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Monaco reaches Dusseldorf final
Monaco is seeded third and the highest-ranked player left in the field. But he needed nearly two hours to overcome his left-handed, 101th-ranked opponent, who was playing in his first semifinal match on the tour after going through ...
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Leading German politician calls transaction tax plans rubbish
BERLIN | Fri May 24, 2013 1:56pm EDT BERLIN May 24 (Reuters) - A leading German politician criticised EU draft plans for a financial transaction tax as "rubbish" on Friday, in a sign of growing concern that the tax could do more economic harm than good. German Social Democrat Nils Schmid, finance minister of the wealthy southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, said the banks ...
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German opposition Greens commission study into pedophile tendencies within party in the past
BERLIN - Germany's second-largest opposition party says it is commissioning a study to investigate the influence of pedophiles in the group's founding years. The environmentalist Greens said Friday the study aims at finding out "to what extent groups or individuals who sought exemption from punishment for sexual acts of adults with children" were active within the party. ...
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Monaco Nieminen win ATP semis in Germany
Jarkko Nieminen posted wins Friday that put them in the finals of the Power Horse Cup tennis tournament in Germany. Monaco, the No. 3 seed, ended the run of qualifier Guido Pella with a 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory. Pella had beaten No. ...
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlins dark history in new show
Fri May 24, 2013 1:00pm EDT * Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor belts up metal chutes towards the centre of an atrium before thudding down and splattering like entrails, in a monumental ...
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France and Germany team up for a New Deal on youth unemployment
Germany and France are to tackle mass youth unemployment gripping southern Europe with a ‘New Deal’ aimed at curbing the mounting anger that is threatening to tear the eurozone ...
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German Brewers Say Fracking Will Mess Up the Countrys Beer
A waitress carries beer mugs after the opening ceremony of Munich's 176th Oktoberfest in Munich September 19, 2009. (Reuters) Fracking opponents have come up with plenty of interesting arguments against the practice, but perhaps the most compelling yet comes just this week from Germany: Blast apart our soil, the German Brewers Federation told the federal government, and you ...
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Fitch Assigns Red Black Auto Lease Germany 1 S.A. Final Rating
Macao Banks' Rapid China Growth Alters Risk Profiles Macao banks could see their risk profiles weaken as their exposure to China continues to climb.Fitch Ratingsexpects credit growth to accelerate to 30% in 2013 from 26% in 2012, primarily led by China-related trade financing. Generally Chinese exposures are driven by parent referrals and associated risk is adequately mitigated with ...
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German Brewers Fear Fracking Could Damage Centuries-Old Industry
In a truly horrifying prospect for beer drinkers of all stripes, German producers are warning the controversial oil and gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing - known commonly as fracking - could ruin the nation's iconic brewing industry by contaminating water used in ...
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German Firms Flee to U.S. to Avoid Staggering “Green” Energy Costs
Chancellor Angela Merkel's "renewable energy revolution" is killing the German economy, but Obama and Greens keep pointing to Germany's debacle as the model we should ...
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Fan wants Bayern ticket-Oktoberfest beer swap
A Bayern Munich supporter is so desperate to get his hands on a ticket for Saturday's Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund he is offering to trade 20 litres of beer and a rare free table at ...
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IEA protect consumers from energy price hikes
The International Energy Agency said Friday that Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels toward renewable ...
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Job centre Facebook spying is illegal
Hundreds of great job opportunities for foreign professionals at Germany's top employers - in cooperation with Monster, Experteer, Stepstone, and ...
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Germany is indifferent to neo-Nazi violence
It's an intriguing premise: Are Germans ready to elect a Jewish politician chancellor? British journalist David Crossland has written a novel exploring themes of racism and neo-Nazi violence in Germany. The Local has ...
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Fraternities mull Aryan purity test for members
bitter divide between far-right and liberal elements. The split came to a head earlier this year, when 18 liberal fraternities voted to leave the umbrella organisation in protest over what they said was growing extremist sentiment. Approximately 1,500 of the 10,000 members are thought to align themselves with various degrees of extremist nationalism. Burschenschaft customs include wearing ...
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Brain Gain Immigrants Often Better Educated than Germans
radical change is taking place in the German job market: Today's immigrants to Germany are better trained and have a higher level of education than native Germans, according to a study carried out by labor market researcher Herbert ...
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Know Your Limit Germany Seeks Uniform Law on Marijuana
The laws regarding cannabis possession in Germany are nothing if not confusing. It is illegal to possess or consume marijuana. Except that carrying a small amount for personal use has no criminal repercussions. But how much is okay? That depends on where you are. Each state has a different ...
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German business confidence sees unexpected rise
German business confidence rebounded this month in an unexpectedly strong showing that sends a hopeful signal for more robust growth in Europe's biggest economy. The closely watched Ifo think tank's confidence index rose to 105.7 points for May from 104.4 last month. The improvement followed two consecutive declines and beat economists' expectations of a very slight increase to ...
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German Business Morale Improves For First Time In 3 Months
Sentiment among German companies strengthened in May for the first time since February due to an improvement in current conditions, indicating that ...
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German Cockroaches Sometimes Avoid Bait Because Of Included Sugars
German cockroaches , especially those that avoid the roach baits. Entomologists from North Carolina State University show the neural mechanism causing the aversion to glucose in a new study published in the ...
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German who absconded to Malta denied bail
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EU Approves Lufthansa-United-Air Canada Venture
United Airlines and Air Canada after the carriers agreed to give up landing and take-off slots at Frankfurt and New York.The European Commission, the EU's executive, said the airlines, which are key members of the Star Alliance, will also strike agreements with competitors on ticketing and improved access to connecting flights.The commission was concerned the revenue-sharing venture, would ...
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The DB Hedged-Germany ETF Switcheroo
Deutsche Bank is rolling out its db X-trackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca:DBGR) on May 31, but the launch is really a matter of an existing fund, the db-X MSCI Canada Hedged Equity Fund ( ), shedding its existing name, index and ticker and gaining a new ticker, a new index and a new name. In other words, the debut of the hedged Germany strategy will also mark the end of the ...
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Germany Should Cut Tax on Energy to Help Transition BayWa Says
Germany should cut value-added tax levied on energy consumption to help cut household bills as the nation transitions to wind and solar generation from fossil fuels and nuclear, according ...
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Mads Mikkelsen back after Cannes win with French role
Danish star Mads Mikkelsen fires crossbows, delivers a baby colt and speaks fluent French in the Renaissance drama "Michael Kohlhaas", which joined the competition Friday at Cannes.Mikkelsen, who picked up the festival's top actor prize last year for his turn as a man falsely accused of child abuse in "The Hunt", plays a 16th-century horse dealer who rises up against a ...
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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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