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Germany tightens checks on foreign investment plans

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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2018 file photo Christian Democratic Union, CDU, chairwoman and German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during a party convention of the Christian Democratic Party CDU in Hamburg, Germany. The Washington-based Fulbright Association says its 2018 prize for international understanding will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The organization said Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 it had decided to award the prestigious prize to Merkel “for her remarkable, compassionate leadership and her strong commitment to mutual understanding, international cooperation and peace.” (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to receive Fulbright prize

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People pass a commemorative memorial statue to perpetuating the memory of the 'Kindertransport' (children transport) near Friedrichstrasse train station in central in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children

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In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, post trucks leave the Amazon Logistic Center in Rheinberg, Germany. Workers at two Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike as part of a push for improved work conditions, leading to fears that Christmas orders may not arrive in time. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Amazon workers on strike in Germany a week before Christmas

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Loelling, Tretiakov get easy World Cup skeleton wins

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FILE - In this Friday, April 9, 2010 file photo a Russian construction worker smokes in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. Merkel and Putin will meet on Saturday in the German government's guesthouse Meseberg, north of Berlin, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. The topics will include the civil war in Syria, the conflict in Ukraine, and energy questions. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)

Germany looks out for Germany in Nord Stream pipeline fight

By L. Todd Wood

Mariana Harder-Kuehnel, a lawmaker of Alternative for Germany, AfD, casts her vote when running as deputy president of the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. (Ralf Hirschbergerr/dpa via AP)

German parliament rejects far-right deputy speaker candidate

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Police vehicles move at the center of the city of Strasbourg following a shooting, eastern France, Tuesday Dec. 11, 2018. A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the city of Strasbourg's famous Christmas market Tuesday, killing three people, wounding 12 and sparking a massive manhunt. France immediately raised its terror alert level.(AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: France issues wanted poster for shooting suspect

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Germany arrests suspected helper of Islamic State group

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CDU party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, congratulates the newly elected party's general secretary Paul Ziemiak, right, during a party convention of the Christian Democratic Party CDU in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

New head of Merkel party seeks to build bridges with rivals

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2010, photo a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 km (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. In a combative start to his NATO visit, President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that a pipeline project has made Germany &quot;totally controlled&quot; by and "captive to Russia" and blasted NATO allies' defense spending, opening what was expected to be a fraught summit with a list of grievances involving American allies. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Political table set for battle over Nord Stream 2 in Germany

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, waves after her farewell speech during a party convention of the CDU in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. 1001 delegates are electing a successor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel who doesn't run for party chairmanship after more than 18 years at the helm of the party. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: Vote narrows to replace Merkel as party chief

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, congratulates newly elected party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer after the election at the party convention of the Christian Democratic Democratic Union CDU in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel ally, wins fight to head CDU in Germany

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Federico Cafiero De Raho, Italy's Anti-Mafia and Anti-terrorism national prosecutor meets the media during a press conference in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. Police in Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands have arrested at least 84 suspected mobsters and seized some 2 million euros in a series of coordinated raids targeting a powerful branch of the Italian Mafia. The raids are the culmination of an investigation launched in 2016 against the 'ndrangheta criminal group on allegations of cocaine trafficking, money laundering, bribery and violence. Eurojust, the European prosecution agency, coordinated the raids. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)

German police, city officials probed over Italian mob ties

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Guests arrive at the 'Spodek' multipurpose arena complex for the COP24 summit in Katowice , Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump administration touts fossil fuels at COP-24 U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

3 contrasting contenders in Germany vie to succeed Merkel

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the German Ukrainian Economy Forum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: G20 leaders attend show in Argentine opera house

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Trader Timothy Nick works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning after huge gains the day before. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Markets Right Now: A late rally fades, leaving stocks lower

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Clouds of smoke over Europe's largest lignite power plant in Betchatow, central Poland, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. A group of Greenpeace environment activists have climbed its 180-meter smokestack to spur participants in next week's global climate summit in Poland into taking decisions on limiting the use of coal.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

German environment minister backs contentious carbon pricing

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Wolf attacks man at cemetery in northern Germany

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