William Boston

    William Boston

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    A former staff correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, Bill writes for Time, Monocle, Institutional Investor and other outlets from Berlin.

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    Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data

    posted:  44 days 20 hours ago

    BERLIN (Feb. 2) – Angela Merkel is set to pay almost $3.5 million to a whistle-blower for a list of alleged German tax evaders stashing money in Swiss banks, but the German chancellor may be ge ...

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    German Political Star Stumbles Over Afghanistan

    posted:  92 days 19 hours ago

    BERLIN (Dec. 16) – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg burst onto Germany's normally staid political scene less than a year ago and achieved rock-star status almost overnight. Now, as defense minister, ...

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    Europe to Obama: Don't Count On Us for Many More Troops

    posted:  107 days 2 hours ago

    BERLIN (Dec. 2) - In his speech Tuesday night announcing 30,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said he was "confident" that allies would join in the escalation for an obviou ...

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    20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall

    posted:  133 days 3 hours ago

    BERLIN (Nov. 6) -- Astrid Kaiser still trembles when she remembers being frisked as a child by Red Army guards at the fortified border on Bernauer Strasse, where communist East Germany first began er ...

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