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Germanys Bundesbank chief says France must cut deficit
PARIS (AFP) - The head of Germany's Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, said France needs to make additional efforts to reduce its public deficit, in an interview published Wednesday.France was originally supposed to bring its public deficit back to the EU's ceiling of 3.0 percent of gross domestic product, but has won a two-year extension from the European Commission.Given that the Commission, ...
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War Crimes in Italy German Prosecutors Reject Massacre Case
REUTERS A monument commemorates the victims of a Nazi SS massacre in the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema, in northern ...
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Deadly Drug Trials Western Firms Bribed East German Doctors
It wasn't just the East German government that benefited from risky patient drug trials commissioned by Western pharmaceutical manufacturers decades ago. These companies also sent liaisons with lavish gifts to bribe and influence doctors to ...
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German-French plan to help jobless
unemployment has become a pressing problem in many countries as economic belt-tightening continues.The German-French initiative comes at a time when both governments are under pressure: Germany faces criticism of its austerity-heavy remedy for Europe's debt crisis, while France has gone ...
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German-French plan to tackle EUs youth unemployment
Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high youth unemployment in Europe.Germany's labour minister said that she and her French counterpart will meet in Paris next week along with the countries' finance ministers and European industry representatives to discuss the initiative. Officials in Berlin say the jobs drive will focus on putting already ...
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Huey-Inglot gains q’finals in Dusseldorf
Filipino Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot of Great Britain barged into the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the Power Horse Cup ATP 250 Tuesday with a hard-earned 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 10-2 victory over local bet Philip Marx and Florin Mergen of Romania in Dusseldorf, Germany. The come-from-behind triumph lifted the third-seeded tandem of Huey and Inglot into a Final 8 clash with Daniel Brands of ...
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German software firm SAP plans to hire hundreds with autism
German software firm SAP says it wants to hire hundreds of people with autism to work as programmers and testers for its products. In a statement Wednesday, the firm said it hopes the plan will boost the number of workers with autism to as much as one per cent of its 65,000 workforce by 2020. Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause difficulties communicating in certain situations. ...
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German opposition attacks Merkel minister over dud drone deal
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, May 22 , 2013. REUTERS/Thomas ...
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Tipsarevic suffers early Dusseldorf exit
DUSSELDORF – Top seed Janko Tipsarevic suffered a 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 loss to Argentine Guido Pella to exit the PowerHorse Open in an opening match shock, with the world number ten Serb now concerned about his lack of form heading into the French ...
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Nelly the elephant predicts Bayern Munich to win Champions League - video
Serengeti Park in Germany is home to Nelly, an elephant whose owners claim has the ability to predict the results of football matches. Here, Nelly indicates that Bayern Munich will beat Borussia Dortmund in Saturday's Champions League at Wembley. Nelly's brush with fame follows that of Paul the octopus, who picked 11 out of 13 Germany results during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World ...
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UPDATE 1-Germany takes bilateral paths to tackle EU jobs crisis
Wed May 22, 2013 10:49am EDT * Deals with Portugal, Spain and France * Berlin aims to get speedier response than EU * Critics say efforts are belated By Annika Breidthardt BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy. On Wednesday, Finance ...
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German intel Assad strengthening hold in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has become more stable, gaining an upper hand in capabilities to successfully thwart rebels amid the conflit plaguing the country, German foreign intelligence agency assessments were reported as stating Wednesday in German ...
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CORRECTED-Deutsche Bank deepens Tier 2 market next stop Tier 1
Wed May 22, 2013 10:08am EDT (Corrects third paragraph to state bond is SEC-registered and not 144a, and in the same paragraph that it priced at T+237.5bp, not 262.5bp) * New 15 non-call 10 structure hailed a success * European banks tipped to sell follow-up deals * Additional Tier 1 seen as next step for Deutsche By Aimee Donnellan and Danielle Robinson LONDON, May 22 (IFR) - Deutsche Bank ...
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Germany backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany will throw its weight behind a British drive to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations, German diplomats said on ...
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Major Event in Germany Promoting European Magnitsky Sanctions Cancelled Because German Government Refuses to Grant Safe Passage to William Browder from Politically Motivated Russian Arrest Warrant
Release 22 May 2013 - German authorities have refused to grant William Browder, the leader of the global campaign for justice for Sergei Magnitsky, safe passage to Germany from a politically motivated Russian arrest warrant, resulting in the cancellation of the European Magnitsky Law event, scheduled in Berlin on 27 May 2013. In the latest development concerning the Magnitsky sanctions, the ...
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Sahara Sams Berlin park to celebrate expansion
With summer around the corner, Sahara Sams in West Berlin, N.J. underwent a $6.5 million expansion, according to the Courier Post. The waterpark includes a 25-meter leisure pool, a childrens play zone, and a ...
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Police raid suspected leftist extremists
Police on Wednesday carried out raids across several German states at more than 20 properties, which they believe are connected to a network of leftist extremists responsible for carrying out attacks over more than a ...
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Germany Backs Blacklisting of Hezbollahs Military Wing
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has expressed his support for blacklisting Hezbollah's military wing in the EU, officials have said. "In the light of discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle supports listing at least the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the EU," German ...
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Germany celebrates bicentennial of Richard Wagner
Germany today celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favour with the ...
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Tacky or just plain weird Gallery in Hamburg holds exhibition dedicated to bad taste
From jewel encrusted mobile phones to USB sticks shaped like human fingers, a new exhibition at a gallery in Hamburg is exposing crimes against ...
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PM Netanyahu Meets with German FM Westerwelle
PM Netanyahu Meets with German Foreign Minister Westerwelle (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 17 May 2013), in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westrwelle. Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of ...
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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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NSU known as neo-Nazi terror cell before killings
German intelligence services had identified neo-Nazi gang the National Socialist Underground (NSU) as ...
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Untapped Talent Autistic Workers a Worthwhile Challenge for SAP
German software development giant SAP is planning to hire hundreds of people with autism by 2020. The company hopes to benefit from their unusual skillset and says it's ready for any practical ...
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What Women Want Merkel Scoring Points With Female Voters
The German left used to have a corner on the market when it came to progressive social issues. But Chancellor Merkel has transformed the conservatives, attracting huge quantities of women voters along the way. They've become a hot political commodity in this year's upcoming election, with the opposition struggling to catch ...
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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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