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Monday, December 5, 2011

Germany - Huge WWII bomb made safe in Koblenz / Deutschland - Riesige WWII Bombe unschädlich gemacht in Koblenz

Published on Dec 4, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ A huge World War II unexploded bomb was one of two successfully defused on Sunday by German experts after the pair were discovered on the riverbed of the Rhine.

The larger of the bombs weighed 1.8 tonnes and was the most powerful yet to be found in the country.

Its discovery came to light after water levels fell due to a dry spell.

Nearly half the population of the city of Koblenz -some 45,000 people in all - were evacuated as a precaution before the bomb disposal team got to work.

Eine riesige Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht explodierte Bombe war einer von zwei erfolgreich am Sonntag von deutschen Experten entschärft, nachdem das Paar auf dem Flussbett des Rheins gefunden wurden.

Je größer der Bomben wog 1,8 Tonnen und war der mächtigste noch in dem Land gefunden werden.

Seine Entdeckung kam ans Licht, nachdem Wasserstände fielen aufgrund einer Durststrecke.

Fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung der Stadt Koblenz-rund 45.000 Menschen in allen - wurden vorsorglich evakuiert, bevor die Bombe zur Verfügung Team an die Arbeit.

Germany - Schmidt attacks Merkel over response to euro crisis / Deutschland - Schmidt Angriffe über Antwort auf Euro-Krise Merkel

Published on Dec 4, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt earned a standing ovation at the start of the Social Democratic Party's annual convention. It came after he was scathing about Berlin's response to the euro crisis.

The now frail 92-year-old said, "treaty change to enforce EU budgetary regulation would take too long," and he gave this warning:

"If we fail to solve the crisis, the importance of Europe will continue to decrease and the world will become a bipolar world between Washington and Beijing."
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Der ehemalige deutsche Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt verdiente Standing Ovations zu Beginn der SPD-Jahrestagung. Es kam, nachdem er sich vernichtend über die Berliner Antwort auf die Euro-Krise war.

Die nun gebrechliche 92-Jährige sagte: "Vertrag ändern, um EU-Haushalt Vorschrift durchzusetzen würde zu lange dauern", und er gab diese Warnung:

"Wenn wir zur Lösung der Krise scheitern, wird die Bedeutung Europas weiter sinken und die Welt wird einer bipolaren Welt zwischen Washington und Peking werden."

Croatia - Four-party alliance wins majority / Hrvatska - Četiri strane savez osvoji većinu

Published on Dec 4, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Croatia's Kukuriku party will now guide the country into European Union membership in 2013 after ending eight years of conservative rule.

Zoran Milanovic who heads a four-party centre-left alliance promised "hard work" after winning a majority in Croatia's 151-seat parliament.

This week an EU accession treaty is due to be signed.

Hrvatska je Kukuriku stranka sada će voditi zemlju u članstvo u Europskoj uniji u 2013, nakon završetka osam godina konzervativne vladavine.

Zoran Milanović koji je na čelu četiri stranke lijevog centra savez je obećao "težak posao", nakon pobjede većinu u Hrvatska u 151-sjedalo parlamentu.

Ovaj tjedan sporazum o priključenju EU trebao bi biti potpisan.