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Stasi emblem. Photo by PercyGermany on flickr.com
Germany is in an uproar after the recent revelation that ex-members of the former East Germany's secret service are employed by the current German government.
9 hrs ago | BBC
Cairo rally for Germany 'martyr'
Further protests are expected in Cairo over of the case of an Egyptian woman dubbed the "headscarf martyr" who was killed in a German courtroom last week.
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World leaders agree to reform IFIs
L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9 -- Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized countries and five major developing countries agreed here on Thursday to reform financial institutions, boost development and conclude the Doha Round trade talks.
G8 and G5 leaders work for early agreement on trade
THE SUMMITEERS: G8 and G5 leaders at a photo opportunity at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, on Thursday.
Google's operating system escalates Microsoft duel
In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany.
German exhibit examines Nazi relationship to Bach and Mendelssohn in Third Reich
In this May 1, 2009 file picture, a poster of the Imperial Railway Centre for German Tourist Travel is seen during the exhibition 'Blood and Spirit - Bach, Mendelssohn and their music in the Third Reich' in Eisenach, eastern Germany.
Jackson West End show world tour
Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller Live will go on a 12-month world tour in response to huge demand from the late star's fans, its producers have said.
G8 leaders say world economy faces significant risks,
Leaders from the Group of Eight rich countries said on Wednesday that the world economy still faces significant risks despite signs of stabilization.
Bug-hit ship passengers sent home
A 700-seater train has been prepared to remove passengers from a ship at the centre of an outbreak of the vomiting bug norovirus.
German high court: Demjanjuk's deportation legal
BERLIN - Germany's highest court has rejected an attempt by John Demjanjuk to challenge his recent deportation from the United States to Munich for trial on charges of being accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp.
It's official, beloved polar bear Knut's a Berliner
An animal park in Neumuenster in northern Germany, which is home to Knut's father Lars and claims legal ownership of the star bear, sued Berlin Zoo in an attempt to get hold of some of the money that Knut generated.
VIDEO: Cooking up climate change
Jul 08 - Oxfam campaigners call on G8 leaders to act on climate change, warning of catastrophic effects if they fail to take specific steps to limit global warming.
Cholesterol Regulating Genes Identified
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have come a step closer to understanding how cholesterol levels are regulated.
Developing countries need money now to grapple with global warming, and the Group of Eight summit this week could energize troubled climate negotiations if it decided to make "significant" funds available, the top U.N. climate official said yesterday.
World must stop spending spree: PM
WORLD leaders needed an exit strategy from the unprecedented spending and government intervention they resorted to during the global economic crisis and should use the G20 to co-ordinate it, Kevin Rudd said last night.
Germany's BMW, Daimler see month-on-month sales improve, cautiously optimistic
In this Jan. 25 2008 file picture an employee of German car producer Mercedes-Benz controls a Mercedes C-class as it rolls off the production line in the Daimler plant in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, Germany.
German Insurance Group Continentale Selects T-Systems, Nortel for Communications Network
T-Systems implements and operates the new infrastructure, and Nortel provides the Metro Ethernet Wide Area Networking technology for the Dortmund-based insurance group.
Merkel stands firm on nuclear power
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, CDU have rejected opposition calls to accelerate the country's nuclear phase-out. They say Germany should extend the operational life of the nation's reactors.
G8 leaders seek common ground on ending economic stimulus, climate change, dealing with Iran
Leaders of the Group of Eight will push for common positions on promoting democracy in Iran, combatting climate change and coordinating their exits from huge government stimulus measures - even amid a growing sense that the group's pre-eminence may be fading.
Turkey says deal reached on Nabucco gas project, intergovernmental pact to be signed July 13
Turkey said Monday it had reached a deal with several European countries over the terms of the proposed Nabucco pipeline meant to supply Europe with gas, and that they would sign an intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13.