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German KfW bank to help set up Portuguese financial body-finmins
BERLIN | Wed May 22, 2013 8:21am EDT BERLIN May 22 (Reuters) - German state development bank KfW will help establish a Portuguese financial institution to help economic growth and boost job creation in the crisis-stricken country, the finance ministers of Germany and Portugal said in a joint statement. They said a fall in Portugal's sovereign borrowing costs had not yet completely ...
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Merkel the Red footsoldier German chancellor under fire over Communist links as image of her in uniform is released
All children had to take part if they wanted to go to university, but Mrs Merkel is also alleged to have been a propaganda secretary for the youth movement, the ...
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UEFA Champions League Final 2013Is London ready to German invasion UK News
Thousands of German football fans expected in London for the all UEFA German Champions League final on Saturday, pubs in theEnglishcapital are anxiously ...
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German 10-Year Bonds Stay Higher After Auction of May 2023 Debt
German 10-year bunds stayed higher after the nation sold 4.1 billion euros of securities due in May 2023 at an average yield of 1.41 percent. ...
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German fixation with romance writer Rosamunde Pilcher boosts south west tourism
Regular visitors to the South West will have noticed themselves sharing the beaches and attractions with a remarkably large number of Germans lately. But they may be unaware that the reason for the invasion lies in the work of an 88-year-old English writer of unashamedly soppy romance ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar German bond yields ease before Bernanke
* Dollar index dips 0.1 pct, German bond yields ease * Markets bets on 'no-change' signal from Fed chief * European shares ease off multi-year highs * Gold, copper gain on hopes of Fed support By Richard Hubbard LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The dollar and benchmark German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day ...
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New in German cinemas Fast Furious 6
New in theaters this week, the latest installment of the action-packed The Fast and the Furious series. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and The Rock are all back in this high-octane adventure, full of thrilling set pieces and surprisingly well-executed humor. Fast & Furious 6 follows the gang of criminals led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) as they go into retirement following ...
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Most German Stocks Fall After 11th Straight DAX Record
Germany 's biggest retailer. The DAX slipped 0.2 percent to 8,451.83 at 9:49 a.m. in Germany, snapping an 11-day rally. Twenty one shares in the gauge fell, while nine rose. The measure has increased 11 percent this year as central banks around the world maintained monetary stimulus. The broader HDAX Index lost 0.2 percent today. "We're still benefiting from this ...
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Bernanke testimony follows charge he withheld information
Ben Bernanke 's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them. Bernanke is to appear before the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. This will be followed 4 hours later by the release of the minutes of the central bank's most recent policy meeting. The testimony and the minutes release could alter the ...
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Germany celebrates composer Wagners 200th
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer's birthplace of ...
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Justin Biebers monkey becomes German
Justin Bieber's pet monkey, which was seized by German customs in March, officially became German property this week after the Canadian pop star failed to claim the animal, officials ...
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Taekwondo team get visas leave for Germany
The Nigeria taekwondo team will depart for Germany of Wednesday for a training tour of the country after obtaining visas to travel from the German ...
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Justin Bieber’s Mally becomes German state property
Justin Bieber has become German national property after the singer failed to provide authorities with the documents needed to reclaim the pet seized by customs ...
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Podcast Jonathan Manthorpe on the gentrification of Berlin
The gentrification of rundown city neighbourhoods in a matter of anxiety and outrage worldwide as well as in Vancouver. But in Berlin what started as a joke about yuppie newcomers has developed into a bitter campaign with neo-Nazi ...
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New England Kit Looks Like Old German Strip
The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared to West Germany's outfit in the 1960s and 70s by some fans. New sponsor Nike have opted for a simple design, with a rounded collar and navy badge. But fans have taken to social media sites to vent their displeasure at the kit's likeness to England's great rivals. One user wrote: "The New England kit ...
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The 6th Floor Blog The Rubble of Berlin Reverberates in the Rubble of Detroit
Last week I happened to make three interrelated discoveries: 1. The Australian singer Nick Cave is not the only person to perform in a decrepit West Berlin nightclub in the movie ';Wings of Desire'; (1987), as I thought I remembered. Cave, who was based in Berlin for a time, ...
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Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year
Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...
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German mountaineer dies of cardiac arrest while climbing Alaskas Mount McKinley
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Officials say a 59-year-old German mountaineer has died of cardiac arrest while climbing Alaska's Mount McKinley. National Park Service officials say Klaus Bielstein of Muenster, Germany, was climbing North America's tallest peak with an 11-member expedition team Sunday evening when he suddenly collapsed at the 13,500-foot (4,000-meter) level of the roughly ...
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Scientists use DNA to finger culprit in historic Irish potato famine
A potato leaf specimen from the Kew Garden herbarium, collected in 1847, during the height of the Irish famine. Credit: Marco Thines/Senckenberg Gesellschaft fr ...
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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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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 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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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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