March 12, 2010
Aachen
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Cities tighten their belts after tax cuts
Politics: 19 Jan 10
German cities complain they are bearing the brunt of deep tax cuts by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and nowhere is feeling the pain more sharply than the rust-belt town of Wuppertal.
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Courts hear business cases in English
National: 10 Jan 10
Courts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have offered to handle business cases in English for a pilot project under keen observation by other courts, which could soon follow their example.
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Two people put each other in hospital over shopping cart
National: 13 Dec 09
A row between a 74-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman over a supermarket cart in Aachen escalated into a violent altercation in which two people required emergency treatment.
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Former Nazi SS hit man admits to Dutch murders
National: 8 Dec 09
One of the last alleged Nazi war criminals to stand trial, 88-year-old Dutchman Heinrich Boere admitted in court on Tuesday to killing three of his countrymen as a hit man for the Waffen-SS in 1944.
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Elder statesman Graf Lambsdorff dies
Politics: 6 Dec 09
Count Otto Lambsdorff, an elder statesman of German politics and the architect of a historic reparations accord for thousands of people forced to work for the Nazis, has died.
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Police ram bike to nab fugitive from Aachen
National: 1 Dec 09
Police on Tuesday apprehended convicted murderer Peter Paul Michalski after five days on the run following a dramatic escape from an Aachen maximum-security prison. They reportedly rammed him off of a bicycle to make the arrest.
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Police narrowly miss Aachen fugitive
National: 30 Nov 09
Police said on Monday they narrowly missed nabbing escaped convict Peter Paul Michalski in Mülheim an der Ruhr early, but called on the dangerous criminal to give himself up before someone is harmed.
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Police snare Aachen prison fugitive
National: 29 Nov 09
Police have caught one of the men who broke out of Aachen prison in a daring escape, authorities in Cologne announced Sunday afternoon.
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Guard accused of helping with prison breakout
National: 28 Nov 09
Police have arrested a prison guard on suspicion he helped in the dramatic escape of two violent inmates from the maximum-security Aachen jail, authorities announced Saturday, as the hunt for the two men continued.
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Two dangerous criminals escape Aachen prison
National: 27 Nov 09
Police have issued a warning to the public after two dangerous criminals escaped from an Aachen prison on Thursday night. The men, who were serving sentences for murder and kidnapping, are believed to be armed.
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Students stage education protests nationwide
National: 17 Nov 09
Tens of thousands of German students took to the streets on Tuesday to demonstrate against contentious reforms to the country's educational system and lacking funds for universities and schools.
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90-year-old charged for Nazi massacre
National: 17 Nov 09
German prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 90-year-old former SS soldier with 58 counts of murder for the cold-blooded killings of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II.
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Former Nazi SS hit man goes on trial in Aachen
National: 28 Oct 09
One of Germany’s last Nazi war crime trials began on Wednesday in Aachen against 88-year-old Heinrich Boere, a Dutch-born former SS hit man accused of killing three of his countrymen.
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Filthy flat filled with 300 abandoned guinea pigs
Society: 26 Oct 09
Around 300 abandoned guinea pigs were rescued from a filthy flat in Aachen over the weekend, according to the police.
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Making it in Germany: An American fashion aficionado
Lifestyle: 19 Oct 09
The Local's series "Making it in Germany" presents Bruce Darnell, an American choreographer and model best known as an entertainment show judge on German television alongside Heidi Klum and Dieter Bohlen.
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German universities slip in world rankings
Society: 8 Oct 09
Four of Germany’s universities have made it into the top 100 of a new global higher education ranking, but the country’s overall standing has worsened compared to last year.
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Drunken erotic online chat from bathtub sparks call to police
Society: 16 Sep 09
A woman in Aachen was compelled to call the police after her drunken female friend slumped into a bathtub while the two were having an erotic chat online, the authorities reported on Wednesday.
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Aachen couples have highest national divorce rate
Society: 16 Sep 09
A new study by Men’s Health magazine shows that the key to a long-lasting marriage in Germany could simply lie in the town in which couples live.
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Man knifes teen girl and threatens to blow up building
Society: 1 Sep 09
An Aachen man injured a 15-year-old girl with a knife and then threatened to blow up his apartment building on Monday evening, police reported.
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Storms wallop Germany and injure three
National: 24 Jul 09
Continuing severe weather caused damage and injuries across Germany on Thursday evening with gale force winds and heavy rainfall, police said.
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States clean up amidst more severe weather warnings
Society: 22 Jul 09
Stormy weather walloped Germany Tuesday night causing heavy damage, including disruption to train services, fires and the death of 120 pigs.
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Schlager fans party away Hamburg's grey skies
Lifestyle: 13 Jul 09
Schlager, Germany’s own brand of schmaltzy pop music, faces plenty of ridicule. But as Jeff Kavanagh reports, that doesn’t stop thousands from celebrating its cheesy, good-time vibes each year in Hamburg.
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Court rules former SS officer not 'too old' for murder trial
Society: 7 Jul 09
A Cologne court ruled Tuesday that an 88-year-old former SS-member must stand trial in Germany for a triple-murder that took place in the Netherlands during World War II.
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Suspect in Madeleine case treated in Aachen hospital
National: 24 May 09
Two years after the famous disappearance of Madeleine McCann from Portugal, authorities in Aachen are to investigate a convicted British pedophile, being treated in a local hospital, suspected of involvement in the incident.
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Councillor calls for calm as villagers picket rapist's house
National: 10 Mar 09
Officials from a village near Aachen has appealed for calm after furious neighbours spent every evening last week demonstrating outside the house of a man who spent 20 years in prison for raping three young girls.
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Drunk switches dead passenger to driver side
Society: 10 Feb 09
An intoxicated driver has been arrested for putting his dead passenger in the driver seat after driving too fast and killing him in an accident, daily Hamburger Abendblatt reported on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees bound for Rhineland
Society: 5 Feb 09
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia will take on some 540 Iraqi refugees in the coming weeks, state integration minister Armin Laschet said on Thursday in Düsseldorf.
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Court rules SS veteran too old for Nazi war crimes trial
National: 8 Jan 09
A court has ruled an 87-year-old former Nazi SS soldier of Dutch origin is too old and too ill to stand trial in Germany for the murder of three Dutch resistance fighters during World War II.
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Hoffenheim becomes Hopp's gift to German football
Sport: 25 Dec 08
It was not too long ago that little Hoffenheim were languishing in the dark dungeon of Germany's eighth division, worlds away from the glamour boys of the top flight like Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
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Bundesliga 2008: Bayern churn as Hoffenheim live the dream
Sport: 21 Dec 08
Bayern Munich started and finished the year in their customary position amongst the league's top sides, but the real story of the Bundesliga in 2008 was the fairytale rise of new boys Hoffenheim.
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German-Russian war booty disputes continue
National: 8 Dec 08
More than 60 years after the end of World War II, disputes over war booty rage on as Germany seeks, with mixed success, the return of treasures looted by the victorious Red Army.
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Prussian Potsdam named among world's top historic places
Travel: 14 Nov 08
Brandenburg’s capital Potsdam has been named the world’s 8th best historic place for authenticity and stewardship, according to a new National Geographic Traveler survey that ranks cities for "integrity of place."
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Unfulfilled Aachen john demands hooker refund
Society: 24 Sep 08
An Aachen man who failed to reach orgasm during his €30 session with a prostitute has accused her of unfairly taking his money, according to a bemused police report on Wednesday.
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Afghan minister calls for anti-rebel attacks in Pakistan
Politics: 9 Sep 08
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said in Berlin late on Monday that the battle against insurgents in his country must be taken to its “breeding ground” in neighbouring Pakistan.
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What's on in Germany: Aug.28-Sept.3
Lifestyle: 28 Aug 08
This Week's Highlights: Documentaries in Berlin, fashion in Hamburg, and Irish dancing in Munich.
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Aachen 7-year-old steals €500 from his granny
Society: 30 Jul 08
A 7-year-old child in Aachen lifted his grandmother’s bank card and stole €500 to distribute to his friends and buy candy, according to police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Olympic ice-kings Germany look for summer glory in Beijing
Sport: 21 Jul 08
Germany may have topped the medal table at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games, but they face a challenge to excel in the sweltering heat of Beijing next month in their traditional disciplines.
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Thief in Aachen escapes arrest by baring her breasts
Society: 4 Jul 08
A thief in Aachen escaped arrest by exposing her breasts and accusing her would-be captor of rape, police said on Friday.
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Where to watch Euro 2008 matches in Germany
Sport: 6 Jun 08
Want to know where to catch all the action for this summer’s European football championships? Check out The Local’s list of best places to catch a match in Germany and submit your own suggestions.
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SS man to stand trial in Germany for Dutch murders
National: 14 Apr 08
An 86-year-old former SS member sentenced to death in absentia in 1949 for the murder of three Dutch civilians during World War II is finally to face trial in Germany, prosecutors said on Monday.
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German neo-Nazis to rally around Stolberg stabbing
National: 10 Apr 08
Neo-Nazis plan to rally on Saturday in the western town of Stolberg near Aachen under the motto “no violence against Germans” following the stabbing death of German man by an immigrant.
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New bionic eye implant to help the blind
Science & Technology: 10 Mar 08
German scientists have developed a bionic eye implant that will soon be tested on blind patients.
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Woman hides knife in vagina
National: 28 Jan 08
A woman's extreme way to hide a knife from the police.
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