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    Merkel said Copenhagen would not produce an agreement without commitments from developing nations such as India and China. "But I am sure that if we in Europe and the U.S. are willing to commit to binding goals, then we can convince India and China as well." Merkel is the second German leader to address the U.S. Congress after Konrad Adenauer did so in 1957. Full Article at United Press International
    But I am sure that if we in Europe and the U.S. are willing to commit to binding goals, then we can convince India and China as well.
    SOURCE: United Press International 1 month ago
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  2. I cannot stand before you here today without commemorating the victims of this day and the Shoa
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  3. The goal must be to develop a handover strategy for responsibilities, which we want to develop at a U.N. conference early next year ... We will be successful if we continue to take every step in the alliance together.
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