| Current Affairs |
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Merkel Pledges Debt Relief for Liberia
Germany will cancel 268 million euros ($423 million) of debt held by Liberia, the West African nation that has been devastated by civil war. |
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Berlin Celebrates Gay Community, Remembers Victims on Christopher Street Day
Among the participants was 95-year-old Rudolf Brazda, who survived incarceration in Buchenwald concentration camp from 1941 to 1945. |
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Ambassador Scharioth on Celebrating July 4th & Freedom in the Heart of Berlin
"On this Fourth of July, people will walk by the new Embassy of the United States of America and through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and they will remember: freedom can be delayed, but freedom can never be fully denied. Friends make all the difference," Ambassador Scharioth writes. |
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Friends Always: US Senate Passes Resolution to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift
"On this Fourth of July, people will walk by the new Embassy of the United States of America and through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and they will remember: freedom can be delayed, but freedom can never be fully denied. Friends make all the difference," Ambassador Scharioth writes. |
| Business, Technology
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Stuttgart to Launch Electric Bike Share
With gas prices climbing and the threats associated with global warming becoming more apparent, more and more commuters think two wheels look better than four. |
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German Researchers Begin Pumping Carbon Dioxide Underground in Landmark Carbon Sink Project
A pilot project in Brandenburg made a major step toward capturing and storing carbon dioxide from coal-fired plants in order to prevent the greenhouse gas from contributing to global warming. |
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Stralsund Renewable Energies Program one of Europe's Ten Best
The unique two-week course offered by the University of Applied Sciences in the Baltic seacoast town beat out nearly 200 other applicants for the ranking. |
| Culture
and Zeitgeist |
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Big “ß” is Now Officially a German Letter
The curvaceous letter peculiar to the German language can finally be capitalized on computers. |
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Lenka Reinerová, Oldest German-Speaking Author in Prague, Dead at 92
Lenka Reinerová devoted her life to preserving the German literary heritage in the Czech capital. In 2004 she played a major role in founding the "Prague House of German-speaking Literature." |
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Berlin-DC Capital Connexion: Young Professionals Party Like It's the Euro Cup Final at Black and White Summer Soccer Sneaker Ball
Some 200 people donned their finest black-and-white duds to celebrate their love of the beautiful game at the German Embassy on June 28 - the eve of the 2008 Euro Cup. |
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Life of Literary Maven Reich-Ranicki to Receive Onscreen Treatment
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, 88, is in many ways an old-style European intellectual, part of a world that reveres sublime poetry and profound minds and sneers at money-making and public popularity. |
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Readings: TWIG Cannot Cover it All - But We Can Tell You Where to Find it!
This week, NPR offers a fascinating profile of Germany's universal healthcare system, Daimler's Smart Fortwo gets good marks from Salon.com and a Berlin prankster has found away to put graffiti in photographs. |
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