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	Prime Minister - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In some monarchies the prime minister exercises powers (known as the Royal Prerogative) that are constitutionally vested in the monarch and which can be exercised without the approval of parliament.
		Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Norway and Japan), and in republic s, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
		Contrary to popular and journalist ic myth, most prime ministers in parliament ary systems are not appointed for a specific term of office and in effect may remain in power through a number of election s and parliament s.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /prime_minister.htm (1280 words)

	Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands and humiliating aspects were perceived in Germany as a continuation of the war by other means.
		Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies, with West Germany ( Federal Republic of Germany - FRG) and West Berlin being controlled by the Western allies and East Germany ( German Democratic Republic - GDR) and East Berlin by the Soviet Union.
		The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea in the north-west and the Baltic Sea in the north-east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Germany (5304 words)

	Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some monarchies the prime minister exercises powers (known as the Royal Prerogative) which are constitutionally vested in the Crown and can be exercised without the approval of parliament.
		The post of prime minister is one which may be encountered both in constitutional monarchies (such as Belgium, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom), and in republics in which the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
		Contrary to popular and journalistic myth, most prime ministers in parliamentary systems are not appointed for a specific term of office and in effect may remain in power through a number of elections and parliaments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister (1254 words)

	2001 10 15- Foreign Minister visits Germany -PRESS RELEASE
		On October 12, Lithuanian foreign minister Antanas Valionis met the German minister of defence Rudolf Scharping and the advisor of the federal chancellor of Germany Michael Steiner.
		Minister Valionis expressed his thanks to the minister of defence for Germany’s assistance in building the Lithuanian army.
		The minister of defence noted the importance of Lithuania’s contribution to the international coalition.
	www.nato.int /pfp/lt/current/2001-10-15va.html (307 words)

	Prime Minister - GrokPedia Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A prime minister is the chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government, or alternatively an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and manage the civil service.
		In some monarchies the prime minister exercises powers (known as the Royal Prerogative) which are constitutionally vested in the monarch and which can be exercised without the approval of parliament.
		Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom, Norway and Japan), and in republic s, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
	www.grokpedia.com /en/p/pr/prime_minister.htm (1370 words)

	German defence minister arrives in Djibouti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		German Defence Minister Peter Struck arrived in the Horn of Africa state of Djibouti on Saturday for a one-day tour dedicated mainly to visiting German troops patrolling the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the official radio reported.
		Germany has based three frigates, five fast motorboats, four supply ships and a helicopter contingent with a total troop strength of 1,600 to 1,800 in Djibouti as part of the US-led "war on terrorism."
		Germany's secretary of state for defence Brigitte Schutler visited Djibouti in October and had cooperation talks with Djiboutian defence officials.
	www.spacedaily.com /2002/021214113525.yqtiv6ya.html (144 words)

	Välisministeerium : Estonia and Germany
		Germany, while holding the presidency of the Schengen countries, waived visa requirements for Estonians on 1 March 1999 (in December 1998, the agreement on the readmission of persons illegally staying in the country was signed).
		Germany’s defence attaché lieutenant colonel Helmut Gebers resides in Helsinki.
		Since culture and education in Germany fall under the jurisdiction of the federal states, the greater part of co-operative efforts in those fields is enacted at the level of the federal states; cities and regions with friendship ties to Estonia.
	www.vm.ee /eng/kat_176/1653.html (4214 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Germany slashes defence spending
		Defence Minister Peter Struck told parliament that that Germany will be buying far fewer Airbus military transport planes and missiles than it previously intended.
		Germany was the largest participant in an eight-country A400M order worth 20bn euros (£12.7bn; $20bn), signed in December 2001.
		Germany has already said it will not participate in any war on Iraq, but its commitment to various international initiatives - including the European Union's planned 60,000-strong rapid reaction force - could be hampered by any decline in investment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2542679.stm (430 words)

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		Germany broke ranks with its European Union (EU) allies in December 1991 when Bonn recognised the independence of Croatia from the former Yugoslavia ahead of its EU partners.
		This message was not received by Germany’s allies, especially the United States, and Rudolf Scharping, the defence minister was forced to engage in a series of “damage limitation” talks to make it clear that Germany still believed in the core elements of NATO strategy.
		Defence restructuring Bonn’s commitment to the restructuring of Europe’s defence industry is caught between the vested interests of all involved.
	www.ukdf.org.uk /grey/GR61.doc (1801 words)

	G1015 - Letter of Intent between 6 Defence Ministers on Measures to facilitate the Restructuring of the European ...
		Ministers consider that a strong, competitive and efficient defence industry is a key element of European security and identity as well as of the European scientific and technological base.
		Ministers agreed that, in order to capitalise fully on industrial restructuring at European level, it will be a priority for them to seek to harmonise the requirements of their armed forces, their procurement, research and technological development policies and defence-related aspects of their export procedures.
		The Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Spain
	www.grip.org /bdg/g1015.html (2487 words)

	German Defense Minister Joins Abuse Investigation \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \|
		Germany's top military official meets with military officials on Wednesday to discuss the allegations of abuse at training camps which are threatening to engulf the armed forces in a damaging scandal.
		The defense ministerâs involvement follows a report from German military ombudsman Wilfried Penner on Monday in which he revealed that he was investigating allegations that recruits were ambushed during a night march near a base at Kempten in the lower Alps, blindfolded and locked in a damp basement.
		The initial revelations of alleged abuse, which bore striking similarity to events reported in the US-run prison in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, forced the German armed forces' highest officer General Wolfgang Schneiderhan to order all branches of the military to look into the possibility of abuses at their training camps.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1414708,00.html (889 words)

	Defence minister - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Another common reform which occurred at the end of World War II was to place the defence minister in a National Security Council or inner cabinet which allows the head of government to coordinate both military and diplomatic activities.
		It is often assumed by the Prime Minister if war is common for that nation (for example, no less than five Prime Ministers of Israel have held the Defence Ministry during their Premiership).
		In the United States, the defence minister has been called the Secretary of Defense since 1947, when the once separate War Department and the Department of the Navy were merged (though the Secretary of the Navy exists to this day, it is no longer a Cabinet level position, being subordinate to the Secretary of Defense).
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Defence_minister (557 words)

	Estonia and Germany : Defence Co-operation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1994, Germany donated two minesweepers to Estonia of which one has been renovated ("Sulev") and in 1997 Germany donated two renovated minesweepers "Olev" and "Kalev".
		Germany has further presented the Estonian Defence Forces with a lot of equipment.
		In 1998 agreements were signed for the delivery of 6 cross-country trucks to the BALTDEFCOL and 1,500 MG-3 machine-guns to the defence forces, and also an agreement for the donation of equipment and ammunition to the BALTRON.
	www.estemb.de /lang_4/rub_383/rub2_2466 (438 words)

	CNN.com - Schroeder sacks defence minister - July 18, 2002
		The move on Thursday follows revelations about suspect payments the minister is reported to have received - the latest in a string of embarrassing stories that have hampered Schroeder's battle to win a second term in office in September 22 elections.
		The minister's ability to attract negative media coverage proved a continuing embarrassment for Schroeder, and with the Social Democrats trailing the conservative opposition by up to five percentage points in opinion polls, Scharping had become seen as a scandal-prone liability.
		The last to go were the health and agriculture ministers, who resigned in January 2001 over the government's botched handling of Germany's mad cow disease outbreak.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/germany/07/18/scharping.quits (484 words)

	CBC News:Former East German minister denied compensation for deserting Nazis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		COLOGNE, GERMANY - The former defence minister of East Germany is not entitled to compensation for having deserted Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht, a Cologne court ruled Wednesday.
		Kessler, who was defence minister in 1989 when his troops proved unable to stem the flow of East Germans fleeing the country, might have been entitled to a one-time payment of the equivalent of about $6,000 had he been able to prove that the Nazis persecuted him for his desertion.
		He returned to Germany as a key supporter of German alignment with Moscow after the Nazi's defeat in 1945, and became defence minister under East Germany's second leader Erich Honecker.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/04/21/kessler040421 (404 words)

	British Army full of convicts, says German defence minister [Free Republic]
		THE German defence minister has triggered a diplomatic row by alleging that the British Army is full of convicts recruited from the nation's jails.
		A Ministry of Defence spokesman said yesterday: "The man is talking absolute rubbish." Nevertheless, the claims have been widely reported in Germany, leaving many with the impression that large numbers of British servicemen and women are crooks.
		Mr Scharping, who was appointed defence minister in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's Social Democrat-led government 18 months ago, was seeking to defend the principle of conscription in Germany's armed forces against plans to switch to a more British-style professional army.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39285b7c5b4f.htm (562 words)

	Spain, Germany target EU budget flexibility, tighter defence cooperation
		The most concrete outcome of the summit, which included consultations between senior ministers from both countries, was a defence accord which will see Germany extend the loan to Spain of 108 combat tanks to 2016 after which Spain will be given ownership of the hardware.
		Germany and fellow senior EU partner France have both been in bad odour with their neighbours for overshooting strict EU Growth and Stability Pact guidelines on public spending over the past three years.
		Schroeder maintained that "Spain and Germany are of one opinion with regard to Iraq and the Middle East," and pledged support for the international roadmap for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=33209 (822 words)

	Startseite Englisch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Federal Minister of Defence Peter Struck announced his plans for the Bundeswehr 2005 at a press conference in Berlin.
		The Special Air Mission Wing of the Federal Ministry of Defence (FMOD) is a military unit of the Air Force.
		Federal Minister of Defence Peter Struck issues a directive on the top-level military organisation
	eng.bmvg.de (220 words)

	Your country needs you (to dress up as Taliban)
		Germany's defence minister, Peter Struck, may have produced the answer to the problem that has eluded his beleaguered chancellor, Gerhard Schröder - how to reduce Germany's teaming army of unemployed.
		After watching a training exercise in which German soldiers frisked suspects at a checkpoint, the minister was horrified to discover that the "suspects" were highly paid professional soldiers.
		Yesterday a spokesman for the defence ministry said Mr Struck's proposal, made during a visit to the 14th Tank Division in the town of Torgelow, was serious, but details had not been worked out yet.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/6-30-2005-72346.asp (306 words)

	Välisministeerium : Estonian Review: October 29 — November 4, 2001
		The Prime Minister pointed out that the enlargement negotiations have been so succesfull for Estonia that the country may finish the preparations by the end of next year and become a full member of the EU in 2004.
		The minister added that the EU member countries' fears concerning opening their labor markets were somewhat exaggerated and that employees' movement from new member countries to the old member countries would not significantly increase.
		In his speech, Foreign Minister Ilves said it was important that, before making decisions concerning EU enlargement and the EU’s future, the organisation should pay equal attention to the opinions of both old and new member countries.
	www.vm.ee /est/kat_137/299.html (2245 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Germany unveils huge defence cuts
		Defence Minister Peter Struck says up to 26 billion euros (£18bn) will be cut from the budget for arms procurement, troops and military bases.
		Mr Struck said the cuts were part of a reform aimed at shifting the German armed forces away from traditional territorial defence and towards better fulfilling increasing international demands for peacekeeping and conflict prevention.
		Opposition defence expert Guenther Nolting of the Free Democratic Party said that even if Mr Struck's plans were implemented, the "discrepancy between assignment, equipment and availability of financial funds" would continue to exist.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3395575.stm (355 words)

	Wilhelm Groener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He succeeded Otto Geßler as Defence Minister in 1928, a post he held until 1932.
		In 1931 he also became Interior Minister, and favoured the banning of the SA.
		After the removal of Brüning and the appointment of Franz von Papen as Chancellor Groener retired from public life.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Wilhelm_Groener (278 words)

	LHCMA Nuclear History Database: Section PREM11
		Defence (organisation): Lt Gen Sir Horace Robertson's statement to Australian Parliament on the power of the Soviet Government to withstand atomic attack: Prime Minister under the impression that statement had been made by Gen Sir Brian Robertson.
		Germany (policy): omission of influence mines from "short list" of security safeguards during discussions on German contractual negotiations; Germany to be allowed limited production of nuclear fuel and atomic pile.
		Germany: visits of Herr Strauss, Federal Republic of Germany Minister of Defence to UK in May 1957 and Sep 1959.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/pro/p-pre11.htm (4043 words)

	Germany Sacks Top General For Backing Hohmann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		General Reinhard Guenzel, the head of German military's special forces, was stripped of his post for praising a lawmaker who said Jews could be branded as a "race of perpetrators" for alleged crimes against civilians during the Russian revolution.
		Announcing the dismissal on Tuesday, Defence Minister Peter Struck described Guenzel as a "lone, confused general".
		Today, the German Defence Minister, who was head of Germany's Special Forces, was fired on the spot.
	www.rense.com /general44/sxck.htm (554 words)

	A driving force for European defence — Article by Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defence, and Mr Peter Struck, ...
		Relations between France and Germany are clear proof that two neighbouring countries, who have confronted one another during a large part of their history, have succeeded in finding the path of reconciliation and cooperation.
		It is both one of the pillars of the Franco-German partnership and the basis of Defence Europe.
		In this respect, the Defence Ministers have an important role to play in the formulation of key concepts and development of the necessary military capabilities.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/alliotm012803.asp (981 words)

	Minister of Defence (Germany) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minister of Defence ( German : Bundesminister der Verteidigung) is the member of the Cabinet of Germany in charge of the Ministry of Defence.
		During Peacetime the Minister of Defence is the Commander-in-Chief of the German Armed Forces.
		This page was last modified 21:53, 27 April 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Germany) (74 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories.
		The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over missile proliferation as a result of NMD.
		Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern') are not the solution to missile proliferation, sabotage nuclear disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the world, and decrease overall US and international security.
	www.arnehansen.net /000817nmd.htm (495 words)

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