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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican meets with German Chancellor Merkel
Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians ...
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Germany urges Israel-Palestinian peace talks
Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday his country was prepared to help create conditions for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Guido Westerwelle, on a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, was quoted by a foreign ministry statement as saying "Germany is ready to help create a climate of confidence" that would permit talks to ...
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Dusseldorf go down as Augsburg escape danger
Fortuna Dusseldorf were relegated from the Bundesliga this afternoon as Hoffenheim and Augsburg staged final-day escape acts. Dusseldorf went down 3-0 at Hanover to finish the season second bottom of the table, with their two relegation rivals both ending their campaigns with ...
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Germany Bayern rallies in final game
Frank Augstein/AP BERLIN (Reuters) -- Champions Bayern Munich needed some Franck Ribery magic to end the Bundesliga season with a dramatic 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach as they prepare to face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final next week. Fielding a full-strength team, Bayern, who set more league records with 91 points and 18 goals conceded in 34 league games, ...
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Germanys approach proves a winning formula in the beautiful game
Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate at the end of the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Dortmund reached the final after winning 4-3 on aggregate. Pierre-Philippe Marcou / ...
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Merkel meets pope for private audience
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis for private talks at the Vatican Saturday which addressed the state of Europe and its role in the world, the Vatican said in a statement.Merkel flew in especially to meet the new pontiff, an encounter that lasted 45 minutes -- unusually long for a private papal audience."These discussions covered the long relationship between the Vatican and ...
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U.S. craft brewers tap an unlikely market — Germany
German beer enthusiasts try Firestone Pale 31 at a recent tasting in Berlin. The California craft brew is shipped to Germany via airfreight in special ...
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Investigation launched over German Green partys support for paedophiles in the 1980s
Germany's Greens, Europe's most influential environmentalist party, have been obliged to open a detailed investigation into past policy and practice amid revelations that in the 1980s, its members actively supported paedophile groups which campaigned to legalise sex with ...
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Germanys Merkel visits Pope urges tougher market controls
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial ...
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Most Germans optimistic about the future
Although less than 50 percent of Germans are optimistic about their current situation, more than half think their future will be better and the number of pessimists in the country dropped, a survey released on Saturday ...
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Organic food stores expand rapidly
Organic food and health stores are undergoing a hefty expansion in Germany, with the Vitalia chain taking over several locations from the bankrupt Schlecker drugstore chain in Munich ...
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Friedrich wants hate preachers expelled
Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has called for the expulsion of Islamic religious leaders who preach hate and said ...
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Hamburg ‘avoids radiation disaster’ as ship loaded with fissile material explosives burns
Vessels The German city of Hamburg likely avoided a major technological disaster on May 1, when a freighter ship caught fire. It had several tons of radioactive material and explosives among its cargo, it was revealed. It took 200 firefighters working for several hours to douse the fires on the Atlantic Cartier. The ship's most visible cargo was some 70 cars, 30 of which were damaged in ...
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Russians top asylum seekers to Germany
The number of asylum seekers in Germany rose once again in April and was nearly three times higher than last year, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said on Friday, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ...
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Survey Half of gays harassed in Germany
Nearly 50 percent of German lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents reported being harassed and/or discriminated against last year, a study on the European ...
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Economists warn against German euro exit
While a third of Germans would rather pay with the old Deutsche mark than the euro, economists warn that a German exit from the currency union would result in a ...
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Over 100 cockroaches 500 spiders from Germany seized by Beijing customs
Beijing intercepted more than 100 cockroaches and 500 spiders hidden in parcels mailed from Germany, local authorities said on Friday. The five parcels intercepted by the Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau were a record high for insect interceptions in the Beijing region. "According to the criminal law, the maximum sentence would see whoever sent this being put in ...
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German unions agree on engineering industry contract
On Tuesday night, the IG Metall (IGM) and the employers' association in the state of Bavaria signed a contract for workers in the engineering industry. It serves as a model agreement for 3.7 million workers employed in the sector throughout Germany.Engineering workers will receive an extra 3.4 percent pay from July and another 2.2 percent wage increase commencing May 1, 2014. The contract ...
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The NSU neo-Nazi gang and the German intelligence service
Following a one-week break due to procedural issues, the trial of the neo-Nazi terror gang, the National Socialist Underground (NSU), has recommenced at the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Munich.On Tuesday, the 35-page indictment was read. The principal defendant, Beate Zschpe, is accused of complicity in all the crimes committed by the NSU. Together with Uwe Bhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos, who ...
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Fascination With German Leaders More Private Side
Angela Merkel 's rise to power and tenure as German chancellor, she has kept a tight lid on her personal life to an extent hard to conjure in the modern social media age. But every four years, the election cycle cracks the door open, and one finds Ms. Merkel regaling small groups -- and, by extension, millions of German voters -- with tales of tending bar or hunting for goods in the ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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Barbie Burns on Cross at Berlin Protest of Barbie Dreamhouse Opening
Activists from women's rights group Femen burn a barbie doll on a cross as they protest outside a 'Barbie Dreamhouse' of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin, May 16, ...
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Divided Europe veers between urgent growth and bleak austerity
Angela Merkel 's pro-austerity policies soon after becoming president in May last year, blamed the tough cutbacks regime imposed on troubled economies for much of Europe's economic problems. "What is hitting Europe is a recession provoked by the austerity policy," Hollande said at a Paris news conference. The president was especially keen to pin the blame on European ...
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UN presents awards for promoting information technology to improve road safety
with a United Nations award recognizing their use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve road safety. The recipients of this year’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Award were Swiss President Ueli Maurer, Volkmar Denner, the chairman of the Board of Management of the company Robert Bosch GmbH, and Jean Todt, President of the International ...
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German MPs debate fresh search for nuclear dump site
Germany's environment minister urged lawmakers Friday to back a "historic breakthrough" and relaunch the search for a nuclear waste dump site, a topic that has sparked controversy for three decades.Peter Altmaier told a parliamentary debate that the new search would look at a "blank map" as it scours Germany for "the most suitable final repository regarding the ...
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Germany has leading role to play in climate change talks
Germany and Mexico co-hosted a global summit on climate change and some significant headway was made, but as the German Environment Minister pointed out, the most important issues remain unresolved. Germany is the regional power in Europe and just as it has played a leading role in dealing with the EU’s financial crisis, it will play a leading role in resolving climate change issues as well.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, commenting on the outcome of the 40-nation summit, told Germany news media that it had been “a contribution to making success possible again”, adding that the importance of the summit’s outcomes were significant because it laid the groundwork or foundation for further agreements on the most important issues. Read more
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