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

Woman on trial for baby deaths

Thursday, April 27th 2006, 13:55

A woman charged with killing eight of her newborn babies goes on trial in a case that has shocked Germany.
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MEPs probe 'CIA detention' case

Thursday, April 27th 2006, 9:15
related countries: Afghanistan, Macedonia, United States

MEPs visit Macedonia to check claims a German man was held by US agents and flown to Afghanistan.
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Muslim fury at German brothel ad

Tuesday, April 25th 2006, 12:06
related places: Cologne

Protests prompt a Cologne brothel to black out Muslim countries' flags in a World Cup-themed advert.
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German business confidence up

Tuesday, April 25th 2006, 11:15

Germany's business confidence has risen to the surprise of analysts who expected a fall.
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German unions set strike deadline

Friday, April 21st 2006, 9:43
related places: Last

Last-ditch pay talks are being held in Germany to try and avoid potential strike action by engineering workers.
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Two held over German race attack

Friday, April 21st 2006, 8:49
related countries: Ethiopia

German police detain two men over a brutal attack which left an Ethiopia-born man fighting for his life.
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Germany to open Holocaust archive

Tuesday, April 18th 2006, 22:56

Germany agrees to open up a huge archive of Nazi records on concentration camp inmates and slave labourers.
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Iran's leader warns 'aggressors'

Tuesday, April 18th 2006, 14:38
related countries: Iran

Iran's president stays defiant as key UN Security Council members and Germany mull the nuclear stand-off.
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'Honour killing' brother jailed

Thursday, April 13th 2006, 9:08
related countries: Turkey

A German court jails a Turkish man aged 19 for shooting his sister in a so-called "honour killing".
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German SPD leader resigns

Monday, April 10th 2006, 11:53

Matthias Platzeck, head of the Social Democrats in Germany's ruling coalition, resigns on health grounds.
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Video shows German hostages

Sunday, April 9th 2006, 20:20
related countries: Iraq

Two Germans abducted in Iraq make a desperate appeal in the first video released by their captors since January.
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Lost words of a German conscript

Saturday, April 8th 2006, 11:00

Andrew Joynes discovers letters sent from a Nazi concentration camp... written by a German inmate.
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Germany to probe 'Iraq spy role'

Friday, April 7th 2006, 15:46
related countries: Iraq, United States

The German parliament is to investigate claims that German agents helped the US in the 2003 Iraq war.
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Football: Lehmann gets nod

Friday, April 7th 2006, 13:23

Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann says Arsenal's Jens Lehmann will be their World Cup keeper instead of Oliver Kahn.
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Bird flu found in German poultry

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 12:27

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is detected for the first time in domestic poultry in Germany, officials say.
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Schroeder job brings court case

Friday, March 31st 2006, 9:39
related countries: Russia

A German court examines ex-Chancellor Schroeder's new job as head of a German-Russian gas firm.
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Iran given stark nuclear choice

Thursday, March 30th 2006, 19:51
related countries: Iran
related places: Berlin

Iran has 30 days to return to nuclear talks or face isolation, foreign ministers from six major powers warn.
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Germany raids 'Iran suppliers'

Monday, March 27th 2006, 20:55
related countries: Iran

German customs agents raid a series of firms thought to have links to Iran's nuclear programme.
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Germans probe Merkel spy camera

Monday, March 27th 2006, 13:41

An inquiry is launched after museum security guards train a spy camera on the German chancellor's flat.
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German parties hold on to regions

Monday, March 27th 2006, 1:19

Rival parties in the German coalition hold on to their regional power bases in state elections, exit polls suggest.
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Merck drops Schering drugs bid

Friday, March 24th 2006, 17:35

Merck drops its bid for rival German drugs firm Schering, enabling Bayer to complete its $19.5bn proposed takeover.
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Germany's striking doctors march

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 20:31

Doctors from state-run hospitals in Germany hold a demonstration in Hanover, continuing a strike they began last week.
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No deal yet to end German strike

Monday, March 20th 2006, 14:47

A public sector strike in south west Germany enters its seventh week after no deal is reached in arbitration.
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Man found with wife's head in bag

Monday, March 20th 2006, 13:28

A man is held by German police after walking into a petrol station with his wife's severed head in a bag.
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German WWII dead await burial

Friday, March 17th 2006, 18:51
related countries: Czech Republic

The bodies of thousands of German soldiers who died in WWII still await burial in the Czech Republic, reports say.
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Football: Germany holds last drill

Saturday, March 11th 2006, 5:16
related places: Berlin

German police in Berlin will stage their final big anti-terror drill before this summer's World Cup.
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Four held for match-fixing

Friday, March 10th 2006, 23:50
related places: Frankfurt

German authorities arrest four people in Frankfurt on accusations of football match-fixing.
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Frankfurt airport lifts earnings

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 7:45

German airport operator Fraport sees earnings take off, boosted by a rise in passengers.
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BOC and Linde agree £8.2bn deal

Monday, March 6th 2006, 7:37
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Linde

UK industrial gases firm BOC agrees to be bought by German rival Linde in an £8.2bn deal.
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Doctor must stop SA Aids adverts

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 15:19
related countries: South Africa

A South African court orders a German doctor to stop his adverts critical of a leading Aids campaign group.
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Cannibal film banned in Germany

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 9:53

A German court bans a film inspired by the case of self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes.
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Football: Italy thump Germany

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 19:03

World Cup hosts Germany are hammered by Italy on a busy night of warm-up matches.
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