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	ninemsn Encarta - Germany, Federal Republic of
		Germany, Federal Republic of (in German, Bundesrepublik Deutschland), country in central Europe, bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
		Germany consists of three major geographical regions—lowland plain in the north, an area of uplands in the centre, and a mountainous region in the south.
		Among the tributaries of the Rhine in western Germany are the Lahn, Lippe, Main, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576917/Germany.html (652 words)

	Learn more about Germany in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to its east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland and to its west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
		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 and Baltic Seas in the north.
		Germany was the birthplace of composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, and Wagner; poets such as Goethe and Schiller; philosophers of the likes of Kant, Hegel, Marx or Nietzsche; origin of the Bauhaus; as well as scientists of the caliber of an Einstein.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/ge/germany_2.html (1652 words)

	Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, to the west by France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic.
		Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany and as a continuation of the war by other means.
		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 (5594 words)

	MSN Encarta - Germany
		Germany is an economic powerhouse in the European Union (EU), and a driving force behind greater economic integration and cooperation throughout Europe.
		Germany is bounded on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
		Germany has three major natural regions: a lowland plain in the north, an area of uplands in the center, and a mountainous area in the south.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761576917 (1442 words)

	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of modern Germany.
		The new constitution for West Germany was originally to be drafted by a constituent assembly and submitted to a plebiscite for ratification.
		Although Germany often is chided with being immobile in its legislative procedure, this procedure has been used of late to pass many government-expanding international treaties, like the European Monetary Union or the European Constitution, which failed in other countries because of plebiscites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany (2260 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany
		Germany was at 36.6 percent, Sweden at 52.5 percent and the U.S. at 26 percent.
		For assaults, Germany is described as 1.4 per 1,000 population, compared to 3.2 for Norway, 7.5 for the UK and 7.7 for the United States.
		In 1949, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) abolished the death penalty.
	www.fsmitha.com /world/germany.htm (1115 words)

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		The Federal Republic of Germany is one of the world's major industrialised countries, located in the middle of Europe.
		Germany are at the forefront of European states seeking to exploit the momentum of monetary union to advance the creation of a more unified and capable European political, defense and security apparatus.
		Germany possesses the world's third most technologically powerful economy after the US and Japan, but its basic capitalistic economy has started to struggle under the burden of generous social benefits.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/germany_2.html (1562 words)

	Germany (09/05)
		The Federal Republic of Germany took part in all of the joint postwar efforts aimed at closer political, economic, and defense cooperation among the countries of western Europe.
		Germany continues to be active economically in the states of central and eastern Europe and to actively support the development of democratic institutions, bilaterally and through the EU.
		Germany stands at the center of European affairs and is a key partner in U.S. relations with Europeans in NATO and the European Union.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3997.htm (5913 words)

	The Birth of the Federal Republic of Germany: German History
		The Birth of the Federal Republic of Germany
		The powers of the lower house, the Bundestag, and the federal chancellor were enhanced considerably at the expense of the federal president, who was reduced to a figurehead.
		- The Birth of the Federal Republic of Germany
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/history/bl_frg.htm (891 words)

	Countries of the World: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany): Chapter 1. Historical Setting@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany or Federal Republic) was established in May 1949, incorporating the post-World War II American, British, and French occupation zones.
		A divided Germany of the cold war era became the European pivot of the East-West conflict.
		In early 1982 West Germany remained critical to the functioning of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and East Germany continued its role as a key...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28386855&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (186 words)

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		Article 36 (Personnel of the federal authorities) As amended March 19, 1956 (1) Civil servants employed in the highest Federal authorities shall be drawn from all Laender in appropriate proportion.
		If new functions arise for the Federation in matters on which it has the power to legislate, Federal authorities at intermediate and lower level may be established in case of urgent need, with the consent of the Bundesrat and of the majority of the members of the Bundestag.
		The requirements of the Federation and of the Laender in respect of budget coverage shall be coordinated in such a way that a fair equalization is achieved, any overburdening of taxpayers precluded, and uniformity of living standards in the Federal territory ensured.
	wiretap.area.com /Gopher/Gov/World/germany.con (17746 words)

	Welcome to Germany Info : Your German Information Source
		Germany’s two largest parties have agreed on talks to form a grand coalition, with the CDU occupying the chancellorship, CDU head Angela Merkel announced in Berlin.
		Germany has sent experts to Pakistan to help recover victims and provide drinking water as well as a 50-person military team of doctors and engineers with medical and other needed supplies.
		Germany is standing with the United States and its international partners in the fight against global terrorism.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch (495 words)

	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The belief at the time was that this would not take long; however, the emergence of the Cold War caused the division of Germany to last more than forty years.
		The Basic Law has not been renamed but some amendments with respect to reunification were made in 1991 and 1994.
		Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/lit/the_basic_law.pdf).
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Basic_Law_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany (504 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany v. U.S.
		U.S. The motion of the Federal Republic of Germany, et al.
		Germany's filings come at what is literally the eleventh hour.
		Nonetheless, Germany explains that it did not file its case in the International Court of Justice until it learned that the State of Arizona had admitted that it was aware, when LaGrand was arrested, that he was a German national.
	cl.bna.com /cl/19990310/127.htm (571 words)

	Germany
		As the western occupation zones moved to unity in the last years of the 1940s, it became obvious that the governmental entity which would develop would adopt the fl-red-gold of the Weimar Republic and indeed, it was established as the National Flag on 9 May 1949, two weeks before the Federal Republic came into existence.
		It was adopted in 1848, and abolished in 1852; readopted as the flag of the Weimar Republic on August 11th 1919, and abolished and replaced by the Third Reich flag March 12th 1933.
		It was used by the German Democratic Republic until 1959, but had added to it a coat of arms from 1959 to 1989, when the Germanies were reunited.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de.html (711 words)

	The Federal Republic of Germany - A Virtual Travel to Germany
		The Dom - Cathedral of Cologne - Germany
		The democratic FRG embedded itself in key western economic and security organizations, the EC and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact.
		On the 3rd October 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic unified in accordance with Article 23 of the FRG Basic Law.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/germany.htm (1607 words)

	German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
		The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was established in 1949 from the area of Germany occupied by the Soviet Union.
		As West Berlin remained part of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) the capital was the cause of great conflict.
		The main political figure in the German Democratic Republic was Walter Ulbricht who served as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1946-1971) and Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1971).
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWeastGermany.htm (808 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany: Demographics
		Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat)
		Germany possesses the world's third most technologically powerful economy after the US and Japan, but structural market rigidities - including the substantial non-wage costs of hiring new workers - have made unemployment a long-term, not just a cyclical, problem.
		Germany's aging population, combined with high unemployment, has pushed social security outlays to a level exceeding contributions from workers.
	www.kmike.com /country/gmdemog.htm (1191 words)

	AllRefer.com - Germany - The Creation of the Bizone - The Birth of the Federal Republic of Germany \| German Information ...
		A notable early example of this policy change was a speech given in Stuttgart in September 1946 by the United States secretary of state, James F. Byrnes, proposi ng the transfer of administrative functions from the existing military governments to a single civilian German administration.
		To combat the resulting fl-market economy, especially noticeable in large cities, and to aid economic recovery in western Germany, a central bank was founded and a currency reform was proclaimed on June 19, 1948.
		The powers of the lower house, the Bundestag, and the federal chancellor were enhanced considerably at the expense of the federal president, who was reduced to a figurehead (see Government Institutions, ch.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/germany/germany38.html (2095 words)

	REGIERUNGonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Facts about Germany is a handbook for anyone seeking reliable up-to-date information on the Federal Republic of Germany.
		Germany plans to send ten observers to Aceh Province, Indonesia, a region where civil war went on for decades, taking the lives of more than 10,000 people.
		Speaking on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 'Bundeswehr' he thanked the men and women in uniform for their service on difficult missions both at home and abroad, adding that the German armed forces today are a respected partner for the protection of peace, freedom, and human rights.
	www.bundesregierung.de /en (592 words)

	NATO Basic Documents: Protocol on Accession of Germany, 23 Oct. 1954 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Upon the entry into force of the present Protocol, the Government of the United States of America shall on behalf of all the Parties communicate to the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany an invitation to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty.
		Thereafter the Federal Republic of Germany shall become a Party to that Treaty on the date when it deposits its instruments of accession with the Government of the United States of America in accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty.
		The Government of the United States of America shall inform the other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty of the date of the receipt of each notification of acceptance of the present Protocol and of the date of the entry into force of the present Protocol.
	www.nato.int /docu/basictxt/b541023n.htm (377 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany: Discussion
		Western Germany is still reeling from the cost of re-unification with Eastern Germany.
		Germany is coming out of recession, it is confirmed by investor confidence numbers coming stronger for the ninth consecutive month.
		When Germany comes out of recession so that the rest of Europe.
	www.shibuimarkets.com /perl/country.pl?ccode=DE&page=Discussion (610 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945.
		The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact.
		Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy - the fifth largest in the world - has become one of the slowest growing economies in the euro zone.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/gm.html (1410 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
		The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was created in 1949 from the British, French and American zones of occupation in Germany.
		The Federal Republic of Germany joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958.
		The Federal Republic is threatened by the aggressive imperialism of Soviet Russia as is proved by the systematic expansion of Soviet power in all parts of the world since 1945.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWwestGermany.htm (727 words)

	Federal Republic of Germany 1949-1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As the western occupation zones moved to unity in the last years of the 1940s, it became obvious that the governmental entity which would develop would adopt the brg of the Weimar Republic and indeed, it was established as the National Flag on 9 May 1949, two weeks before the Federal Republic came into existence.
		Similar to the Federal Service flag (no. 3) except the flag is square and has a fl-red-gold fringe.
		as a color for parades, ceremonies, etc. I've seen this flag on the news during coverage of state visits to Germany by US presidents; it is carried by the honor guard of the Wachtbatallion, the ceremonial unit of the Bundesheer.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-1949.html (798 words)

	Business Wire: The Federal Republic of Germany Regulatory Auth... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal Republic of Germany Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post appoints Christian Seifert, Chairman and CEO for Stellar One Corporation as North America Counsel.
		Seifert, formerly an executive with Alcatel SEL Telecom, and a native of Germany, joined Stellar One as its Chairman and CEO on November 1, 1996.
		In 1996, the German Parliament passed a proposal of ordinance to deregulate the market for telecommunications in the Republic of Germany.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:50044973&refid=ink_tptd_g1 (577 words)

	Germany in CIA World Factbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, progress towards economic integration between eastern and western Germany is clearly visible, yet the eastern region almost certainly will remain dependent on subsidies funded by western Germany until well into the next century.
		The economic recovery in the east is led by the construction industries which account for one-third of industrial output, with growth increasingly supported by the service sectors and light manufacturing industries.
		Western Germany, with three times the per capita output of the eastern states, has an advanced market economy and is a world leader in exports.
	userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de /adressen/brd-fact.html (1307 words)

	Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Fischer to the German Bundestag in Berlin on 28 September 2005 - Extension of the ISAF mandate in Afghanistan (extract)
		Federal Minister Fischer welcomes the decision of the IAEA Board of Governors on Iran
		Minister of State Kerstin Müller on the formation of a new government in the Sudan and on the increase in violent clashes in Darfur
	www.auswaertiges-amt.de /www/en/index_html (111 words)

	The University of Saarland, Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Federal Constitutional Court - abrief introduction to the role of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (SAARBRÜCKEN)
		Federal Chamber of Lawyers - homepage of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer
		Germany: General Information - on the Federal Government's server, offering a comprehensive background on the country's history, culture, politics and economy, as well as the history of each individual state
	www.jura.uni-sb.de /english/glsindex.html (1017 words)

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