After 15 Years of Planning, Construction Begins on Berlin’s New Airport
After years of political and financial wrangling, ground was broken at the site of Berlin's new airport, which is one of the last major infrastructure projects of German unification.

Robust Upswing: German Deficit Could Fall to 2.8%
Faster economic growth may help lower the federal budget deficit by half a percentage point, allowing Germany to comply with European Union limits sooner than anticipated.

German Ministers Agree to Set Up Anti-Terror Database Linking 38 Agencies
Regional interior ministers from Germany's 16 federal states agreed with the government's latest recommendations for a list of terror suspects.

Pope Benedict XVI to Visit Homeland Bavaria
Pope Benedict XVI will visit his native Germany in a six-day tour beginning Saturday, his second visit to his home country since his selection as pope in April 2005.

Töpfer to Receive Environmental Ambassador Award
Germany's former top man at the United Nations will receive the first in a series of public environmental ambassador awards in recognition of his tireless commitment to global sustainable development

Government Invests in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings
The German government is bolstering its initiative to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions responsible for global warming from buildings by 350 million euros this year.

Germany and the United States to Boost Cooperation in High-Tech Research
A top German official tasked with guiding the government's national innovation strategy met recently in Washington with U.S. research leaders to target future areas of cooperation

Will German Wikipedians Continue to Go Their Own Way?
The German language version of Wikipedia has continued to use software code that stops search engines from reading its links even after the English-language version abandoned it.

German Scholars Publish Findings on the Portrayal of Christianity in Textbooks in Islamic Countries
The researchers from Rostock and Erlangen found the most positive portrayals of Christianity in Syrian and Palestinian schoolbooks.

Baroque Beauty: Grünes Gewölbe Restored to Old Glory
The treasure chambers in Dresden's Royal Palace have been lovingly restored and are now on display for the first time in postwar history.

Germany's Beloved Little Sandmännchen in Arabic
This fall, kids tuning in to the Arabic Aljazeera network's TV programming can catch Germany's favorite small-screen bedtime buddy for children - the "Sandmännchen," or little sandman.

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