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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday as the two export powerhouses seek to further strengthen economic ties amid brewing trade spats between Beijing and the EU.

The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War.

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Exclusive Feature: Frankly speaking hotel guests can be annoying indeed, but they also provide plenty of entertainment - even in the midst of the night; for example with strange requests to the reception.

A child of a Holocaust survivor and a US Army officer, Aviva Kempner was born in Berlin, Germany after World War II.

Photos taken from video made available by London's The Sun newspaper appear to show one of the assailants speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in London.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, right, and the Finance Minister of Portugal, Vitor Gaspar, left, address the media during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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Policemen guard a section of the Berlin Wall that was removed to make way for a luxury apartment development, despite strong neighbourhood protests, on March 27, 2013.

The feminist group Femen protested last week at the opening of a life-sized Barbie Dream House in Berlin, Germany by chanting slogans and holding a burning cross with the charred body of a doll tied to it.

The General Staff Building of the Hermitage, which most people know for its grand archway leading on to Palace Square, welcomes visitors to its newly-renovated, ultra-modern wing with the first of a series of exhibitions of 20th and 21st century art.

John Lo , General Manager HSSE, Operations & Technical, Global Aviation, congratulates Bernd Dohnert , ramp agent at ExecuJet's Berlin FBO, for winning the Platinum Award.

The company researches and develops innovative medicines based on DNA structures.

Top: Past RI President Luis Giay , RI President Sakuji Tanaka , and Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Wilfrid J. Wilkinson placed wreaths in Hiroshima Memorial Park during the third Rotary Global Peace Forum 17 May.

A dancer in a florid costume performs at the grand parade of the 2013 Berlin Carnival of Cultures Festival, in Kreuzberg District of Berlin, Germany, May 19, 2013.

A visitor passes the Google logo on September 26, 2012 at the official opening party of the Google offices in Berlin, Germany.

Most little girls love dolls and Barbie tops that list. Although her appearance has changed slightly over the years, she is still symbolic of fashion, femininity and all the things that little girls are made of.

Protesters demonstrating against materialist stereotypes of women are interviewed by a television reporter outside the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience on May 16, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

Mary Catherine Henson Morris McElvain, 76, of Benton, formerly of Greenville, died at 7:04 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a discussion panel on "making Europe strong" during the Europe forum conference, organized by German public-broadcaster WDR, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, May 16, 2013.