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

Inmate escapes German jail by mailing himself out in a box

Friday, November 14th 2008, 17:16

A manhunt is under way in west Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.
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Girl sentenced for swastika lie

Friday, November 14th 2008, 17:13

A girl who invented a story about a neo-Nazi attack carved a swastika on her leg, a German court says.
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German economy now in recession

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 12:18

Europe's biggest economy, Germany, falls into recession after figures show it had shrunk for two quarters in a row.
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Czechs bury German WWII soldiers

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 9:57
related countries: Czech Republic

The remains of several hundred German soldiers killed during World War II are buried in the Czech Republic.
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Bone marrow 'cures HIV patient'

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 5:57

German doctors say a patient appears to have been cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor.
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Rwanda expels German envoy

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 22:02
related countries: Rwanda

Rwanda ejects the German envoy, amid a row about a presidential aide detained over a killing that sparked genocide.
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Germany seeks Demjanjuk charges

Tuesday, November 11th 2008, 17:51
related countries: United States

German investigators press for the extradition of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk from the US.
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Light fantastic - German team find illuminated sea sponge secret

Monday, November 10th 2008, 20:11

Sea sponges can beam light deep inside their bodies, and do so using the natural equivalent of fibre optic cables, scientists find.
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Rwandan anger at Germany arrest

Monday, November 10th 2008, 10:29
related countries: Rwanda

A Rwandan minister condemns the arrest of a top Rwandan official in Germany over a killing that triggered the 1994 genocide.
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German clashes over nuclear cargo

Monday, November 10th 2008, 9:22

A shipment of nuclear waste is due to arrive at a dump in northern Germany despite violent protests from environmentalists.
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Fatal bus fire on German motorway

Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 10:35

An inferno kills 20 people, most of them elderly, aboard a coach on a motorway near the north German city of Hanover.
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German motorway bus fire kills 20

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 21:34

About 20 people have died in a fire on a bus on a motorway near the Germany city of Hanover, police say.
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Grieving mother plans bear cub statue for zookeeper's grave

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 16:20

A statue of celebrity polar bear Knut is to stand at the grave of the zookeeper who lovingly raised the animal at Berlin Zoo.
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BMW tycoon in 'blackmail' scandal

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 5:02

Germany's wealthiest woman says a former lover tried to extort tens of millions of euros from her.
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Free to believe?

Monday, November 3rd 2008, 11:18
related countries: Turkey

German example gives Turkey church dispute new focus
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Auf Wiedersehen

Friday, October 31st 2008, 0:41

Historic Berlin airport shuts after 85 years of service
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Call for Afghan 'Berlin airlift'

Friday, October 31st 2008, 0:14
related countries: Afghanistan

An emergency relief operation is urged to prevent Afghanistan falling victim to a devastating famine.
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Rocket science

Thursday, October 30th 2008, 12:32

The German site which paved the way to space
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BMI being taken over by Lufthansa

Wednesday, October 29th 2008, 13:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Heathrow

UK airline BMI is being taken over by Lufthansa, giving the German carrier the second-largest amount of flights from Heathrow.
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Honecker guns to go under hammer

Saturday, October 25th 2008, 0:51

Weapons that once belonged to the former East German leader Erich Honecker are to be sold at auction in Germany.
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'Greed isn't good'

Friday, October 24th 2008, 7:04

How German town is coping with global crisis
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German blacklist call riles Swiss

Thursday, October 23rd 2008, 4:23
related countries: Switzerland

The Swiss government reacts angrily after Germany suggests the nation should be put on a blacklist of tax havens.
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Ballack criticises Germany coach

Wednesday, October 22nd 2008, 17:02

Germany coach Joachim Low will decide on Michael Ballack's international future after hearing the midfielder explain why he criticised selection policy.
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First German sextuplets for 20 years are born in Berlin

Monday, October 20th 2008, 17:16
related places: Berlin

The first German sextuplets for 20 years are born in Berlin and are said to be in a stable condition.
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German sales of Marx soar as credit crunch challenges capitalism

Monday, October 20th 2008, 13:00
related places: Marx

Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher, who attributes his new popularity to the world economic crisis.
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Germany's SPD confirms candidate

Saturday, October 18th 2008, 17:30

Germany's Social Democrats endorse Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as their candidate for chancellor in next year's poll.
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Germans bid to rescue Berlin Wall artwork

Thursday, October 16th 2008, 17:29

A 2.2m euro restoration project is under way to save the iconic artwork on the remaining section of the Berlin Wall.
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Germany to boost Afghanistan role

Thursday, October 16th 2008, 16:16
related countries: Afghanistan

Germany's parliament votes overwhelmingly to extend the mandate of its forces in Afghanistan and to boost troop levels.
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Live text - World Cup qualifiers

Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 17:31
related countries: Belarus, San Marino, United Kingdom

England are in Belarus, Wales go to Germany and Northern Ireland host San Marino in World Cup qualifying matches on Wednesday.
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Germany 'on brink of recession'

Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 11:15

Germany's economy is heading for recession and will only expand by 0.2% in 2009, the country's four leading economic think tanks warn.
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Europe acts to strengthen banks

Monday, October 13th 2008, 15:30
related countries: Spain

Major European economies announce financial rescue schemes to shore up their banking systems.
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BA flight makes emergency landing

Sunday, October 12th 2008, 16:41
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Berlin

A British Airways jet bound for Delhi from Heathrow, with 222 passengers on board, lands near Berlin after an electrical fault develops.
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Tour rocked by new positive tests

Monday, October 6th 2008, 20:49
related countries: France, Italy

Two Tour de France stage winners - Italy's Leonardo Piepoli and Germany's Stefan Schumacher - test positive for an advanced blood doping product.
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Europeans sought over hack attack

Monday, October 6th 2008, 11:10
related countries: United Kingdom

The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.
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Germany clinches bank rescue deal

Monday, October 6th 2008, 6:59

Germany's finance ministry has agreed a 50bn euro ($68bn; £38.7bn) plan to save one of the country's biggest banks.
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Germany seeks to reassure savers

Sunday, October 5th 2008, 21:26

Chancellor Angela Merkel moves to reassure savers that their deposits in German financial institutions are safe.
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German bank at risk of collapse

Sunday, October 5th 2008, 10:20

Top German bank Hypo Real Estate teeters on the brink of collapse after a 35bn euro rescue plan fell apart.
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Another top European bank falters

Sunday, October 5th 2008, 4:22

Another European bank teeters on the brink as EU leaders stop short of offering a bail-out to the bloc's financial institutions.
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No rhyme nor reason - dead German poet told to pay TV fee

Thursday, October 2nd 2008, 14:08

The celebrated German poet Friedrich Schiller, dead for more than 200 years, is sent reminders that he should pay his TV and radio licence fee.
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Freed Western tourists back home

Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 9:47
related countries: Italy

Eleven Western tourists - who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara Desert - return to Italy and Germany.
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New world record for Gebrselassie

Sunday, September 28th 2008, 10:05
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie breaks his own world record as he wins the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row.
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UN set to reaffirm Iran sanctions

Friday, September 26th 2008, 18:00
related countries: Iran

The UN Security Council is poised to vote on a draft resolution on Iran which reaffirms existing sanctions over its nuclear work.
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Terror suspects held on KLM plane

Friday, September 26th 2008, 13:15
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Cologne

Police in Germany board a Dutch plane at Cologne airport to arrest two men suspected of planning attacks, officials say.
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Egypt hostages' location 'known'

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 13:06
related countries: Egypt

Sudan says it has pinpointed the location of 11 foreign tourists and eight Egyptians taken hostage on Friday.
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EU prepares Georgia observer role

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 13:51
related countries: Georgia, Russia

A German diplomat begins preparing the deployment of EU observers in Georgia - but Russia may restrict the scope of their mission.
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Street clashes erupt in Germany

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 14:13
related places: Cologne

Thousands of left-wingers protesting against a right-wing rally clash with police in the German city of Cologne.
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One of the few remaining slabs of the Berlin Wall sold at auction

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 1:11
related places: Berlin

A Berlin auction house says it has sold one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall for more than 7,800 euros (£6,150).
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One of the few remaining slabs of the Berlin Wall sold at auction

Friday, September 19th 2008, 20:14
related places: Berlin

A Berlin auction house says it has sold one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall for more than 7,800 euros (£6,150).
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Confrontation over German mosque

Friday, September 19th 2008, 15:54
related places: Cologne

Stone-throwing protesters disrupt a right-wing conference opposed to the building of a new mosque in Cologne, Germany.
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Germany lists Holocaust victims

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 18:55
related places: Berlin

Berlin's federal archive for the first time compiles a list of some 600,000 Jews who lived in Germany up to 1945 and were persecuted by the Nazis.
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German tried over Nazi war crime

Monday, September 15th 2008, 14:35
related places: Munich

An 89-year-old ex-German infantry commander is tried in Munich for a Nazi war crime, in what could be one of the last such cases.
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