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In this file photo from Nov. 1918, the German and French delegations speak as they wait in Rethondes for the start of the train to the Armistice conference in the Forest of Compiegne, France (AP Photo, File)
November 8, 2018, 4:06 pm
100 years later, Merkel to visit French site where WWI armistice was signed
Joined by Macron, German leader will be first chancellor to visit the location of the ‘Wagon of Compiegne’ train car since Hitler used it to stage France’s surrender in 1940
By Thomas Adamson
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel wave to journalists at the chancellery in Berlin, May 15, 2017. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)
May 15, 2017, 9:51 pm
France’s new president wastes no time: names PM, sees Merkel
Macron taps center-right lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister, highlighting desire to draw bipartisan support
By Sylvie Corbet and Geir Moulson
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures as he leaves an event for La Republique En Marche party candidates at the entrance of the Quai Branly museum on May 13, 2017, in Paris. (AFP Photo/Charly Triballeau)
May 14, 2017, 8:57 am
Macron set to take office as French president
Following inauguration, political newcomer expected to name his PM, meet with Merkel on Monday
By Guy JACKSON
People are evacuated from the area around the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ in Munich on July 22, 2016 after a German-Iranian gunman went on a shooting rampage in the busy shopping center, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/STRINGER)
July 23, 2016, 10:07 am
Iran condemns Munich mall attack by Iranian-German youth
Tehran denounces ‘killing of innocent people,’ expresses solidarity with Germans after rampage in which 9 died
By AFP and TOI staff
A German soldier keeping watch during a patrol near Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province in Afghanistan on April 2, 2012. (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele)
July 11, 2016, 11:17 pm
Shedding post-war timidity, Germany seeks greater role in global security
Burdened by guilt of its Nazi past, the European country for years shied away from using its military muscle, but no longer
By Yacine LE FORESTIER
Reenactors dressed as French and German soldiers take part in a ceremony at the German World War I cemetery of Troyon, eastern France, on May 28, 2016, as part of the 100-year commemoration of WWI's Battle of Verdun. (AFP/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)
May 29, 2016, 9:09 am
Hollande, Merkel to remember WWI dead 100 years after Verdun battle
While honoring 300,000 killed, two leaders expected to address migrant crisis vexing Europe, as well as upcoming Brexit vote
By AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Lycee Francais School in Berlin, May 3, 2016. (AFP/CLEMENS BILAN)
May 3, 2016, 11:53 pm
German leader joins battle to halt rise of France’s far-right
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen decries ‘outrageous and humiliating interference’ by Angela Merkel
By AFP
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