May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Ruhr":
Politics: 13 May 12
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union suffered a major setback in a crucial German state vote on Sunday ahead of 2013 national elections, according to exit polls.
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Society: 5 May 12
German midwives are calling for a 30 percent increase in wages in light of rising insurance premiums, and have won the backing of Family Minister Kristina Schröder.
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National: 22 Apr 12
Borussia Dortmund will be crowned German league champions for the second consecutive season after beating main title rivals Bayern Munich home and away.
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National: 9 Apr 12
Veteran striker Raul fuelled Schalke 04's ambition of reaching next season's Champions League, with a brace in Sunday's 3-0 win over Hanover.
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National: 3 Apr 12
An explosion at a German chemical plant claimed a second victim Monday when an employee succumbed to his injuries, operators of the industrial park and police said.
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National: 31 Mar 12
One person was killed and another injured when a huge explosion shook a chemicals plant in the industrial heart of the German Ruhr Valley on Saturday afternoon. Police told people living nearby to shut windows and stay inside.
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National: 20 Mar 12
Mayors in the struggling Ruhr area in west Germany want to end their “solidarity” payments to eastern Germany, saying the east no longer needs the money and their cities are heavily in debt, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Tuesday.
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National: 8 Mar 12
A severed fingertip found at the scene of a break-in could point to a not-so nimble-fingered would-be thief, after German police sent it for DNA testing.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 12
Touting its new high-speed, low cost trains, a private company is ready to take on the Deutsche Bahn on the busy Cologne-Berlin route and should be hitting the tracks in early autumn, it was announced this week.
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Society: 1 Mar 12
You are most likely to bump into a millionaire on the streets of Düsseldorf than any other German city, according to recently released figures which put the Rhine-Ruhr region city ahead of monied Munich and well-heeled Hamburg.
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Sport: 7 Feb 12
With Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich battling it out for top spot in the German league title race, Bayern's Uli Hoeneß has revealed they loaned Dortmund €2 million to help save their rivals from bankruptcy.
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National: 12 Jan 12
Germany’s doctors are calling for tighter laws on medical products after it was revealed that at least 25 women in the country had burst breast implants – and an unknown number will have to have theirs removed.
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National: 7 Jan 12
The neo-Nazi group previously accused of 10 murders between 2000 and 2007 may be responsible for the murder attempt of a Turkish-born restaurant owner in the industrial Ruhr area, authorities have said.
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Travel: 5 Jan 12
The Ruhr Valley's Landschaftspark, once Germany's decrepit industrial armpit, has become a spectacular adventure park. David Sharp makes a hair-raising climb onto a disused furnace.
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National: 3 Jan 12
The industrial silicone used by disgraced French breast implant firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) came from a German distributor, it emerged Monday. The silicone is generally used as a construction sealant.
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National: 29 Dec 11
Far from effortlessly zooming down Autobahns at limitless speeds, German drivers are increasingly sitting in traffic– with nearly half a million kilometres of jams recorded this year.
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Sport: 28 Nov 11
Bayern Munich lost in a shock 3-2 defeat at Bundesliga stragglers Mainz on Sunday, a result which leaves the Bavarians third in the table, and puts champions Dortmund top for the first time this season.
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National: 22 Nov 11
Germany’s Ruhr region is facing an invasion of countless huge daddy longlegs, also known as harvestmen, as the creatures begin to colonize all of Western Europe.
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National: 22 Nov 11
The National Socialist Underground (NSU) deliberately targeted policewoman Michele Kiesewetter in 2007 because of a connection between her family and the neo-Nazi terrorist cell, according to the German authorities.
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National: 12 Nov 11
A spat over whether Germany needs a minimum wage is likely to dominate the ruling Christian Democrats’ party conference on Monday. While many are pushing for a general minimum wage across all sectors, Chancellor Angela Merkel disagrees.
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Science & Technology: 28 Oct 11
Palaeontologists say the parts of a fossilized skeleton found in the Ruhr Valley during construction work two years ago belong to a previously undiscovered dinosaur that could be a relative of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Society: 27 Oct 11
Archaeologists are celebrating the find of a Roman military camp which was a crucial link in Emperor Augustus’ conquest of Germany – after more than a century of looking for it.
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Sport: 25 Oct 11
German referees are protesting what they say is an increase in violence and threats directed against them at lower division football matches. The situation has deteriorated to the point that some officials are boycotting specific teams.
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Politics: 18 Oct 11
Nearly 80,000 signatures have been collected to force a special election to recall Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland, who has clung to office since the deadly Love Parade disaster in 2010.
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Science & Technology: 13 Oct 11
A team of German researchers has cracked a common smartcard used in transportation and security systems around the world with equipment that costs just a few thousand euros.
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Society: 7 Oct 11
A plane used by East German leaders – including, it is rumoured, Erich Honecker - has been transformed into a luxury hotel complete with Jacuzzi, sauna, bar and flat-screen television.
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Society: 9 Sep 11
An unusually strong earthquake rocked western Germany on Thursday evening, causing alarm but no damages. The quake was especially noticeable around the epicentre near the Lower Rhine region but was also felt through the Ruhr Valley.
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Travel: 7 Sep 11
North Rhine-Westphalia might be Germany’s most populous state, but a vast expanse of untouched nature lies not far from the dense urban area surrounding Cologne. Alexander Bakst goes cycling in the Eifel.
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National: 9 Aug 11
A man armed with a knife attacked two police officers in Gelsenkirchen on Monday night before he was shot. The authorities believe the act was possibly planned in advance.
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Business & Money: 6 Aug 11
The downsizing of one of Germany's leading energy companies could be much more devastating than previously expected. E.ON may be considering cutting up to 10,000 jobs worldwide.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Aug 11
The definition of what it means to be German slowly appears to be changing – and that’s a good thing, according to The Local’s Marc Young.
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Politics: 2 Aug 11
Angela Merkel is facing fresh pressure on her leadership after a former state premier from her own Christian Democrats has won widespread support for a scathing attack on the party’s performance.
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Society: 1 Aug 11
Germany's rainy summer has provided unexpected boon to the nation's tanning salons, as people shun soggy parks and beaches in favour of businesses offering artificial sunshine.
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National: 31 Jul 11
The head of Germany's Social Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, is calling for a ban on the country's far-right National Democratic Party (NPD). He has a majority of Germans on his side, but fewer politicians.
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National: 29 Jul 11
After heavy rains caused havoc in North Rhine-Westphalia in recent days, it was northeastern Germany’s turn for drenching on Friday, with downpours hammering Berlin and coastal areas. The weekend forecast is just as dismal.
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National: 26 Jul 11
A major German police union has called on internet users to help law enforcement prevent tragedies such as the Norway massacre by reporting violent extremist views expressed on blogs and web forums.
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National: 25 Jul 11
The man responsible for killing nearly 100 people in Norway saw German politicians as possible murder targets, including Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Society: 20 Jul 11
Authorities have removed more than 30 dogs, cats and other pets from a Ruhr Valley flat after the owners built up a collection, possibly in revenge for complaints about the toilet habits of their first two dogs.
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Business & Money: 7 Jun 11
Leading politicians from Germany's centre-right coalition are pushing to allow the Russian gas giant Gazprom to take a stake in the country's biggest utility firm EON as a way of guaranteeing future gas supplies.
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National: 26 May 11
The closure of German airspace due to the threat from a volcano ash cloud may have been unnecessary, with authorities making an off-the-cuff decision on flimsy data, a media report said on Thursday.
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Sport: 22 May 11
Bayern Munich-target Manuel Neuer captained Schalke 04 to their fifth German Cup title as second-division Duisburg were hammered 5-0 in Saturday's final on what may have been his last game for the club.
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Society: 12 May 11
Germans are being asked to spy on their neighbours over the weekend and report them to the authorities – but rather than an intrusive extension of this year's official census, it's an annual bird count.
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Politics: 4 May 11
Former Bundesbank executive Thilo Sarrazin has made further inflammatory remarks about immigrants just days after he was given a reprieve by his own Social Democratic Party.
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Society: 28 Apr 11
Germans have serious doubts about marriage, monogamy and life-long partnerships, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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Politics: 28 Apr 11
Prosecutors on Thursday said they were investigating an anti-Semitic leaflet which was found on the website of a regional Ruhr Valley chapter of Germany's socialist party The Left.
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National: 24 Apr 11
The traditional German Easter marches for peace and against nuclear power drew thousands to the streets around the country over the weekend.
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Politics: 8 Apr 11
After refusing to contribute to an armed intervention in Libya, Germany is set to send troops on a humanitarian mission, with major party leaders saying Friday they would support such a plan.
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Sport: 16 Mar 11
Champions League quarter-finalists Schalke 04 sacked coach Felix Magath on Wednesday in an acrimonious split following a crisis meeting of the Ruhr Valley club's board.
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National: 11 Mar 11
The long wait at the many unnecessary traffic lights in Germany may soon be over. Communities nationwide are exploring the use of alternative traffic control systems, such as roundabouts and zebra stripes.
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Society: 10 Mar 11
Duisburg prosecutors on Thursday charged two Germans with breaking copyright law and stealing data after hacking email accounts of pop stars like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha to purloin unreleased tracks and compromising photos.
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National: 3 Mar 11
Over 40 people were injured in the Ruhr Valley city of Oberhausen on Thursday when a tram collided with a bus on an overpass, police there said.
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Society: 2 Mar 11
An outbreak of spring fever has lead to a spurt of lusty behaviour in the Ruhr Valley, leading police to throw some metaphorical buckets on cold water on matters that got out of hand.
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Society: 13 Feb 11
Art-house cinema broke into the next dimension at the Berlin film festival Sunday with hotly awaited 3D premieres from European veterans seeking to reclaim the format from Hollywood blockbusters.
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Sport: 10 Feb 11
Germany failed to break their 15-year-old run without a win over Italy on Wednesday as striker Giuseppe Rossi came off the bench to score a late equaliser and seal Wednesday's 1-1 friendly draw.
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Sport: 4 Feb 11
Borussia Dortmund hopes to tackle Ruhr valley rivals Schalke in front of 80,000 fans on Friday with no hype spared as the German league leaders' website described it as "the most important match on planet earth."
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National: 31 Jan 11
Prosecutors have placed under investigation the 41-year-old driver of the freight train that collided with a passenger train Saturday night, killing 10 people, on the suspicion he drove through a stop signal.
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Society: 4 Jan 11
The dioxin contamination scare gripping Germany's farming industry was caused by an animal food manufacturer’s mistake in using fatty acids meant for industrial purposes in chicken feed, officials said Tuesday.
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National: 29 Dec 10
As 2011 prepares to kick off, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention during the past year in Germany.
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National: 22 Dec 10
As the clock ticks down to Christmas, the winter transport chaos that has gripped Germany began to settle down Wednesday with airlines gradually resuming normal schedules and Deutsche Bahn deploying extra trains.
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Society: 6 Dec 10
ZDF said Monday German entertainment institution Wetten, dass? will continue despite a serious accident involving a contestant last weekend. But the public broadcaster has promised to improve the TV show's safety standards.
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Society: 1 Dec 10
Two young German hackers have reportedly managed to access personal data belonging to huge pop stars including Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, blackmailing them with threats to release new music and intimate photos.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière on Wednesday announced plans to introduce sweeping new measures to protect the personal data of internet users.
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Business & Money: 1 Dec 10
German energy concern EON said Wednesday it had sold its 3.5-percent stake in Russian gas giant Gazprom for a total of €3.4 billion ($4.4 billion).
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Society: 16 Nov 10
Decking the halls won’t break holiday budgets this season, according to a media report on Tuesday. The cost of a Christmas tree is expected to remain close to last year’s Yuletide prices.
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Sport: 12 Nov 10
Germany coach Joachim Löw warned Friday against the "aggressive" approach of the Turkish football federation in its efforts to recruit German-born and trained Turks to its national team.
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Lifestyle: 4 Nov 10
This week's highlights: Celebrate Scandinavia in Frankfurt, attend a concert in a Hamburg house, and overnight with reindeer in a floating museum hotel room in Berlin.
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Travel: 3 Nov 10
Named after a mediaeval monastery, the northwestern German city of Münster is religious about its cultural heritage. But Olivia Hambrett finds more than just a fusty collection of pretty churches.
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Society: 3 Nov 10
Paul II, octopus successor to the tentacle tipster that wowed the world with his uncanny knack of correctly predicting World Cup football games, was unveiled amid great fanfare at an Oberhausen aquarium on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 3 Nov 10
A group of international energy companies plans to bore into enormous stores of untapped natural gas deposits across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, according to a media report Wednesday.
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Politics: 3 Nov 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls for tax cuts on Wednesday, saying that though the economy has rebounded, the government must still cut its deficit.
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Society: 12 Oct 10
Public broadcaster ARD announced on Tuesday that the western German city of Düsseldorf will host the next Eurovision Song Contest, beating out its more cosmopolitan rivals Berlin and Hamburg.
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Society: 23 Sep 10
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday found that an employee of the German Catholic Church dismissed for adultery had received inadequate treatment by German courts.
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Sport: 23 Sep 10
Dortmund moved up to second in the German Bundesliga Wednesday, hammering Kaiserslautern 5-0 while bottom side Schalke 04 ended their point famine with a 2-1 victory at Freiburg.
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Sport: 21 Sep 10
Schalke 04's chairman Clemens Tönnies said on Tuesday he has every confidence in manager Felix Magath, despite the Royal Blues suffering their worst start to the Bundesliga in the club's history.
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Business & Money: 20 Sep 10
German metalworkers will stage limited strikes this week to agitate for sharp wage hikes after a stalemate in negotiations with employers, the IG Metall trade union said Monday.
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Sport: 20 Sep 10
Police detained 55 people and placed 13 under arrest on Sunday after a Bundesliga derby in northern Germany turned violent, injuring 26 people, including eight police officers, the authorities said Monday.
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Sport: 19 Sep 10
Dark horses Mainz went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after they shocked Champions League side Werder Bremen 2-0, while champions Bayern Munich were held to a goalless draw by Cologne.
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National: 31 Aug 10
After Germany’s central bank stopped short of sacking board member Thilo Sarrazin over his incendiary remarks on race and immigration, a legal expert warned Tuesday it could be difficult to force him from the Bundesbank.
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National: 30 Aug 10
Organisers of the Love Parade in Duisburg have posted surveillance camera footage of the tragedy that killed 21 people on the internet in an effort to vindicate themselves – but the move has sparked a fresh war of words with the police.
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National: 28 Aug 10
Love Parade organiser Rainer Schaller plans to post surveillance tapes online that he said prove Duisburg police were also to blame in the tragedy that left 21 people dead, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 10
State-owned Russian oil group Rosneft is set to buy stakes in four German refineries, one of the biggest such acquisitions of assets in Western Europe, a press report said Friday.
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Society: 24 Aug 10
A 35-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia has lived for the past several years unaware a bullet became lodged in his head one drunken New Year's Eve, police told The Local on Tuesday.
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Society: 24 Aug 10
Germans have been reluctant to help Pakistan's flood victims. The Local spoke with Shahid Riaz from the Pak-German Council for Culture and Democracy about the need to ditch prejudices and focus on the humanitarian catastrophe.
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Society: 22 Aug 10
Christoph Schlingensief, one of Germany's most provocative theatre directors, died of lung cancer on Saturday, organisers of the Ruhr Triennale festival said. He was 49.
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National: 12 Aug 10
North Rhine-Westphalian officials have insisted that Love Parade organisers alone were responsible for keeping the event's security, but a document released Thursday reportedly shows police had orders to ensure public safety.
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Science & Technology: 11 Aug 10
Internet giant Google’s plan to introduce its ''Street View'' to Germany has sparked a groundswell of debate about privacy, with one senior conservative politician complaining on Wednesday that the service would help burglars.
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National: 4 Aug 10
At the start of a state parliamentary inquiry into Duisburg’s ill-fated Love Parade music festival, North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister on Wednesday rejected claims that police error led to the stampede that caused 21 deaths.
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National: 3 Aug 10
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday said it would support the victims of the Love Parade tragedy in Duisburg with €1 million in immediate aid. Meanwhile the removal of the city's embattled mayor looked less likely.
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National: 27 Jul 10
What was it like in the Duisburg tunnel where a massive crush left 20 dead and hundreds injured at the Love Parade on Saturday? Michael Remmert got a harrowing report from a young man who was thankful to make it out alive.
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Business & Money: 26 Jul 10
Love Parade organiser Rainer Schaller, who also owns the fitness chain McFit, said the event would not be held again following the deaths of 19 party-goers at the weekend. The Local has more details on the little-known, self-made businessman.
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National: 25 Jul 10
Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after a massive crush developed in the entrance tunnel to the main party at the Love Parade in Duisburg on Saturday, authorities said.
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National: 25 Jul 10
The Love Parade will never be held again, organiser Rainer Schaller said on Sunday at a highly-emotional press conference.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jul 10
Researchers in Bochum believe they have isolated a substance in cowshed dust that protects farm children from developing allergies and asthma, according to a report published this month.
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Society: 18 Jul 10
Around two million people were estimated to have shown up to a stretch of the A40 autobahn in the Ruhr area on Sunday for the ‘Still Life’ festival which promised to replace speeding cars with a huge range of cultural events.
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National: 17 Jul 10
A man was killed on Friday night as storms hit northern Germany, causing a tree to fall on the tent in which he was staying, police confirmed on Saturday.
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Science & Technology: 9 Jul 10
Instead of taking sleeping pills or mood-enhancing pharmaceuticals, people should try a whiff of jasmine, which is molecularly similar to drugs like Valium, according to new research published by German scientists this week.
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National: 9 Jul 10
This summer’s hot and dry weather has German farmers fearing for the health of their harvest, president of the National Union of Farmers (DBV) said on Friday.
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Society: 6 Jul 10
It seem every summer their are reports on crocodile sightings in Germany, but this year police in the Ruhr Valley city of Bochum are taking them a bit more seriously.
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Politics: 18 Jun 10
As Germany's presidential vote draws near, conservative candidate Christian Wulff on Friday called for more cooperation within the ruling centre-right coalition, saying a failure to elect him would send the wrong signal to the public.
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National: 8 Jun 10
Court began proceedings started on Tuesday against two inmates who staged a dramatic jailbreak from a maximum-security prison in the Aachen area last year, keeping Germany on edge for five days as fugitives.
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