French voters rejected two years ago. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the summit host, said the drafting of the treaty would begin soon and all countries should ratify it by June 2009.</p><p>It would allow more decisions to be taken by a majority, rather than unanimous, vote, removing the threat of national vetoes. The European Parliament and national assemblies would get more say over decision-making, strengthening the EU's democratic credentials. The EU's executive arm -- the European Commission -- would be trimmed from 27 to 17 seats. The post of EU president -- with a maximum term of five years -- will be created to replace the system of rotating national leaders into the job. A...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:54:21 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194501.html?eu-leaders-ok-details-added-to-new-treatyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/angelamerkel/1194501.html?eu-leaders-ok-details-added-to-new-treatyNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:54:21 +0000