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February 9, 2012
Kassel
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Arty Argentine meteorite exhibit falls to earth
Society: 1 Feb 12
An unlikely alliance between an indigenous tribe and leading Argentine scientists has thwarted plans to ship the world's second largest meteorite to Germany's prestigious Documenta art show.
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Drunk neo-Nazi fined €600 for Hitler salute
Society: 24 Dec 11
A drunken neo-Nazi in the central German town of Kassel fell foul of Germany's law forbidding the Nazi salute this week.
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What's on in Germany: December 15 - 21
Lifestyle: 15 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Synagogue music in Berlin, horses in Frankfurt, and a French dance troupe rocks out in Munich.
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Germans defend Greek honour amid debt crisis
Society: 16 Nov 11
Popular opinion in Germany holds that the Greeks have only themselves to blame for their country's crushing debt crisis. But Germans who have made Greece their home are now fighting ugly stereotypes on both sides.
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Network of helpers for neo-Nazi terror probed
National: 15 Nov 11
As the German authorities feverishly investigated whether a neo-Nazi terror group responsible for several murders had a network of accomplices, criticism of the country’s domestic intelligence services continued to grow on Tuesday.
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German cities becoming increasingly 'wild'
Society: 8 Nov 11
Wild boars digging up gardens, foxes roaming building sites, and raccoons ravaging allotments – city-dwelling Germans are reporting increasing sightings of and problems with wildlife.
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Stuck raccoon causes train delays
Society: 17 Oct 11
A raccoon stuck in a railway switch point shut down the intercity train lines between the central German towns of Göttingen and Kassel on Sunday.
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Man injured in trash truck crush
Society: 8 Oct 11
An unidentified man suffered serious injuries on Saturday after being crushed in the back of rubbish truck in the German city of Kassel.
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Honour killings not rising
Society: 3 Aug 11
Researchers who have analysed more than 70 cases of so-called "honour killings" in Germany say they are not on the rise – and suggest that better integration of migrants could help in preventing such crimes.
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Handful of arrests on mostly quiet May Day
Society: 2 May 11
Police arrested several people after left-wing extremists and the police clashed in the German capital late Sunday following peaceful May Day marches by tens of thousands in the city.
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Drivers warned of Easter traffic and fuel misery
National: 21 Apr 11
Drivers preparing to travel during the Easter break are being warned that German roads are likely to be choked with traffic over the next few days, while increased petrol prices could add to their misery.
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China's Ai Weiwei named Berlin professor amid calls for his release
Society: 20 Apr 11
The arrested Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will be made guest professor at Berlin’s University of the Arts (UdK), it was announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile a growing number of Germans are demanding his release.
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Nuclear suspension faces court challenge by RWE
Business & Money: 1 Apr 11
Energy company RWE has become the first firm to launch a legal challenge against the Merkel government’s controversial three-month suspension of older nuclear reactors.
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Bundesrat passes Hartz IV welfare reforms
National: 25 Feb 11
After months of political wrangling, Germany’s upper house of parliament on Friday finally approved an increase of €5 to Hartz IV welfare benefits. But a separate court decision said those on the dole should expect payment for TVs.
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Floods continue to rise
National: 10 Jan 11
Floodwaters continued to rise in parts of Germany on Monday amid warmer temperatures and melting snow. While the situation in the west remained critical along the Rhine and Mosel, rivers in the centre and east had stabilized.
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VW targets Toyota with €51 billion in investments
Business & Money: 19 Nov 10
German automaker Volkswagen will invest more than €50 billion in new and improved models over the next five years in a bid to unseat Toyota as the world leader in car manufacturing.
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Sharia law being used in Germany in Muslims' domestic disputes
Society: 9 Oct 10
A leading law professor has contradicted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s statement that Sharia law was not practiced in Germany, saying a variety of Sharia-based rulings were being made all the time.
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What's on in Germany: September 30 - October 6
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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Corpse found in trunk after police chase ends with suicide
Society: 15 Sep 10
Police discovered a woman’s corpse in the trunk of man’s car on Wednesday, after he shot himself in the head while trying to flee the scene of another shooting in the Hessian town of Wellerode near Kassel.
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Severe storms to subside for pleasant weekend
National: 11 Jun 10
After two nights of severe thunder storms and flooding across parts of the country, the German Weather Service (DWD) on Friday forecast calmer, milder conditions for the weekend.
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Storm causes flooding and fires from lightning
National: 10 Jun 10
The states of Hesse, Thuringia and Rhineland-Palatinate reported heavy damages on Thursday after a series of severe thunderstorms caused house fires, and flooded streets and cellars overnight.
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Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness
Society: 26 Apr 10
Go for a walk in the wooded Harz region and you could end up face-to-face with a wild lynx. Hannah Cleaver reports on the efforts to reintroduce the tuft-eared cats to German forests.
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Minister says Hartz IV unfairly penalises teen summer jobs
Politics: 24 Mar 10
Children of parents on welfare should be able to take holiday jobs without the extra income affecting their family’s benefits in a move to fix an "incomprehensible" system flaw, Germany's Economy Minister said Wednesday.
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Court rejects extra welfare to clothe growing children
Society: 23 Mar 10
Germany's Hartz IV welfare recipients will not get additional money to clothe their fast-growing children after a court ruled Tuesday that a revolving wardrobe door was just a fact of life for parents of young kids.
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Hesse to let buyers hunker down in old bunkers
Society: 5 Mar 10
The state of Hesse is selling 20 bunkers from World War II and the Cold War to the highest bidder, the Institute for Federal Real Estate (BImA) said on Friday.
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Rhineland suffers spate of naked and drunk train passengers
Society: 3 Feb 10
Despite the extremely cold winter, police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have had to contend with an unusual rash of train passengers preferring to take their journeys in the nude.
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Homeschooling German family granted US asylum
Society: 27 Jan 10
A US court has granted asylum to an evangelical Christian family who fled Germany because they were not allowed to homeschool their children.
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Snow and ice snarl roads and air traffic
National: 25 Jan 10
Snow and ice caused havoc on German roads and disruptions at the country’s largest airport in Frankfurt on Monday. Meteorologists expect the deep freeze to continue all week.
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Religious couple fined for home schooling their children
Society: 26 Nov 09
A German couple who tried to teach their children Christian values at home has been fined by a Kassel court for refusing to send them to school.
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Dieter Bohlen officially ruled an artist by Kassel court
Society: 1 Oct 09
Dieter Bohlen, a hectoring jury member on Germany’s version of Pop Idol, is officially an artist, according to a ruling by the Federal Social Court in Kassel on Thursday.
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‘Elk safari’ backs up A7 traffic
Society: 29 Sep 09
Police closed the A7 motorway near the border of Hesse and Lower Saxony in both directions on Monday evening, causing massive traffic jams for what witnesses called an “elk safari.”
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Chinese artist gets emergency brain surgery in Munich
National: 16 Sep 09
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist, architect and activist behind Beijing's “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium had emergency brain surgery in Munich on Monday night for injuries sustained in a beating by the authorities.
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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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Frankfurt airport expansion approved
Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
A German court on Friday approved a €4-billion ($6-billion) expansion of Frankfurt International Airport, Europe's third busiest, rejecting complaints by residents.
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Autobahn shootout leaves two injured
National: 16 Aug 09
Two men were injured after their car was sprayed with bullets by unknown assailants while driving on an autobahn near Kassel early Sunday morning, police reported.
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Students bring home swine flu from Mallorca
National: 14 Jul 09
Seven students from the state of Hesse have brought home an unwelcome souvenir from their graduation vacation to the Spanish island of Mallorca – swine flu.
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Pre-school teachers go back on strike as day-care wage talks fail
National: 23 Jun 09
Widespread day care strikes hit several German states on Tuesday, as pre-school teachers returned to the picket lines to press their ongoing labour dispute.
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WWII ghetto survivors win court pension battle
National: 2 Jun 09
Jews who worked for the Nazis in ghettos in Eastern Europe during World War II are now entitled to claim pension payments, following a German court decision on Tuesday.
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Swine flu infections spike over weekend
National: 1 Jun 09
The number of swine flu cases in Germany rose to 31 over the holiday weekend, all of them related to travel in the US, the Berlin-based Robert Koch Institute reported on Monday.
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Unions refuse offer for striking day care workers
National: 27 May 09
Public day care workers will likely continue their strikes after their unions refused a new offer from state employers during negotiations in Berlin on Wednesday.
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Police shoot circus bear dead
Society: 19 Apr 09
Police in Kassel shot a female brown bear dead on Sunday morning after it escaped from its enclosure at the Circus Universal Renz with another bear.
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Continental closes tyre factories, Daimler cuts work hours
Business & Money: 11 Mar 09
In a dark day for German auto workers, it was announced on Wednesday that tyre giant Continental is to close a factory with the loss of 780 jobs, while Daimler is to put a further 18,000 of its workers on shorter hours.
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Police bust child porn ring using mobile phones
National: 24 Jan 09
Investigators in Germany have for the first time uncovered a paedophilia network distributing images via mobile phones as police this week raided more than 400 homes across the country.
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What's on in Germany: January 22 - 28
Lifestyle: 22 Jan 09
This week's highlights: New technology at the Hamburg Planetarium, Palestinian-Israeli films in Munich, and a Paul Klee puppet show in Berlin.
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Cologne Cathedral named Germany's top tourist site
National: 20 Nov 08
The Cologne Cathedral is the most beloved tourist attraction in Germany, according to a new poll published by the German Tourism Association (DTV) on Thursday.
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Remains of German WWII soldiers unearthed in Polish Hel
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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Farmer who killed parents and fed neighbour to pigs loses appeal
National: 21 Oct 08
A farmer convicted of murdering his mother and father, and then years later of feeding the body of a neighbour to his pigs has lost his appeal against a life sentence.
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German study connects snoring to erectile dysfunction
Society: 20 Oct 08
Snoring keeping you up at night? Perhaps not entirely. German scientists have discovered a connection between sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction.
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What's on in Germany: October 16-22
Lifestyle: 15 Oct 08
This week's highlights: A Gerhard Richter exhibition opens in Cologne, Sunday shopping in Hannover, the Festival of Lights in Berlin, and the Munich ballet interprets Saint-Exupéry.
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German farmer fed neighbour to pigs
Society: 16 Apr 08
German prosecutors called for life imprisonment on Wednesday for a farmer accused of murdering his parents and feeding his dead neighbour to his pigs.
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'Little chance' of German strike deal
National: 6 Mar 08
German trade union Verdi has said it doesn't expect a solution to the chaos that multiple strikes are creating nationwide. Meanwhile, new labour protests have been announced.
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