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Germany, ‘Orphaned’ by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
Germany’s Politics News analysis No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with a new world. By Steven Erlanger Reporting from Berlin The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their…
Weather tracker: Elvis shakes Madagascar after Europe’s triple threat
Low pressure strengthens to tropical cyclone status in Indian Ocean, while European windstorm season rages on A compact and stationary area of low pressure brought a sustained period of heavy rain to southern parts of Madagascar this week, with weather stations at Taolagnaro and Toliara recording five-day rainfall totals of 178mm and 196mm respectively, with…