Germany

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Louis Gallois, chief executive officer of EADS, which is Airbus' parent company, gestures during a news conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland)

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Wind turbines stand behind houses in Feldheim, Germany, near Berlin. This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a windswept corner of rural eastern Germany is already putting into practice the nation's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tell reporters at a Monday news conference in Berlin that in addition to spending cuts, eurozone nations need economic expansion and more jobs. They suggested using available funding to support small and medium-sized companies and growth projects. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy shake hands after a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

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OnScene.tv via ASSOCIATED PRESS Harry Burkhart, 24, is suspected of starting an arson spree two days after his mother's arrest in California on 19 fraud counts in Frankfurt, Germany, according to court documents. In a brief court appearance, Dorothee Burkhart expressed concern about the safety of her son, who is being held without bail.

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Harry Burkhart, 24, is suspected of starting an arson spree two days after his mother's arrest in California on 19 fraud counts in Frankfurt, Germany, according to court documents. In a brief court appearance, Dorothee Burkhart expressed concern about the safety of her son, who is being held without bail. (OnScene.tv via Associated Press)

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Visitors stand in front of a blue-lit church built of snow during its opening in Mitterfirmiansreut, southern Germany, Wednesday evening, Dec. 28, 2011. The church was opened in the Bavarian Forest two weeks later than planned. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth)

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A euro sculpture stands in front of the European Central Bank (right) in Frankfurt, Germany. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with European People's Party President Wilfried Martens for the 20th Congress of the EPP in Marseille, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) smiles as he greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (right), speaks during a conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel responds to questions at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, about the possibility that Standard & Poor's may downgrade the credit ratings of 15 eurozone countries, including Germany's. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speak to the media during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday , Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she leaves the Elysee Palace after their meeting in Paris. The two leaders discussed a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. The warning by Standard & Poor's of a possible credit downgrade of European nations over the debt crisis came after U.S. financial markets closed Monday. (Associated Press)

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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (center), while German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (right) stands next to them at the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn on Monday. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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A defused World War II bomb sits the Rhine River near Koblenz, Germany. The massive British bomb that triggered the evacuation of about half of the 107,000 residents of Germany's western city of Koblenz was defused Sunday, authorities said. (Associated Press)