12/05/2008
U.S. soldier, Swiss artist share fate in Germany (UPI)
By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Germany Correspondent BERLIN, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier who deserted the Army to avoid returning to Iraq and an artist who fled Switzerland's military draft are dominating headlines with their political asylum cases in Germany.
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12/05/2008
Germany establishes its own spy satellite system (norsorpor.com)
BERLIN, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The German military established its own spy satellite system by commissioning its first synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) system in Grafschaft, a small town in western Germany, on Thursday.
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12/05/2008
Germany establishes its own spy satellite system (People's Daily)
The German military established its own spy satellite system by commissioning its first synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) system in Grafschaft, a small town in western Germany, on Thursday. The SAR system meant Germany no longer needed to depend on U.S. data, said Vice Admiral Wolfram Kuehn. "The Kosovo conflict in 1999 demonstrated to us how important it was to have your own worldwide ...
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12/05/2008
SOCCER: U.S. beats Germany, moves into U-20 World Cup final (Portland Tribune)
The U.S. women's soccer team beat Germany 1-0 Thursday to reach the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup at Coquimbo, Chile. The U.S., which includes University of Portland players Keelin Winters, Michelle Enyeart and Elli Reed, will play North Korea on Sunday. Sydney Leroux scored for the U.S. ...
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12/04/2008
Spain to play England and Germany at European U-21 championship (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
GOTEBORG, Sweden - Top-seeded Spain has been drawn with England and Germany, while host Sweden will have to contend with Italy in the group stage of the European U-21 championship June 15-29.
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12/04/2008
Unilateral Germany threatens to weaken Europe (Financial Times)
In Brussels, Paris, Washington and other capitals, one increasingly hears the same complaint: Germany is acting unilaterally. On a broad range of issues, the Germans seem to think the European Union no longer advances their interests and are more prone to go their own way.
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12/05/2008
Your Link to Germany (Deutsche Welle Russian Edition)
Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag has approved the second stage of a 32-billion-euro economic stimulus package.
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12/04/2008
Salzgitter, Beiersdorf to replace Continental and Hypo Real Estate in Germany's DAX Index (Canadian Business)
Auto parts and tire maker Continental AG and ailing real estate lender Hypo Real Estate AG will be taken off Germany's benchmark DAX-30 Index
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12/04/2008
Germany says full-body airport scanner "nonsense" (Canada.com)
Germany will not participate in EU proposals for airports to use full-body scanner security checks, which have raised privacy issues, its interior ministry said on Friday.
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12/03/2008
Germany's largest paper seeks citizen photographers (International Herald Tribune)
Germany's largest newspaper is looking to expand — and not by hiring new reporters.
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