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The Rice Thresher - Thu Dec 3, 11:19 pm ET
While most prepared for Thanksgiving break, a group of students covered the windows of the Hanszen College Commons with graffiti. But these were no delinquents; rather, they were participating in one of several activities arranged by German Professor Klaus Weissenberger in honor of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 10:34 pm ET
Germany’s defense minister told Parliament on Thursday that he had reassessed a German commander’s decision to call in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Dec 3, 10:12 pm ET
National TV in parentheses Dec. 4 At Agde, France, Anselmo Moreno vs. Frederic Patrac, 12, for Moreno's WBA bantamweight title. At Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Tyrone Brunson vs. Carson Jones, 10, junior middleweights. Dec. 5 At Ludwigsburg, Germany, Marco Huck vs. Ola Afolabi, 12, for Huck's WBO cruiserweight title. At Newcastle, England, Amir Khan vs. Dmitiry Salita, 12, for Khan's WBA junior ...
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Space War - Thu Dec 3, 9:35 pm ET
Berlin (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 - German MPs approved on Thursday an extension of the country's Afghan mission, but Berlin refuses to even consider backing a new US surge with more troops until after an international conference in January.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 9:16 pm ET
Nordhorn, Germany - It's not every Christmastime celebration that combines holiday revelry and some light games of chance. But that's exactly what visitors to the Grafschaft Bentheim - a northern German district a...
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Motorsport.com - Thu Dec 3, 9:09 pm ET
KIRCHBERG, Germany (Dec. 3) -- NHRA drivers Morgan Lucas, Erica Enders, Doug Horne, and Spencer Massey had a memorable Thursday visiting wounded military personnel at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the USO Wounded Warrior Center in Germany.
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UPI - Thu Dec 3, 8:41 pm ET
HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Music icon Paul McCartney has kicked off his "Good Evening Europe" concert tour in Hamburg, Germany, city officials said.
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Charleston Daily Mail - Thu Dec 3, 8:01 pm ET
A shelter pet can change your life.Just ask Patti Lawson, a lawyer, author and owner of Sadie, a 30-pound cocker spaniel/German shepherd mix.Lawson adopted Sadie in 2003 following what she describes as the worst winter of her life. A broken romance and job...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 7:48 pm ET
The Berlin Film Festival has picked two of Germany's most prolific and prestigious film talents -- actress Hanna Schygulla and screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase -- for its 2010 lifetime achievement awards.
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Motorsport.com - 14 minutes ago
It has emerged that 500 of the 650 employees will lose their job at the high tech Toyota Formula One facility in Cologne, Germany. According to the German Auto, Motor und Sport magazine, Toyota had already notified their employers on November 30 that 500 of them will lose their job.
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Telluride Daily Planet - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
Baerbel Hacke has spent her life looking forward, but with Monday marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she’s going to spend some time looking back.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 17 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks advanced, extending their second consecutive weekly gain, after a report showed the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell from a 26-year high.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 41 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pressure mounted on Germany and France to send more troops to Afghanistan after other NATO allies stepped up deployments in response to President Barack Obama’s buildup of American forces.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks rebounded after a report showed the U.S. unemployment rate declined in November as employers cut fewer jobs. The DAX Index added 0.9 percent to 5,822.24 as of 2:33 p.m. in Frankfurt, reversing earlier losses.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Members of an eastern German state parliament will be vetted for past links to the Stasi secret police amid a spy scandal that’s shaking Oskar Lafontaine’s Left Party and may harm its chances of expanding nationally.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Hochtief Concessions, which failed to lure buyers to what would have been Germany’s largest initial public offering in two years, is casting doubt on whether investors will back a nascent recovery in European IPOs.
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Newsday - 2 hours 35 minutes ago
Germany's central bank sees growth of 1.6 percent next year, 1.2 percent in 2011
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KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls - Fri Dec 4, 7:51 am ET
Germany's economy will grow by 1.6 percent next year and a more modest 1.2 percent in 2011, the country's central bank predicted Friday, declaring that the outlook has "brightened perceptibly" over recent months.
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Fri Dec 4, 7:45 am ET
BERLIN — Germany's economy will grow by 1.6 percent next year and a more modest 1.2 percent in...
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Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 7:05 am ET
BITTERFELD-WOLFEN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - 12/04/09) - Q-Cells SE / Contract / Ad hoc: Q-Cells and LDK Solar announce continuation of supply contract for solar wafer Ad hoc announcement according to 15 WpHG processed and transmitted by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement ...