Top Stories: London, Nov 27 : East Germany's secret police Stasi's propaganda film made in 1977 shows children as young as five being made to simulate war games. ANI Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:20:03 -0500Berlin, Nov 26 (DPA) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the German government. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30:01 -0500FRANKFURT - German steel maker ThyssenKrupp AG on Friday confirmed that it had a steep net loss in its 2008-9 fiscal year and said it plans to reduce its work force by about 20,000 people — mos... Star Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:13:45 -0500STUTTGART, Germany -- German prosecutors say they have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March.Spokeswoman Claudia Krauth said Friday... The Miami Herald Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:08:42 -0500(MENAFN - ABN Newswire) The Board of Pan Asia Corporation Limited (the "Company", "Pan Asia Corp")(Sam's Seafood Holdings Limited [ASX:SSS]) is pleased to advise that it has received approval from Deu... MENAFN Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:08:02 -0500Berlin - Police in Germany said they had begun an international manhunt Friday, after two convicted criminals broke out of a prison in the western city of Aachen. The two convicts, named by police as ... Earth Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:02:04 -0500(Bloomberg) - German investigators trying to track down Nazi criminals before they die may have had their "best break" in years after discovering a trove of Brazilian immigration files more than half ... West Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:56:47 -0500November data covering the Eurozone retail sector signalled a month-on-month fall in sales, with Germany posting the steepest dip in five months. The Markit Eurozone Retail PMI (Purchasing Managers’... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:29 -0500Germany wastes enormous growth potential due to inadequate education; Every fifth 15-year-old does not get beyond elementary school By Finfacts Team Nov 27, 2009 - 8:59:12 AM >... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:26 -0500Soldo is not happy with the player's attitude in recent weeks since he showed reluctance to return to the club after international duty with Slovenia. Cologne had to arrange for a private jet to bring... FIFA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:22 -0500Hamburg's midfielder Ze Roberto, pictured in October 2009, is expected to miss the rest of the year after undergoing surgery on Thursday for an ankle injury. BERLIN (AFP) - Hamburg's Brazil midfield... soccerway Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:09 -0500A missing-persons case in Germany has had a happy ending, thanks to a campaign in Irish newspapers.Nineteen-year-old Thomas Muffke disappeared from his home in Germany in September, sparking major con... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:14 -0500The head of Germany's armed forces has resigned over allegations of a military cover-up following a Nato air strike in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians. General Wolfgang Schneiderh... Belfast Telegraph Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:14:42 -0500(RTTNews) - Germany's import price index dropped 8.1% year-on-year in October, slower than the 11.4% fall in the previous month, the Federal Statistical Office said on Friday. Import prices in Septem... Quote.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:31:14 -0500Smartbook AG owns the Smartbook trademark and is taking legal action to discourage its use as a generic term, Wikipedia has responded to stories about its vanishing editors, and you're invited to expl... The Guardian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:05:23 -0500Hamburg Township --Ryann Anderson's young life as a drug addict ended not on a squalid urban street, but in a rented house in a rural Livingston County hamlet better known for quiet lakes than quick h... The Detroit News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:02:59 -0500Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 people died. SBS Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:16:00 -0500(RTTNews) - The German government should concentrate its efforts on bringing down its fiscal deficit in line with E.U. regulations by 2012, European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bundesba... Quote.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:14:27 -0500BERLIN: Bayern Munich are confident they can beat Juventus in their final Champions League Group A match in December to secure a knockout stage spot after being thrown a lifeline.The Germans, who were... People's Daily Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:14:01 -0500(RTTNews) - Consumer prices in Germany grew 0.3% year-on-year in November after staying flat in October, a preliminary report from the Federal Statistical Office showed on Thursday. Economists had ex... Quote.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:56:59 -0500AFGHANISTANThe head of the German armed forces has resigned after being accused of suppressing evidence showing civilians had been killed in a controversial air strike in Afghanistan.General Wolfgang ... West Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:40:02 -0500General Motors wants European tax money in exchange for keeping the car maker Opel afloat. But GM has yet to come up with a convincing restructuring plan. German commentators on Thursday urge politici... Spiegal Online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:36:21 -0500Kate Winslet returned to the German film studio where she made the Oscar-winning film The Reader on Thursday (local time) to accept the 2009 Bambi Award for best international actress. The British ac... ABC Australia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:40:52 -0500Berlin - With more than 60 Christmas markets, Berlin is a fun place to be right now, shining in a festive blaze of lights, decorated fir trees and stalls offering a profusion of giftsKlaus Wowereit, B... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:04:58 -0500British actress Kate Winslet makes a speech after being presented with a Bambi award for Best International Actress from actor Bruno Ganz (R) during the 61st Bambi media awards ceremony in Potsdam Nov... China Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:25:06 -0500Northern Afghanistan used to be seen as a relatively safe and stable area untouched by the insurgency in the south and east of the country. That, however, has drastically changed for the worse. The a... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:28:35 -0500THE head of Germany's armed forces and a senior defence ministry official were forced to resign yesterday over reports the military withheld details about a deadly air strike in Afghanistan. The Scotsman Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:23:18 -0500THE head of Germany's armed forces and a senior defence ministry official were forced to resign yesterday over reports the military withheld details about a deadly air strike in Afghanistan. The Scotsman Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:23:11 -0500Two lower-league players in Germany have strenuously denied being involved in match-fixing after being questioned by police in connection with the Europe-wide probe on Thursday.Fortuna Dusseldorf conf... Sportal Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:23:29 -0500Last Updated: November 26. 2009 10:45PM UAE / November 26. 2009 6:45PM GMT BERLIN // A strategic partnership between the UAE and Germany should include all economic, political, cultural and military l... The National Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:26:02 -0500The Frankfurter Sparkasse is offering to buy back Lehman shares from customers who lost money through the bankruptcy of the US investment giant. The victims will receive half of what they paid, the ba... DW-World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:09:33 -0500A Thursday newspaper report accuses former German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, now Chancellor Merkel's labor minister, of having withheld information from parliament regarding a German-ordered a... Spiegal Online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:17:39 -0500With all du respect “AT 2.12 our work was finished. At 2.15 we called each other Horst and Guido. This is the beginning of a great friendship.” That is how Guido Westerwelle, the Free Demo... The Economist Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:39 -0500Berlin - Germany's top military officer resigned Thurday in connection with a botched airstrike two months ago, and a cabinet minister's future was on the line, with Chancellor Angela Merkel grimly de... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:31 -0500Halle, Germany - Police investigating how garbage from Italy was dumped in a scenic state of Germany raided 27 premises Thursday in a bid to uncover graft and tax evasion. Prosecutors in the eastern c... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:30 -0500German police have questioned two players from the Fortuna Duesseldorf soccer club Thursday in connection with the widening match-fixing scandal in Europe. The two play for the reserve side of the cl... CBC News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:56:46 -0500Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- The head of the German army has resigned after a news report that he knew civilians could be killed in a September airstrike in Afghanistan, Germany's defense minister told Pa... CNN Asia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:16:12 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The political storm in Germany over a bungled operation in Kunduz, Afghanistan, has u... Times Online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:53:32 -0500During battles at the end of World War II, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians never got a decent burial. For almost 30 years, one man has been finding these bodies and helping them rest in pe... Spiegal Online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:49:36 -0500Berlin/Brussels - The resignation Thursday of Germany's top military officer over an airstrike in Kunduz encapsulates many of the difficulties that NATO's European allies face in Afghanistan. General ... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:38:56 -0500Berlin - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the ... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:38:55 -0500MUNICH, Germany - German automaker Audi is acquiring just over nine per cent of Bundesliga soccer club Bayern Munich. Audi AG, which has been sponsoring Bayern since 2002, will acquire a 9.09-per cen... TSN Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:11:04 -0500By Noah BarkinBERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior defence ministry official were forced to resign on Thursday over reports the military withheld details about a deadly S... Swiss Info Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:09:15 -0500(AP) ? BERLIN - Next month's Copenhagen summit needs to make significant progress toward a new climate-change deal, a leading reinsurer said Thursday, arguing that global warming already is co... New Jersey Online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:07:43 -0500BERLIN (Reuters) - 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'... The Star Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:01:57 -0500The German government faces pressure to stand up to a US anti-terrorism law that would open up the banking information of Europeans. Opponents say it infringes data protection and criticize the timing... DW-World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:27:31 -0500, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has joined the sponsors of the German Museum of Masterpieces of Technology and Science in ... AZoM Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:24:59 -0500BERLIN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two of Germany's highest military officials, who were accused of covering up their knowledge of civilian casualties of a bombing raid in Afghanistan, were sacked, German De... SINA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:18:14 -0500Germany on Thursday introduced a draft resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue at a meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog in Vienna. The draft resolution, tabled at a Board of Governors meeting of the In... People's Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:18:01 -0500UEFA will unveil the visual identity created for the 2010 UEFA Europa League final at a ceremony in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday 30 November. UEFA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:02:25 -0500Berlin- Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official have resigned because of an airstrike ordered by the German army on two fuel tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban in Afghanistan. ... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:47:04 -0500BERLIN (Reuters) - 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'... The Star Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:41:26 -0500-(Dow Jones)- German utility Vattenfall Europe AG Thursday said it has reopened the bidding process for its power transmission grid after the company failed to agree on key issues with a financial c... Morning Star Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:53:48 -0500BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 peop... West Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:08:00 -0500Berlin- Two of Germany's highest military officials lost their jobs Thursday and a former defence minister came under severe pressure, accused of covering up their knowledge of civilian casualties of ... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:51:34 -0500BERLIN (Reuters) - 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'... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:33:13 -0500Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 people died. The r... The Nation Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:29:45 -0500(RTTNews) - Germany's Deputy Defense Minister and highest army officer have resigned over a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians.Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg a... Quote.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:59:19 -0500 | 
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