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Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China
Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...
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Fans flock to London for all-German CL final
With two Bundesliga clubs in the Champions League final, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund supporters are rushing to London for this weekend's Wembley ...
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German reputation at risk
By Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer, NBC News BERLIN – Germans are world-famous for their efficiency, a stereotype both mocked and admired by their economically ailing European neighbors.But this hard-won reputation is now under threat after a catalog of calamities affecting major construction projects.Perhaps worst of all is what should already be the main airport for the capital, Berlin, ...
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German Market Moderately Higher
(RTTNews.com) - The German market is moderately higher in early afternoon trading Monday, after upbeat data on consumer sentiment and leading economic indicators boosted investor confidence in the U.S. in the previous session. The Euro Stoxx 50 index of eurozone bluechip stocks is adding 0.14 percent, while the Stoxx Europe 50 index, which includes some major U.K. companies, is losing 0.06 ...
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Hollande’s reform agenda plays to German interests
Franois Hollande knows that the widening Franco-German divide lies at the heart of the euro zone crisis. In a press conference on Thursday, the French president showed that he wants to find a way to work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to take Europe forward. He suggested the creation of an "economic government" of the monetary union, while addressing a key German concern: Paris ...
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Islamist Terror WarningGerman police warn high-tech Islamist attack Europe News
Radical Islamist terror groups could use new, computer-based technology or even drones, the office, known in Germany as theBundeskriminalamt (Germany Federal Police)or BKA, said. "For western countries airlines and airports there is a credible threat that can manifest itself at any time in an attack," the BKA said in a confidential reported entitled "The situation in aviation ...
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German reputation at risk
By Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer, NBC News BERLIN – Germans are world-famous for their efficiency, a stereotype both mocked and admired by their economically ailing European neighbors.But this hard-won reputation is now under threat after a catalog of calamities affecting major construction projects.Perhaps worst of all is what should already be the main airport for the capital, Berlin, ...
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Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit
China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...
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Cannes Germanys Studio 100 Launches Film Division
German children's television production/distribution company Studio 100 Media has launched a new film division, Studio 100 Film, which will focus on feature ...
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German institutional market opens up
The German institutional market is opening up to non-German players as investors acknowledge that there is excellent investment expertise outside of Germany, despite the fact that German banks and asset managers have a global reputation, according to Olivier Lebleu, managing director EMEA of MFS Investment Management ...
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Fidelity International Real Estate Business expands into Germany
Fidelity International’s Real Estate Business is planning to expand into the Continental European market with the opening of a dedicated Fidelity Real Estate Business office in Munich. The new office, which is currently going through its regulatory notifications, will provide a strategic base for Fidelity’s director of European Real Estate, Keith Sutton. From here he will ...
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Mercer penetrates German market
IMercer has boosted its presence in the German pensions space with the acquisition of local player Hofer Vorsorge-Management, one of Germany’s leading actuarial and retirement consulting firms. The acquisition, effective from 1 January 2008, has increased Mercer’s German employee base to more than 500 and expanded its reach to five additional offices in Berlin, Karlsruhe, ...
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G-REITs open up German market
The German Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is finally on the market, following the German President Horst Kohler’s signing of the G-REIT law at the end of May. The new law – which will apply retrospectively from 1 January 2007 – was ratified by the German parliament in March but was not binding until this final stage of the process was complete. It is expected to ...
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Friends Provident targets Germany
UK life and pensions provider Friends Provident has entered the German market as part of a long-term development of business in continental Europe. Aiming to bring innovation and flexibility to Germany, the company has partnered with distribution and service business, Financial Partners Business (fpb) AG, to launch the Friends Plan range of pensions, which can be used for personal and ...
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German reputation at risk
By Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer, NBC News BERLIN – Germans are world-famous for their efficiency, a stereotype both mocked and admired by their economically ailing European neighbors.But this hard-won reputation is now under threat after a catalog of calamities affecting major construction projects.Perhaps worst of all is what should already be the main airport for the capital, Berlin, ...
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France must tackle deficit Bundesbank chief
BERLIN -- France has a special responsibility as a eurozone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...
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German Government Bonds Decline Before Italian Industrial Report
government bonds declined as Asian stocks advanced and before a report that economists said will show Italian industrial orders increased in March for the first time since October. Benchmark 10-year yields approached the highest level in seven weeks. ...
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German neo-Nazi trial told of kill squad
German prosecutors have charged a woman at the centre of a landmark trial over a neo-Nazi group's murder spree saying she was an integral part of a 'unified killing squad' that shot dead 10 people, most of them Turkish migrants.Beate Zschaepe, 38, sat silent and motionless as prosecutors accused her of helping plan the hate crimes of the self-styled National Socialist Underground ...
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German Greens tackle pedophile links
Germany's opposition Greens party has decided to designate an independent researcher to shed light on the influence a pro-pedophilia group had within the party in the 1980s, a leading party member says.The advocates of legalising sex with children were part of a group also pushing for gay, lesbian and transsexual rights in the early days of the party that grew out of the 1970s peace, ...
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The Left Party A party of German imperialism
The class character of political parties and tendencies finds sharpest expression in foreignpolicy. Based on this criterion, there can be no doubt that the Left Party is a pro-imperialistparty. Along with all other bourgeois parties it supports German imperialism in itsincreasingly aggressive pursuit of its geo-strategic interests. This is made abundantly clear in a foreign policy statement ...
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Inside ‘Nazi town’ How far-Right activists in East Germany are building an enclave of extremism
Policemen stand in front of right extremists taking part in a neo-Nazi demonstration on May 1 in Berlin. The echoes of the Third Reich are quite deliberate in Jamel, Germany — a tiny collection of red brick farmhouses fringed by forest, dozens of villagers describe themselves as Nazis and a majority turns out to vote for the far Right. Jamel is for some the tip of the iceberg; an ...
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A Facebook message led Augsburg student to key role in a Reese...
Recent Augsburg College graduate Kuoth Wiel has a key role in "The Good Lie," which is already being positioned as an Oscar contender for next year. The role was her first attempt at acting. (Photo by Angela Livieri, courtesy of Kuoth Wiel) Kuoth Wiel had a very busy spring. While most of her fellow Minnesotans were busy grousing about the weather, Wiel, 24, spent April and May: ...
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Bicyclist 15 dies from New Berlin accident
A 15-year-old bicyclist struck Saturday afternoon by a vehicle in New Berlin has died, police said. The Greenfield girl was crossing Sunny Slope Road from the New Berlin Recreation Trail when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle heading south around 4:30 p.m. She was taken to Froedtert Hospital, where she died Sunday. The girl's name was not released. Speed and alcohol are not ...
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Carnival of Cultures parade kicks off in Berlin
More than 4,000 revelers representing the ethnic communities from some 80 countries and regions in Berlin took part in the annual parade on Sunday, showcasing the cultural diversity and affluence of the German ...
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German foreign minister pushes Serbia on Kosovo deal
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has arrived in Belgrade for talks with Serbia's leadership. Westerwelle called on Serbia to implement a deal normalizing relations with its former province ...
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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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