Provides the latest RSS feeds for Germany News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Germany News.Net http://www.germanynews.net/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:41:45 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:41:45 -0400 30 Iran said it would respond Friday to the package of incentives offered by five Security Council members and Germany (P5+1), official IRNA news agency reported. http://www.germanynews.net/story/378491 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:26 -0400 Germany News.Net http://www.germanynews.net/story/378491 This isn't the first time Madame Tussauds has displayed a figure of Hitler. Since 1933 - the year Hitler came to power - there has been a model of him in the London branch of Madame Tussauds. In contr... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967790&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:03:22 -0400 Radio Netherlands http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967790&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Cologne, Germany - Wood-block prints by Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) have been put on display in the German city of Cologne, with curators pointing out Friday how the prints influence... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967745&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:32:40 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967745&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave for Paris on Sunday to take part in the European Union-Mediterranean summit following an invitation by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an official s... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967764&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:53:42 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967764&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Jaja A German thinker asked Lebanese officials to deliver head of Lebanese party involved in kidnapping Iranian diplomats, Samir Jaja, to an international court of justice to be put to trial for the c... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967788&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:53:43 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967788&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX6,272.21 (- 81.53) MDAX 8,480.22 (- 17.72)... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967983&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:32:44 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967983&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Visit UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will soon visit Germany following an invitation by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the UN Information Center based in the western city of Bonn announced Friday.... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967789&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:53:41 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967789&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - The United States opened a new, 130-million-dollar embassy in Berlin Friday on a commanding city-centre site. Former US president George HW Bush and ambassador to Germany William Timken toget... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967781&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:32:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967781&cat=0b761d844c35f1be ) said in a filing late Thursday it'll book third-quarter after-tax earnings of $1.6 billion on the sale of interests in a natural gas transport business in northern Germany. The transaction, comple... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967783&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:36 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967783&cat=0b761d844c35f1be STUTTGART (SW) - German side VfB Stuttgart and their Portuguese captain Fernando Meira are about to part ways. At least, this seems more likely than ever. Local newspaper 'Stuttgarter Zeitung' repo... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968046&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:10:03 -0400 Soccer Way http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968046&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The building was heavily damaged during World War II and was later razed by communist East Germany. For nearly three decades, the site stood in the heavily fortified no man's land behind the Berlin Wa... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968048&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:53:37 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968048&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Germany's top court ruled on Thursday, July 3 that a feature of federal election law was unfair and ordered an amendment by 2011, after the next general election. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968047&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:49:17 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15968047&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - Facing down political and media criticism, Madame Tussaud's has defended its inclusion of an Adolf Hitler statue in a waxworks show set to open in Berlin on Saturday. German politicians have ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967791&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:45:56 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967791&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Hamburg - One of Germany's main broadcasters admitted Friday that it had inadvertently altered the US flag in a news show about the inauguration of a new US embassy in the capital Berlin. Sources said... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967784&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:45:49 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967784&cat=0b761d844c35f1be is likely to make its final choice in the next four to five weeks on a buyer for its German retail banking unit, a person familiar with the matter said in late June. The person in June also said tha... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967782&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:37:01 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15967782&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN - German manufacturing orders unexpectedly fell for the sixth month running in May as domestic demand declined sharply, heightening concerns that Europe's largest economy may have contracted in... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966605&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:19:25 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966605&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Will to win When asked about his squad's ambitions for the finals, Hrubesch is unequivocal: "To win it. I have always said it makes no sense to go to such a tournament and say that you are there to fi... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966606&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:12 -0400 UEFA http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966606&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Prague - Lenka Reinerova, who died last week as the oldest German-language writer in Prague, was laid to rest in the Czech capital's New Jewish Cemetery Friday. Some 150 mourners were on hand for the ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966607&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:49 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15966607&cat=0b761d844c35f1be German tennis player Rainer Schuettler is as surprised as anyone to be preparing for a Wimbledon semi-final against Rafael Nadal on Friday, July 4. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965063&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:57 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965063&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Germany's national basketball team scored a coup by landing Chris Kaman, a center for the Los Angeles Clippers. The team enters the Olympic qualifying tournament later this month. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965065&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:52 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965065&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The major developing countries are being drawn into climate-control policies under a process initiated during the German presidency of the Group of Eight, officials said in Berlin ahead of the G8 summ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965064&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:51 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15965064&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - Speaking just hours before the inauguration of a new US embassy in Berlin, Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Friday for the United States and Europe to unite on new is... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15964975&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:31 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15964975&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Meanwhile the government just keeps cranking out currency in greater and greater quantities, meaning it simply keeps decreasing in value. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's solely owned subsidiary, Fidel... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963161&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:02:04 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963161&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT - Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, will sell more vehicles in Brazil than in its home market of Germany this year, the head of VW Brazil told a newspaper on Friday. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963231&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:58:38 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963231&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Germany, where angry dairy farmers recently poured milk down drains for 10 days to protest low prices, has become the world's top cheese exporter, according to new data. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963338&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:52:33 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963338&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The US and Germany have been through a lot over the past century. Many hope that the opening of the new US Embassy in the center of Berlin will lead to even better relations between the two countries. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963232&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:52:31 -0400 DW - World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15963232&cat=0b761d844c35f1be QUEBEC CITY – U.N. officials decided Thursday to retain the eastern German city of Dresden as a World Heritage Site for now despite earlier warnings that the construction of a bridge endangered ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960675&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960675&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Hamburg's newest museum tells the story of man's 3,000 year history of seafaring with thousand of painting, ship models, navigation chart, first hand accounts from sailors all over the world -- and le... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960784&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:52:12 -0400 DW - World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960784&cat=0b761d844c35f1be ----------------------------------------- GMT MEDIAN DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD F/CAST PRIOR 04JUL 1000/1200 Industrial Orders m/m May 0.7% -1.8% 07JUL 1000/1200 Industrial Production m/m May... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960783&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:41:44 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15960783&cat=0b761d844c35f1be New York/Quebec -UNESCO on Thursday elected to keep Dresden's Elbe Valley in Germany as a world heritage site, but construction of a disputed four-lane bridge must cease. The Elbe Valley's status was ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15958297&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:48:47 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15958297&cat=0b761d844c35f1be A wax figure of former German dictator Adolf Hitler is seen, at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum, in Berlin. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Miguel Villagran http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952577&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:52:38 -0400 C News http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952577&cat=0b761d844c35f1be U.S. secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, said in a statement that he was "profoundly moved" for Bush to get the award.In accepting the honor, Bush said it was Germany itself that made ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15953060&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:38 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15953060&cat=0b761d844c35f1be A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just €1 is back at home, a prosecutor said today.'The child has been returned to his parents,' prosecutor Joha... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952575&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:42 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952575&cat=0b761d844c35f1be July 03, 2008, 20:15 Muntu Lukhozi, London As part of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations, Goal4Africa will celebrate its kick-off in Munich, Germany, next weekend. The live event will show... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952576&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:47:37 -0400 SABC http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952576&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Daria Bijak already has known both the joy of qualifying for the Olympics and the anguish of missing out on them. Now, she hopes to actually compete in them. The 22-year-old junior-to-be at the Un... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952573&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:20 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952573&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, pictured in March 2008, Germany captain Michael Ballack and Liverpool´s England midfielder Steven Gerrard are amongst the stars set to play a charity match in Munich ne... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952857&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:58:41 -0400 Soccer Way http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952857&cat=0b761d844c35f1be He sits hunched over his desk, one leg hooked under his chair, gazing at a pink file with the concern of a businessman who has realised the books are looking bad. Encased in a concrete bunker beneath ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952578&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:39:54 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15952578&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN - Bettina Schardt knew that the combination of drugs she drank in the living room of her home in Wuerzburg last week would kill her, and she died alone.But this was no ordinary suicide. A Germa... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15951060&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:44 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15951060&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN – A clear statement by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations on oil prices would be a “definite” help, a German government source said on Thursday. Ahead of a G8 m... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15948418&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:06 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15948418&cat=0b761d844c35f1be MEMMINGEN, Germany — A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro — $1.59 — as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15946932&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:34:33 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15946932&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Bonn - German regulators raided the offices of major coffee importers on Thursday, making public an inquiry into alleged collusion to fix the price of Germany's most popular hot beverage. Silke Kaul, ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15946933&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:49:52 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15946933&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT — When Roger Kusch helped Bettina Schardt kill herself at home on Saturday, the grim, carefully choreographed ritual was like that in many cases of assisted suicide, with one exceptio... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15945302&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:13:17 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15945302&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Juergen Klinsmann set high goals for Bayern Munich in his first official news conference as head coach. He's already implemented a few cushy perks for the club, too. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15945425&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:11:54 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15945425&cat=0b761d844c35f1be A former justice minister of Hamburg on Friday revealed a "killing machine" that allows terminally ill people to commit suicide. While the procedure's not punishable, the man still expects to be taken... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942894&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:13:51 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942894&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Hamburg - Six months after the first freighter put to sea drawn by a giant kite, a German company said Thursday that the invention could "realistically" reduce a ship's fuel use by 15 per cent. Enthus... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942729&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:09:02 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942729&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Dubai to grow its business in the Middle East and the North Africa region. The Co-head of equity capital markets for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMA) Christopher Laing, is... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942719&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:52:03 -0400 Select Property http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15942719&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - A consortium of insurers led by Allianz SE. faces claims of significantly more than 100 million euros related to damage caused by a hailstorm that hit the German city o... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940201&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:57 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940201&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - RWE AG. plans to invest 2.2 billion euros in its German power grid, Handelsblatt reported, not citing where it got the information. The report added E.ON AG. has earmar... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940267&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:54 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940267&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Nokia Oyj agreed to repay about two-thirds of 60 million euros of subsidies to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Westfaelische Rundschau reported, without say... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940226&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:53 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940226&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Richard Holbrooke , who served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1993-1994, will introduce Kissinger and Bush at the award ceremony at the American Academy's grounds, on the shores of Wannsee lake in... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940265&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:42:26 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940265&cat=0b761d844c35f1be ZACHARY R. MIDERNEW YORK - Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank won a bigger share of merger advisory business in the past year while Citigroup held its ground as demand for deal financing gave ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940266&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:40 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940266&cat=0b761d844c35f1be xenophobic and anti-democratic views are terrifyingly widespread and that many young Germans hope for some kind of "führer" to come to their rescue. I gained little insight from the Afghans because t... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15939937&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:40:35 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15939937&cat=0b761d844c35f1be China's may have the better view, and Finland's the better architecture, but America's is the biggest. DW-WORLD.DE sent Jefferson Chase to check out the much-maligned new US embassy in Berlin. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940268&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:54 -0400 DW-World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940268&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thirty-five people representing four countries - Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Scotland - will gather this weekend in Berlin for blind futsal seminars, held as part of the UEFA-funded IBSA Fut... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940049&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:36:28 -0400 UEFA http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940049&cat=0b761d844c35f1be FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German bank IKB, which flirted with bankruptcy after the US subprime housing crisis erupted, posted Thursday an annual loss of just 24 million euros (38 http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940051&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:27:16 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15940051&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - German couples will soon be able to get married in church without first going through a civil ceremony in the registry office for the first time in 130 years. The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung u... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15937345&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:39:48 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15937345&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN -- A massive catfish has apparently choked to death after trying to chow down on a soccer ball in the locks of a Bavarian canal. German police say the 6 1/2-foot-long (2 meter-long) fish was fo... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15934858&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:58:51 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15934858&cat=0b761d844c35f1be (AFP) - German Deutsche Post expects a windfall refund of one billion euros (1.58 billion dollars) after a court ruling overturned an EU Commission decision on state aid, the logistics group said Tues... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15931686&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:30 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15931686&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN (AP) - A catfish has apparently choked to death after trying to chow down a soccer ball in the locks of a Bavarian canal. German police say the 6 1/2-foot-long fish was found dead Monday, floa... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15931646&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:23:46 -0400 ABC 7 http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15931646&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN (Reuters) - Steiff, the firm that has made teddy bears for over a century, said on Wednesday it planned to move production back from China to Germany because poor standards there left some o... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15928898&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:14:47 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15928898&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The Canadian men's eight rowing team will hit the water in Beijing in a slightly German style. The crew has decided against the Canadian-made boat they had been training in, which was built by Hudson... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15928915&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:04:36 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15928915&cat=0b761d844c35f1be July 2, 2008 · Germany, by many measures, has one of the world's most successful health care systems — providing good care for everybody for much less than many other countries spend. Nea... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924210&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:18:50 -0400 NPR http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924210&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Germany striker Lukas Podolski celebrates after the Euro 2008 quarter-final match against Portugal in Basel last month. Podolski, one of the stars of Euro 2008, is set to transfer from Bayern Munich t... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924624&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:55 -0400 Soccer Way http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924624&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Two of the largest European investment banks, UBS of Switzerland and Deutsche Bank of Germany, moved to calm investors Wednesday, saying their operations did not need extra cash to cope with the globa... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924191&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:48:40 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924191&cat=0b761d844c35f1be MUMBAI: Piramal Healthcare, part of the Piramal Group, on Wednesday announced the completion of a definitive agreement with the Germany-based PlasmaSelect to acquire its polygeline-based blood plasma ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924212&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:25:31 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924212&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Buenos Aires - Argentina's highest court Wednesday upheld a lower court decision to block Germany's request for the extradition of former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla to stand trial in the murder of a... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924134&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:31:04 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924134&cat=0b761d844c35f1be AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - Belgian-Dutch financial services group Fortis (FOR.AS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(FOR.BR: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has agreed to sell about 10 per... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924626&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:56:11 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924626&cat=0b761d844c35f1be ) commercial banking activities in the Netherlands for 709 million euros in cash, or about $1.13 billion. The sale conforms to commitments made to the European Commission last year concerning Fortis... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924119&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:34:06 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924119&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Chris Ertl is self-employed, so he cannot be covered under his wife's health care plan. Their two children are covered under Ertl's wife's insurance. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924211&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:18:46 -0400 NPR http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924211&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court sentenced a pair of middle-aged men to more than 12 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing and torturing two young women they held captive for several week... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924209&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:35:46 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924209&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Glos, speaking to journalists during a press briefing, also expressed his view that the ECB is aware of its responsibility for both the economy and keeping inflation in the euro area in check. From ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924213&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:31 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924213&cat=0b761d844c35f1be (FORSY) and ABN Amro Wednesday said they signed an agreement under which Germany's largest bank by market capitalization will buy parts of ABN Amro's commercial banking activities in the http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924193&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:32:45 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15924193&cat=0b761d844c35f1be BERLIN – A farmer in Germany has learned a harsh lesson about the dangers of smoking. While he ducked into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, his parked tractor and its load of 25 tons of... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921309&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:23 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921309&cat=0b761d844c35f1be For the fourth year in a row, Germany has increased its culture budget, which has been set at 1.13 billion euros ($1.78 billion) for 2009. A new Holocaust and GDR memorial concept is first in line for... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921308&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:28:31 -0400 DW - World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921308&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pledged increased German help for Iraqi Christians after meeting Iraqi bishops in Berlin on Wednesday. Steinmeier also said the legal status of... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921307&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:24:52 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15921307&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Champions Bayern Munich will host Hamburg in the opening match of the 2008-09 Bundesliga season on August 15, the German Football Federation (DFL) announced on Tuesday, June 1. http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917474&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:04:06 -0400 DW - World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917474&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Munich - Juergen Klinsmann set the highest goals in his first official news conference as Bayern Munich coach on Wednesday as he made his presence felt instantly. The new atmosphere which includes Bud... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917476&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:49:14 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917476&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Hamburg - Germany forward Lukas Podolski is not for sale, Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insisted on Wednesday. "This is a non issue. This is our final saying," Rummenigge told a news co... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917477&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:59:00 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917477&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - Despite surging petrol prices, growing inflation fears and a big slump in May registrations, German car sales rose by 4 per cent in the first half of the year, the nation's auto industry fede... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917107&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:41:58 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15917107&cat=0b761d844c35f1be LONDON (MarketWatch) - European shares moved higher on Wednesday, as some better news from the banking sector managed to offset sharp losses from U.K. homebuilder Taylor Wimpey and retailer Marks & Sp... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913626&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:41:31 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913626&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - German discus throw giant Lars Riedel on Wednesday announced the end of his career as a back injury made it impossible for him to bid farewell at the Beijing Olympics. "I would have liked to ... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913685&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:50:40 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913685&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - German key machinery and industrial plants orders slumped by an annual 12 per cent in May, the industry association said Wednesday. Both domestic and foreign orders dropped by 12 per cent, th... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913688&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:50:36 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913688&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Berlin - A German youth charged with having sex with an underage English girl in a Turkish holiday resort last year will not return to Antalya when proceedings restart this week, his lawyers said Wedn... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913686&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:39:14 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913686&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The surprising announcement comes after the share price for Germany's largest listed bank had recently been pressured repeatedly on rumors of a pending profit warning and the need to raise fresh cap... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913670&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:40:19 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913670&cat=0b761d844c35f1be (XETRA: DBKGn.DE/ NYSE: DB) announced today that, based on its current expectations, it anticipates reporting a profitable second quarter 2008 when it announces quarterly earnings as scheduled on 31... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913669&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:40:16 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15913669&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The corruption of the United Nation's food-for-oil program in Iraq is described in a new lawsuit as "the largest financial fraud in human history." A lawsuit filed by the Iraqi government in US feder... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15911435&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:43:05 -0400 DW - World http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15911435&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Ethical Corporation launches The 3rd Annual Ethical Supply Chain Summit, taking place on October 16-17 in Berlin as key leaders from around the world join for ultimate debate and discussion on ethical... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908668&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:35:12 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908668&cat=0b761d844c35f1be HANOI (Dow Jones)--Deutsche Bank's assest management unit bought 143,260 shares of PetroVietnam Drilling Joint Stock Co. (PVD.VH) on June 20, according to a stock exchange statement Wednesday. As a re... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908667&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:35:06 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908667&cat=0b761d844c35f1be ESSEN, Germany -- Thieves ignoring an age-old ban on sacrilege have stolen saintly relics in an ivory case from the altar of a German cathedral, police and Catholic officials said Monday. Ulrich Lota,... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908448&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:07:33 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15908448&cat=0b761d844c35f1be The wealthy southern state of Bavaria is considered to have the country's toughest public smoking ban because it prohibits restaurants from opening separate smoking sections - a practice allowed in ot... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15906504&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:18:57 -0400 IOL http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15906504&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Televersa Online, a Bavarian telecommunications provider, selected Proxim Wireless equipment June 1 to build a WiMax network covering an area of 12,400 square miles with a population of 2.5 million pe... http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15902054&cat=0b761d844c35f1be Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:15:58 -0400 eWeek http://feeds.germanynews.net/?rid=15902054&cat=0b761d844c35f1be