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Integration

Politicians call for serious debate on integration in Germany

A student writing the word integration on a chalkboard

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has distanced herself from a recent controversial book on immigration in Germany. But she's also admitted that the country must engage in an open discussion and admit some shortcomings. »

 
 
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Afghanistan

Kunduz bombing taught Germany nothing, war crimes expert says

An air strike ordered by German troops on two fuel trucks in Afghanistan one year ago killed more than 140 people. Law expert Gerd Hankel told DW that Germany has learned nothing from the attack's legal fallout. »

 
 
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Technology

An e-bike at a trade fair in Essen

Pedal pushers

Electronic bikes ditch bulky batteries and rely on tiny engines that fit inside the back wheel.»

 
 

Retail

Karstadt department store

Karstadt saved

The German department store Karstadt has been saved from insolvency after months of uncertainty.»

 
 

Elections

Voters casting their ballots behind a curtain

Coalitions on hold

Belgium and the Netherlands battle a political crisis after coalition talks collapse.»

 
 
 

Yugoslavia: 20 years later

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Three babies

Children and Families

After years of family policy reforms, more Germans want kids

German politicians have worried for years about the country's low birth rate. But a new survey has found that the desire to have children has increased in Germany for the first time in years. »

 
 

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Russia

One of the world's seven summits, Elbrus has snow all year round

Spoiled landscape

Climate change and tourism are a double burden to Mount Elbrus, Europe's tallest peak.»

 
 

Crime

Police and journalists outside the Lisbon courtroom

High-profile sex trial

A Portuguese court finds six out of seven defendants guilty in a high-profile sexual abuse trial.»

 
 

Human Rights

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Dancing for rights

Choreographers open discouse on human rights failures at a Berlin dance festival.»

 
 
 
 

Marina Paul, the shop assistant

Meet our 'Faces of Germany'

Get to know Germans from the Alps to the North Sea, learn about their lives and their dreams.  »

 

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Thilo Sarrazin, a member of the Bundesbank board, waits prior to a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010.
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Architecture
Thebuildingwhichneverdies, a sculpture from Austria

At the Venice Biennale, buildings become more than the sum of their parts.

World War II
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the military parade on Red Square in Moscow as part of commemorations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Monday, 09 May 2005. Russia pays a last major salute to the heroes of World War II Monday as 2,500 veterans ride in vintage trucks across Red Square beneath the respectful gaze of more than 50 world leaders. And in a reflection of the tragedy that engulfed all sides in the 1939-45 conflict, leaders of former foes Germany and Japan will this year stand with the heads of the wartime allied powers. EPA/SERGEI DOLZHENKO +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

For the first time, Russia officially marks the end of World War II in Japan.

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