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Heidi Klum spares weekends for kids
Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:01 -0400
German supermodel Heidi Klum always keeps her weekends free for her children. The 39-year-old raises kids Leni, nine, Henry, seven, Johan, six and Lou, three, with former husband Seal. Despite her busy schedule, she tries to be spend quality time with them whenever possible. "I keep weekends open and wrap my workday at a reasonable hour so I'm home for dinner and bedtime stories," ...
Keep the change say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins
Sun, 19 May 2013 14:55:56 -0400
Desperate to save pennies as the economic crisis continues to bite, the European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to ...
Hey British moaners Germans want to be more like us | Stephen Evans
Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:42 -0400
Aaron Barschak had not only walked through security but he had climbed on stage next to the prince. The accounts got ever more colourful (and perhaps fanciful). It was said that the "comedy terrorist" had been directed by a policeman through Windsor Castle: It's just down there, Sir, first on the left.In America, this would have been a matter of great seriousness. The news anchors ...
Germany urges implementation of historic agreement normalizing Serbia-Kosovo relations
Sun, 19 May 2013 14:47:03 -0400
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, center, waves at Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Germany’s foreign minister says Serbia should start with the implementation of an agreement normalizing ties with Kosovo to advance in its bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko ...
ADNEC to participate at IMEX 2013 in Frankfurt
Sun, 19 May 2013 12:54:57 -0400
WAM ABU DHABI, 19th May, 2013 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) today announced its participation at the upcoming IMEX 2013 in Frankfurt from May 21- 23. ADNEC's participation forms part of its on-going strategy to position Abu Dhabi as a premier international meetings destination by attracting the world's leading meetings, conferences and exhibition events ...
Germany struggles to defend its reputation
Sun, 19 May 2013 11:17:11 -0400
By Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer, NBC News BERLIN – Germans are world-famous for their efficiency, a stereotype both mocked and admired by their economically ailing European neighbors.But this hard-won reputation is now under threat after a catalog of calamities affecting major construction projects.Perhaps worst of all is what should already be the main airport for the capital, Berlin, ...
Cannes Alexandra Maria Lara Joins All-Star Cast for German Kids Book Adaptation
Sun, 19 May 2013 10:34:00 -0400
) will direct the movie for Fox International Productions, the studio's German production unit. The book from Andreas Steinhofel tells the story ...
Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
Sun, 19 May 2013 09:53:49 -0400
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 points while German act Cascada was 21st ...
German minister calls EU move on China solar grave mistake
Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:20 -0400
Reuters © Germany's Vice Chancellor and Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Philipp Roesler attends the second day of an extraordinary FDP Party meeting in Nuremberg May 5, 2013. REUTERS/Kai ...
Godolphin eye third German Guineas
Sun, 19 May 2013 09:12:26 -0400
Godolphin's Tawhid heads a strong British contingent in the German 2000 Guineas at Cologne on Monday. Saeed bin Suroor's charge won the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury as a juvenile and while he only finished fourth in the Craven on his return, that form was boosted by Dundonnell's win at Newmarket on Saturday. Mickael Barzalona takes the mount but Bin Suroor, who saddled Farhh to ...
Iran hangs two spy suspects
Sun, 19 May 2013 07:54:14 -0400
Two Iranian nationals accused of spying for Israel and the United States were executed in Tehran at dawn Sunday, the prosecutor's office in Iran said. Mohammad Heidari was accused of collecting classified information and providing intelligence to Israel's Mossad agency, Iran's Press TV reported. The network said he allegedly received large sums of money from the Israeli spy agency ...
Bayreuth Festival chief dampens hopes on Hitler letters
Sun, 19 May 2013 07:15:21 -0400
Katharina Wagner, who co-runs the legendary Bayreuth Festival dedicated to the works of her great-grandfather Richard Wagner, dampened hopes Sunday that letters between Adolf Hitler and the Wagner family could be published. In an interview in the Sunday edition of the Tagesspiegel newspaper, Katharina reiterated her pledge to hand over the private papers of her father, Wolfgang Wagner, to the ...
Police warn against high-tech Islamist attacks
Sun, 19 May 2013 05:51:22 -0400
The Federal Criminal Police Office is warning of a new type of Islamist terrorist threat from the air that could attack both passenger and cargo planes as well as airport facilities, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper ...
Some fear inflation if small euro coins cut
Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:14 -0400
European Union proposals to eliminate one and two cent euro coins is annoying some Germans, including a few at the Bundesbank, while others think an EU idea to introduce one and two-euro notes is a good ...
Wagner descendant slams composer
Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:12 -0400
"I'm not out to make people feel guilty. It's not my wish to have Richard Wagner banned. I'm just not one of the adulators, the incense-burners," Gottfried Wagner told AFP in an interview. There is no mistaking who Gottfried is descended from. The resemblance is striking. He has: the same prominent nose and high forehead that have marked out most of Wagner's ...
Did Merkels politics hurt Germany at Eurovision
Sun, 19 May 2013 04:09:38 -0400
Eurovision Song Contest favourite Denmark won the competition on Saturday night, while Germany plunged to 21st ...
Bundesliga Schalke joy Dusseldorf down
Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:47 -0400
Highlights: SC Freiburg 1-2 Schalke 04 Schalke booked a place in the Champions League qualifiers next season by winning away at Freiburg, but the real drama came at the other end of the table as Fortuna Dusseldorf were relegated after dropping into the bottom two with just eight minutes of the season to ...
Germany okays bank reform to protect taxpayers
Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:40 -0400
Germany has approved new measures to rein in high-risk financial business of banks and to decouple them from retail banking as part of a comprehensive reform to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis five years ago and to minimise the costs for taxpayers if banks were to be bailed out in the ...
New Berlin crashes leave motorcyclist dead teen cyclist in critical condition
Sun, 19 May 2013 00:41:26 -0400
Separate accidents in New Berlin left a 22-year-old man dead and a 15-year-old girl in critical condition. Dustin Hanson of Big Bend died Saturday of injuries sustained in a traffic accident Friday at the intersection of Moorland Road and Coffee Road. Hanson was operating a motorcycle going southbound on Moorland Road when it collided with an automobile turning westbound onto Coffee Road, ...
France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously Bundesbank head
Sun, 19 May 2013 00:37:39 -0400
France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...
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