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Germany may be facing "an avalanche" of refugees triggered by "careless" actions, Wolfgang Schauble, the country's powerful finance minister, has warned in a thinly-veiled criticism of his boss, chancellor Angela Merkel. Mr Schauble's provocative remarks come as Ms Merkel faces mounting criticism from within her ruling CDU/CSU conservative bloc and growing public concern about her "refugees welcome" approach. *snip* If Ms Merkel were forced out, Mr Schauble's allies see him as a likely successor: he is Germany's second most powerful leader and an increasingly critical voice on refugee policy. But at the age of 73 he is considered too old...

…Thomas was attending the school on a waiver due to a recent move, and the superintendent decided the appropriate action was to recall the waiver and send Thomas to another school. “It was racist because Grayson was saying that all black men look alike,” said Dr. Winger. When questioned by the parents if indeed Thomas had said that all blacks look alike Dr. Winger’s response was, “No, he only said that the man in question looks like Obama.” Thomas has since been bullied via texts by friends of Schauble’s daughter who have taken the “racist” label placed on the boy...

German parties would boost U.S. ties Big News Network Saturday 4th June, 2005 (UPI) Germany's Christian Democrats and their Free Democratic partners say they would boost U.S. relations and downgrade Russian ties, should they win election. We have great interest in close relations with Russia, but they have to be balanced and should in no way be directed against the Atlantic partnership, said Wolfgang Schaeuble, deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union. We would change this nonsense and re-establish the balance in German-Russian relations. Guido Westerwelle, chairman of the Free Democratic Party, the conservative Christian Democrats junior partner, said Chancellor...