May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Cruise":
Society: 8 May 12
The captain of the "Nils Holgersson" cruise liner is facing serious charges after the coast guard ruled out a technical defect in last week's accident in the northern German port of Travemünde.
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National: 25 Apr 12
A German ship which was stopped and searched in the Mediterranean on suspicion of smuggling arms to Syria has been given the all-clear by Turkish authorities which found no weapons on board.
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National: 20 Apr 12
Supporters of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) took control of a pleasure boat in Hamburg on Thursday, in the second such incident in Germany in the last week.
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National: 16 Apr 12
A German freighter thought to be taking Iranian weapons to the Syrian government – in violation of the European embargo - has been stopped. The shipping firm has denied all reports of the ship having arms on board.
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National: 16 Apr 12
Ten members of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) attempted to hijack a pleasure boat on the Rhine in Cologne, western Germany, on Sunday, hoping to use loudspeakers to propagate their manifesto.
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Sport: 15 Apr 12
German racing driver Nico Rosberg won the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday - his first ever win and the first time since 1955 that a Mercedes team took the top prize.
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National: 24 Mar 12
The body of a victim recovered from the semi-submerged cruise liner Costa Concordia a month ago was officially identified Friday as German tourist Margarethe Neth, Italian officials said.
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Science & Technology: 8 Mar 12
German scientists on Thursday joined a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year's devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor.
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Society: 2 Mar 12
The captain of ill-fated Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia had crashed a luxury liner before while sailing too fast into a German port, according to leaks from an investigation published on Friday.
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Sport: 26 Feb 12
Russia's Alexander Povetkin defended his WBA heavyweight title on Saturday night with a majority decision win over Germany's Marco Huck, who was making his debut in the division from cruiserweight.
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National: 12 Feb 12
A sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the moon invading Planet Earth is one of the hottest tickets at the Berlin film festival, which is better known for its gritty political fare.
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National: 29 Jan 12
The body of a fifth German victim has been recovered from the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, and identified as a woman from Baden-Württemberg, the police confirmed on Sunday.
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National: 24 Jan 12
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn is apologising after a conductor refused to allow a couple to board a train home, despite the fact their tickets and money had been destroyed in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.
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National: 22 Jan 12
Italian authorities have identified a German man among the 12 bodies recovered from the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the Tuscany coast on January 13.
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National: 21 Jan 12
Five German passengers who were on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship when it ran aground off the Tuscan coast are demanding thousands of euros in compensation.
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National: 17 Jan 12
The body of a German man killed on the Costa Concordia cruise ship was found on Tuesday, the Italian media said. Divers have recovered five more victims, bringing the confirmed death toll to 11.
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National: 16 Jan 12
Twelve Germans are missing from the huge cruise liner which ran aground and partially sank off the Italian coast on Friday night, killing at least six passengers and leaving scores injured.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jan 12
This Week's Highlights: Buster Keaton films in Munich, Alexander McQueen fashions in Hamburg, and contemporary dance in Berlin.
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National: 29 Dec 11
Those considering taking a cruise in the new year should choose carefully – in a single trip each ship operated by top German firms Aida Cruises and Tui Cruises creates as much pollution as five million cars, says environmental group Nabu.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Nov 11
For the latest instalment of Portnoy’s Stammtisch, Portnoy hits the road to attend the induction of entertainers Siegfried and Roy into the German-American Hall of Fame in New York City.
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Sport: 3 Nov 11
Bayern Munich suffered a second-half scare before sealing a 3-2 win over Napoli in the Champions League to stay top of Group A on Wednesday. But Bastian Schweinsteiger was stretchered off with a broken collar bone.
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Science & Technology: 17 Sep 11
Be careful what you Google, especially if it's for pictures of Heidi Klum. The German celebrity tops the list of internet searches that can lead to malicious software, according to a leading computer security firm.
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Sport: 11 Sep 11
After defending his WBC belt heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has said he wants to now fight – and knock out – Britain's David Haye.
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Society: 3 Sep 11
Nearly 200 people had to be pulled off of a cruise ship on the Danube on Friday night, after a cargo ship rammed into the vessel, sending it careening into a rock that drove a gaping hole in the hull.
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Sport: 3 Sep 11
Former champions Germany were given an early chance for celebration on Friday after becoming the first team to qualify for the 2012 European Championship finals.
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Sport: 18 Aug 11
Bayern Munich have one foot in the Champions League's group stages after an easy 2-0 home win over FC Zurich in Wednesday night's qualification match.
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Sport: 28 Jun 11
Britain's world heavyweight champion David Haye has said he will only shake the hand of Wladimir Klitschko when he visits him in hospital after their eagerly awaited unification bout on Saturday.
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Sport: 20 Jun 11
All 16 teams participating in the women's football World Cup have a shot at winning the golden trophy, but the dream is more realistic for some than others. The Local looks at the favourites including hosts Germany, the USA and Brazil.
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Lifestyle: 16 Jun 11
This Week's Highlights: Fete de la Musique in Berlin, Jeff Beck plays Hamburg, and Munich celebrates its birthday.
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Lifestyle: 9 May 11
As Düsseldorf prepares to host this year's Eurovision Song Contest this week, Germany's teen singing sensation Lena Meyer-Landrut is hoping to defend her title. But few are expecting her to cruise to victory this time.
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Lifestyle: 6 May 11
A nation of car buffs, Germany is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile this year. Tracy Moran looks at how Stuttgart, the country’s motor city, is revving up for the festivities.
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Lifestyle: 5 May 11
This Week's Highlights: A Long Night of Museums in Frankfurt, a birthday party for a harbour in Hamburg, and drawings from the Museum of Modern Art are on display in Berlin.
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Society: 28 Mar 11
Among fashionistas, expensive shopping sprees are so last season. An increasingly popular way to freshen up a wardrobe without breaking the bank is to find a clothes-exchange event like Swap in the City.
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Society: 19 Mar 11
Knut the polar bear, who became a global media sensation as a cub after being rejected by his mother and reared by hand, died suddenly for unexplained reasons on Saturday, the Berlin Zoo said.
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Sport: 6 Mar 11
Louis van Gaal's tenure as Bayern Munich coach was on a knife-edge Saturday after the German giants lost 3-1 to Hannover and his chairman lambasted the team's performance as a "low point."
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Society: 29 Jan 11
German travel operators say they can get holidaymakers out of Egypt quickly if need be, while trips to Cairo have been cancelled and customers are being offered free re-booking and refunds.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jan 11
In the dead of winter, Ben Knight and Jacinta Nandi delve into the wacky world of German TV for Exberliner magazine looking for enough entertainment to last until spring. Be warned: this journey gets weird fast.
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National: 13 Jan 11
A tanker ship carrying 2,400 tonnes of sulphuric acid has capsized on the Rhine River near the rocky point known as the Loreley. Two crew members are missing.
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Society: 6 Dec 10
A French court fined Continental Airlines Monday over the Concorde crash ten years ago in which 97 Germans died, but did not jail anyone for the disaster that effectively ended commercial supersonic air travel.
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Sport: 28 Nov 10
Borussia Dortmund retained their seven-point lead atop the Bundesliga with a come-from-behind 4-1 victory at home Saturday night over Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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National: 30 Oct 10
The "Disney Dream", the largest cruise ship ever built in Germany, is to leave its dry dock in the northern town of Papenburg on Saturday. It is the first of two ships to be built there for the US-based Disney Cruise Line company.
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Lifestyle: 22 Oct 10
Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan spoke of his love for Berlin Friday as he presented his new film in the city, which hopes his huge pulling power will lure more Indian tourists to its attractions.
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Lifestyle: 15 Oct 10
The Local’s series "The New Berliners" explores the lives of immigrants from around the world in Germany’s capital. For the fourth installment, Julia Lipkins spoke with the Bosnian boxer Marco Huck.
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Society: 13 Oct 10
More than 60 of Berlin’s landmarks will be lit up on Wednesday night to kick off Berlin’s sixth annual “Festival of Lights.” The colourful event electrifies the city from October 13-24 and features one-off events alongside the illuminations.
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Lifestyle: 30 Sep 10
This week's highlights: Classic cars cruise into Frankfurt, Beatles movies play in Hamburg, and Berlin celebrates German Unity Day.
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Travel: 11 Aug 10
The Black Forest might sound like a spooky place to take children on holiday, but Rhea Wessel discovers her favourite wintertime retreat also offers plenty of family fun during the summer.
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Sport: 8 Aug 10
Bayern Munich on Saturday added the Super Cup to their Bundesliga/German Cup double with a 2-0 win over Schalke 04 in a display which suggested they will again be overwhelming title favourites.
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Society: 30 Jul 10
Half a million maritime enthusiasts are expected at Hamburg’s harbour this weekend to see a display of grand proportions – six giant ocean liners carving up the water against the background of a blue light festival.
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Society: 25 Jul 10
Politicians of every stripe over the weekend called for secure homes to be established for child criminals who are too young to be formally convicted or sent to prison.
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Society: 22 Jul 10
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise gallantly saved a reporter from being sacked on Wednesday night by taking extra time to give interviews at the premiere of his new film “Knight and Day” in Munich.
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National: 20 Jul 10
Germany on Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of a failed attempt by army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his "Wolf's Lair" military headquarters in a daring bid to end World War II.
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Business & Money: 18 Jul 10
Germany revelled in its multicultural national team at the World Cup this month but still has a long way to go in its labour market, according to the sponsors of a radical new trial hiring scheme.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 10
This Week's Highlights: Fashion in Berlin, electronica in Hanau, and the Rhine goes up in flames.
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National: 24 May 10
The famous cruise ship MS Deutschland, the setting for the long-running ZDF television soap opera Traumschiff, has been evacuated after it caught fire while docked in a Norwegian fjord.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 10
Hamburg prosecutors opened an investigation into US internet giant Google on Wednesday following the company’s admission that it had mistakenly gathered personal data over unsecured systems with its Street View mapping service.
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National: 7 Apr 10
A 10-year-old boy pulled a knife on federal police officers in the southern German town of Bad Bellingen on Wednesday after they tried to lecture him for making mischief near train tracks.
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National: 6 Apr 10
Hamburg police on Tuesday were searching for suspected left-wing arsonists who destroyed 10 parked vehicles early in the morning, as part of a continuing car-burning spree in the northern German port city.
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National: 23 Mar 10
A huge jump in left-wing extremist and anarchist crime has reportedly sent the number of politically motivated offences in Germany soaring to its highest level since records began.
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National: 14 Mar 10
An opera singer is being held by police suspected of being involved in the death of her fisherman husband and masterminding a complicated cover-up plot worthy of a decent libretto.
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National: 12 Mar 10
The Admiral Graf Spee, the German "pocket battleship" scuttled to Uruguay in 1939, is caught in the middle of a struggle between the businessman salvaging it and the German government, which wants to prevent its commercialization.
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Society: 4 Mar 10
A 69-year-old German tourist was among two casualties that resulted from several giant waves that hit a cruise ship off the coast of Spain on Wednesday night, injuring up to 20 other passengers.
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National: 18 Feb 10
A former student is suspected of stabbing a teacher to death at a vocational school in Ludwigshafen on Thursday, but the police said a quick evacuation of the facility likely avoided a wider bloodbath.
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National: 2 Feb 10
Ten years after a fiery crash ended the dream of supersonic travel, a French court will Tuesday try to determine who was to blame for the Concorde disaster that killed 113 people – including 97 Germans.
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National: 18 Jan 10
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a historic a historic joint cabinet meeting in Berlin with top ministers on Monday.
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National: 12 Jan 10
Ice and snow caused one death, numerous accidents, autobahn closures and delays across Germany overnight, police reported on Tuesday.
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National: 11 Jan 10
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday made a surprise visit to Yemen, where the government said it had new information on five Germans that have been held hostage for some six months.
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National: 4 Dec 09
Anarchists attacks on police stations and political offices in Berlin and Hamburg overnight were a “declaration of war” on the state, head of the German Police Union (DPoIG) told The Local on Friday.
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Society: 24 Nov 09
A chief police inspector has been found dead from stab wounds in southern Brandenburg, the state's Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 17 Sep 09
This Week's Highlights: A culture festival fills Düsseldorf's old town, Dinosaur Jr. plays Frankfurt, and a Vincent Van Gogh painting arrives in Cologne.
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Politics: 29 Aug 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will likely take a hit in three state polls Sunday, but she still looks set to cruise to victory in next month's general election.
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Society: 21 Aug 09
Police shot and killed a bank robber in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Ruppichteroth on Thursday night during a getaway chase that also left an officer critically injured.
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Sport: 16 Aug 09
Olympic champion Usain Bolt and reigning world champion Tyson Gay cruised into the semi-finals of the men's 100m on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Saturday.
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National: 20 Jul 09
Germany on Monday marked the 65th anniversary of a failed attempt by members of the Wehrmacht to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his "Wolf's Lair" eastern military headquarters in 1944.
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Society: 15 Jul 09
A 29-year-old man tested the limits of his car when he drove it 200 metres deep on a metro tunnel in Bochum early Wednesday morning.
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Lifestyle: 9 Jun 09
This Week's Highlights: Exberliner Magazine throws a birthday bash in Berlin and Düsseldorf celebrates Japan Day.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 09
Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent of British daily The Times, explains why Germany’s leftists should raise a glass of bubbly to the global economic crisis.
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National: 27 Apr 09
Germany's leading tourism group, TUI, said Monday it would cancel Mexico City visits until May 5 owing to the swine flu outbreak and would offer alternatives to clients who had planned to travel to other parts of Mexico.
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Society: 27 Apr 09
German celebrities aren’t worth talking about – even in Germany – according to an online media study published this week. Madonna and other foreign celebs ranked well above the country’s dimly shining stars for web gossip.
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Science & Technology: 24 Mar 09
The German-Indian polar experiment LOHAFEX, where iron sulphate was dumped into the ocean to foster the growth of carbon dioxide-absorbing plankton, has proved ineffective in mitigating global warming.
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Sport: 8 Mar 09
Andrei Voronin's hat-trick for Hertha Berlin in a 3-1 victory at Energie Cottbus shot them four points clear in the German League while Bayern Munich cruised up to joint second following a five-goal spree.
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Society: 4 Feb 09
Just in time to boost the Berlin International Film Festival’s profile this week, new statistics showed on Wednesday that more Germans are going to the movie theatre – to see German films – than ever before.
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Society: 31 Jan 09
After last week's lottery drawing failed to produce a winner, Lotto players on Saturday will vie for the third largest German jackpot of all time – some €35 million.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jan 09
Roger Boyes, Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, explains why Scientologist actors and German politicians could learn something from a suicidal billionaire.
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Society: 20 Jan 09
German critics savaged Tom Cruise's portrayal of Adolf Hitler's would-be killer in "Valkyrie" ahead of the film's release on Tuesday evening, but relished a homegrown hero getting the Hollywood treatment.
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Society: 18 Jan 09
Two of Hollywood’s biggest leading men are due in Berlin over the next two days, with Brad Pitt in the capital to promote his new film, quickly followed by Tom Cruise for the premier of his own flick.
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Society: 31 Dec 08
US actor Tom Cruise was "deeply moved" by playing the would-be assassin of Adolf Hitler in the movie "Valkyrie," he said in an interview with a German celebrity magazine this week.
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National: 21 Dec 08
German-owned ships should fly Germany's flag if they want full protection from pirates off Somalia, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview published on Sunday.
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National: 10 Dec 08
The German cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the German navy to take part in a new European Union military operation to fight pirates off the coast of Somalia.
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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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Society: 26 Nov 08
Another four passengers from a river cruise ship full of British pensioners have been admitted to the hospital in Germany, suffering from a viral infecion that raged through the boat. But the quarantine on the boat has been lifted.
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Society: 25 Nov 08
A cruise ship filled with mostly British pensioners was put under quarantine on Tuesday in Germany's Loreley Valley after an outbreak of a virus on board sent 16 to local hospitals.
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National: 15 Nov 08
Time-darkened skulls, tibias and other human bones are being dug up and sometimes even identified in Hel on Poland's Baltic Sea coast, by local volunteers who have put aside WWII fear and loathing.
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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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Sport: 20 Oct 08
Italian striker Luca Toni faces a race against time to be fit for Tuesday night's Champions League clash for Bayern Munich against his former club Fiorentina.
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Society: 25 Aug 08
Extras injured while filming of WWII drama Valkyrie are suing the movie’s studio and its star, seeking €7.4 million in damages after tumbling out of a truck in front of Germany’s Nazi-era finance ministry building in Berlin.
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Society: 15 Aug 08
Berlin will host Hollywood star Brad Pitt and action director Quentin Tarantino this autumn, as filming starts on what could be a controversial nazi-themed movie.
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Travel: 11 Aug 08
Like to camp but tired of uptight and orderly German campgrounds? Andrew Bulkeley communes with nature near the northern German artist colony Worpswede.
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National: 11 Aug 08
The largest cruise ship ever to be built in Germany has left the dry dock of the Meyer shipyards in the northern city of Papenburg.
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Society: 1 Aug 08
A nuclear-proof bunker built during the Cold War for East German leader Erich Honecker opens to the public Saturday, but only for three months before it is sealed forever.
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