May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Dubai":
Society: 4 Apr 12
A German court upheld Wednesday a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third busiest, in a move that will deal a serious blow to freight companies including Lufthansa Cargo.
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Business & Money: 9 Mar 12
French-Dutch airline group Air France-KLM is considering teaming up with Air Berlin, a move that would open two new competition fronts against Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa, a newspaper report says.
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Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
The highlights over the holidays: Shadow puppets in Hamburg, Bonnie and Clyde in Berlin, and Belarus ballerinas fluff their feathers in Munich.
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Society: 9 Nov 11
What promises to be the biggest beer hall in Europe has opened in Berlin, prompting a culture clash by bringing Bavarian boozing culture to the Prussian-accented German capital, as Moises Mendoza discovered.
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National: 21 Oct 11
Germany’s biggest airport was expanded by a runway on Friday, when Chancellor Angela Merkel ceremonially landed in Frankfurt on it in a government plane.
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National: 11 Jun 11
Following the arrest of a German diplomat last month, prosecutors are now investigating other allegations that employees at numerous German embassies sold visas for bribes.
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Society: 24 May 11
The German insurance representatives who took part in a scandalous ‘motivational’ orgy reportedly indulged in blatant drug-taking on other trips abroad with business colleagues.
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Sport: 25 Apr 11
Julia Görges stunned world number one Caroline Wozniacki to win the Stuttgart WTA clay court title on Sunday, becoming the first German champion there in 17 years.
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Society: 22 Apr 11
Former German national goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has been fined €125,000 for attempted tax evasion after bringing clothes worth thousands of euros into the country without declaring it.
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Sport: 21 Apr 11
Former Germany goalkeeper Oliver Khan has been fined €125,000 ($182,223) in court for failing to declare more than €6,000 of luxury clothing he bought on a trip to Dubai.
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National: 29 Jan 11
A German citizen of Afghan origin detained by US forces in Kabul earlier this month has been handed over to German custody, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
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Society: 17 Dec 10
What is the most common criticism of many MBA graduates? That they learned a great deal, but little about the real world. If that is true, what's the point of going to business school?
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National: 23 Nov 10
Terrorism suspects were arrested in Germany on Tuesday as part of a Europe-wide swoop that netted a total of 10 alleged Islamic extremists in three countries.
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National: 13 Nov 10
The German government said Saturday it has relaxed its ban on flights from Yemen, allowing passenger planes to travel between the two countries but still forbidding freight.
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National: 2 Nov 10
A suspicious package containing an explosive substance was found at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices on Tuesday and disarmed, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said.
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Politics: 2 Nov 10
Yemen criticised Tuesday Germany's decision to ban flights from its airports after the discovery of parcel bombs on US-bound planes, saying it needs help to fight terrorism and not punishment.
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National: 1 Nov 10
Germany has extended a ban on air freight from Yemen to passenger flights, a Transport Ministry spokesman said Monday, after parcel bombs posted in that country were found on US-bound cargo flights.
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National: 31 Oct 10
Germany will no longer accept air freight from Yemen, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced late Saturday after parcel bombs posted in that country were found on US-bound cargo flights.
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Science & Technology: 18 Oct 10
German ministers have criticised social networking site Facebook for failing to respect privacy, following a report of a serious flaw that allowed non-subscribers access to private data.
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Sport: 24 Sep 10
Without Haile Gebrselassie chasing the world record this year, the field for Sunday's Berlin Marathon will have a different look as the next crop of stars do battle on the famously fast course.
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Society: 21 Sep 10
Though rivers of beer are consumed each year at Oktoberfest, it's just a fraction of Munich breweries' overall sales. For them the festival is not just tradition, it's also a massive public relations event fuelling their international business.
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National: 15 Aug 10
The United Arab Emirates has criticised Germany’s release of an alleged Israeli agent suspected of links to the January killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai, using diplomatic language to express 'concern' at the weekend.
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National: 13 Aug 10
A German court released an alleged Israeli agent Friday suspected of links to the January killing of a Hamas leader, in a discreet end to a case that threatened to sour bilateral ties.
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National: 12 Jun 10
Polish authorities acting on a German request have arrested a suspected Mossad agent thought to have played a role in the Dubai assassination of a Hamas commander, German prosecutors said Saturday.
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Sport: 9 Jun 10
Michael Ballack, the injured captain of Germany's national football team, announced on Wednesday he will leave the English club Chelsea FC after failing to agree on a contract extension.
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National: 8 Jun 10
The Berlin Air Show welcomed the world's leading aerospace firms to the German capital on Tuesday, with Airbus's A380 superjumbo set to be one of the stars.
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Politics: 25 May 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Abu Dhabi for the first leg of a four-nation Gulf tour and promptly signed a series of accords, including on hydrocarbon sector cooperation.
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Lifestyle: 3 May 10
The Local's series "Making it in Germany" presents Jimmy Andrew from Pulse Fitness. Michael Woodhead catches up with the Scottish entrepreneur behind a growing health empire.
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National: 22 Feb 10
Prosecutors in Cologne are investigating how a suspected Israeli assassin applied for and received a German passport used while he worked for a Mossad killing squad.
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National: 18 Feb 10
Germany on Thursday demanded an explanation from Israel over the killing of a Hamas chief in Dubai by suspected Mossad agents using European passports.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 09
A German property developer announced on Monday plans to build luxury villas and hotels on six artificial islands off the Dubai coast despite the Gulf emirate’s recent financial woes.
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National: 12 Dec 09
German technology giant Siemens is being investigated by the government over two deliveries to Iran that may have broken export law.
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Society: 11 Dec 09
Ritual prayer for Muslims with knee problems can be painful, but an entrepreneur in Germany has patented a revolutionary solution to facilitate the centuries-old tradition – orthopaedic prayer rugs.
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Business & Money: 28 Nov 09
German businesses are likely to be hit hard by Dubai’s debt crisis through a slump in orders for exports, the head of Germany's chamber of commerce association told daily Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung on Saturday.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
The German luxury car maker Daimler said on Wednesday it would launch a financial services unit in the United Arab Emirates to offer credits which conform to Islamic law.
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Sport: 25 Aug 09
Berlin’s second-tier football club, 1.FC Union, has ditched its main sponsor following revelations the company's chairman had once been an officer with East Germany's dreaded secret police, the Stasi.
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National: 27 Jul 09
German pooches are getting the royal treatment as owners dish out more than €5 billion each year for pedicures, winter jackets and wedding dresses for their dogs, the German Kennel Club (VDH) said on Monday.
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Society: 31 May 09
Maß-craving Manhattanites will soon be able to quench their thirst for Bavarian brew when the world-famous Hofbräuhaus opens a branch in New York next year, the brewery’s director said in an interview published Sunday.
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Society: 24 Mar 09
Dubai police have detained a German tourist for taking a stroll in the buff, German officials told The Local on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 19 Feb 09
A German company has developed a jet pack that solves a problem almost every preceding model had - propellant. Instead of rocket fuel, the JetLev Flyer uses pressurized water, making it the latest in sporting technology.
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Sport: 28 Jan 09
Bayern Munich returned from their winter holidays looking as though they meant business judged by the way Jürgen Klinsmann's men swept aside VfB Stuttgart 5-1 on Tuesday.
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Sport: 26 Jan 09
Bayern Munich are to begin their 2009 campaign with a testing last-16 German Cup tie at Stuttgart, the same team who held the German champions to a 2-2 draw in their last match of 2008.
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Sport: 9 Jan 09
Unsettled Bayern Munich forward Lukas Podolski is likely to be sold to his formative club FC Cologne, Bayern's general manager Uli Hoeneß said on Friday.
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Sport: 3 Jan 09
Bayern Munich have snapped up Hamburg's Croatian international star Ivica Olic, who will join the Bavarians in the summer, Bayern said Saturday on their website.
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Society: 9 Dec 08
The captain of a German cruise ship plans to save his passengers from pirates off the coast of Somalia by having them disembark in Yemen and picking them up in Dubai, he told radio broadcaster NDR on Tuesday.
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National: 5 Dec 08
The German navy has thwarted an attack on a four-star cruise ship in the Gulf of Oman, according to reports from website of newsmagazine Der Spiegel late on Thursday.
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Sport: 20 Nov 08
Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has signed a short-term contract Thursday on loan to German giants Bayern Munich after impressing coach Jürgen Klinsmann on his 10-day trial.
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Society: 12 Nov 08
The world-renowned “Michelin Guide” for restaurants has awarded its highest ranking to Wolfsburg chef Sven Elverfeld, replacing former three-star cook Heinz Winkler in the top-tier of German chefs.
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Society: 2 Oct 08
German and British customs officers on Thursday said they have uncovered a band of gold smugglers dodging some €6.4 million in taxes by trafficking the precious metal through the Frankfurt airport.
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Society: 29 Sep 08
Two Indians have been arrested in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after they were caught trafficking several hundred people into Germany, the state police in Magdeburg reported on Monday.
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Society: 22 Sep 08
Two Australian men stood in a Frankfurt court on Monday for running up an enormous hotel bill that they couldn’t pay.
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National: 5 Aug 08
The Palace of the Republic in Berlin was once the most prestigious building in East Germany, but now steel from the dismantled parliament building is slated to be used for the world's highest skyscraper in Dubai.
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National: 30 Jul 08
Germany's largest airline Lufthansa cut long-distance flights Wednesday for the first time since cabin crews and ground personnel launched an open-ended strike earlier this week, a spokesman said.
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Business & Money: 28 Jul 08
The Gulf airline Emirates has signed a letter of intent to buy 60 more Airbus planes, its chief executive Sheikh Ahmed ibn Said al-Maktoum said on Monday in Hamburg.
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National: 27 Jul 08
Sri Lankan police on Sunday detained a German man on suspicion that he used false documents to secure a job as a top pilot for Sri Lanka's national carrier, a spokesman said.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jul 08
Berlin and Dubai wouldn’t appear to have much in common at first glance. But a recent artists exchange signals increasing cultural ties between the two cities, writes Arsalan Mohammad.
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Business & Money: 9 May 08
Heinrich von Pierer, former Siemens chief and supervisory board president, will not face penal charges in connection with a vast corruption scandal, prosecutors said on Friday.
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