German opposition leader backs Bush
frietzens | 25.02.2003 21:48
Merkel warmly welcomed in Washington .... Merkel met with Cheney, Herr Rumsfeld and Rice .... The military threat (against Iraq) must continue to be increased! Merkel said ......
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Fischer in London: beware of the poodle! ...... Bush: "zum Narren" in the Cologne-Carnival fifth season .......
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Fischer in London: beware of the poodle! ...... Bush: "zum Narren" in the Cologne-Carnival fifth season .......
German opposition leader backs Bush
... The opposing plans were being introduced in the United Nations on the same day that Angela Merkel, the chairwoman of Germany's biggest opposition party, was being warmly welcomed in Washington by leaders of the Bush administration who have been snubbing Schröder because of his opposition to their Iraq plans.
Merkel, who leads the Christian Democratic Union, met with Vice President Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Unlike Schröder, Merkel said she stood behind the Bush administration's latest resolution.
"The military threat (against Iraq) must continue to be increased," Merkel said at a news conference. "And I view a second U.N. resolution exactly in the context of increasing the threat of violence and the military might confronting Saddam Hussein." .......
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_786395_1_A,00.html
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - 25. Februar 2003, 18:57
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,237743,00.html
Friedensmission
Blair kritisiert deutsche Vorschläge als absurd
Die diplomatischen Bemühungen Deutschlands werden von Briten und Amerikanern empört zurückgewiesen. Außenminister Fischer blitzte mit seinen Vorschlägen bei seinem britischen Kollegen ab. US-Präsident George W. Bush rechnet mit weiteren Verzögerungsversuchen Saddam Husseins, der die Welt "zum Narren" halte. ..........
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An introduction to the “fifth season”
Germans - no war! ~ call the pre-Lenten Carnival season die närrische Saison ("the foolish season") or die fünfte Jahreszeit ("the fifth season"). Except for Munich's Oktoberfest, it is the one time of year when many normally staid Germans (and Austrians and Swiss) loosen up and go a little crazy. Fastnacht or Karneval is a "movable feast" (ein beweglicher Festtag) that depends on the date of Easter (Ostern). In 2003 Fastnacht falls on March 4 (Faschingsdienstag). The official start of the Fasching season is either January 7 (the day after Ephiphany, Dreikönige) or the 11th day of the 11th month (Elfter im Elften, Nov. 11), depending on the region. That gives the Carnival guilds (Zünfte) three to four months to organize each year's events (Carnival balls, parades, royalty, etc.) leading up to the big bash in the week before Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch), when the Lenten season (die Fastenzeit) begins. In 2003 Fastnacht falls on March 4 (Faschingsdienstag)
http://www.wdr.de/
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... The opposing plans were being introduced in the United Nations on the same day that Angela Merkel, the chairwoman of Germany's biggest opposition party, was being warmly welcomed in Washington by leaders of the Bush administration who have been snubbing Schröder because of his opposition to their Iraq plans.
Merkel, who leads the Christian Democratic Union, met with Vice President Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld and security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Unlike Schröder, Merkel said she stood behind the Bush administration's latest resolution.
"The military threat (against Iraq) must continue to be increased," Merkel said at a news conference. "And I view a second U.N. resolution exactly in the context of increasing the threat of violence and the military might confronting Saddam Hussein." .......
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_786395_1_A,00.html =========
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 25. Februar 2003, 18:57
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http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,237743,00.html Friedensmission
Blair kritisiert deutsche Vorschläge als absurd
Die diplomatischen Bemühungen Deutschlands werden von Briten und Amerikanern empört zurückgewiesen. Außenminister Fischer blitzte mit seinen Vorschlägen bei seinem britischen Kollegen ab. US-Präsident George W. Bush rechnet mit weiteren Verzögerungsversuchen Saddam Husseins, der die Welt "zum Narren" halte. ..........
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An introduction to the “fifth season”
Germans - no war! ~ call the pre-Lenten Carnival season die närrische Saison ("the foolish season") or die fünfte Jahreszeit ("the fifth season"). Except for Munich's Oktoberfest, it is the one time of year when many normally staid Germans (and Austrians and Swiss) loosen up and go a little crazy. Fastnacht or Karneval is a "movable feast" (ein beweglicher Festtag) that depends on the date of Easter (Ostern). In 2003 Fastnacht falls on March 4 (Faschingsdienstag). The official start of the Fasching season is either January 7 (the day after Ephiphany, Dreikönige) or the 11th day of the 11th month (Elfter im Elften, Nov. 11), depending on the region. That gives the Carnival guilds (Zünfte) three to four months to organize each year's events (Carnival balls, parades, royalty, etc.) leading up to the big bash in the week before Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch), when the Lenten season (die Fastenzeit) begins. In 2003 Fastnacht falls on March 4 (Faschingsdienstag)
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