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This is a full directory of all 72 articles about Berlin, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Germany awards Mohammed Ali
BERLIN Dec 17, 2005 — Muhammad Ali is being honored with a prestigious German peace prize for his work with in the civil rights movement and for the Unite...

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Berlin expects tourist invasion for World Cup
Berlin : Berlin is expecting around 300,000 hotel guests and more than one million visitors a day during the World Cup, the German capital's head of tourism sai...

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Berlin Jews revisit their hometown
The Berlin state senate is systematically inviting former Jewish residents to revisit the city they once called home. The city’s Emigrants’ Visi...

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Preparing the English for the World Cup!
The British embassy in Germany launched a new website for the 2006 World Cup last week that includes handy German phrases for England fans, such as "He was sick...

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Final scramble for World Cup tickets
The last major sales window for World Cup tickets opens on Monday, with 250,000 seats on offer and competition sure to be fierce now the draw has settled where ...

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Jim Carrey clowning in Berlin
Jim Carrey has delighted his fans in Berlin after taking time off from promoting his new film Fun with Dick and Jane. The comic actor toured the sights of t...

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Thousands evacuated as experts defuse Berlin bomb
Some 7,000 people were evacuated from homes, schools and a hospital in a city north of Berlin after a Second World War-era bomb was found in a river. The 550...

Current Affairs

Germany 'will not support' WW2 refugee claims
BERLIN - Germany's new government is not planning to support the claims from World War II refugees about the return of property in the Czech Republic or Poland,...

Current Affairs

Rampling to head Berlin film jury
Actress Charlotte Rampling will head the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The British star of films that include Swimming Pool, L...

Art and Culture

Nazi-era Berlin bunker transformed to luxury penthouse
Berlin: A five-storey Nazi-era bunker in the capital is being transformed into a luxury penthouse suite, complete with and gardens. Equipped with three-foot-...

City Focus

Berlin targets table football record
BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The city of Berlin hopes to set a record six months before the start of the World Cup by staging the world's biggest table football co...

City Focus

Berlin bar burgled for 81st time!
BERLIN (Reuters) Brigitte Hoffmann wishes that her bar was not such a hit with some Berliners - on Wednesday burglars robbed it for the 81st time in 12 years. ...

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Berlin has no evidence of CIA flights
The incoming head of Germany's foreign intelligence service has said Berlin has no hard evidence of stopovers in Germany by CIA planes carrying terrorist suspec...

Current Affairs

Berlin's Bode Museum to reopen
After several years of careful restoration, Berlin's splendid neo-baroque Bode Museum is preparing to reopen its doors to visitors. It's the second of the five ...

Art and Culture

Berlin brothel kicks in for World Cup
A GIANT brothel will be open for football fans at next year's World Cup finals in Berlin. It is just yards from the city's main stadium and its owner believe...

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McCartney campaigners collect bravery award
The sisters and fiancee of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney will today be awarded a prestigious bravery prize in Germany. The women will be presented wi...

Current Affairs

Bearded Germans Triumph in Berlin
Proving they're not to be outdone when it comes to creative facial hair, Germans swept to victory in 14 of the 17 categories of the biannual world beard and mou...

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Get a whiff of 'Ostalgie' with Eau de Trabant
East Germans desperate for a whiff of the good old days can now get Communism in a can with a brand new Trabant perfume. "Trabi Duft", a tin of exhaust fume...

Art and Culture

Berlin crime cases fall to 12 year low
25. Februar 2005 F.A.Z. Weekly. The number of recorded crime cases in Berlin has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, a report showed this week. During ...

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Berlin goes Nordic!
Starting Feb. 24, Berlin will turn into a hotspot for cool Nordic culture with more than 100 events ranging from music, theater, dance, readings, art exhibition...

Art and Culture

Carmen wins top prize
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha ("Carmen in Khayelitsha"), a cinematic adaptation of Bizet's opera set in a South African township and sung in the Xhosa language, has won...

Art and Culture

German Festivals Showcase Region's Film
The Berlin film festival – the Berlinale -- wraps up this weekend with an awards ceremony tomorrow. But while the big-budget films and Hollywood stars have been...

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