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A poster of a conservative initiative promoting a - Yes' vote to ban the erection of minarets in Switzerland on which a peace sign and a sticker saying - thank you' have been added, in the village of Amsteg in central Switzerland A decision by Swiss voters to ban the building of minarets drew widespread criticism yesterday, with neighbouring ...

An employee of German car producer Mercedes-Benz controls a Mercedes C-Class as it rolls off the production line in the plant in Sindelfingen.

A German tourist has been arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat while visiting Walt Disney World.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government was supposed to be a harmonious alliance that would focus energetically on reviving Europe's biggest economy.

In April 1989, the glamorously autocratic Herbert von Karajan resigned his post as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, the West German ensemble he had led for 35 years and made into the most brilliant orchestra the world had ever known.

DHL Express said Thursday it plans to shift its European headquarters from Belgium to Germany and the Czech Republic with the loss of up to 788 jobs in Brussels.

An article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reports that adding cetuximab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy can shrink tumours and lead to increased potentially curative surgery in patients who have colorectal cancer with inoperable metastatic liver lesions.

Eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk stands trial in Germany on Monday accused of herding 27,900 Jews to their deaths as a Nazi camp guard, in what will likely be the last major case of its kind.

For someone who looks and sounds far different from any previous American president, Barack Obama sure invites a lot of comparisons with his predecessors.

Vigilantes attacked a number of European speed cameras this week. On Wednesday night, wine-making militants from the Languedoc region set fire to a pair of speed cameras in Carcassonne, France.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that a tightening credit environment could put the brakes on economic recovery.

Britain aims to set clear goals in Afghanistan at top-level talks next year to move towards bringing its troops home, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said amid public anger at the war.

Adolf Hitler in his Mercedes surrounded by Sieg Heiling crowds in 1937. Photograph: A© Bettmann/CORBIS Showing off his stunning collection of classic automobiles, Dmitry Lomakov explains why Russians love Nazi cars.

This file photo released by the Department of Justice on Feb. 21, 2002, shows a World War II-era military service pass for John Demjanjuk.

The blueprint of a small organism's cellular machinery has been unveiled, offering the most comprehensive view yet of the molecular essentials of life.

The European hotel industry posted mixed results in year-over-year results when reported in U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds for October 2009, according to data compiled by STR Global.

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Hanover, Nov 27 : Robert Enke's widow Friday expressed her gratitude about the nationwide outpouring of mourning over the Germany oalkeeper's death.

Heinrich Boere, 88, made his first comments to the Aachen state court since his trial opened at the end of October.

Do stressful situations make your blood pressure rise? If so, your phosducin gene could be to blame according to a team of researchers, at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, that has identified a role for the protein generated by the phosducin gene in modulating blood pressure in response to stress ...

In three papers published back-to-back in Science , they provide the first comprehensive picture of a minimal cell, based on an extensive quantitative study of the biology of the bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae .

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she saw "good prospects" for Opel's German plants after the carmaker's parent, General Motors, presented a restructuring plan for its European unit.

John Demjanjuk suffers from bouts of mental absence and will enter court in a wheelchair on Monday to fight charges of helping to kill 27,900 Jews in the Holocaust, the 89-year-old's lawyer said.

President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade - despite resistance in Congress over higher costs - when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.

The head of the German armed forces Wolfgang Schneiderhan has resigned over reports the military withheld information about a September 4 air strike in Afghanistan believed to have killed dozens of civilians.

Does stress increase blood pressure? This simple question has been the focus of intense research for many years.

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall just the starting point in the celebrations BY RUBY TURNER For Canwest News Service Party on! The fun and fanfare has only just started in Germany with this month's anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Erfurta s noise is mainly visual and comes from wildly contrasting styles BY GEORGE PANDI Canwest News Service Travel writers seldom return to the scene - so many cities, so little time - but this was my fourth visit to Erfurt.

The second Games Convention Online event will be held in Leipzig, Germany from July 811, 2010, organiser Leipziger Messe has announced.

Gordon Brown has warned world leaders that they "cannot afford to fail" to strike a substantial deal on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

Does your daily regimen include wash, toner and an $80 night cream? That doesn't mean you're taking good care of your face.

A fire fighter extinguishes a burning car in Berlin, last April after it was set ablaze by unknown arsonists.

A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler's favourite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen.

Date : Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:13:11 PST 'Good progress' in Karabakh talks Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/8372747.stm Published: 2009/11/22 20:04:37 GMT Azeri and Armenian leaders have made significant progress in talks on the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, a French mediator has said.

General Motors Co. will present to unions on Wednesday its restructuring plan for the Opel unit, expected to include up to 9,500 job cuts, the carmaker's top official in Europe said Tuesday.

Germany on Monday criticized Israeli plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, in unusually explicit terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin.

ASTONISHING war photographs of Colditz Castle during WW2 have been unveiled to the public for the first time.

With Herman Van Rompuy taking over as EU president and Catherine Ashton heading the bloc's foreign policy, Europe enters a new era.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Crawford extortion suspect cannot be extradited to U.S. SHOWBIZ The main suspect in the CINDY CRAWFORD extortion case will not face the American justice system - because his native Germany does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. Edis Kayalar turned himself in to police in Stuttgart, Germany on Monday ...

Date : Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:51:28 PST Turkish Press Nov 21 2009 Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to meet on November 22 Published: 11/21/2009 The Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia has strained ties between the two countries.

CNN : South African runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in the women's 800-meters at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, in August, the country's sports ministry announced Thursday.

Menahem Pressler is a renowned pianist and a faculty member at IU's Jacobs School of Music.

The digital mammomat is seen at the mammamobil on April 8, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

The European Union's 27 leaders were facing an all-nighter Thursday as a bruising battle loomed over naming the bloc's first full-time president and new foreign policy chief.

British forces will pull out of Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the Allied victory in World War Two, as part of a Tory defence "revolution" being drawn up by Dr Liam Fox.

Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev attends the Cinema For Peace Photocall as part of the 59th Berlin Film Festival at the Hotel Adlon on February 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.

COLOGNE, Germany - Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in his native Puerto Rico.

European football braced on Friday for more details on a fresh match-fixing scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries.

Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish. Photograph by: YVES HERMAN Credit: REUTERS Van Rompuy is a compromise candidate, but he is obviously backed by France and Germany, so this ...

EUROPEa s top jobs were filled in record time at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels last night, but the initial reaction was one of disappointment.

Actor Brad Pitt attends the German premiere of 'Inglourious Basterds' on July 28, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday it will buy some assets of German contract carbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH to create a new manufacturing subsidiary that will eventually build a new car model.

Alcatel-Lucent says that it has successfully completed the worldwide first LTE data call on the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" spectrum band in a live network.

General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.

Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009. There are 41 days left in the year.

Seven socialist prime ministers backed the European Union's trade commissioner to be its new foreign policy chief, moving a Thursday summit closer to breaking a stalemate over two freshly created top EU jobs.

Caster Semenya of South Africa celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 800 Metres Final during day five of the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

German police have arrested an undisclosed number of people suspected of fixing matches in major European soccer leagues.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest.

Buy me a drink, baby...? How do you say, "You have the right to remain silent" in German? Now that Dennis Rodman has enlisted with the "Legends of Basketball" organization and its touring team, the Worm is up to his old party-master tricks - " only this time, he's doing it on an international level.

9, 2009, in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides an opportunity for him to improve government accountability and make a difference in the lives of Afghans.

EU leaders are braced for a showdown over who leads Europe, after the failure of behind-the-scenes talks to select a "President" and "High Representative for Foreign Affairs". The two new key posts are created by the Lisbon Treaty, but there was no clear consensus on who should be appointed to either job just hours ahead of the Thursday night ...

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness German school students - especially those with low socioeconomic status - significantly improved their exercise capacity and body leanness after a year of daily physical activity classes, according to research presented today at the American Heart ...

David Beckham is to spend four days with the US army over Thanksgiving. The soccer star - who has three sons with wife Victoria Beckham - and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates are to undertake a morale-boosting visit to Kaiserslautern, South West Germany, to stay in US barracks from next Monday to show support for soldiers in Afghanistan.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel's government will extend Germany's mission to Afghanistan for another year, but not increase the number of troops, a source close to the government said Wednesday.

November 16, 2009 Aanderaa Data Instruments and Nautilus Marine Service GmbH have received orders for delivery of 7 Data Buoys and 10 River Pile Stations totalling 180 SEAGUARD RCMs that are fitted with sensors for monitoring water flow , turbidity, salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen, as well as realtime data communication.

The hypocrisy of the western leaders became shamefully apparent during their celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall.

German prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 90-year-old former SS soldier with 58 counts of murder for the cold-blooded killings of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II.

The digital mammomat is seen at the mammamobil on April 8, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

Judaism flourishes in certain parts of a controversial nation November 12, 2009 Individually painted dominos fall in front of Brandenburg Gate along the former route of the wall in Berlin on Nov.

Cancer researchers of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into how cells react to DNA damage.

Originally called Cascade until legal conflicts forced them to change their name, Cascada is the slick, uplifting Euro-dance trio featuring producers DJ Manian and Yanou along with vocalist Natalie Horler, although Horler is sometimes presented as Cascada herself.

Henry Sternweiler who, as a young U.S. Army lieutenant in Germany helped save thousands of files from destruction, sits with photos of him as a young soldier, He will receive the Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany.

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Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec.

Germany's opposition Social Democrats are wrapping up a convention that seeks to revitalize the party after September's disastrous poll performance.

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The president of the German football association , Theo Zwanziger, said Sunday at the memorial service of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke that football can never be everything.

Daimler to boost Mercedes profit with new small cars November 12, 2009 Daimler+to+boost+Mercedes+profit+with+new+small+cars 2009-11-12+09%3A55%3A02 mircea Daimler AG, the world's second- largest maker of luxury cars, aims to boost profit at Mercedes-Benz by outpacing competitors with new small cars and cleaner engines, Chief Executive Officer ...

President Barack Obama's delay in deciding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan has found an echo chamber in Europe, where coalition leaders in NATO are weighing whether to send more help or bow to public demands for a speedy exit.

General Motors Co. wants to move its European headquarters to Germany from Switzerland before the end of the year, an Opel spokesman said Saturday.

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel opened the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Velvet Revolution with a concert attended by celebrities.

AFP/File The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Fri Nov 13, 1:59 pm ET BERLIN The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg 's Jean-Claude Juncker for European Union president , a press report cited him as saying on Friday.

Rejecting concerns voiced by her critics, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her government's plans in the coming years to take on more debt to finance tax cuts.

A Turkish man is on trial in Turkey on charges of murdering and sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl in Germany.

General Motors reiterated on Friday it wanted state aid to help restructure European arm Opel after Germany's economics minister said the carmaker would not ask European taxpayers for help.

Rare gem may fetch $7 million Nov. 12: A group of rare diamonds are heading to the auction block in Switzerland, where together they could sell for more than $30 million.

German car maker Volkswagen AG said Friday that its group deliveries were up 11 percent on the year in October, helped by strong increases in China and Brazil and a smaller rise in the U.S. Volkswagen said the group delivered 557,300 cars last month, compared with 501,500 in October 2008.

Liberty Global, the international cable operator controlled by John Malone, has agreed to buy Unitymedia from a private equity group for $3 billion in its first German acquisition.

The leaders of Germany and France appeared together for the first time at a First World War remembrance ceremony today and said it was now time to celebrate their countriesa reconciliation and friendship.

This past week I have been in Europe to help commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A circus lion called Caesar was fighting fit again on Thursday after an ordeal that saw the van he was being transported in stolen in Germany by an unwitting thief, his keepers said.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks on during a news conference on October 6, 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

Robert Enke, the Germany goalkeeper who committed suicide Tuesday, will be buried Sunday in a small ceremony near his home following a memorial service at the Hannover stadium.

Emirates airline, the biggest buyer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380, said Wednesday, Nov.

Veterans Day comes a day after Obama addressed 15,000 people at a memorial service at Fort Hood Army Post, where 13 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a shooting last week.

German goalkeeper Robert Enke, who played for Hannover, was pronounced dead at age 32 on Nov.

While Veterans Day is just another holiday on the calendar for many Americans, for Adrian Trimble it is a day to reflect and give thanks that he made it through his military service safely.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." That biblical quotation certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set and whose past practices and recent cautions about Afghanistan should be heeded by Barack Obama.

The global celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall aren't entirely about commemorating the rebirth of freedom or reliving those thrilling moments when a perverse and repressive system collapsed.

Fresh from the euphoria of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel pulled no punches Tuesday as she outlined the hefty challenges facing Germany.

As President Barack Obama weighs the U.S. military's options in Afghanistan, the White House is getting some unsolicited advice from someone who knows the territory: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan 20 years ago and says today that the U.S. cannot prevail there.

Germany and Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train and German police have confirmed that first indications point to suicide.

An ultraconservative British bishop who was fined 12,000 euro $16,822 in Germany for denying the Holocaust has appealed the fine, his lawyer said Tuesday.

The trial of an 88-year-old man accused of murdering three civilians in wartime Holland as part of a Nazi hit squad was postponed Tuesday until next week on medical grounds.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves her signature at the remaining chunks of the Berlin Wall Sunday, a day before the 20th anniversary of the wall's collapse.

Prosecutors on Monday demanded a life sentence for a man who admitted to fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German court in a case that triggered outrage across the Muslim world.

Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday.

Like most people, I had slept through the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was Friday, Nov.

German automakers BMW AG and Audi AG said Monday their October sales improved as the global downturn showed signs of waning and demand for luxury cars improved.

Fox News reports that the WH is taking heat over our celebrity President's decision not to attend the 20th anniversary celebration in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall: The president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated criticism from those who say ...

In early November 1918, Lance Cpl. Adolf Hitler was recuperating from war wounds in a military hospital in the town of Pasewalk, located in German Pomerania.

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he feels nostalgia for the former East Germany, in the most revealing description yet of his half-decade as a KGB agent in Dresden under communism.

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

About 40 world leaders plan to go to Copenhagen next month to boost the chances of clinching a U.N. climate deal, the United Nations said Friday as preparatory talks wound down with scant progress.

Dominoes to fall like the wall Giant, illuminated foam dominoes snake a mile along the former path of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, two days before they are to be tipped over to symbolize the fall of communist governments in 1989.

The foundation stone was laid in Cologne, Germany Saturday for the cathedral city's first purpose-built mosque, after long-running arguments had delayed its construction.

Boxer David Haye turned giant killer as he won victory in his bout with the "Beast from the East". The 29-year-old Londoner saw off the colossal Nikolai Valuev, despite an 11-inch height gap and seven stone weight difference, to be named the new WBA World Heavyweight Champion.

BERLIN: Angry German workers protested Thursday over General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plans to cut 10,000 jobs, moves slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.

U2 performed a short set in Germany on Thursday, November 5th to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United States , said eleventh-hour promises are possible and a global warming pact can be reached.

Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday,... Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov.

Babies may begin learning their first language before they're born. Cry patterns recognized among infants born in different cultures suggest babies begin learning elements of their first language while still in the womb.

After a female officer is raped, the case involves a police investigation, gambling debts and drugs.

In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo Ines Schoenwald checks bottles at the bottling plant in the Rotkaeppchen sparkling wines production facilities in Freyburg, eastern Germany.

Beyonce has scooped a hat-trick of prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards, dedicating one of them to husband Jay-Z. The singer beat Leona Lewis among others to take home the Best Female gong, and also won Best Song for Halo and Best Video for Single Ladies on Thursday night.

Photograph: Eckehard Schulz/AP The row over General Motors ' decision to scrap a European sales deal supported by Russia and Germany escalated today, with Vladimir Putin accusing the car group of "scornful" behaviour.

Berliners were ecstatic last week upon hearing about U2's plans to play a free concert in the heart of the German capital on Thursday evening.

Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline.

Sweden on Thursday became the second nation to approve a Baltic Sea pipeline that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, saying the project meets its demands to protect the marine environment.

People hold a German flag with the word reading 'Unity' as they cross the newly opened checkpoint between East and West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate - Volker Warkentin, a correspondent for the German language service in Berlin, has worked for Reuters for 31 years.

In this photo illustration the H1N1 swine flu vaccination Pandemic is pictured at Virchow clinical center on Oct.

The Brandenburg Gate in the background the common sight of a construction worker walking through the area that was once "no man's land" in Berlin.

African nations pushed wealthy countries at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to explain how they intend to cut their greenhouse emissions under the landmark global warming agreement being negotiated.

General Motors last night reversed course by abandoning a long-expected sale of its Opel division to a group led by Canadian car supplier Magna.

Once that happens, the Lisbon Treaty will allow more policy decisions by majority rather than unanimous votes at European summits.

What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library.

BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy's stock is rising as a strong "consensus" runner for the new job of EU president, diplomats said Monday.

Stroke by stroke, Gerhard Kriedner applied pink acrylic paint with a small brush on a 14-yard stretch of the Berlin Wall, recreating the mural he first painted months after the Berlin Wall came down on Nov.

President Barack Obama is welcoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was making the case Tuesday for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of Congress.

As of Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at least 4,357 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action.

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said net income for the third quarter plunged 86 percent as the global economic downturn affected demand for its cars and trucks.

Cottonwood resident Harold "Bud" Poxleitner was paralyzed in 1968 after a logging accident.

The tour was organized by NKR Representation in France and Germany jointly with Armenian community of Giessen and Baden-Wurttemberg, and sponsored by Moscow-residing benefactor of Artsakh heritage Eduarg Gulyan and Armavia Airway Company.

DISAGREEMENTS: European drafters of the climate agreement did not set specific contributions from individual countries because of a debate over who should pay AFP AND DPA , BRUSSELS Saturday, Oct 31, 2009, Page 6 EU leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need 100 billion euros a year by 2020 to tackle ...

October 31, 2009 -- Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu criticised European Union leaders on Friday for standing in the way of a global deal to combat climate change.

The 20-year old was found hanging in his cell Saturday morning at the Ploetzensee Juvenile Detention Center near Berlin.

Singer Elton John performs on stage during his concert in front of the Battle of Nations Monument on July 3, in Leipzig, Germany.

For decades, Joachim Fritsch struggled to understand why he was being denied access to higher education and passed over for job promotions again and again.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives short statement to the press together with German Trade Union Federation head Michael Sommer at the DGB board meeting on January 20, 2009 in Neuhardenberg near Berlin, Germany.

Angela's new team claims its seats... Oct 29th 2009 BERLIN From The Economist print edition and debates how to promote growth, reform taxes, contain health costs and also balance the budget AFTER weeks of tension, tantrums and trial balloons, Germans now know which ministers will govern them for the next four years, and roughly how they will do so.