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Germany Chef killed in fight over food complaint
Germany's swanky resort island of Sylt has been shaken by the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his ...
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German foreign minister reaffirms Israel friendship
Visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday reaffirmed his country's friendship for Israel in "challenging times" for the region, as tensions mount over the Syrian conflict."I want to underline that in these challenging times Germany stands alongside its Israeli partners," Westerwelle said at the start of talks in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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Burning ship had tonnes of radioactive material
After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg's harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous cargo up to seven times a ...
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Justin Bieber Faces Bill for Monkey Care in Germany
Neil H Kitson/Redferns via Getty Images Justin Bieber can expect a bill for parking his pet monkey in a German animal shelter: The cost of care, food and vet visits for the pop star's capuchin, Mally, is several thousand dollars, a spokesman for the Munich customs office ...
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German regulator to probe departure of GSW chief
FRANKFURT | Fri May 17, 2013 10:44am EDT FRANKFURT May 17 (Reuters) - German financial services watchdog BaFin is investigating whether real estate company GSW Immobilien violated disclosure rules in the departure of former chief executive, Thomas Zinnoecker. The move follows a demand by Dutch pension fund PGGM, which holds 2.98 percent of GSW according to Reuters data, for a vote of no ...
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‘Barbie dream house’ opens in Berlin
Barbie has had countless outfits and accessories since she was born in 1959. But on Thursday Barbie's Dream House opened in Berlin with some unofficial additions - police guards and topless protesters brandishing burning ...
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European Commission hits back at German criticism
A European Commission official on Friday condemned as "incomprehensible and even dangerous" criticism by Germany's finance minister that Brussels reacts too slowly to European problems such as youth unemployment.Speaking in Berlin on condition of anonymity, the official voiced great surprise over the "annoying" remarks by Wolfgang Schaeuble a day earlier."And it ...
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EU bank stress test asset review by mid-2014 ECB
A review of banks' assets and a subsequent stress test for euro area banks could be published by mid-2014, before a single European bank supervisor becomes operational, a top European Central Bank official said Friday."Such a comprehensive assessment is needed before the SSM (or Single Supervisory Mechanism) becomes operational," ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch told a ...
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Anish Kapoor Berlin Exhibit Artist Brings Smoke Mirrors And Gore To Martin-Gropius-Bau
BERLIN - Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave, twisting and a painted "blood mirror." British-based artist Anish Kapoor on ...
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Germany reacts cautiously to Hollandes Europe plan
Germany said Friday that French President Francois Hollande's proposal for a eurozone economic government was "interesting" but reacted cooly to his call for strengthened European budgetary ...
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German legal office smeared with feces
German far-rightists used feces to smear the outside of the office of a Turkish attorney involved in a Munich terrorism trial, witnesses said. A group of unidentified members of a German group fled the scene after vandalizing the office of the attorney, whose name was not ...
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Chef killed over meal Japanese chefs death under investigation in Germany.
People pass the restaurant 'Nozawa' in Westerland on the German North Sea island of Sylt. Authorities in Germany May 17 they are investigating a Japanese chef's death following a fight with two customers who had complained about his ...
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Brussels Berlin lukewarm on Hollandes euro zone vision
Reuters © French President Francois Hollande reacts as he speaks to journalists in the courtyard after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo ...
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Christian Democrats set up political donation ATM
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) have installed a automated teller machine for political donations up ...
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Germany cool to Frances EU economy plan
Germany said Friday that French President Francois Hollande's proposal for a eurozone economic government was "interesting" but reacted coolly to his call for strengthened European budgetary ...
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Bieber To Lose Monkey To Germany At Midnight
Pop star Justin Bieber has until midnight to claim his pet monkey - or lose it to the Federal Republic of Germany. The singer's 17-week-old capuchin, called Mally, was seized by customs staff at Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport after he failed to produce the correct papers for the animal. The Canadian star was detained "for some time" while customs officials took ...
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Research and Markets Germany Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers Challenges Infrastructure ...
Research and Markets: Germany Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive ...
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Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan
By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in default since July 2012. The defaulted borrower, UK-listed property investor Treveria, published a notice on Tuesday stating that the Orange Loan claims could rank ...
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UPDATE 1-ECBs Asmussen Germany must reform or be sick man again
Fri May 17, 2013 9:03am EDT * ECB member says German growth to pick up in Q2 * Sees monetary policy staying expansive as long as needed * Asmussen wants all elements of banking union by mid-2014 By Annika Breidthardt BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen German expects growth in his country to pick up in the second quarter but warned on Friday that Europe's ...
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Wax and mirrors Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin
General view inside the main hall of the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum with the art work ' Symphony For A Beloved Sun' by Indian Artist Anish Kapoor in Berlin , Friday, May 17, 2013. The exhibition 'Kapoor In Berlin' will run from May 18, until Nov. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus ...
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Battle of the bulge on before-breakfast Berlin-bound jet
Not with each other, you understand, but with the excess hand luggage that we passengers have brought aboard. Two positive phenomena have combined on board the plane to produce a negative.First, budget airlines such as easyJet achieve "load factors" that conventional aviation thinking used to regard as unfeasibly high: through last winter, only 18 seats on the average 156-seat easyJet ...
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Who is EU rainbow warrior
"The UK provides the best legal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in the EU while Bulgaria offers the least protection for sexual ...
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A painful defeat for Google
"In this case, the search terms added by Google are moderate and amusing," notes the daily. But from now on Google will be obliged to remove them if someone believes his or her rights are being infringed.The court ruled in favour of a businessman who sued Google for automatically associating "scientology" and "fraud" with his ...
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Israel justice minister slams Russia arms to Syria
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Friday slammed Russian arms deals with Syria, after US media reported further weapons shipments to the Damascus regime.Livni's comments also come in the wake of a surprise visit by CIA chief John Brennan to Israel to discuss the situation in Israel's war-torn neighbour."The transfer of arms to Syria is clearly not positive and does not ...
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Conundrum of Czech and German GDP
The Czech and German GDP delivered weaker-than-expected results in the first quarter. Should we blame improved terms-of-trade? The Q1 Czech and German GDP releases disappointed many observers, who had expected a better number. Germany grew by only 0.1% q/q (consensus: +0.5%) while the Czech economy even fell by 0.8% (consensus -0.2%). However, in both the Czech and the German economy, 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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