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Published on September 15, 2012
GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER VOWS TO WIN BACK POWER
- Germany's former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier appealed to the emotions of his center-left opposition party on Saturday, Sept 15, with an attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition and a vow to win back power in next year's election, according to Reuters.
Steinmeier, one of three Social Democrat (SPD) leaders jostling to lead the party into the 2013 election, delivered an uncharacteristically rousing speech to 700 SPD officials at a conference, in what sounded like an audition for the top job.
"We're going to fight to win, not for second place," Steinmeier said, dismissing suspicions the SPD would be content as junior partner in another grand coalition with Merkel's conservatives. "We want to lead in a coalition with the Greens, a coalition that will point Germany towards the future."
The SPD will pick a candidate in January to run against Merkel in the election due in September 2013. Steinmeier leads the pack, ahead of SPD Chairman Sigmar Gabriel and ex-Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck.
"The country is in agony with this coalition," he told the SPD's "Zukunftskongress", or conference on the future.
"Wherever you look they're fighting each other. This coalition has been together for three years but they still haven't formed a working government. They're blowing the headstart for Germany we created for them."
Headlines for September 15, 2012
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On September 14, Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to appoint Ara Harutyunyan as Prime Minister. The new PM was instructed to submit a list of government officials in a 20-day term, Zhoghovurd ...CHINA'S PRESUMED NEXT LEADER MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCE
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The ceremony for Armstrong, who served in the ...GOOGLE REJECTS WHITE HOUSE REQUEST TO PULL OUT ANTI-MUSLIM VIDEO
Google rejected a request by the White House on Friday, Sept 14, to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests in the Middle East.
...PRINCE HARRY UNHARMED IN CAMP BASTION ATTACK
Prince Harry was unharmed after an attack on the Camp Bastion military compound in Afghanistan in which two U.S. Marines were killed and several more wounded, The Independent reports.
Harry, an Army ...DEFENSE MINISTER: CSTO CRRF SERIOUS REGIONAL FORCE
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As Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan stated at the opening of the drills, the exercises ...SOUTH SUDAN MAY RESUME PUMPING OIL IN NOVEMBER - ENVOY
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The protesters ...AL QAEDA CALLS ON MUSLIMS TO KILL MORE U.S. DIPLOMATS
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with his Cypriot counterpart Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis.
At Cyprus-hosted meeting, the parties focused on political issues, cooperation in the framework ...EU CALLS TO END VIOLENT CLASHES OVER ANTI-ISLAM FILM
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The EU urged leaders in Arab and Muslim countries ...THREE POLICEMEN KILLED IN RUSSIA'S DAGESTAN
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The film had its world ...CALIFORNIA MAN LINKED TO MOHAMMAD FILM TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING
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The United States has renewed waivers on Iran sanctions for Japan and 10 European countries because they cut their purchases of the OPEC nation's crude oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, ...RIOT POLICE, PROTESTERS CLASH IN AUSTRALIA OVER MOHAMMAD FILM
Riot police have clashed with about 200 protesters who rallied in downtown Sydney as part of global demonstrations against an anti-Muslim film produced in the United States, AP said.
Ten Network television ...PRINCESS TOWER WORLD'S TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LAUNCHES IN DUBAI
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...TWO PROTESTERS KILLED IN RALLY AT U.S. EMBASSY IN SUDAN
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...POPE BENEDICT XVI APPEALS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN MIDDLE EAST
Pope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday, Sept 15, for religious freedom in the Middle East, calling it fundamental for stability in a region bloodied by sectarian strife, The Associated Press reports
Benedict ...PRISONERS SEIZE 10 GUARDS DURING IN LEBANESE JAIL RIOT
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...AFGHAN POLICEMAN KILLS TWO NATO SOLDIERS
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Agents hoped to arrive on Saturday, Sept 15, but reconsidered ...GERMAN OPPOSITION LEADER VOWS TO WIN BACK POWER
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