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Pay-what-you-want tourism
At at time when people are being careful with their cash, free city tours should appeal to all...
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Westwood brings Anglomania to Berlin
Jul 21 - British designer Vivienne Westwood receives a standing ovation as her...
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Hot underwear for the cold months
It's cold outside, but it's hot inside - a Berlin designer presents a collection of racy leather...
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The rise of the shop dummies
Mannequins break out of their cages, as they escape from shop windows at a Berlin department...
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Art you can still afford, maybe
Even as recession bites, consumers should still be able to buy original art at affordable prices,...
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Will Polar Bear Knut Get the Boot?
Knut the cute polar bear that captivated Germany is now all grown
up, and facing eviction from the...
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Berlin zoo thrilled with baby hippo
Berlin Zoo introduces a two-and-a-half week old baby hippo to the public.
The little hippo,...
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Obama in wax
Madame Tussauds, whose museums reproduce notable figures in wax, unveil sculptures of Barack...
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Brad Pitt Talks New Film and Obama in Berlin
Brad Pitt took time out from talking about his new film 'The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button' at...
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"Rage" strips down at Berlin
It could be the future of affordable film-making - a new genre called "Naked Cinema"...
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Berlin makes its high fashion pitch
Jul. 17 - As the third Berlin Fashion Week gets underway, many are wondering how fashion will...
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Bling my thing
For those who want to makes their world a sparklier, glitzier place, what about a hairbrush,...
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Grim economic outlook for Europe
The European Commission says that although a banking meltdown may have been averted, recession...
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Obama-mania hits the shops
President-elect Barack Obama has the Midas touch, as shoppers, ahead of the inauguration, are...
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Gearing up for the G20
Berlin gets ready to host the G20 preparatory meeting, where European leaders aim to find a...
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European leaders in markets pledge
Structural reforms and public spending key to economic recovery, say European leaders.
The...
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Germans to run own checks before taking any Guantanamo inmates
Berlin - Germany will run its own checks on Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been proposed for...
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Swine flu jumps from human to human in Germany
Munich - The new type of swine flu has jumped from one human to another within Germany for...
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Prince Charles visits Nefertiti's new home during German trip
Berlin - Britain's Prince Charles visited Berlin's newly renovated New Museum on Thursday,...
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Prince Charles mixes sport with culture during Berlin visit
Berlin - Britain's Prince Charles watched a football match between different religious groups at...
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German authorities tell airline crews to report sick passengers
Frankfurt - Authorities at Frankfurt international airport, Germany's biggest air hub, on Monday...
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Enlargement gives EU a Russian headache
Moscow/Brussels - According to the world's most famous Australian soap opera, everybody needs good...
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German sailors remain in clutches of Somali pirates
Berlin - The fate of five Germans held by pirates off the coast of Somalia remained unclear Monday,...
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Arrest warrants requested for Somali pirates in German ship attack
Berlin - German prosecutors applied Tuesday for arrest warrants for seven Somali pirates who attack...
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Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Berlin on German trip
London - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will pay a visit...
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Pirates seize more ships off Somalia
Nairobi/Berlin - Somali pirates on Monday seized a British-owned cargo ship and a Taiwanese vessel,...
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Germany seeks release of ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia
Berlin - Germany was attempting Monday to obtain the release of a German container ship which...
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Tokyo-based collector donates Japanese art to Berlin
Berlin - Dignitaries gathered Thursday evening in Berlin for the formal handover of a...
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Newspaper says US to extradite Demjanjuk on Monday
Munich, Germany - US authorities are to extradite Ukrainian- born John Demjanjuk to Germany next...
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Murder charge condemns Fritzl to life in prison
Berlin - Elisabeth Fritzl suffered an unimaginable ordeal, held for 24 years in a...
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Self-confessed incest murderer's verdict due Thursday
Berlin - The third day in the trial of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father in court for imprisoning...
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Bin Laden accuses Arab leaders of complicity in Gaza offensive
Cairo/Berlin - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused some Arab leaders of complicity in...
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Friends describe school killer as quiet teen who liked guns
Berlin - Friends described the German teenager who killed 15 people in a school shooting spree...
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16 killed in German school shooting spree
Berlin - A former pupil went on a shooting spree at a school in south-west Germany on Wednesday,...
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Germany Engulfed By Gloomy Economic Winter
Berlin - Germany is caught in the midst of a gloomy economic winter with the government attempting...
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German Unemployment Jumps As Economic Downturn Gains Ground
Berlin - German unemployment rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, data...
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Film Studio Unveils Plans For Berlin's Tempelhof Airport
Berlin - Berlin's recently closed Tempelhof airport could become the new home for an historic...
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Inflation Plunge Adds To Rate Cut Pressure
Berlin - European inflation plunged to its lowest level in more than two years in December, data...
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Berlin's Refugee Camp Closes After 55 Years
Berlin - For many, it was a first stopping-off point: a place where refugees could prepare for...
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Berlin gets ready to celebrate New Year
Some 1 million people are expected to attend the all-night street party around the landmark...
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Europe Gears Up To Mark Decades Of Change
Berlin - Europe is gearing up to mark a series of major anniversaries next year, defining moments...
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Afghan Youth Silent At Sister-Killing Trial In Germany
Hamburg - An Afghan-born youth declined to testify Tuesday at his trial for the murder of his own...
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Indian Contemporary Art Arrives Finds New Fans In Berlin
Berlin - As a former Gestapo interrogation centre in Berlin, the sprawling building at number 90-91...
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German Prince Seeks Return Of Property
Potsdam, Germany - Some 63 years after the end of World War II, a German prince is trying to secure...
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Georgian president urges Europe not to make concessions to Russia
Berlin - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili warned the European Union on Sunday not to make too...
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Record European Inflation Fall Paves The Way For Rate Cuts
Berlin - Inflation in the 15-member eurozone fell sharply in November and unemployment edged...
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Health
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Pregnant women and heart patients should not smoke hookahs
Berlin - Smoking a water-pipe carries the same health risks as cigarettes. With that in mind, the...
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Drinking coffee could lower stroke risk for women
Boston/Berlin - Women who enjoy drinking coffee may be lowering their risk of suffering a stroke,...
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Viral infections carry lingering heart risks
Exercise usually helps strengthen the heart but after a bout of flu or another viral...
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"AIDS cure" good for only 1 per cent of patients, say experts
Hamburg - Physicians in Germany who say they have "functionally cured" a patient with...
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Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV
HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy
pathogen that the concept of curing a
poor...
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Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant
Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
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Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Virus Causes Irregular Heartbeat, German Researchers Find
Hamburg - There is new evidence that a virus could be the cause of irregular heartbeat in millions...
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People with Emotional Problems Should Seek Help
Berlin - Many people hesitate before seeking help from others in times of need, especially during...
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Signs of Dementia Go beyond Forgetfulness
Berlin - Dementia has many facets. Memory loss and personality changes are among the most...
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Harald zur Hausen - Nobel honour for cancer research
Berlin - Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist who shared the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday,...
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Child-Sized Heart Pump Useful Until Transplant
A miniaturized heart pump was able to help keep eight out of nine critically ill children alive...
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Tillman’s Baby Girl Is Recovering After Heart Transplant
Charles Tillman’s infant girl, Tiana, struggled to survive while undergoing a heart transplant,...
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Study: Glaxo’s Tykerb Reduces Breast Cancer-Causing Stem Cells
GlaxoSmithKline Plc. said a new study into breast
cancer-causing stem cells showed its cancer drug...
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Sugar-Free Gum Poses Health Risk
Excessive consumption of sugar-free gum, which has a laxative side effect, can lead to diarrhea and...
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Specials
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Turtles and tourists are a tandem on a beach in northern Cyprus
Girne, Cyprus (dpa) - Thousands of tourists in Cyprus spend summer nights in air-conditioned hotel...
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Iranian Nobel laureate awarded German Dignity Award
Berlin (dpa) - Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi was awarded one of Germany's top prizes...
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Berlin museum reveals analogies between Obama and Kennedy
Berlin - Long before Barack Obama had officially been inaugurated as president, comparisons...
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Queen Nefertiti bust has two faces, study shows
Berlin - German researchers have discovered that the bust of an Egyptian pharaonic queen hailed as...
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Fritzl wanted "second family" in cellar, says lawyer
St Poelten, Austria / Berlin - "He wanted to build up a second family in the...
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Brad Pitt Was NOT Taken to Hospital
All the fuss about paramedics going in and out of the Jolie-Pitt residence in Los Angeles...
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YouTube Plays Up Classical Music
YouTube is moving to bring classical music to a larger
audience by holding an online contest where...
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Families Resolve Conflicts On Therapist's Couch
Berlin - Families grow from one generation to the next and frequently pass some problems along in...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV
People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon
cured through a bone marrow...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Light Helps Beat the Winter Blues
Berlin/Leipzig - Autumn is a time when nature prepares to rest, and a lot of people begin to...
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Simply Delicious: Winter Brings Makeup in Chocolate and Coffee Tones
Hamburg - The leaves are changing to brown and red tones, a sign that the cold weather months have...
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Everyday Reality Reflected Artistically at 2008 Prix Europa
Berlin - TV and radio producers, directors and commissioning editors have begun flooding into...
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Gypsy Musicians Serenade Berliners throughout the Year
Berlin - Fifty years ago, organ-grinders were commonplace in Berlin, churning out the music of a...
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COPD Drugs Questioned for Increased Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
Spiriva and Atrovent, two drugs widely prescribed in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
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Madonna Will Sing Wearing Givenchy’s Haute Couturiers
Givenchy spokeswoman Caroline Deroche-Pasquier said Tuesday
that Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy...
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The Tony Awards Are Almost Here
Today’s main event is
without a doubt the highly anticipated American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards....
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Contemporary Jewish Museum Offers Optimistic Perspective
After years of delay, the Jewish Contemporary Museum opened
to the public Sunday in San...
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Renowned Italian Tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano Dies
Celebrated Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano, longtime singing partner of soprano Maria Callas,...
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The Polar Bear Cub Named Flocke
Germany’s
latest animal attraction, the female polar bear cub born in Nuremberg, has been named...
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Sony BMG To Go DRM Free Way
According to a report from Business
Week, the music giant Sony BMG will sell DRM free music some...
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Knut, Germany’s Famous Polar Bear, Celebrated His First Birthday
Knut, the most famous polar bear Germany,
celebrated today at Berlin’s
Zoo his first birthday....
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Museum Celebrating Hollywood Closer to Becoming Reality
The project of a museum for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is nearing fruition, as...
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Science
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Nefertiti's "hidden face" proves Berlin bust is not Hitler's fake
Hamburg - Using 21st Century medical computer technology, German researchers have unveiled the...
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Scientists say monster iceberg about to break loose
Berlin - The Wilkins Ice Shelf, a monster iceberg more than 100 kilometres across, is about...
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Dutch to develop new European climate satellite
The Netherlands is to develop Europe's next climate satellite, it was announced by the European...
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Sea Levels to Rise a Metre This Century, German Experts Warn
Hamburg, Germany - Sea levels around the world will rise one metre this century, according to...
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Archaeologists find bones from prehistoric war in Germany
Schwerin, Germany - Archaeologists have discovered the bones of at least 50 prehistoric people...
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Sea Level to Rise a Meter This Century, Scientists Warn
Berlin - Global warming will make sea level around the globe rise a
full meter this century, two...
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NASA Extends STS-122 Mission by 24 Hours
NASA announced that it extended the Atlantis STS-122 space mission to allow for the European space...
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Mammograms Readings Depend on Radiologist
This Tuesday researchers reported that the accuracy of a diagnostic in reading a mammogram depends...
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The German Scientist Gerhard Ertl Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
This year’s Nobel for Chemistry was awarded to Gerhard Ertl,
a German scientist, for his studies...
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Sports
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Report: Armstrong confirms Giro start despite injury
Berlin - Lance Armstrong will definitely compete in this year's Giro d'Italia despite breaking his...
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Bolt, Phelps Eye 2009 Glory Amid Economic Concern
Hamburg - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American swimmer Michael Phelps aim to confirm...
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Bach Hopes For Munich 2018 Success - Praises Beijing
Dusseldorf - Munich stands a good chance to win the 2018 Winter Games in its...
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Grim German Sport Outlook With Lack Of Stars And Events
Hamburg - Germany may host the world athletics championships in 2009 but apart from the Berlin...
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Tense Time For Top Teams In UEFA Cup Group Climax
Hamburg - Two-time UEFA Cup champions Tottenham Hotspur are one of several big names fighting for a...
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Hoffenheim Face Test Of Courage In Hyped Munich Match
Hamburg - Bayern Munich host TSG Hoffenheim in one of the most highly anticipated matches in recent...
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Hamburg Hoping To Get Back On Track At Slavia Prague
Hamburg - SV Hamburg will be looking to kick-start a stuttering season Thursday when they face...
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Cycling, skiing fear more doping cases
Berlin - Suspected doping cases are being investigated in cycling and cross-country skiing, an...
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Munich At Leverkusen For First Of Two Crucial Showdowns
Hamburg - Bayern Munich appear to have the momentum on their side when they visit dethroned leaders...
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Old Foes Germany And England Are In Friendly Mode
Berlin - Neither Germany nor England will be at full strength when they meet on Wednesday in a...
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Three Newcomers For England Match As Frings Omitted, Ballack Injured
Hamburg - Torsten Frings asked to be omitted for Germany's friendly with England after a recent row...
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Favourites Win in UEFA Cup, but Some Leave it Late
Hamburg - There were victories for most favourites in Thursday's UEFA Cup group games, with Serie A...
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Armstrong remains doubtful for Tour - says support for strongest
Berlin - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who last month said he was returning to...
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Seven Russian athletes banned for two years for doping
Moscow - Seven Russian athletes were suspended for two years Monday by the Russian Athletics...
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New Orleans Hornets crush Washington Wizards again
Los Angeles - From Germany to Spain, the New Orleans Hornets trashed the Washington Wizards in...
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Hornets Whip Wizards in Berlin
Los Angeles - The Washington Wizards flew to Berlin but forgot to make their presence felt in a...
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Vitaly Klitschko confident for comeback title bout
Berlin - Vitaly Klitschko returns into the ring after a four-year absence on Saturday, full of...
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Nets Need OT to Beat Heat in Paris
Los Angeles - When high-flying Vince Carter went down, rookie Chris Douglas-Roberts stepped...
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Bayern Seek Cup Remedy after Pain of Bremen Defeat
Hamburg - Bayern Munich will be looking to bounce back quickly from a shock 5-2 home defeat to...
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Big Ones Gunning for UEFA Cup Success
Hamburg - Often described as a cup of losers, this season's UEFA Cup has its fair share of winners...
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Ruhr Derby Highlight as Top Teams Clash in Bundesliga
Hamburg (dpa) - Ruhr rivals Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 clash as the top six teams battle it...
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Focus on Klinsmann as Bayern Start as Favorite
Hamburg (dpa) - Bayern Munich expect new coach Juergen Klinsmann to deliver a 22nd German league...
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Bayern Can’t Use Toni, Nuremberg Also Faces Injury Problems
Bayern Munich’s recently bought forward Luca Toni is a doubt for the Bavarian team’s UEFA Cup...
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Gadgets
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Samsung Reveals NX, ‘Hybrid’ Concept
Samsung Digital Imaging presented its NX concept camera in a move which might be suspected of...
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Gadget guys invade Europe's top electrical fair IFA
Berlin - Tens of thousands of Germans swarmed into Europe's top electrical-goods fair, IFA, on its...
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Toshiba Joins Ultraportable Race With Portégé R500-S5007V
After Apple, Lenovo and HP, now it’s Toshiba’s turn to
unveil its lightest, thinnest laptop....
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With Voodoo Envy 133, HP Enters Ultra-Thin Race
HP launched yesterday in Berlin its latest ultraportable laptop, Voodoo Envy 133, which looks to be...
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LG Unveils The Second Generation Of Its Dual HD Player
Last week at IFA 2007, the South Korean electronics maker LG
said that its second generation of...
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Microsoft Cuts The Price Of HD-DVD Unit In Europe
At IFA, Microsoft has made another step to help the HD-DVD format. The maker of Xbox 360 announced...
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Sony Says Goodbye To ATRAC, Opens Walkmans To All Formats
Today Sony has unplugged its
proprietary format for music files during their press event at IFA...
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Apple Has Signed O2, Orange and T-mobile for Euro-iPhone
According to Financial Times, Apple’s partners for the European launch of the craved iPhone are O2...
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Technology
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Fake news e-mails often spell trouble
Bonn - Hackers have started trying to hit people where they live by distributing e-mails with fake...
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Internet link fails at blogger conference in Berlin
Berlin - More than 1,000 technology-obsessed bloggers gathered Wednesday for a twittering...
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Firewalls keep internet attackers at bay
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Computer users and homeowners have plenty in common as they themselves...
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Merkel and Schwarzenegger open CeBIT trade fair
Hanover, Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and California Governor Arnold...
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Student Caught Red Handed in Facebook Sex Scam
The Associated Press reported on Thursday that a Wisconsin teen used a fake Facebook profile in...
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Fundamental Web Infrastructure Flaw Presented In Berlin
One of the most important issues brought to people’s attention during the 25th annual Chaos...
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Choosing the right PC: Gaming and office have different needs
Berlin - Laptop sales may have caught up with PC sales in Germany, but that's by no means an...
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TV anywhere, laptop style: USB sticks as DVB-T antennas
DVB-T - digital television received using an antenna - is available in a growing number of cities...
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Data instead of paper and ink: E-books growing in popularity
Frankfurt - Relaxing on the couch and browsing through a
weighty tome - for many, that sounds...
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Next cool trend: GPS tags from new phones and data loggers
Berlin - Watch out for geo-tagging. A previously nerdy hobby that aims to map and describe every...
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A bigger inbox: Pay versions of free online mail services
Programs like Outlook and Thunderbird are useful for sending and receiving e-mail messages. Another...
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Panasonic Sees True Potential In Ultra-Thin Plasma Display Panels
Panasonic revealed five prototype plasma displays panels
(PDPs) at this year’s IFA Consumer...
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IBM Pumps Water in CPUs to Keep Them Cool
IBM and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are testing a cooling solution for stacked CPUs which...
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Nanosolar Announces Cheap Solar Panels
Palo Alto, CA-based Nanosolar, which is co-financed by Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page,...
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At IFA 2007, News From Blu-Ray’s Camp
At this year’s IFA conference
from Berlin, Germany, the companies supporting
the Blu-ray format...
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Toshiba Readies 320GB HDD for Laptops
Toshiba announced that by the end of this year it will ship the first 2.5 inch hard drives with a...
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Movies
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Maurice Jarre, composer of Doctor Zhivago score, dies at 84
Paris - French composer and three-time Oscar winner Maurice Jarre died at 84...
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Liam Neeson takes break from filming after wife's death
Los Angeles - Irish actor Liam Neeson said he was to take a break from filming...
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Actress Tilda Swinton to head Berlin film festival jury
Berlin - Scottish actress Tilda Swinton, 48, will head the jury at next year's edition of the...
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A Lot of Sunshine, Beauty and Happiness in "Happy-Go-Lucky”
"Happy-Go-Lucky," the latest film from five-time Oscar nominee, director Mike Leigh,...
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Angelina Jolie Looking Radiant On The Streets Of New York City
Actress Angelina Jolie made her first public appearance last night since giving birth to her twins...
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Jolie-Pitt Family Returns to the United States
Brad Pitt
and his wife Angelina Jolie have recently brought their six children to New York City...
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Cruise’s Valkyrie to Be Released in December or January
Valkyrie, a controversial movie about the World War Two starring
Tom Cruise has its release date...
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German love triangle squares off at Venice Film Festival
Venice - "Jerichow," a love triangle by Berlin-based director Christian Petzold, screened...
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Pitt, Aniston among stars slated to attend Toronto film fest
Washington - Movie stars Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are among a host of celebrities slated to...
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Rolling the Stone: Sex and the City Has London World Premiere
The much awaited, discussed and dissected “Sex and the City” movie premiered here on...
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Marley Biopic Hits Bump over Music Rights
A planned Bob Marley biopic based on a book by the musician’s widow Rita Marley, who is also...
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Other Boleyn Girl Sneaks Up On Box Office
Casting Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson as rival sisters in the historical romance...
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'Semi-Pro' Might Make It To The Top At Box Office
It looks like a sure win for Will Ferrell as his basketball
comedy opens this Friday in over 3,000...
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Brazilian Drama “The Elite Squad” Tops the Berlin Film Festival
Blood-soaked Brazilian drama “The Elite Squad,” directed by Jose Padilha, won the Golden Bear award...
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'Boleyn' Co-stars Portman and Johansson Kiss at Premiere
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson puckered up on the red carpet at the International Film...
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Lost: The Economist In Sayid's Mysterious Future
It is official! Starting with the third episode, Lost, the TV
series in which the flash-forwards...
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South Korea’s Singer Rain Becoming A Hollywood Star
South Korea’s
pop star Jung Ji-hoon, also known as Rain, is going to play a leading role in...
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Scorsese to Film Bob Marley Biopic
Martin Scorsese has set his eyes on yet another musical biopic, this time about reggae legend Bob...
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Romanian Movie Scoring Big at the European Film Awards
Romanian movie “4 Months, 2 Weeks and 2 Days,” directed by
Cristian Mungiu won the best film prize...
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Cruise's "Valkyrie" Not Without Mishaps
The filming for Tom Cruise’s first project with United Artists has not been spared its share...
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Branagh And Cruise Join Forces To Kill Hitler
British actor Kenneth Branagh will join Hollywood star Tom Cruise in the latest...
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Business
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Key US investor rejects takeover bid for Hypo Real Estate
Munich - A US private-equity investor, Christopher Flowers, rejected Thursday a takeover bid...
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Siemens cuts forecast as economic crisis hits
Berlin - Europe's biggest engineering group global Siemens AG cut its profit forecast for the...
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Opel prospect Magna presents "interesting" concept
Berlin - The Canadian-Austrian car parts supplier Magna presented the German government Tuesday...
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European car sales slump again as auto crisis deepens
Berlin - European car sales fell by 17.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, data released...
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Rare vintage found and returned to place of birth
Berlin - A rare vintage car, dating back to the early days of the automobile, has been...
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Daimler warns of exposure to Chrysler collapse
Berlin - German automotive group Daimler, which is struggling with a slump in sales of its...
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Audi 225 Front Roadster at Essen classic show
Ingolstadt, Germany - As part of its centenary celebrations, Audi will exhibit a 1935 Audi...
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Car sales in Germany boom thanks to government handouts
Berlin - Car sales in Germany shot up last month by 40 per cent in annual terms as people rushed to...
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Daimler: Forty per cent of company's workers on short time
Berlin - Just over 40 per cent of the 165,000-strong Daimler workforce in Germany will be on...
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German business confidence slips to 26-year low
Berlin - Business confidence in Germany slipped in March to its lowest point in about 26 years, a...
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European commercial vehicle sales plunge
Berlin - European new commercial vehicle registrations plunged by a record 38.7 per cent in...
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German investor confidence posts surprise increase
Berlin - German investor confidence recorded a surprise increase in March to record its fifth...
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European car sales slump as auto crisis deepens
Berlin - European car sales plunged 18.3 per cent in February, even as Germany bucked the...
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to all-time low
London - The Bank of England Thursday slashed interest rates to an historic low of 1.5 per cent in...
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Carmaker Audi bucks trend, reports higher sales for 2008
Berlin - German carmaker Audi reported higher sales for 2008 on Thursday, bucking a trend which has...
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Opel seeking state aid in Germany
Automobile manufacturer Opel said Friday it was seeking credit guarantees from the German...
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European Inflation Falls as Oil, Food Prices Slide
Berlin - European inflation edged down in October, data released Friday showed, as a result helping...
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Financial Crisis Sends German Business Confidence Tumbling
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to its lowest level in more than five years in October,...
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Germany on the Edge of Recession, Economists Warn
Berlin - Germany's leading economic research institutes warned Tuesday that Europe's biggest...
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EU Commissioner: Car Industry Might Need Government Aid
Berlin - European industry might seek government aid similar to that offered this week to banks, a...
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Berlin Rushes Approvals for G7 Rescue Plan Monday
Berlin - Berlin will announce Monday details of how Germany is to commit hundreds of billions of...
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No Plans to Nationalize German Banks, Government Says
Berlin - Germany's government does not intend to nationalize any commercial banks, a Finance...
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Opel, BMW call temporary halt to production
Berlin - German carmakers Opel and BMW said Tuesday they were calling a temporary halt to...
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Hypo Real Estate chief pressed to quit
Berlin - As Germany sought to calm the public with a "decisive" pledge about savings...
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EU Leaders to Meet as Finance Crisis Exposes Deep Divisions
Paris - As leaders from the four EU members of the G8 group of leading industrial nations prepared...
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Sharp forecasts 100 million LCD flat-panel TV sales annually
Berlin - Japanese electronics group Sharp forecast Thursday that annual world demand for LCD...
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German report: Airbus to extend A380 to carry 1,000 passengers
Berlin - Airbus SAS is considering an extended 1,000-passenger version of the A380 aircraft, Louis...
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German Billionairess Triumphant in Takeover Battle
Berlin - The bitter power struggle for the giant German auto supplier Continental AG ended in the...
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Europe "on Edge of Recession" as World Economy Slumps
Berlin - The European economy shrank during the second quarter, data released Thursday showed, amid...
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Nokia Acquires Social Networking Startup Plazes
The Finish mobile phone company has announced that it acquired Plazes, a Berlin based social...
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People
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Everyone At Brad Pitt's Home OK After Paramedics' Visit
Contrary to numerous media reports, the paramedics and fire truck called at Brad Pitt's home in San...
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan cancels Germany supershows
Frankfurt - Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has cancelled three live song-and-dance shows scheduled...
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Czech Former President Havel Awarded Germany's Point Alpha Prize
Prague - Czech author and former president Vaclav Havel was Tuesday awarded Germany's Point Alpha...
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No party, please ! Fashion's Karl Lagerfeld turns 70. Or 75.
Berlin - Dark glasses, black suits, white ponytail: top designer Karl Lagerfeld has long since...
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Nothing But Gold For Paris
The Hilton heiress makes once
again headlines, with a provocative advertising campaign for one of...
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Amy Winehouse Arrested for Possession of Marijuana
British singer Amy Winehouse was arrested in Norway for possession of cannabis on Thursday night...
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Injured “Valkyrie" Extras Contemplating Lawsuit
The extras injured last weekend during shooting for Tom Cruise’s new film...
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News Legend, Hal Fishman Left An Irreplaceable Anchor Position
The 75 year news legend, Hal Fishman passed away on Tuesday,
3 a.m., in less than a week after...
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Tenor Jerry Hadley Dies at 55
Tenor Jerry Hadley died Wednesday, July 18, at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY, after having...
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Judi Dench Will Not Attend the Academy Awards Ceremony
Dame Judi will watch the Academy Award ceremony from her bed, with a broken leg and rooting for...
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