Sunday 5th July, 2009
German bank IKB secures further government loans
DW-WorldThe aid to the struggling bank has come from the German government's banking rescue agency, SoFFin, but the European Commission must still give regulatory clearance. The help increases the total...
Ireland defeat Germany at Stadium
RTEIreland bounced back from Friday's 7-4 defeat to England to beat a talented German side 8-2 in their second Youth International Round Robin meeting at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.
German Olympic Committee reacts with caution to Pechstein case
Germany News.NetThe German Olympic Committee Saturday reacted with caution to a doping ban on the nation's most successful Winter Olympian, speed skater Claudia Pechstein.
German hiker missing near Tofino
Times ColonistA German man working in Tofino has not been seen since he left for a hike on Canada Day, police say.Sander Jain told friends at about 1 p.m. on that he was going to hike down the Bomber Trail...
Cotler blasts Germany's economic support for Iran
Jerusalem PostThe former Canadian justice minister and Liberal Party MP Irwin Cotler has urged the German government to take a leadership role within the EU and impose tough multipronged sanctions on the...
Germany to urge sustainable public spending at G8
SABCGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will promote the consolidation of public finances at next week's Group of Eight Summit, according to German weekly "Tagesspiegel am Sonntag." In an advanced release of...
German Banks Cash in on the Crisis
Business WeekThe government has provided billions in backing, yet some critics say banks still aren't lending enough or passing on lower interest...
Storms cause flooding in Germany, leave 2 dead
New Jersey OnlineOfficials say massive overnight storms have unleashed widespread flooding in southern Germany and caused the deaths of two people. Scores of nonfatal injuries have been...
German summer storms leave two dead, many injured
Earth TimesStuttgart, Germany - Heavy storms raging across Germany on Friday night killed two people and left dozens injured. Hot, humid summer weather caused storms, hail and torrential rain showers across the...
Pina Bausch, influential in German dance, dies
San Francisco ChroniclePina Bausch, a German choreographer and dancer whose work transcended traditional barriers between dance and theater, died Tuesday in Wuppertal, Germany, five days after being diagnosed with cancer....
ZapThink Announces Service-Oriented Architecture Training in Frankfurt, Germany
24 / 7 Press Release... /24-7PressRelease/ -- ZapThink today announces the opening of registration for its four-day Licensed ZapThink Architect Boot Camp, providing in-depth, hands-on...
Germany braces for possible spread of swine flu
DW-WorldAuthorities have warned that a more aggressive form of swine flu could start to spread in the coming months, putting more Germans at risk. But Chancellor Merkel said that the country is "well...
Bad Banks in Germany
SBSThe German lower house of parliament approved on Friday a bill that provides for the creation of "bad banks" a plan to help commercial and state-owned banks recover from the financial...
Berlin Fashion Week spring/summer 2010
SINAA model presents a creation by Smeilinener at Berlin Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 in Berlin, 2009.(Reuters Photo) Models present a creation by Smeilinener at Berlin Fashion Week...
Man 'tried to kidnap German tourist'
The Daily TelegraphPolice say the German man was offered drugs by the 25-year-old in Kings Cross in the early hours of and agreed to travel with him to get money. When the tourist got inside the man's car, he...
German lawmakers okay 'bad bank' scheme
Kuwait TimesPublished Date: 2009 FRANKFURT: The German lower house of parliament approved yesterday a bill that provides for the creation of "bad banks" to help commercial and state-owned banks recover...
New Lisbon headache for German chancellor
Irish TimesDerek SCALLY GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel is facing a last-minute Lisbon Treaty headache after her conservative Bavarian allies vowed to make ratification dependent on agreeing...
Two UW students among science elite at German conference
Seattle Post-IntelligencerTrisha Andrew, left, and Stephanie Benight both worked with University of Washington photonics expert Larry Dalton. They're among 600 researchers from 67 countries spending a week with Nobel...
Censored 1966 film Hands Up reveals subversive humour in East Germany
Times OnlineEven at the tortoise-like pace of German humour, this particular punchline has been a long time in the making: 43 years after it was blocked by communist censors, one of the funniest films shot in...
German-made axle broke in Italy disaster, magazine says
Earth TimesMunich - The axle of a railway tanker car which broke and set off a lethal fireball this week in an Italian coastal town was German-made, a news magazine said Friday in Munich. Focus quoted Alberto...
Ex-Nazi guard Demjanjuk fit for trial in Germany
The ProvinceA file photo of retired auto worker John Demjanjuk. Prosecutors said Friday that Demjanjuk, accused of herding 29,000 Jews to their deaths, is fit to be tried in what could be Germany’s last major...
'Recessionista chic' hits Berlin
Kuwait TimesPublished Date: 2009 Goodbye "fashionista" brands, where neither the price nor the planet counts. The recession has made recycled "recessionista chic" a hit at Berlin Fashion Week-some of...
Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism
Spiegal OnlineGlorification of the German Democratic Republic is on the rise two decades after the Berlin Wall fell. Young people and the better off are among those rebuffing criticism of East Germany as an...
Neo-Nazi Demo Scares off German Football Team
Spiegal OnlineAn eastern German town ventured to make a political statement by hosting a soccer match under a slogan of racial tolerance. But when the far-right, neo-Nazi NPD announced it was going to demonstrate...
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