By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative-led coalition was neck and neck with Germany's center-left opposition in a state election Sunday that was a major test ahead of a national vote later this year, projections showed.
Iran held a conference Sunday to reconcile Syria's government with opposition factions and end the country's civil war, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Germany's finance minister is keeping the pressure on Greece to implement reforms and spending cuts before a visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel, who travels to Athens on Tuesday.
American International Group, the insurance giant saved by a massive federal bailout, wants some tax money back from 1991.

Germany's president said Wednesday that his angry phone call to a leading newspaper's editor as it prepared to publish a story about a private loan he had received was a serious mistake, but insisted he has no intention of resigning.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a new setback and Germany's main opposition parties celebrated gains in a state election Sunday that came as Mrs. Merkel's unpopular government grapples with the eurozone debt crisis and other challenges.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition suffered a new setback, and Germany's main opposition parties celebrated gains in a state election Sunday that came as Mrs. Merkel's unpopular government grapples with the eurozone debt crisis and other challenges.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Sunday that eurozone-wide government bonds will not solve the current debt crisis and that she sees no sign of a new recession in her own country.