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Helicopters collide near Berlin stadium
Two helicopters clipped each other and crashed as they landed in a snowstorm near Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a federal police exercise on ...
Show at London's V&A museum celebrates David Bowie
When did the modern era begin? With the Renaissance? With Elvis Presley? For a generation of music-loving Britons, it started on July 6, 1972, when ...
Merkel: Germany wants solution to Cyprus problem
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that her country wants to find a solution for Cyprus but insisted there must be a plan to repair the ...
Opera singer, teacher Michael Rhodes dies
Michael Rhodes, an American opera singer and highly sought-after vocal coach who trained stars including German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, has died at the ...
Lufthansa workers to strike at German airports
A union says workers at Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, will stage one-day strikes Thursday to increase pressure ahead of a new round of wage ...
The Hoff lends star power to Berlin Wall campaign
David Hasselhoff put his name behind a campaign to preserve one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, calling it a "sacred" monument to ...
Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90
As a 22-year-old German army lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest to a meeting with Adolf Hitler and to blow ...
Turkish man charged with PKK membership in Germany
German prosecutors say a 35-year-old Turkish man who allegedly served as a recruiter for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party has been charged with ...
Berlin's troubled airport gets new CEO
A hard-nosed manager with a history of overseeing corporate turnarounds was named Friday as the new CEO of Berlin's airports, putting him in charge ...
Stuttgart museum returns painting sold under Nazis
A Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before ...
Removal of Berlin Wall section put on hold
After facing protests, a real estate developer has put on hold until at least mid-March plans to remove a piece of one of the few remaining sections ...
Bayern to host Wolfsburg in German Cup semifinals
Bayern Munich's reward for eliminating German Cup holder Borussia Dortmund is a home semifinal match against Bundesliga rival Wolfsburg.
Developer pledges to continue Berlin Wall removal
A German property developer has rejected calls to halt work to remove one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall, despite angry protests ...
Germany protests attack on TV team in China
Germany's Foreign Ministry has summoned a Chinese diplomat to protest against an attack on a German public television team in northern China.
Bertelsmann takes full control of BMG rights unit
Media group Bertelsmann AG is taking full control of the BMG music rights management business, buying the stake held by private equity company KKR & ...
Berlin wall removal stalls amid protests
Hundreds of angry protesters on Friday prevented construction workers from removing a section of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin ...
Berlin wall removal project stalls amid protests
Hundreds of angry protesters on Friday prevented construction workers from removing a section of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin ...
Airbus parent EADS sees Q4 earnings halve
Airbus parent company EADS NV posted a 47 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit Wednesday after taking costly charges at its helicopter and ...
3 dead in Swiss workplace shooting
A longtime employee opened fire at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday, leaving three people dead, including the assailant, ...
Kerry pushes trans-Atlantic free trade in Germany
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pushed Tuesday for a free-trade agreement between the United States and Europe, saying it is a priority for ...
Fraud egg? Germany probes mislabeled bio produce
Authorities are investigating whether some 150 farms in northern Germany made false claims about the quality of their eggs. Prosecutors in the city ...