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Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs talks to members of the press in Emden, Germany, Saturday Nov. 26, 2022. Germany's socially liberal government is moving ahead with plans to ease the rules for obtaining citizenship in the European Union's most populous country, a drive that is being assailed by the conservative opposition. (Lars Klemmer/dpa via AP)

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German government seeks to ease rules for naturalization
By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press
Sat,11/26/22-5:00AM , 446 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's socially liberal government is moving ahead with plans to ease the rules for obtaining citizenship in the European Union's most populous country, a drive that is being assailed by the conservative opposition.
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From left, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Information and Culture of Nigeria Lai Mohammed, Nigerian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Zubairo Dada and German Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth pose for the media near two Benin Bronze sculptures after signing an agreement in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 1, 2022. Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement in Berlin Friday paving the way for the return of centuries-old sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the 19th century and displayed in German museums and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of Benin Bronzes
By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press
Fri,07/01/22-4:30AM , 533 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Nigeria on Friday signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago — an accord that Nigerian officials hope will prompt other countries to follow suit.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the presentation of a special stamp of the German mail service Deutsche Post for the upcoming G7 summit, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Three back-to-back summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine and the extent of international unity as rising geopolitical tensions and economic pain cast an increasingly long shadow. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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3 summits offer test of Western unity, dominated by Ukraine
By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press
Thu,06/23/22-2:32AM , 408 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Three consecutive summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine and the extent of international unity as rising geopolitical tensions and economic pain cast an increasingly long shadow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attend an economic forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 21, 2012. Gerhard Schroeder left the German chancellery after a narrow election defeat in 2005 with an ambitious overhaul of the country’s welfare state beginning to kick in and every chance of becoming a respected elder statesman. Fast-forward to last week: German lawmakers agreed to shut down Schroeder’s taxpayer-funded office, the European Parliament called for him to be sanctioned, and his own party set a mid-June hearing on applications to have him expelled. Schroeder’s association with the Russian energy sector turned the 78-year-old into a political pariah in Germany after the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, pool)

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Russian ties shred German ex-leader Schroeder's standing
By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press
Mon,05/23/22-1:22AM , 588 Reads
BERLIN (AP) — Gerhard Schroeder left the German chancellery after a narrow election defeat in 2005 with every chance of a future as a respected elder statesman.

His ambitious overhaul of the country’s welfare state was just beginning to kick in and he had won plaudits among voters for opposing the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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