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Syrian family finds new home, new year's hope in Germany
World | Dec 31, 2015, 04:41 PM ISTZwickau, Germany (AP): After months of flight and fear, the Habashieh family of Syria is starting to build a new home in Europe's heart and faces 2016 with an unfamiliar feeling enriching their lives.
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Iraqi family braves perilous journey to new life in Germany
World | Dec 23, 2015, 05:02 PM ISTHeidelberg, Germany: The Qasus do not normally cry, but this felt nothing like normal. Like hundreds of thousands before them and untold more to come, the Iraqi family had just completed a disorienting dash across
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Facebook offices in Germany vandalised
World | Dec 14, 2015, 10:20 AM ISTLondon: A group of 15-20 people have vandalised the offices of Facebook in Hamburg, Germany -- smashing glasses, throwing paint and spraying "Facebook dislike" on entrance of its building, media reported on Monday.According to a
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Angela Merkel named Time's Person of the Year
World | Dec 09, 2015, 07:30 PM ISTNew York: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time's Person of the Year, praised by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis.Time also cited Merkel's strong
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Germany-Holland football match called off after bomb threat
World | Nov 18, 2015, 08:10 AM ISTBerlin: No explosives were found in Hanover after the football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled due to threat of attacks involving explosives on Tuesday evening, Interior Minister of German state of Lower
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East German who announced Berlin Wall opening dies at 86
World | Nov 01, 2015, 09:25 PM ISTBerlin: Guenter Schabowski, the senior East German official whose cryptic announcement that the communist country was opening its fortified border precipitated the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, died Sunday at 86.His widow, Irina
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German rapper turned ISIS man who said 'Jihad is a lot of fun' killed in US air strike
World | Oct 30, 2015, 06:36 PM ISTWashington: A former German rapper who later was declared an international terrorist for joining Islamic State was killed in a air strike, a US security official said. Born Denis Cuspert – hogged limelight as a
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Deutsche Bank to cut 35,000 jobs after $6.6 billion loss
World | Oct 29, 2015, 05:27 PM ISTFrankfurt, Germany (AP): Deutsche Bank says it is cutting 35,000 jobs through redundancies and the sale of businesses as new CEO John Cryan seeks to make Germany's biggest lender more manageable and profitable.The bank will
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Indian-origin politician sworn in as Mayor of German city
World | Oct 23, 2015, 09:12 PM ISTBerlin: Indian-origin politician Ashok Sridharan has been sworn in as the Mayor of Bonn, pledging to make the former German capital a major investment destination and the European hub of UN institutions.49-year-old Sridharan, who is
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Modi, Merkel seek to give economic muscle to Indo-German ties
Oct 07, 2015, 07:04 AM ISTBengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday sought to give a new direction to bilateral ties by strengthening economic and business links as Indian and German companies signed five agreements
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Controversial Nobel Prize winners
World | Oct 06, 2015, 04:15 PM ISTStockholm (AP): It's just a prize, right? Maybe so, but the Nobel Prizes have a way of sparking ferocious debate about whether the winners were worthy or whether the judges' decisions were politically biased.Prize founder
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Certain flights between India, Germany to have marshals
India | Oct 05, 2015, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Certain flights between India and Germany will have armed marshals on board, according to an MoU signed today by the two sides with an aim of preventing any hijacking attempt.The MoU, along with
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Railways seek investment from Germany in modernisation plan
India | Oct 05, 2015, 09:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Aiming at attracting investment in the modernisation and expansion of the railways, India today agreed to open up commercial opportunities for German companies in the high-speed rail segment and station redevelopment plans.Both sides
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Angela Merkel meets PM Modi; India, Germany ink 18 MoUs
National | Oct 05, 2015, 11:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: India and Germany on Monday inked 18 MoUs in areas ranging from renewable energy to skill development and culture after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel here."From Renewable
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German Chancellor Merkel given ceremonial welcome
National | Oct 05, 2015, 12:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday received a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, ahead of her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.External affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted: "Íts a Guten Morgen
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Modi, Merkel meeting today; cementing ties, trade high on agenda
National | Oct 05, 2015, 08:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: India and Germany would seek to give a fillip to their close ties when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet here today.This will be their second bilateral meeting after
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PM Modi, Angela Merkel meet to give fillip to bilateral ties
National | Oct 04, 2015, 11:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: India and Germany would seek to give a fillip to their close ties when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet here on Monday, their second bilateral meeting after six
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Angela Merkel arrives today, to focus on trade and investment
World | Oct 04, 2015, 07:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: As German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in India today with a high-ranking delegation of senior ministers and some of the world's most powerful business leaders,investment and greater market access will be on top
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Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn steps down
Sep 23, 2015, 11:20 PM ISTBerlin: Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn says he is stepping down "in the interests of the company" as it grapples with the emissions scandal.Wintekorn said in a statement Wednesday that "Volkswagen needs a fresh start also
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Germany's Fuerste sold to Kalinga Lancers for $105,000
Hockey | Sep 17, 2015, 12:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ace German playmaker Moritz Fuerste broke the hundred thousand dollar mark to be sold for $105,000 to Kalinga Lancers at the Hockey India League (HIL) players' auction at a posh hotel here on