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2 hrs ago | Daily Times

Rage against GM over 10,000 planned job cuts at Opel

BERLIN: Angry German workers protested Thursday over General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plans to cut 10,000 jobs, moves slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Angela Merkel

6 hrs ago | The Boston Globe

Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall

Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Angela Merkel

11 hrs ago | Freerepublic.com

U2 Berlin Wall event stirs up controversy

U2 performed a short set in Germany on Thursday, November 5th to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Newsday

World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal

Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United States , said eleventh-hour promises are possible and a global warming pact can be reached.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, World News, Nicolas Sarkozy, US Politics, US News, Al Gore, Europe, Angela Merkel

ABC News - Brian Ross

Berlin Inaugurates Repainted Wall Section

Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday,... Tourists pass a painting on a segment of the reopened East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov.

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Related Topix: World News, Berlin, Germany Travel, Travel, El Salvador Travel, Germany Travel, Berlin, El Salvador Travel, Painting, Arts, Entertainment

Health Scout

Native Tongue Begins in the Womb

Babies may begin learning their first language before they're born. Cry patterns recognized among infants born in different cultures suggest babies begin learning elements of their first language while still in the womb.

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Related Topix: World News, Health

CW 15

Elton gets back to work

After a female officer is raped, the case involves a police investigation, gambling debts and drugs.

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Related Topix: Elton John, Pop/Rock, World News, Entertainment

WTOP

East German industries thrive in West

In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo Ines Schoenwald checks bottles at the bottling plant in the Rotkaeppchen sparkling wines production facilities in Freyburg, eastern Germany.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News,

Preston Citizen

Beyonce scoops MTV award hat-trick

Beyonce has scooped a hat-trick of prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards, dedicating one of them to husband Jay-Z. The singer beat Leona Lewis among others to take home the Best Female gong, and also won Best Song for Halo and Best Video for Single Ladies on Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, World News, Tokio Hotel

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Putin attacks GM for U-turn on Opel

Photograph: Eckehard Schulz/AP The row over General Motors ' decision to scrap a European sales deal supported by Russia and Germany escalated today, with Vladimir Putin accusing the car group of "scornful" behaviour.

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Related Topix: World News, Automakers, General Motors, Vladimir Putin

ABC7 Chicago

U2's Berlin Wall show surrounded by fence

Berliners were ecstatic last week upon hearing about U2's plans to play a free concert in the heart of the German capital on Thursday evening.

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Related Topix: World News

ABC News

Negotiators Scale Back UN Climate Pact Ambitions

Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline.

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Related Topix: Nicolas Sarkozy, Europe, World News, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, Spain, Denmark,

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

Sweden OKs Russian-German gas pipeline in Baltic Sea, says it meets environmental concerns

Sweden on Thursday became the second nation to approve a Baltic Sea pipeline that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, saying the project meets its demands to protect the marine environment.

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Related Topix: Europe, Finland, World News, Russia,

WNED.org

The news conference that toppled the Wall

People hold a German flag with the word reading 'Unity' as they cross the newly opened checkpoint between East and West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate - Volker Warkentin, a correspondent for the German language service in Berlin, has worked for Reuters for 31 years.

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Related Topix: World News

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Star Phoenix

Global Video: H1N1 vaccine demand

In this photo illustration the H1N1 swine flu vaccination Pandemic is pictured at Virchow clinical center on Oct.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, World News, North America, Canada, Stephen Harper,

WNOL-TV New Orleans

Traveling to Berlin 20 years after the wall came down

The Brandenburg Gate in the background the common sight of a construction worker walking through the area that was once "no man's land" in Berlin.

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Related Topix: World News, Berlin, Germany Travel, Travel, El Salvador Travel, Germany Travel, Berlin, El Salvador Travel

Buffalo News

UN climate talks focus on how to cut emissions

African nations pushed wealthy countries at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to explain how they intend to cut their greenhouse emissions under the landmark global warming agreement being negotiated.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US News, Europe, World News, Fredrik Reinfeldt, US Politics, Barack Obama

RTE Business

GM does a u-turn on sale of Opel

General Motors last night reversed course by abandoning a long-expected sale of its Opel division to a group led by Canadian car supplier Magna.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Angela Merkel

Newsday.com

Czech president signs EU reform treaty

Once that happens, the Lisbon Treaty will allow more policy decisions by majority rather than unanimous votes at European summits.

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Related Topix: Prison, Vaclav Klaus, Czech Republic, World News, Europe

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Inhabitat

Stunning Open Air Library Pops Up in East Germany

What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Beer, Drink, World News,

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