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West putting climate treaty in jeopardy, China warns

New Scientist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

... Yu says. "If we fail, the consequences would be disastrous for everybody."German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said last week the market difficulties would make it harder to agree a climate deal, while US Democratic presidential candidate has said he might be forced to scale back his planned investments in energy.Spelling out China's demands, Yu says any final deal must...

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West putting climate treaty in jeopardy, China warns

Science Daily (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

... Yu says. "If we fail, the consequences would be disastrous for everybody."German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said last week the market difficulties would make it harder to agree a climate deal, while US Democratic presidential candidate has said he might be forced to scale back his planned investments in energy.Spelling out China's demands, Yu says any final deal must...

Germany not sending elite troops to Afghanistan - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

... to 100 elite troops to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Last week, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the Afghan part of the OEF mandate should not be renewed when the issue comes up for debate in parliament early next month. He said that for the past several years German KSK special forces had not been involved in OEF, which was set up in the wake of the...

Germany not sending elite troops to Afghanistan

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Berlin - Germany will no longer provide special forces for US-led operations to combat terrorism in Afghanistan, a defence ministry spokesman said Monday. Defence Ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe said Germany had told its allies it did not plan to renew the mandate for up to 100 elite troops to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Last week, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

Steinmeier: Turkey Needs to Do More for EU Membership

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said further reforms were necessary to put Turkey on the path to European Union membership. He also urged the country to do more to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.

• Steinmeier: Turkey needs to do more for EU membership - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Germany says assurance for savers is 'political'

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

... to be explicit about this. The ranking Social Democrat in the Merkel government, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, was cautious in remarks on N24 television. "Of course it has to be sorted out with the specialists exactly what this means," he said. "The finance minister and Finance Ministry are talking to financial institutions now."Wilhelm said the promise that "not one euro"...

Steinmeier: Turkey needs to do more for EU membership

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

Hanover, Germany - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday said further reforms were necessary to put Turkey on the path to European Union membership. Steinmeier said Turkey had achieved much in modernizing the country, but perha...

German FM Calls for Withdrawal of Elite Forces from Afghanistan

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

German special forces in Afghanistan haven't been deployed "a single time" in the past three years, said Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The elite troops' mandate shouldn't be renewed, he added.

German FM seeks end to elite forces' role in Afghanistan

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for the mandate of the elite KSK special forces in Afghanistan not to be renewed. In an interview with the Spiegel news magazine, Steinmeier said the special forces haven't been deployed even once in the past three years. Up to 100 special forces can be sent to Afghanistan at a time under Germany's role in the US-led Operation...

Financial Meltdown Could Complicate Climate Talks

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that the global financial turmoil could derail international climate change agreements.

Hostages in Egypt freed

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier has confirmed that a group of eleven European tourists who were seized ten days ago in the Egyptian desert have been released. A military helicopter has flown the five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian drivers and tour guides to Cairo for medical examinations. The state news agency MENA quoted Egyptian Defence Minister...

Steinmeier confirms hostages in Egypt freed

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

The German foreign minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier has confirmed that a group of eleven European tourists who were kidnapped 10 days ago in the Egyptian desert have been released. A military helicopter has flown the five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian drivers and tour guides to Cairo for medical examinations. The state news agency MENA quoted Egyptian Defence Minister...

Surprise slump in support for CSU in Bavaria could unsettle Merkel's party

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

Hubert Aiwanger, leader of Bavaria's Free Voters party, hears his party has crossed the 5 per cent threshold in the federal state elections in Munich, yesterday. Evidence that support for the Christian Social Union has sunk from 60.7 per cent to 43 per cent was described by foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as an "earthquake". Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters