Berlin Hitler Exhibit Breaks Taboos

Oct 16th 2010 – 4:09 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (Oct. 16) -- A new exhibit about Adolf Hitler and the Germans breaks taboos and treads new ground as it explores the relationship between the Fuehrer and his Volk. The exhibit, which opened...

Germans Seek Extradition of Alleged Mossad Agent

Jun 14th 2010 – 4:02 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (June 14) -- In another twist in the alleged involvement of Israel's Mossad spy service in the killing of a Hamas leader, Germany is demanding extradition of Uri Brodsky, a suspected Mossad...

German Soccer Fans Fume Over Momentous Foul

May 18th 2010 – 11:00 AM |AOL News

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BERLIN (May 18) -- As fans around the globe get ready for soccer's World Cup in South Africa, the beautiful game is showing its nasty side in Germany. In a plot befitting a pulp fiction thriller,...

iPad's Nipple Ban Arouses Ire of German Publishers

May 11th 2010 – 12:03 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (May 11) – From the topless bathers on the French Riviera to the prostitutes in the windows of red-light districts in Hamburg and Amsterdam, Europeans have long demonstrated a more open...

Gloom Spreads as Europe's Debt Crisis Deepens

May 5th 2010 – 2:11 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (May 5) -- In an atmosphere eerily reminiscent of the frenzied days surrounding the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008, European leaders warned that the Greek debt crisis could spread as...

What Is Merkel's Role in This Greek Tragedy?

Apr 29th 2010 – 1:40 PM |AOL News

Gero Breloer, AP

BERLIN (April 29) -- In the Greek tragedy playing out in Europe, which role has German Chancellor Angela Merkel taken on: hero or villain? Merkel had been holding out against an expensive bailout...

Deaths Rekindle German Debate on Afghanistan

Apr 15th 2010 – 2:32 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (April 15) -- Less than two weeks after a Good Friday attack left three German soldiers dead in Afghanistan, a fresh assault today has killed four soldiers and left five wounded, fueling a...

Europe's Emotions Are Mixed on Tactical Nukes

Apr 7th 2010 – 7:36 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (April 7) – As President Barack Obama travels to Prague to sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, he is soaking up warm praise from world...

Swiss Sputter as Merkel Buys Stolen Bank Data

Feb 2nd 2010 – 5:23 PM |AOL News

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BERLIN (Feb. 2) – Angela Merkel is set to pay almost $3.5 million to a whistle-blower for a list of alleged German tax evaders stashing money in Swiss banks, but the German chancellor may be...

German Political Star Stumbles Over Afghanistan

Dec 16th 2009 – 5:43 PM |Sphere

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BERLIN (Dec. 16) – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg burst onto Germany's normally staid political scene less than a year ago and achieved rock-star status almost overnight. Now, as defense...

Europe to Obama: Don't Count On Us for Many More Troops

Dec 2nd 2009 – 10:42 AM |Sphere

BERLIN (Dec. 2) - In his speech Tuesday night announcing 30,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said he was "confident" that allies would join in the escalation for an...

20 Years On, a Street Recalls the Berlin Wall

Nov 6th 2009 – 10:28 AM |Sphere

BERLIN (Nov. 6) -- Astrid Kaiser still trembles when she remembers being frisked as a child by Red Army guards at the fortified border on Bernauer Strasse, where communist East Germany first began...

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