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Nov 14 2009
A circus lion went on a night-time odyssey in Germany when thieves stole the van carrying him and then abandoned it after crashing into a road sign.
Nov 10 2009
It is not only spies, spooks and Bohemians who look back on life before the fall of the Wall with nostalgia. For 40 years Berlin was the front line between East and West; the place where systems clashed, danger loomed and the ghosts of the past haunted...
Oct 24 2009
A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid...
Aug 19 2009
The 160 canisters of the drug, which had been sewn into his underpants, were discovered after customs workers were alerted to his suspiciously large behind. One official said: “He wasn’t a big man but he had a very bulky rear end. Then when...
Aug 11 2009
Central Council of Jews in Germany supports republication of Nazi dictator’s notorious tract. German state of Bavaria, which has exclusive copyright opposes initiative Ynet Published: 08.11.09, 13:25 / Israel Jewish Scene The Central Council of...
Jul 31 2009
The annual battle of the beachloungers could be over – and the Germans are winning. Thanks to Thomas Cook, tourists from the fatherland will no longer need to lay out their towels at 5am to secure a prime spot by the resort pool. Yesterday, the...
May 5 2008
Police say the bodies of three children have been found inside a freezer in the basement of a house in Germany. Few details have been released about the grisly find in Olpe, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, including how old the children were and...
Apr 7 2008
A German man is suing a hospital after a pair of 15-inch surgical clamps was left inside his abdomen during routine surgery. Staff only told Mr Pohl of their blunder after five other operations to correct it, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Apr 7 2008
Leading German electricity providers RWE and E.ON on Sunday rejected charges that they have, along with two other energy companies, overcharged consumers to the tune of hundreds of millions of euros. “We believe that these charges are without...
Mar 27 2008
A German man panicked when he saw a mouse in his living room and fled into the snowy night wearing only boxer shorts and slippers. He called the police who obligingly hunted the rodent in his flat armed with traffic cones.