Tag: Germany
Germany drops Australian Holocaust denial case
Legal action to extradite a South Australian man wanted in Germany for publishing anti-semitic views has been dropped.[MORE]
Terry header seals England win in Germany
England captain John Terry's header six minutes from time sealed a 2-1 win over Germany in friendly at Berlin's Olympic Stadium this morning as Fabio Capello's weakened team beat the Euro 2008 runners-up.[MORE]
Germany set to extradite Rwandan official to France
Germany is set to extradite a Rwandan presidential aide to France to face anti-terror judges probing the downing of the former Rwandan president's jet, an attack which triggered a genocide.[MORE]
Rat 'explosion' in Hamelin, no sign of Pied Piper
Just ahead of the 725th anniversary of the Pied Piper reputedly banishing a plague of rats from Hamelin, there has been an "explosion" in the German town's rodent population, officials said.[MORE]
Aussie Guehrer celebrating big payday
A rejuvenated Marieke Guehrer landed the biggest single payday in Australian swimming history by winning the $US100,000 ($A156,000) women's first prize in the FINA Swimming World Cup series.[MORE]
Rudd praises China, India involvement in G20 talks
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the involvement of emerging economies like China and India in the G20 talks in Washington is an important step in solving the global financial crisis.[MORE]
Jaukovic goes close to another WR
Australia's Matt Jaukovic has maintained his unbeaten record in the men's 50 metres butterfly and given his own world record a real shake on the opening night of the FINA World Cup in Berlin.[MORE]
G20 leaders agree six-point plan
G20 leaders agree to six-point plan for tackling slumping economic activity with stepped-up cooperation after Washington summit.[MORE]
Eurozone officially sinks into recession
The economy of the 15 nations sharing the euro has slumped into recession for the first time ever.[MORE]
France stands strong against economic crisis
The French economy has confounded expectations by not following Germany into recession.[MORE]
Leukaemia case raises hopes of possible AIDS cure
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Medical professionals in Germany may have stumbled across a possible cure for AIDS after treating a man for cancer.[MORE]
Hundreds strip off for Guiness World Records Day
Wannabe record breakers stripped off, puckered up or cooked up across the globe to celebrate a day of attempts to break curious world records.[MORE]
German accused of holding 'slave' for a decade
A German prosecutor has accused a man of keeping another man hostage for nearly a decade and systematically exploiting him as a slave, a court spokeswoman said.[MORE]
Museum to return Indigenous skulls to Australia
A German medical museum will return the skulls of 18 Indigenous Australians that were taken from Australia more than a century ago.[MORE]
Patient HIV-free after bone marrow transplant: doctors
Doctors in Germany say a man infected with HIV has been free of infection for more than 20 months since having a bone marrow transplant. [MORE]
Germany slips into recession
Germany is officially in recession after a steeper than expected fall in economic growth in the third quarter.[MORE]
Swinton to head Berlin Film Festival jury
Oscar-winning Scottish actress Tilda Swinton will lead the international jury at the 59th Berlin Film Festival, organisers said.[MORE]
German mother admits freezing dead babies, denies killings
A German mother accused in the deaths of two of her babies has admitted to stashing their bodies in the family freezer but denied killing them, at the start of her high-profile trial.[MORE]
Germany to extradite Rwanda official to France
A Rwandan official wanted for questioning over the death of a former Rwandan president will be extradited from Germany to France within weeks, Berlin said on Monday (local time), drawing protests in Rwanda's capital Kigali.[MORE]
Jewish group mulls charges over neo-Nazi Obama slurs
A prominent Jewish group says it is reviewing legal options against a German neo-Nazi party for "racist" remarks calling Barack Obama's election a "declaration of war" by non-white America.[MORE]
Rwandan Govt official arrested over former president's murder
Police in Germany have arrested a senior Rwandan Government official over the killing of a former president, which triggered the 1994 genocide.[MORE]
Europe remembers Kristallnacht
Events are taking place in Europe in the coming hours to mark the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, when Nazi gangs launched a wave of assaults on Jewish businesses and homes in Germany. [MORE]
15,000 clash with police in German nuclear blockade
Police wielding truncheons beat back around 15,000 environmentalists trying to block a train carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste from western France to a dump in Germany, authorities said.[MORE]
Blueprints for Auschwitz camp found: report
The original construction plans believed used for a major expansion of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in 1941 have been found in a Berlin flat, Germany's Bild newspaper reported.[MORE]
Russia sending 'wrong signal' with border missiles
NATO has expressed serious concern at Russia's announcement that it intends to deploy short-range missiles on its border. [MORE]
