German leader adopts Russian child
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's decision to welcome a 3-year-old Russian girl into his home made national news in Russia and won praise from adoption advocates who say Russians should follow Schroeder's example.
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A German woman who was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year has been released, but her son is still being held hostage, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Wednesday.
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MOSCOW -- Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year -- but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany.
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Russia will pay $2 billion to acquire 60 German high-speed trains, The Moscow Times reported Wednesday. The deal was announced Tuesday during Russian President Vladimir
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Germany today and tomorrow for a visit expected to have a more sober atmosphere than his previous contacts with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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The so-called "Russian-Germans" are descendents of immigrants invited to Russia by Catherine the Great in the 18th Century.
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Three-year-old Victoria, from St Petersburg, has been living at the Schröders&#39; family home in Hanover in northern Germany for several weeks.
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Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year &#151; but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany.
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Today's papers discuss the adoption of a Russian girl by Germany's chancellor and Swedish taxation of alcohol
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BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters Life!) - German hospitals are braced for a surge in births nine months after the host country of soccer's World Cup 2006 enjoyed an uncharacteristic wave of feel-good patriotism and parties, doctors say.
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MOSCOW -- Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year - but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany.
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In pictures: German rescue workers catch baby thrown by parents during fire which killed nine people
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Thousands of Russian children are adopted by foreigners every year  --  but few go to such high-profile homes as the leader of Germany.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian leader Vladimir Putin meet at a summit in Germany on Thursday for the first time in half a year as ties between their countries sink to a post-Cold War low.
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Bulgarian princess Kalina, the only daughter and youngest child of former exiled king Simeon Saxe Coburg, gave birth to a baby boy early Wednesday in Sofia, the royal family spokesman Galya Dicheva told AFP.
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French presidential candidate Segolene Royal met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday.Comment
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Russia is ready to accept help from the West in resolving social and economic problems in Chechnya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday, echoing Putin s earlier statement, made in Germany ...