German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks in Berlin with US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama next week although no press conference has been announced.
According to the Obama team the senator will visit Germany as part of a tour which will take in France, Israel, Britain and Jordan. There has been controversy over the venue in Germany of a planned campaign speech. Obama originally wanted to address Germany at the historic Brandenburg Gate which was Ban praises Germany as mediator ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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