Text of report by independent German news agency ddp on 24 July Berlin: On Thursday [24 July] morning, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU [Christian Democratic Union]) received US presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.

Text of report by independent German news agency ddp Berlin - According to Peter Struck, chairman of the SPD [Social Democratic Party of Germany] Bundestag Group, people in Germany have to counter the rising oil and gas prices by reducing their energy consumption.

Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agency VNA website [Unattributed article from the "Politics-Diplomacy" page: "State President Welcomes Former German Chancellor"] Hanoi (VNA) -State President Nguyen Minh Triet received former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Hanoi on March 7.

Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Novo-Ogarevo, 8 March: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia and Germany will continue to build the Nord Stream gas pipeline in line with the established schedule.

President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are holed up in a tiny Texas town, but their talks this weekend are spanning the globe, from Iran to Afghanistan to Russia.