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 revamps health service

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 9:50

Germany's ruling coalition finally reaches a deal on funding healthcare after weeks of bitter argument.
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VW workers agree to work longer

Friday, September 29th 2006, 19:11

Volkswagen strikes a deal with unions to extend the working week at six German plants without any increase in pay.
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Germany opens major Islam summit

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 16:24

Germany holds an Islam conference to tackle integration problems amid a row about self-censorship.
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Germany to probe monorail crash

Saturday, September 23rd 2006, 12:22

An inquiry is launched into a collision involving a magnetic train that killed 23 people in Germany.
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Monorail disaster shakes Germany

Saturday, September 23rd 2006, 3:50

Germany's chancellor says she is shocked at the scale of the high-speed monorail crash that killed 23 people.
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Deadly crash on German monorail

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 23:28

A magnetic levitation train crashes at high speed in northern Germany, killing at least 23 people.
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German ships head for Lebanon

Thursday, September 21st 2006, 14:44
related countries: Lebanon

German warships leave for the Mediterranean, where they will join a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
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US widow deported over Nazi past

Thursday, September 21st 2006, 10:40
related countries: United States

An 84-year-old German woman who hid her past as a death camp guard is deported from the US.
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German MPs back Lebanon force

Wednesday, September 20th 2006, 13:30
related countries: Lebanon

The German parliament authorises the deployment of a navy contingent as part of UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
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Beckenbauer issues 2010 warning

Wednesday, September 20th 2006, 7:25
related countries: South Africa

German legend Franz Beckenbauer says South Africa's World Cup organisers are facing serious problems.
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Poll boost for German far right

Monday, September 18th 2006, 14:18

The far right makes gains in German state polls but there is a poor showing by Chancellor Merkel's party.
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German truck firm in Scania bid

Monday, September 18th 2006, 5:25
related countries: Sweden

German truckmaker Man launches a 9.6bn euros takeover bid for Swedish rival Scania.
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Fresh criticism of Pope's remarks

Saturday, September 16th 2006, 9:40

Criticism is mounting from Muslim religious and political leaders over the Pope's remarks about Islam.
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Summer boost for German hotels

Friday, September 15th 2006, 8:02

World Cup visitors help German hotels and caterers see a rise in sales over the summer.
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Germany ordains 'first' rabbis

Thursday, September 14th 2006, 10:24
related places: Dresden

Three rabbis are ordained in Germany for the first time since the Nazi Holocaust at a ceremony in Dresden.
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Germany backs Lebanon force

Wednesday, September 13th 2006, 14:50
related countries: Lebanon

Germany agrees its navy can join UN peacekeeping in Lebanon while Russia is to send army engineers.
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Pope visits Bavarian birthplace

Monday, September 11th 2006, 23:12
related places: Marktl

Crowds welcome Pope Benedict XVI to the small Bavarian town where he was born 79 years ago.
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Pope holds Mass in native Bavaria

Sunday, September 10th 2006, 12:23
related places: Munich

The Pope celebrates Mass an open-air in his homeland of southern Germany, attended by 250,000 people.
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Strike ends at Brazil VW factory

Tuesday, September 5th 2006, 6:21
related countries: Brazil

Unions call off a strike at Volkswagen's largest plant in Brazil, after the German firm suspends job cut plans.
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Legend Agassi makes tearful exit

Sunday, September 3rd 2006, 18:33
related countries: United States
related places: Sunday

Andre Agassi's 20-year career ends in defeat to Benjamin Becker at the US Open on Sunday.
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UN study knocks Japan and Germany

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 20:04
related countries: Japan

Japan and Germany need to do more to help stimulate the world economy, a United Nations report warns.
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High definition focus in Berlin

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 7:22
related places: Berlin

High definition entertainment is expected to be the focus of the IFA consumer electronics show.
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Turk freed from Guantanamo

Friday, August 25th 2006, 12:55
related countries: Turkey, United States

A German-born Turkish man is freed from US custody at Guantanamo Bay where he has been held since 2002.
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Lebanon holds train bomb suspect

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 9:45
related countries: Lebanon

A second suspect in an alleged plot to blow up German trains is held in Lebanon, officials say.
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Germany eyes tighter terror laws

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006, 21:20

Germany interior minister calls for new anti-terror measures after a failed bomb attack on two trains last month.
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Germany plans surveillance boost

Monday, August 21st 2006, 19:17

Chancellor Merkel seeks to boost surveillance after a plot to bomb German trains was foiled.
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Madonna defies prosecution threat

Sunday, August 20th 2006, 23:41

Pop star Madonna starts the German leg of her tour despite threats of possible prosecution for blasphemy.
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German bomb suspect arrested

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 16:42

German police arrest a Lebanese student in connection with a failed attempt to bomb two trains last month.
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Oil worker in Nigeria is released

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 9:46
related countries: Nigeria

A German oil worker kidnapped by an armed gang in southern Nigeria earlier this month is released.
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German bombs 'mass murder' bid

Friday, August 18th 2006, 15:06

German police rule out blackmail as the motive for two bombs and now believe it was a terrorist plot.
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Germans argue over Lebanon role

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 12:17
related countries: Israel, Lebanon

Germany plans to help an expanded UN force in Lebanon, but wants to avoid confronting Israeli troops.
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Rushdie jumps to Grass's defence

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 9:34
related places: Grass

Salman Rushdie defends Guenter Grass after the German writer admitted he had been in the Waffen SS.
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