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Germany, holding up better than its eurozone partners in the current debt crisis, is battling the increasingly widespread phenomenon of "burnout" which it says is costing its economy billions of euros (dollars) each year.

Flo Eysler, 34, from Germany, is determined to make available to Chinese people natural foods and beverages "absolutely free of additives, preservatives and sugar".

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times recently ran a story on the discovery of a cache of wax cylinder records, recorded in Europe in the 1880s, of Otto von Bismarck, Helmuth von Moltke, and various musicians. 'In June 1889, Edison sent Wangemann to Europe, initially to ensure that the phonograph at the Paris World’s Fair remained in working order. After Paris, Wangemann toured his native Ge...

Great Britain will play in a women's Champions Trophy final for the first time after beating Germany 2-0 in Rosario. Goals from Sarah Thomas and Ashleigh Ball in each half secured the historic success.

Lindsey Vonn speeds down on her way to take the fastest time in the women's Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill on the Kandahar course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Feb 4, 2012.

By Alexandra HudsonMUNICH, Germany, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number of Tibetans burning themeselves to death in his country.Read More...More on China

Protesters try to storm Syrian mission; activists in Egypt, Germany storm embassies there causing damage.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory by winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course in frigid conditions Saturday....

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn finally mastered the only major downhill still eluding her to reach the 50 career mark in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday.

Embassies attacked over killing of more than 200 people ahead of vote calling for President Bashar al-Assad to resignMore than 200 people have been killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, according to activists, as the UN security council prepares to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to resign.As news of the violence spread, a crowd o...

The ruling is expected to stem the flow of civil cases launched against Germany in Italian courts in the aftermath of the Ferrini verdict.

If you’re not aware of Kim Dotcom, the man who changed his last name to pay homage to the World Wide Web, we offer you this brief history…

The technology giant was told this morning it had to stop selling the products on its online store because of an on-going patent issue.

Apple surely is bitter for having to pay a top Android phonemaker for its "innovation"

Deputy FM speaks at Munich Conference, says the world's key concern should be Iran's underground uranium stores.

Motorola wins an injunction against iCloud in Germany using what Apple describes as "an old pager patent."

THE HAGUE - Italian courts breached its obligations under international law by allowing civil claims in local courts for Nazi war crimes compensation, the UN’s highest court ruled Friday. “The court therefore holds that the action of Italian courts in denying Germany immunity... constitutes a breach of the obligation owed by the Italian state to Germany,” International Court ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it was cleared to resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads via its German online store on Friday, after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December.

Apple forced to pull older iPhones off its online store, faces an injunction on push e-mail Yanked from the virtual shelves It was a crazy day for Apple (AAPL) in Germany. First it removed the iPhone 4 and 3GS from its German online store -- the first time, as far as we know, that the company has been forced to stop selling a product because of alleged patent infringement. Then a judge in Mannh...

The UN's highest court has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome breached international laws when its courts allowed the claims to be made.

The United Nations' highest court ruled today that Italy's courts were wrong to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation against Germany because it has legal immunity from being sued.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday the key to stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb is keeping global support for tough economic sanctions....

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a website called Apple.de. And on this website, in historical Deutschland, there lived three iPhones and an iPad. They were a happy bunch: some wise but slow with old age, others quick and lean, but they all had one tragic flaw in common. According to a court in Germany, all four of them are infringing on Motorola patents related to embed...

It's been a successful morning for Motorola in Germany. So far they've managed to secure a permanent injunction against Apple's iCloud, as well as seeing the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and first-gen 3G iPad removed from the online store. More »

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The U.N.'s highest court confirmed Friday that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of World War II Nazi atrocities....

The UN's highest court rules that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war crimes.

Reg Presley frontman for the British Invasion band the Troggs has announced that he will retire from show business after being diagnosed with lung cancer According to a message to fans on the band's official site the 70-year-old rocker was diagnosed after feeling ill at a concert in Germany in...

Seeufer mit Birken has been missing in action since it was bought by private collectors in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1902. It goes on sale at Sotheby's auction house in London next week.

Während die Geschäfte mit Maschinen „Made in Germany“ auf dem Heimatmarkt stagnieren, sanken die Bestellungen aus dem Ausland sogar um 14 Prozent. Seit Sommer 2011 ebbt die Auftragsflut bei den Maschinenbauern ab.

The Rolling Stones memorabilia museum in Germany isn't the only place in the world with giant mouth-shaped urinals -- Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian got one too ... and TMZ has a pic!!!As we previously reported, several women in Germany are pissed…

The rupee strengthened on Thursday to its highest level in three months as risk appetite improved after strong manufacturing data from China and India to Germany helped ease worries about the global economy.

A long-awaited agreement to restructure more than $262 billion of Greek bonds in private hands is being held up in large part by big differences between two of Greece's official creditors: the IMF and Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to China on Thursday and Friday will be a good opportunity for her to brief China's leaders on the outcome of the European Union summit on Monday.

Ammar Cheikh Omar, who returned to his parents’ homeland from Germany, said he was forced to shoot at protesters and witness torture.

Germany's Bundesbank has entirely exhausted its stock of private assets and run up a quarter of a trillion euros in liabilities propping up the eurozone system, testing the political limits of EMU solidarity in Germany.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Fears Germany will cap or cut green energy subsidies is boosting demand for solar panels, and uncertainty about the shape of the measures could give the country's battered solar sector an advantage against Chinese rivals.

The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose to 54.1% from 53.1% in December, coming in slightly below expectations for 54.5%, according to Marketwatch. The reading was the highest in eight months, and indicates that manufacturing activity continues to grow. Manufacturing also showed recent growth in China, Germany, France and Britain, according to other reports. [...]

Euro zone manufacturing activity declined for a sixth straight month in January as a slight upturn in Germany failed to offset a prolonged contraction in the region's smaller economies, a survey showed today.

LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone manufacturing activity declined for a sixth straight month in January as a slight upturn in Germany failed to offset a prolonged contraction in the bloc's smaller economies, a survey showed on Wednesday.

The data show the divergent fortunes of Europe’s strong and weak economies.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.

Wien (OTS) - - Einziger Tarif für Deutsche mit unlimitiertem Surfvergnügen - Je 500 Minuten und 500 SMS in Österreich und nach Deutschland sowie unlimitiert zu T-Mobile Austria - Um Euro 19,90 ab 1. Februar inklusive Nokia 710 um Euro 0 Ein Jahr nach der erfolgreichen ...

Germany returns an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture looted during Afghanistan's civil war, officials say.

Japan is not the only country that makes claims to Russia. Estonia is open about its claims, while Germany and Finland express them indirectly. What would the results of the vote be? Is there a risk that Russia loses the Kuriles, a part of Karelia and the Kaliningrad enclave? The ownership of the South Kuril Islands will be decided by a referendum

Jetzt müssen wir Deinen Beitrag nur noch an höhere Stelle tragen! Am besten an DFG und Co senden. Ich finde es wirklich sehr schade, dass Du heute nicht mehr forscht, wenngleich ich mich über Deine geschriebenen Werke freue. Wäre dieser Beitrag nicht einer, den man unter #IamScience Germany verlinkt twittern sollte?

by Dr Nancy Malik   Homeopathy is non-toxic system of medical science originated in Germany by Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) (the founder and father of homeopathy medicine). He was M.D. in conventional medicine. He realised his own school of conventional medicine was not helping the patients and spent years researching on homeopathy medicine.  The term “homoeop...

KABUL (Reuters) - Germany this week returned an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture looted during Afghanistan's civil war, giving hope to Kabul's cultural mavens that the rest of its stolen treasures will...

The French president has boldly given Germany’s Angela Merkel a starring role in his bid for re-election

Greece's failure to reach a concrete deal with creditors to avoid a default depressed world markets today, with banks among the biggest losers.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said on Monday.

The term "inflection point" has become one of those overused bits of meaningless jargon in political discourse.  I'm rather more fond of the notion of a "focal point" -- that is to say, an event or cluster of events in which everyone that cares about a particular problem focuses on the same set of stylized facts -- after which, they conclude that, gee, maybe the status quo set of policies ain'...

Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble issued a warning that the euro zone might refuse to grant Greece a fresh bailout.

Doubts are growing over the fiscal union pushed by Europe's largest economy, Germany, along with France, to save the eurozone.

GERMANY HAS confirmed it wants an EU-appointed “budget commissioner” sent to Greece with powers to override its government’s budget policy.

Didier Cuche of Switzerland wins the race

Didier Cuche of Switzerland wins the race

In talks on second rescue package, debt-stricken country is advised to relinquish control to European institutions.

David Holmes's Profile (Oct 22, p 1455) quoted Steve Wesselingh, the dean of Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, as stating: “academic institutions have an enormous amount of expertise and knowledge, but rarely are they engaged in the process of health and social policy”. The inaugural Inter Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme held during the third Wor...

A worker checks in a special room where the Parma hams are hung to dry in Langhirano near Parma. Prosciutto di Parma can only be produced in a very restricted area of 29 sq km (11.2 sq mile) around the town of Parma in the region of Emilia Romagna, just north of Tuscany. Around 10 [...]

In a blog post today, Michael Geist writes: "The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like rules), but it is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that has captured increasing attention this week. Several months after the majority of ACTA participants signed the agreement, most...

India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categories of membership.

AGREEMENT ON a fiscal compact across the European Union is regarded as a necessity by all political parties in Germany, according to Alex White, chairman of the Oireachtas finance committee.

GERMANY IS pulling back from its demand for constitutional limits on debt and deficits in Europe’s new fiscal treaty, a move that will make it easier for the Government to avoid a referendum on the pact.

Anil Ambani’s R-Power has roped in RWE Power International of Germany to help the company with extracting coal from its captive mines of the Tilaiya ultra-mega power project, the third such plant that the government has mandated the company to set up.

A civil court in Munich has blocked a British publisher's plans to print excerpts of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany later this month.

India, Japan, Brazil and Germany chose the Indian Republic Day to launch a fresh offensive in the UN for expansion of the Security Council.

Eine kulturwissenschaftliches Buch ertrinkt im im Faktenmeer: Thomas Macho bestaunt in "Vorbilder" unsere Schönsten im Land. Von Katharina Teutsch

File-sharing multimillionaire Kim Dotcom faces another four weeks in jail in New Zealand after a judge warned he could try to flee to Germany.

An attorney representing the mother of suspected serial arsonist Harry Burkhart said Wednesday he is trying to arrange a meeting between his client and her son. Dorothee Burkhart, 53, remains in federal lockup pending a hearing for her extradition to...

The U.K. economy shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter, while German business confidence rose in January, indicating the economy is growing.

The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant last March set off a global reassessment of the technology. Germany and Switzerland plan to mothball their reactors, while China and India will push ahead. Meanwhile, the NRC just approved a new reactor design, a crucial step in Southern Co.'s bid to build the first reactor in the U.S. in 30 years. The new units at the Georgia plant will pow...

Warum ziehen junge Männer aus Deutschland in den Krieg gegen Ungläubige? Ein Prozess soll Antworten geben. Angeklagt sind zwei mutmaßliche Al-Qaida-Terroristen. mehr...

To harness quantum technology for applications such as computing and cryptography, researchers must develop materials that can emit single photons in response to electrical signals. However, existing approaches require an ultracold environment.Maximilian Nothaft at the University of Stuttgart in Germany and his colleagues tested

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met here and discussed current political situation in the country.The two leaders also discussed their party strategy on the current situation against the backdrop of memo scandal and NRO case. Sharif was in London after attending the green week celebrations in Germany while Nawaz ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met here and discussed current political situation in the country.The two leaders also discussed their party strategy on the current situation against the backdrop of memo scandal and NRO case. Sharif was in London after attending the green week celebrations in Germany while Nawaz ...

D.C. United released eight of 14 trialists after the first week of training camp and invited three new players to workouts in Florida, which begin Tuesday at Lakewood Ranch. The newcomers are goalkeeper Josh Lambo, a former U.S. youth national team player who spent four seasons with FC Dallas; Alanzo Adlam, a 22-year-old Jamaican forward; and Sebastian Svard, a 29-year-old ...

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde warned of a “1930s moment” for the world economy if Europe does not solve its fiscal problems, and said Germany must contribute more money to stave off financial disaster. Read full article >>

Euro zone finance ministers are due to decide Monday what terms of a Greek debt restructuring they are ready to accept

SOLAR stocks have plunged around the world after Germany, the largest market for panels, said it would bring forward planned cuts to subsidised rates and phase out support for the industry by 2017.

Alle haben sich auf einmal ganz doll lieb: Die Zeiten, in denen Dieter Bohlen seine Kandidaten rotzfrech niedermacht und am Ende die Tränen fließen, sind vorbei. Bei "The Voice of Germany" knuddelt Nena die Kandidaten nieder. Und es funktioniert.

Links between looking at food and appetite have long been established, but a study from the Max Planck Institute in Germany found even a picture can make you hungry.

A western German state will hold early elections after Chancellor Angela Merkel's party failed to form a new regional coalition, handing it a second potentially tricky electoral test this year.

A western German state will hold early elections after Chancellor Angela Merkel's party failed to form a new regional coalition, handing it a second potentially tricky electoral test this year.

Germany has put in place generous government supports to promote renewable energy sources in recent years, with the solar energy sector as one of the main beneficiaries.

3 Minuten für die Forschung.Ich hatte vorhin eine e-Mail (von einer Mitarbeiterin des Helmholtz-Zentrums) bekommen, die mich bat, hier auf den scienceblogs ein wenig Werbung für die FameLabs zu machen. Dem komme ich natürlich gerne nach und weise hiermit auf die Veranstaltungen in Karlsruhe (20.01), Potsdam (20.01), Leipzig (24.01), Bielefeld (28.01), Hamburg (28.01) und schließlich München (14...

3 Minuten für die Forschung.Ich hatte vorhin eine e-Mail (von einer Mitarbeiterin des Helmholtz-Zentrums) bekommen, die mich bat, hier auf den scienceblogs ein wenig Werbung für die FameLabs zu machen. Dem komme ich natürlich gerne nach und weise hiermit auf die Veranstaltungen in Karlsruhe (20.01), Potsdam (20.01), Leipzig (24.01), Bielefeld (28.01), Hamburg (28.01) und schließlich München (14...

Fears Germany could fall into recession weighed against reports IMF will raise cash to aid more debt-ridden nations.

The PIIGS' huge trade imbalance vis-a-vis Germany means more than altruism drives their bailout by Germany.

BERLIN (AP) -- A state government in Germany is looking at legal measures to prevent a British publisher's plans to reproduce excerpts from Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir "Mein Kampf" in Germany....

* Investors favour UK, France, Germany, Nordics over south

Hamburg (SID) - Die besten deutschen Segler erhalten am 10. Februar in Hamburg erstmals den "Sailing Team Germany Award". In den Kategorien Segler, Trainer, Newcomer, Yacht-Club und Fairness-Preis de...

Wirtschaft und Politik werfen der EU-Kommission vor, das Gütesiegel abschaffen zu wollen. Die Brüsseler Bürokraten erklären das zum Missverständnis.

Bruxelles envisagerait de durcir la possibilité d'apposer l'appellation d'origine sur les produits manufacturés. L'affaire révèle surtout la très grande sensibilité allemande à ce qui touche aux exportations, qui ont passé en 2011 la barre des 1.000 milliards d'euros.

Angola are yet to formally ask Fifa for striker Nando Rafael to swap national allegiances from Germany, putting his participation at the Africa Cup of Nations in doubt.

Seit Jahrzehnten steht das Siegel "Made in Germany" weltweit für Topprodukte aus Deutschland. Jetzt warnt DIHK-Präsident Driftmann vor Plänen der EU-Kommission, die das Ende der Qualitätsbezeichnung bedeuten könnten.

BERLIN/ATHENS  - Standard & Poor’s downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro- zone countries, stripping France and Austria of their coveted triple-A status but not EU paymaster Germany, in a Black Friday the 13th for the troubled single currency area. “Today’s rating actions are primarily driven by our assessment that the policy initiatives that have been taken by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iowa and New Hampshire have had their say. Next up are South Carolina and Florida, with Germany and France lurking in the background....

Mona Barthel of Germany defeated top-seeded Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-2 Saturday for her first WTA Tour title.

BERLIN/ATHENS (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's was poised to downgrade the credit ratings of several euro zone countries on Friday, including France and Austria but not Germany or the Netherlands, rattling markets in the first blow of the new year for the troubled single currency.

Iran agrees to nuclear talks and an IAEA mission Iran has agreed to a U.N. inspector mission and to hold talks in Turkey with the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany on its nuclear program. The decisions come after the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist and a U.N. announcement that Iran has reached 20 percent enrichment, suggesting progress towa...

Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran is willing to restart talks with the UN Security Council and Germany on its nuclear programme.

John Berryhill has won yet another UDRP this time successfully defending the domain holder SearchMachine on the domain name BMA.com Here are the relevant findings of facts: “The Complainant Braunschweiger Maschinenanstalt AG of Braunschweig, Germany, is the owner of registered … Continue Reading

AC Milan have offered Germany Under 20 midfielder Alexander Merkel, 19, as a makeweight in their bid to sign Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez.

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - A businessman convicted of embezzlement shot dead a prosecutor as his sentence was being read out in a German court Wednesday, police and prosecutors said.

The leaders of Germany and Italy sought to present a united front Wednesday in the fight to resolve the eurozone debt crisis and revive the ailing European economy.

Last October the well-known hacking group Chaos Computer Club revealed that the German state police had been monitoring the computers of ordinary citizens using specially designed surveillance software. This spyware could peek into users’ files, record keystrokes, take screenshots of Web pages users happened to be visiting, and even commandeer Web cams and microphones, giving the cops an open w...

A letter handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven in which he complains about his lack of money is uncovered in Germany.

WONDERKID deals blow to English suitors by saying he may extend Dortmund contract

WONDERKID deals blow to English suitors by saying he may extend Dortmund contract

Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.

An exhibition in Dresden, Germany has used forensic technology to recreate distant members of the human 'family' - including faces from when human beings and chimps had one ancestor.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- United States defender Omar Gonzalez tore left knee ligaments in his first practice with Bundesliga club Nuremberg and is returning to Los Angeles.

SINGER-songwriter Marlon Roudette talks success overseas and life as a solo artist

Überraschung in der ersten Live-Show von „The Voice“: Xavier Naidoo entschied sich gegen seine „Stimme des Universums". Rüdiger Skoczowsky flog raus.Foto: Michael Zargarinejad / Universal Music

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of a man accused in a wave of arson fires across Los Angeles was facing possible extradition to Germany on fraud charges, a case federal prosecutors said on Tuesday appeared to have angered her son.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that the man accused in an arson spree acted because his mother faced the prospect of being sent back to Germany.

T HERE IS the prospect for the Irish people of a welcome opportunity this year to express their rage at the EU, which has inflicted €100 billion of debt on this country to safeguard financial institutions in Germany, France, Belgium and elsewhere, writesVINCENT BROWNE

We're SO glad this is all over with! Yesterday, a "person of interest" who was believed to be responsible for 53 arson fires in L.A. and $2 million worth of damage was detained. Now, we've learned that the "person of interest" is in fact the person of guilt, and he's been identified as a 24-year-old man from [...]

LUKAS PODOLSKI has ruled out a January transfer to Arsenal, according to his agent. Kon Schramm said a move in the Bundesliga winter break is “all but impossible”, citing the Cologne striker’s reluctance to endanger his chances of featuring for Germany in the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine this year.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WPÜG-Mitteilung übermittelt durch euro adhoc mit dem Ziel einer europaweiten Verbreitung. Für den Inhalt ist der Emittent ...

There's a German invasion under way - and it's terrific

I hope some of the New Hampshire readers are paying attention: you have two creationist bills working through the legislature, and some real dingbats backing them. Bergevin told the Monitor, "I want the full portrait of evolution and the people who came up with the ideas to be presented. It's a worldview and it's godless." He reportedly blamed the acceptance of evolution for the atrocit...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees say star third baseman Alex Rodriguez is totally fine after having special treatment on his right knee and left shoulder in Germany earlier this month....

Times are tough on planet Earth right now, but at least we don’t have a supermassive black hole lurking just over the horizon. A new study suggests that stars near the Milky Way’s central black hole may well form planets. The researchers based their analysis on a very recent discovery of a gas cloud making [...]

China may overtake Germany as the world's second largest market for luxury cars behind the US this year, fueled by demand for the two brands that are fighting for leadership in the category: BMW and Audi.

Russian UN Ambassador says arms embargo "not going to happen"; German envoy calls new resolution "insufficient," says council must support Arab League.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to 523 banks for an exceptionally long period of three years in an effort to steady a financial system under pressure from the eurozone debt crisis....

The actress says her family smuggles sausage from Germany for Christmas

Germany urged Britain not to abandon Europe, as discussions began with the Government on an observer role as the EU's other 26 nations negotiate closer financial union.

The full horror of France’s position in the economic and monetary union is now starting to dawn in Paris: Membership in the euro has not made France stronger and Germany weaker, David Marsh reports.

Chinese manufacturers have ­dominated the international ­market for conventional solar ­panels by ­building bigger ­factories faster. Now they will need to ­innovate to maintain their lead. Ten years ago, solar panels were made mostly in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Chinese manufacturers made almost none. But by 2006, the Chinese company Suntech Power had the capacity to make over a m...

The world's smallest working "steam engine" has been built in Germany, according to a team of researchers. The microscopic model was based on a 195-year-old design by the inventor Robert Stirling. Changes included the replacement of the original pistons with a laser beam...from BBC News Online

Berlin (dpa) - Komplett neu sind die Lieder zwar nicht, aber das Best-of-Album von Rammstein hat trotzdem auf Anhieb die Bestenliste gestürmt. Mit «Made In Germany 1995 - 2011» schafften es di...

The former border between East and West Germany is older and more complicated than you think.

German law enforcement authorities need better training to effectively identify, investigate, and prosecute racist, homophobic, and other hate violence. (Berlin) – German law enforcement authorities need better training to effectively identify, investigate, and prosecute racist, homophobic, and other hate violence, Human Rights Watch sai...

A United Nations campaign that has overseen the planting of more than 12 billion trees around the world has been handed over to a youth-led environmental organization based in Germany that will build on the initiative’s achievements over the past four years.

Release Time:  For Immediate Release The President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone this afternoon, continuing their ongoing consultations on the financial situation in the eurozone.  As before, the President expressed his appreciation for the efforts the Chancellor and other European leaders are making to resolv...

New Zealand have shown us how to capitalize on opportunity to boost their stocks in the international hockey arena.By reaching the medal round of the Champions Trophy hockey, the Kiwis, hosting the elite tourney for the first time ever, responded superbly to a huge challenge. The Black Sticks fought back from a 0-3 deficit to hold oft-crowned champions The Netherlands 3-3 and shunt out Olympi...

Ahead of this week’s European Council, David Cameron sets out his thoughts on Britain’s future relationship with the EU.

Britain leery of supporting measures advocated by Germany and France that would reduce the fiscal sovereignty of the group’s 27 members

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Soccer:Bayern Munich will be without midfield duo Arjen Robben and Toni Kroos for tomorrow’s Champions League clash with Manchester City. Holland star Robben and Germany international Kroos both have flu and, with qualification for the knockout phase already secured, have remained in Bavaria to recuperate ahead of the weekend trip to Stuttgart.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Germany on Tuesday for a three-day blitz of euro zone officials to urge them to take decisive action to backstop their currency union and resolve a crushing debt crisis.

RATINGS agency Standard & Poor's has warned Germany, France and four other triple A eurozone nations that they risk losing their top ratings within 90 days amid the debt crisis, a report said.

Twin blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura killed at least 58 people on Tuesday with one massive suicide attack in Kabul ripping through a crowd of worshippers including children.The blast in Kabul and another in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif came a day after an international meeting in Germany meant to further efforts to end the Afghan war, 10 years after US-led force...

The leaders of France and Germany agreed Monday on a new fiscal pact that they say will prevent another debt crisis.

Former Ku Klu Klan leader David Duke says he will fight his arrest in Germany en route to a white nationalist meeting.

Berlin (ots) - Zimory, Anbieter unabhängiger und elastischer Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Cloud Management Software, stellt ihre neue, offene Cloud-Businesslösung vor, die verbesserte Interoperabilität und Kosteneinsparungen bietet - bei voller Einhaltung der EU-Datenschutzziele. ...

KARACHI - German Chancellor Angela Merkel telephoned Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and expressed her personal and country’s solidarity and friendship with the people and Government of Pakistan.The German Chancellor expressed her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives during Nato/Isaf strikes against the border posts in Pakistan. Prime Minister thanked the German Chan...

See the ocean wonders of the Coral Sea, where Australia plans to establish a marine park bigger than Germany and France combined.

IPCom claims Taiwanese phone maker infringed patents

Pakistani officials claim the country will boycott a meeting in Germany on the future of Afghanistan to protest a deadly attack by NATO forces that killed 24 of its troops. 40,000 Troops to Leave Afghanistan By End of 2012

The financial crisis in Europe, seemingly never-ending, has now entered a potentially disastrous phase. With interest rates on Italian and Spanish debt soaring, France looking shaky, and even Germany having trouble in the debt market, there’s a real possibility that the euro zone might just break apart . . .

Mit „The Voice of Germany“ wollen Pro Sieben und Sat.1 „Deutschland sucht den Superstar“ Konkurrenz machen. Doch die neue Show strengt sich so sehr an, groß und wichtig zu wirken, dass kaum Zeit blieb, eine eigene Linie zu entwickeln.

Die Stars in der Jury lauschen mit dem Rücken zu den Kandidaten der neuen Casting-Show "Voice of Germany". Das ist anders als bei Sudel-Dieter Bohlen und bringt auf jeden Fall Spaß. Von FOCUS-Redakteur G. Dolak

Chelsea's hopes of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League are in the balance after a late winner gives Bayer Leverkusen a 2-1 win in Germany.

Investors grow wary of holding debt even in triple-A countries, with Germany remaining a safe harbor for debt buyers.

Opposition calls for a Dáil debate on the release of information in Germany about new taxes in Ireland have been ruled out of order.

Samsung has redesigned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for sale in Germany to beat a court order obtained by Apple on grounds that the original device copied the iPad.

Germany says, ‘More Europe.’ Britain says, ‘Less Europe.’ Can they bridge the gap?

Germany says, ‘More Europe.’ Britain says, ‘Less Europe.’ Can they bridge the gap?

THREE soldiers seriously wounded when a rogue Afghan soldier turned on members of Australia's mentoring taskforce with an automatic weapon and a grenade launcher have been airlifted to Germany.

I feared speaking about him as a victim of the Second World War. Born in southern Germany, he was drafted into the army

Lebanon, Britain and France on Tuesday introduced a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would grant sweeping authority to states to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya and use "all necessary measures," including military force, to protect civilians and grant access for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, according to a confidential draft of the resolution obtained by Turtle Bay.