News: Germany

We have started to collect the most important news related to Germany in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Germany: news

Germany suspends Sri Lankan aid

Monday, December 25th 2006, 5:47
related countries: Sri Lanka

Germany says it has frozen aid to Sri Lanka because of the continuing violence in the country.
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Tight security for Mozart opera

Monday, December 18th 2006, 22:36

The German Opera's controversial production of Mozart's Idomeneo goes ahead despite protest fears.
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Polonium affects four in Germany

Monday, December 11th 2006, 15:59

Four people in Germany have been contaminated with polonium-210, which poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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Radiation 'trace' at German homes

Saturday, December 9th 2006, 13:28
related places: Hamburg

German police find traces of radiation at two premises used by a contact of Alexander Litvinenko.
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German skull troops avoid charge

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 16:51
related countries: Afghanistan

Two German soldiers will not face charges of desecrating graves over photos taken in Afghanistan.
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Boeing wins Lufthansa deal

Wednesday, December 6th 2006, 22:39
related countries: United States

US plane maker Boeing wins a $5.5bn order from Germany's Lufthansa for its new 747 passenger jet.
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Paris talks can't reach Iran deal

Wednesday, December 6th 2006, 1:29
related countries: France, Iran

Diplomats from the five UN Security Council states, and Germany, fail to reach an accord on Iran sanctions.
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German painter wins Turner Prize

Tuesday, December 5th 2006, 12:11

Artist Tomma Abts becomes the first woman painter to win the Turner Prize in its 22-year history.
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EU attacks Turkey deadline plan

Monday, December 4th 2006, 19:34
related countries: Cyprus, France, Turkey
related places: Eu

The EU's enlargement commissioner urges Germany and France not to set a new deadline on Turkey over Cyprus.
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Stasi film wins European award

Sunday, December 3rd 2006, 12:37

A drama about East Germany gets a top European film award, while Penelope Cruz wins best actress.
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German aid crew tried in Sicily

Monday, November 27th 2006, 16:40

Sicily tries the ex-head and two members of a German charity whose ship rescued migrants for aiding illegal immigration.
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Gunman dies after storming school

Monday, November 20th 2006, 15:43

A gunman dies after storming into a school in western Germany, leaving several people wounded.
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Germany foils 'air terror plot'

Monday, November 20th 2006, 11:04

German officials say they have uncovered a terrorist plot to blow up a passenger plane in Germany.
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German nurse jailed for killings

Monday, November 20th 2006, 9:56

A male nurse is jailed for life in southern Germany for giving lethal injections to 28 mostly elderly patients.
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Doctor to pay for unwanted baby

Thursday, November 16th 2006, 15:59

A doctor who carried out a failed contraceptive operation in Germany is ordered to support the child.
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Moroccan convicted over 9/11 plot

Thursday, November 16th 2006, 9:40
related countries: Morocco

A German court finds a Moroccan guilty of being accessory to murder in the 9/11 terror attacks on America.
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Germany tries 'Holocaust denier'

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 16:48

A chemist goes on trial in Germany, accused of denying the Holocaust and defaming the memory of the dead.
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German legal test for Rumsfeld

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 12:39
related countries: United States

A lawyers' group asks Germany to sue former US defence chief Donald Rumsfeld over alleged prisoner abuse.
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Rumsfeld may face abuse charges

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 4:47
related countries: United States

Ex-US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may face criminal charges in Germany over alleged prisoner abuses.
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German suspect in roof stand-off

Wednesday, November 8th 2006, 17:35

A convicted German sex offender eludes his guards to scramble onto the roof of a prison as his rape trial begins.
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EU calls for full power cut probe

Monday, November 6th 2006, 16:17

The European Commission calls for a full investigation into the causes of the power cut that hit western Europe.
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Merkel warns Turkey over Cyprus

Monday, November 6th 2006, 10:40
related countries: Cyprus, Turkey
related places: Ankara

The German chancellor says Turkey's EU bid will be in serious trouble if Ankara maintains its Cyprus boycott.
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German troops 'had Nazi symbol'

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 17:36

A German magazine publishes a photograph showing a Nazi-like symbol allegedly on a German army vehicle.
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German mountain that symbolises freedom

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 13:47

Seventeen years ago the Berlin Wall came down. But an iconic German mountain, while not as symbolic the wall, holds almost as much significance.
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German 'skull troops' suspended

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 15:27
related countries: Afghanistan

Germany suspends more soldiers over photos showing troops posing with human skulls in Afghanistan.
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German army acts over skull row

Friday, October 27th 2006, 14:53
related countries: Afghanistan

Germany suspends two soldiers over photos showing German troops posing with human skulls in Afghanistan.
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Israel denies German ship clash

Friday, October 27th 2006, 12:09
related countries: Israel, Lebanon

Israel denies reports that its jets fired shots near a German naval ship contributing to the Lebanon peace force.
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Schroeder attacks Bush in memoirs

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 9:35
related places: Berlin

The memoirs of Germany's former Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, go on sale in Berlin.
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German troops in skull photos row

Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 14:46

Germany orders an inquiry after newspaper pictures apparently show German troops posing with a skull.
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Oil discovered in Zambia

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 9:17
related countries: Zambia

Oil is discovered in western Zambia, the president announces, after tests come back from Germany.
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Oil discovered in Zambia

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 9:17
related countries: Zambia

Oil is discovered in north-western Zambia, the president announces, after tests come back from Germany.
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Neo-Nazis rally for jailed singer

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 17:27
related places: Berlin

Neo-Nazis protest outside a jail in Berlin calling for the release of the singer of an outlawed far-right group.
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