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Helmut Schmidt, Former West German Chancellor, Dies at 96

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Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was one of the founding fathers of the euro but will probably be best remembered for his tough stance against the far-left Red Army Faction (RAF) guerrillas whose kidnapping and murder campaign terrorized the country over three decades. Schmidt, who died on Tuesday aged 96, was West Germany's second center-left Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor from 1974 to 1982, at the height of the Cold War, after serving as finance minister from 1972 to...

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