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German Researchers Test 40 Gbps Wireless Broadband
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) showed a integrated circuit achieving data uplink speeds of 40 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) (at 240 Gigahertz (GHz)) -- roughly 137 times faster than ...
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Vatican Pope did not perform exorcism after Pentecost mass
Pope Francis did not perform an exorcism on a young man in a wheelchair who attended mass at the Vatican on Pentecost, a spokesman said Tuesday. The ...
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Bedene advances on ATP upset in Germany
Aljaz Bedene, a late entry into the main draw, collected an upset win Tuesday in the first round of the ATP's Power Horse Cup tennis tournament in Germany. Bedene was given a slot in the tournament ...
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German multinational software firm targets recruitment of people with autism
Hundreds of people with autism will be actively recruited for jobs as software programmers and testers because of their ability to focus and eagerness to spot problems, the multinational software firm SAP announced on ...
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Justin Bieber’s pet monkey becomes ‘German’
In this April 2, 2013 file picture, Capuchin monkey ';Mally'; sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany. Justin Bieber’s pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich. He said the ...
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Biebers monkey becomes property of Germany
Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Justin Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in ...
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Wagner anniversary revives German debate over controversial composer
Richard Wagner , often described as one of the most controversial Germans of all time, will be commemorated - warts and all - on the 200th anniversary of his birth on Wednesday with an exuberant lineup of events including new productions, statues, stamps, coins and books.Across the musical world and especially in his native land, a deluge of tributes are being paid to the man who still divides ...
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German defence minister should go over drone fiasco
16/05/2013 14:44 CET After Germany’s scrapping of an expensive project involving the purchase of US-made drones, the opposition are now demanding the defence minister’s resignation. They claim Thomas de Maizire knew well in advance that the ';Euro Hawk'; would not get flight permission for European airspace, but held back information. The minister will make a statement ...
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German tech firm to recruit employees with autism
BERLIN (AP) — German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average ...
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Bison Baby First Wisent Born in German Wild
After being released into the wild in Germany just last month, a herd of wisents has welcomed its first calf. The first European bison to be born free in Germany ...
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New England football kit compared to old German strip
London, May 21 : The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared with West Germany's outfit in the 1960s and 70s by some ...
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Germanys SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average ...
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German economy to improve ‘markedly’
Frankfurt - Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve ';markedly'; in the second quarter - a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of ...
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German art smuggling suspect leaves China Berlin
A German man held in a Beijing prison for more than 100 days last year on suspicion of art smuggling has left China, Germany's foreign minister said Tuesday.Guido Westerwelle said in a statement that Nils Jennrich had departed China on Tuesday and voiced relief that "many months of uncertainty and concern" for his family was "over for the present".The foreign ministry ...
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Spain Germany team up to fight youth employment
Samsung Galaxy S4 versus HTC One: Which is a better buy? The mobile giants step back into the ring for another round, as we referee the fight between ...
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Boston Scientific competitor calls the cops to seize illegal stents in Germany
A stent is a tiny mesh tube implanted during an angioplasty procedure improve blood flow. A Hong Kong-based medical device manufacturer thats been accusing Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) of patent infringement since at least 2009 upped the ante last week, seizing more than 190 heart stents from a BSX site in Germany with the help of police. OrbusNeich Medical Inc., which has U.S. offices in ...
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Germanys collective blame phobia
People don't always make the best choices, even if their aims are honest. Realizing this can be painful but it doesn't debase our common morality. We have to try to do what's right without presuming that our choice would automatically be so. The Germans collectively made themselves so guilty for what happened between 1933 and 1945 that they've been trying to avoid being ...
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Justin Biebers Pet Monkey Will Stay in Germany
n tour, but ended up leaving Malley behind after the creature was taken into custody. Bieber had until midnight last Friday to submit the proper documentation for the monkey and secure ownership, but according ...
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Analysis - German households pay for lower industrial power prices
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidise renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid. Chancellor Angela Merkel accelerated the exit from nuclear in 2011, speeding the path towards a power sector that is increasingly dominated ...
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Berlin loses a second Simon
journalists are unhappy that both made the announcement to quit in English. Simon Halsey, 55, has made it clear that he needs to spend more time with his family in England. He has been director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus for 30 years. Under the two Simons, the Berlin Philharmonic and the excellent radio chorus have coordinated their plans more closely than ever ...
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Weak German growth drags oil below $94
The price of fell below $94 on Wednesday after Germany, Europe's largest economy, reported anemic growth for the first quarter. Benchmark oil for June delivery was down 64 cents to $93.57 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Germany avoided recession in the first three months of the year, growing 0.1 percent compared with the ...
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Justin Bieber’s monkey to live in Germany - forever
In this April 2, 2013 photo, Capuchin monkey Mally sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany. Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. (Matthias ...
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German central bank Economy to improve markedly
FRANKFURT, Germany Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter -- a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. The Bundesbank said Tuesday that Europe's largest economy should expand more robustly after a weak first three months of the year. Germany grew only 0.1 percent in ...
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Lawmakers call for ban on East German symbols
Germany's Christian Democrats called Tuesday for a ban on symbols associated with the former East Germany totalitarian socialist regime. Earlier in May, veteran Stasi soldiers, the official state security service of East Germany, marched in uniform through Treptow where a Soviet War Memorial and graves of thousands of soldiers are located, TheLocal.de reported. Volker Kauder, ...
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Cannes U.K.s Rainmark Films Partners With Germanys Beta for Nordic Crime Thriller
Cannes: U.K. to Get 'Sake-Bombed' The novel follows 82-year-old widower and ex-Marine Sheldon Horowitz who, having grudgingly moving to Oslo with his granddaughter and her Norwegian husband, witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex. He rescues her six-year-old son and goes on the run, fearing that the Balkan gang responsible for the murder will return. Chased by 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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