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Britain calls for global finance summit

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:09:45 GMT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Wednesday for global talks among the world's top economies this year to reform the world's financial system.

Shah Rukh Khan cancels shows in Germany, Spain

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:37:10 GMT

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has cancelled three live song-and-dance shows, part of his Temptation Reloaded world tour, scheduled in Germany this week, leading to arguments between the tour's Indian ...

Left Party Chooses TV Detective as Presidential Candidate

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:19:00 GMT

Germany's Left Party has voted to send TV actor Peter Sodann up against more experienced political opponents as its candidate in the coming campaign for president.

Germany's Merkel Pushes for Financial Rescue Package

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:34:00 GMT

In a speech to the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers to support her government's plan for a financial rescue package worth 500 billion euros ($670 billion).

Political Bailout: Gordon Brown Saves the Banks and Himself

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:55:03 GMT

Before the financial crisis, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had been all but written off.

Regional States Show Solidarity for Huge German Rescue Plan

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:48:00 GMT

The banking crisis has made bedfellows of rival parties across Germany's political spectrum, with a majority of parliamentarians agreeing that the regional states need to support the federal bailout.

Striebel Projektmanagement and Dolce Hotels & Resorts Break Ground on the $70 million Dolce Munich

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:19:47 GMT

Continuing to build on its strength in Europe, Andy Dolce, founder and managing partner of Dolce Hotels and Resorts, joined the Secretary of State of the Bavarian Finance Ministry, Georg Fahrenschon and ...

German woman sentenced to life for killing toddlers

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:26:22 GMT

The court agreed with the prosecution that the woman acted out of jealousy in her attempt to harm her ex-boyfriend and his new partner.

Barroso urges EU to endorse 2-trillion-euro rescue plan

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:11:22 GMT

"I am pleased to see that there is now a consensus on the necessity and on the substance of a coherent effort."

Indian minister's son charged with raping German girl

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:56:22 GMT

Rohit Monserrate, 21, son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate, was also booked on charges of obscenity

EU ambitions of Turkey highlighted at Book Fair

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:41:22 GMT

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul praised the guest-of-honor week as a "major step in the long-standing German-Turkish friendship."

Germany on the edge of recession, economists warn

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:26:22 GMT

In their twice-yearly report released in Berlin, the eight institutes slashed their German growth forecast for next year to just 0.2 percent.

Bollywood star cancels Germany super-shows

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:11:22 GMT

Shah Rukh Khan is reportedly in the middle of contract disputes.

Nikkei record extends global rebound

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:17:05 GMT

Japan's financial markets led a wave of rallies across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, in part fueled by anticipation of more government investment in ailing banks.

Google Loses Court Battle Over Image Searches

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:37:00 GMT

A German photographer and an artist won lawsuits against Google for displaying thumbnails of their works in search results without permission. Google will reportedly appeal the ruling.

Welthungerhilfe: Hunger Crisis Worse than Financial Crisis

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:00 GMT

With almost a billion people worldwide going hungry, the German aid organization Welthungerhilfe has warned that the financial crisis should not push their suffering in the background.

Making Sense Of Health Statistics

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:14:48 GMT

Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, reporters, let alone health consumers ...

EU to guarantee interbank lending

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:14:30 GMT

Fifteen EU countries meeting in a Paris summit that began late last night Hong Kong time will guarantee new medium-term loans between banks in an attempt to end the credit crunch, according to a draft statement ...

Hippie apes make war as well as love, study finds

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:45:04 GMT

By Michael Kahn

LONDON (Reuters) - Despite their reputation as lovers not fighters of the primate world, bonobos actually hunt and eat other great apes, German researchers said Monday.

Their findings, the first direct evidence of hunting by the so-called "hippie" apes, show that such behavior is not linked to male dominance as females rule bonobo society and also go on hunts.

"We always have this view that hunting is a male business," said Gottfried Hohmann of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. "What our study shows is this is not necessarily the case.

Key European governments unveil huge bank rescue deals

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:20:43 GMT

Germany pledges 70 billion to recapitalize banks

Uwe Teller wins German Book Prize

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:05:43 GMT

He won the award for The Tower, a monumental work describing the collapse of communist East Germany two decades ago.

Milan Kundera denounced Western spy to Communists

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:50:43 GMT

Police records show that Kundera, who later gained fame as an anti-communist and author, denounced a young Czech exile who was spying in his native country in 1950.

Europe puts $2.3 trillion on line for banks

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:19:19 GMT

European governments overcame their differences to put $2.3 trillion on the line Monday in guarantees and other emergency measures to save the banking system in their most unified response yet to the global ...

German Government Announces Rescue Deal for Banks

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:42:00 GMT

The German government has announced a rescue package for its banks which would include 80 billion euros ($108 billion) in fresh capital and 400 billion euros in loan guarantees, the finance ministry said in a statement.

TUI to sell Hapag-Lloyd shipping unit

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:13:01 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany : German tourism company TUI AG said Sunday it will sell its marine shipping unit Hapag-Lloyd to a consortium of investors in a 4.45 billion deal.

Car Industry Clamours for State Handouts

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:30:00 GMT

Other European business sectors are likely to seek government aid similar to that offered this week to banks, according to EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. Carmakers would already like a slice of the cake.

Police: German wanted for planned terrorist attack not in country

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:01:29 GMT

He was last seen among Islamist radicals in Afghanistan or Pakistan, police say.

Arrested Iranian businessman was German agent

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:46:29 GMT

The spy's intelligence had been so good that it prompted concern as to whether he might be a double agent hoodwinking the West on Iran's orders.

Blame Dad: Scientists discover paternal baldness gene

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:31:29 GMT

Once they discover how the gene influences hair growth, it will be possible to consider therapies that thwart the effect.

Markets to give final verdict on world's show of unity

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:16:29 GMT

It was a weekend of heavy promises and calls for joint action as the world economies offered a plan of action.

Artist lays Prague's first memorial ‘stumbling blocks’

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:01:29 GMT

A German sculptor this week placed 10 memorial cubes into the Prague streetscape, the first in the Czech Republic.

Financial Crisis Merkel's Greatest Challenge, Experts Say

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Estimates of the cost to the German taxpayer of rescuing banks still varied wildly, with high-end guesses coming in at 400 billion euros. The government said it would announce details of the bailout on Monday.

New Genetic Links to Baldness Discovered

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:06:53 GMT

New genetic links to male pattern baldness have been discovered by researchers in England and Germany.

UK university holds artificial intelligence test

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:49:17 GMT

Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

Typing away at split-screen terminals, a dozen volunteers carried out two conversations at once: one with a chat program, the other with a human. After five minutes, they were asked to say which was which. Some were not sure who _ or what _ they were talking to.

'There was one time when I was speaking to the two, and there was an element of humor in both conversations. That's the one that stumped me more than others,' said Ian Andrews, one of the judges in Reading, just west of London.

Thousands demonstrate in Berlin for more privacy

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:25:24 GMT

The Stop This Surveillance Madness rally had Berliners out protesting ‘the surveillance’ state.

Merkel repeats opposition to European banking bailout fund

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:10:24 GMT

She said countries need to have "the same toolboxes" to fight the crisis but also the flexibility to use those instruments as they see fit.

Austrian far-right politician Haider dies in car accident

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:55:24 GMT

He was remembered as a skillful and charismatic politician but also as a divisive figure.

Selection of peace candidates a tricky matter

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:40:24 GMT

Speculation before the announcement Friday had centered on dissidents in China and activists in Russia.

Dirndls, oom-pah, sausages? Oktoberfest in Iraq

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:40:09 GMT

Dirndl-clad waitresses deliver frothy beers, the brass band has the oom-pah music in full drive and there are sausages on the grill.

Resilient America struggles

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:03:03 GMT

It seems only yesterday we heard the loud warnings that America's finest days lay behind it, its days as the reigning world economic power fast slipping away.

Germany readies legislation for its part in G7 bailout

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:36:41 GMT

Germany is to rush through legislation in the new week to recapitalise its banks with a vast cash injection of up to 100 billion euros , according to media reports Saturday.

Germany raids sites linked to rightist youth

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:14:45 GMT

The German authorities carried out nationwide raids Thursday as part of an investigation into a youth group accused of indoctrinating children and teenagers with neo-Nazi ideals.

Victory Motorcycles Plans Euro Expansion

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:41:38 GMT

Victory Motorcycles, the motorcycle division of Polaris Industries, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by announcing expansion of its European distribution into Germany.

Germany to Announce Comprehensive Bank Rescue Package

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:12:00 GMT

Germany is preparing a bail-out that permits the recapitalization of banks with billions of euros in cash injections, according to news reports. The IMF warned of the growing possibility of a global finance "meltdown."

Germans See Salvation in State-Owned Banks

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:02:00 GMT

As private banks falter under the financial crisis, state-owned Sparkasse savings banks are enjoying a flood of new business as Germans deposit their money in the institutions based on a traditional bank model.

New Privacy Scandal Comes Calling at Telekom

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:07:00 GMT

One day after assuring customers it was implementing new privacy protection measures, Deutsche Telekom was struck by another security lapse. The company said it patched the holes allowing outside access to customer data.