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German Star Host Thomas Gottschalk Signs with RTL
, arguably Germany's most famous television host, has signed an exclusive contract with the country's leading commercial network, RTL Television, that will see him co-develop and host a number of high-profile entertainment ...
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German football giants to do battle on English soil
Bayern Munich is considered Germany most successful football club. The numbers speak for themselves: the club holds the record for most German Championships (23) and Cups (15) won by any of the country's clubs. In European competitions, Bayern has accomplished a great achievement by winning three consecutive European Cups - the competition later named Champions League - from 1974 to 1976 ...
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German domination of football Not quite
PARIS - In football, is Germany a nation of chokers?The big surprise about the Champions League final on Saturday isn't the teams - Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, both superb. It is that such an all-German contest to become Europe's top club has taken so long to materialize.With the largest economy and population in Europe, modern stadiums heaving with fans, financial backing ...
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Deutsche Bank says confident for 2013
FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender, expressed confidence on Thursday for business this year but warned of uncertainties connected with the regulatory environment and the increasingly cloudy economic outlook. Speaking to shareholders at the annual meeting, the two co-chief ...
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Asian European Stocks Plunge on Weak Chinese Factory Data
Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ...
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Midfielder Odebrecht to miss out for Germany
Viola Odebrecht will miss Germany's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 campaign as she undergoes a knee operation, with 22-year-old Isabelle Linden being slated in as her ...
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Brewers No fracking with our German beer
A group of brewers has raised alarm that so-called 'fracking' for natural gas could jeopardize the legendary purity of German beer by contaminating the country's water ...
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Purity Concerns German Beer Brewers Foaming over Fracking
Forget environmental concerns: When it comes to fracking, Germans are worried about how it might affect beer quality. In a letter to several ministries in ...
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German football clubs setting example on and off pitch
A Champions League trophy of German Bundesliga first division football club Bayern Munich is seen in a museum 'Erlebniswelt' in Munich May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela ...
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Berlin to host 2015 UEFA Champions League Final
May 23 - European football governing body UEFA have announced today that the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final will take place at the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin, with the 2015 UEFA Europa League final set to be hosted at Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw. The decisions were made by UEFA's Executive Committee prior to their showpiece UEFA Champions League Final at ...
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Germany is Most Popular Country in the World
Europe's largest economy Germany, which has been criticized for not doing enough to help struggling euro zone countries, has topped a poll as the world's most popular country. The survey carried out for the BBC, polled 26,000 people in 25 countries, and asked them to rate 16 countries and the European Union, as a whole, on whether their influence on the world was mainly positive or ...
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Hollande praises courage of tough reforms in Germany
French President Francois Hollande, under pressure to reform his recession-hit economy, on Thursday praised German social and labour reforms implemented by former centre-left chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.The French Socialist leader was speaking at the German opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD)'s 150th anniversary in the eastern city of Leipzig, where conservative Chancellor Angela ...
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UAE Minister of Public Works meets German Federal Minister of Transport Building and Urban Development
WAM BERLIN, May 23rd, 2013 (WAM)-- Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Public Works, has met with the German Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Dr. Peter Ramsauer. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the UAE's participation in the International Transport Forum, currently taking place in Leipzig, Germany. The two parties ...
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Ten German body parts
The German language has some rather colourful terms for describing parts of the human body. Turn to The Local List this week for a few anatomical ...
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German Leading Index Rises Further CB
Germany's leading index continued to climb in March led by the yield spread, stock price index and new orders in investment goods industries components, survey data released by the Conference Board showed on Thursday. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for Germany rose 0.3 percent in March to 103.9. The pace of increase was unchanged from February. In the six months to March, the ...
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German Werder Bremen signs striker Petersen from Bayern
Striker Nils Petersen will remain in Werder Bremen and not return to Bayern Munich after signing a four-year deal with Werder on Thursday.Petersen, who spent the past season on loan to Werder, scored 11 goals in the German Bundesliga last season.Werder barely escaped relegation and is rebuilding after parting company with long-term coach Thomas Schaaf. The club wants to sign Robin Dutt, the ...
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Hollande praises Germanys labour reforms
French President Francois Hollande, under pressure to reform his recession-hit economy, Thursday praised German social welfare and labour reforms implemented under former centre-left chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.The Socialist French leader was speaking at the German opposition Social Democratic Party's 150th anniversary in the eastern city of Leipzig, where conservative Chancellor Angela ...
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Deutsche bosses seek to win over sceptical shareholders
bosses tried to convince sceptical shareholders at a lively annual meeting on Thursday that the bank was on the right track again after facing a host of legal problems.Co-chief Executives Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen, who took charge nearly a year ago, are trying to steer Germany's largest bank through a major restructuring and resolve its many legal issues.They are also trying to ...
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Lufthansa United Air Canada win EU nod for revenue-sharing pact
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, United Airlines, Continental and Air Canada won approval from EU antitrust regulators on Thursday for their transatlantic tie-up after agreeing to give up airport slots in Frankfurt and New York.The four airlines' revenue-sharing, pricing and capacity pacts triggered an investigation by European Commission regulators four years ago, over concerns that these may result ...
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BBC Poll The World Doesnt Actually Hate Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been a favorite target of hatred in recent months as the euro crisis continues to make life difficult for Southern Europeans. But a new BBC poll has found that most people actually have a positive view of ...
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German football team score after shot rebounds off nearby American football bar – video
An amateur football game between German teams Altona 93 and Vier-und-Marschlande takes a farcical turn when a long-range effort from Altona striker Patrick Westermann is spectacularly tipped over by opposition keeper Marcel Kindler. The ball flies over the goal but rebounds off the crossbar of an American football goal just above and behind it, and back on to the pitch. The referee bizarrely ...
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Germanys SPD party celebrates 150th anniversary
Germany's Social Democratic Party has marked its 150 year anniversary in Leipzig. Four months ahead of federal elections, the party has paid tribute to its rich ...
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Universal Channel to Launch in Germany
COLOGNE, Germany – If doubters required any further evidence that Germany's pay-TV market is on the up, they got it with this week's announcement that NBCUniversal International Television will launch its flagship pay-TV brand, Universal Channel, on German pay networks Sky Deutschland and Deutsche ...
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Russian boy stabbed during family vacation in Greece given treatment at German hospital
BERLIN - A Russian boy who suffered extensive injuries when he was stabbed during a vacation on the Greek island of Crete is being treated at a hospital in Germany. Berlin's Charite hospital said Thursday that the 12-year-old arrived overnight and is being treated in its children's clinic. It said it could give no further information because of patient confidentiality rules. The ...
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Champions League Germany v. Germany
As predicted in this column, the Champions League final in 2013 will see two German teams facing each other, a prelude towards Germany winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Make no mistake: the plan has been in place, it is bearing fruits and Bayern and Dortmund bear ...
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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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