Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - World http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,1429,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf hourly 4 2002-05-01T00:00:00Z 2009-11-21T03:50:07Z http://partner.dw-world.de/syndication/media/rdf_dw_logo.gif http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,1429,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4913142,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf As Herman van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton blink in the unfamiliar glare of media attention, world leaders have been trying to foresee the impact of the new pair on international politics. If there is one. 2009-11-20T18:21:00Z Europe en 4913142 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4898358,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf As his first policy initiative, Germany's new development minister said he wants to end technical aid for China and India. Experts have suggested additional changes in Germany's Asia strategy. 2009-11-18T09:09:00Z World en 4898358 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4881842,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf In his first speech before parliament Germany's new foreign minister pledged a continuation of the country's overall foreign policy. Berlin's Africa strategy, however, is up for review and could see important changes. 2009-11-18T09:02:00Z World en 4881842 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4906122,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf US President Barack Obama has ended a visit to China that featured many statements of cooperation, but few concrete solutions to tough issues. Still, analysts say the trip set an important tone for Sino-US relations. 2009-11-18T15:57:00Z World en 4906122 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4901675,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Germany's diplomatic relations with the Americas are shaped by continuity, a clear focus on the US and by the dominant role played by Chancellor Angela Merkel. That leaves little room for the new foreign minister. 2009-11-18T09:00:00Z World en 4901675 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4910012,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf After reaching a low not seen since the Soviet era over the last couple of years, relations between the EU and Russia are showing signs of improving. Several points of contention, however, remain. 2009-11-19T17:54:00Z World en 4910012 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4831118,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Democracy, war crimes, terrorism - regardless of the issue, the West is accused of not playing fair. But is absolute moral consistency possible or even desirable? Deutsche Welle asked an ethics expert for advice. 2009-10-31T08:08:00Z World en 4831118 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4861759,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf The recent reopening of archives from 1989 has revealed embarrassing bigotry in some former European leaders. The release of the secret files to coincide with anniversary celebrations is meant as a kind of redemption. 2009-11-08T07:44:00Z Germany en 4861759 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4871586,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf While Germany is celebrating two decades of reunification, the two Koreas remain deeply divided. Activists in the capitalist South are using the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to call for change. 2009-11-09T10:15:00Z World en 4871586 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4898313,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf With the clock ticking on his self-imposed deadline to close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay by early 2010, US President Barack Obama is under increasing pressure over his ambitious plans to close the prison. 2009-11-16T15:47:00Z World en 4898313 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4889244,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Splits within the Arab world’s foremost Islamist opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, with its ties to Muslim communities in Germany and elsewhere, could be signs that the group is not interested in democracy. 2009-11-15T14:22:00Z World en 4889244