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Merkel and Obama debating in Dresden

Berlin cabinet ministers fire broadsides at US

Germany’s new coalition government promised to make improved bilateral relations with the US a top priority. But some young ministers are rubbing their transatlantic partner the wrong way. »

 
 
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A young woman with hands reaching towards her during a protest against honor killings

German court hands down life sentence in honor killing

A Kurdish man has been sentenced to life in prison for ordering the honor killing of his daughter. The girl's brother was also sentenced for his role in carrying out the brutal murder with the help of an accomplice. »

 
 
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Civil Rights

Akmal Shaikh in detention in China

Briton executed

China has executed an EU national for the first time in 50 years, despite pleas for clemency.»

 
 

Opinion

An open pen and the word 'opinion'

Opinion: Iran

Despite many arrests and even deaths in Iran, the protest movement isn't likely to give up soon.»

 
 

War crimes

A pedestrian walking by a poster of war crimes fugitive Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic

Eluding capture

The official in charge of Serbia's hunt for war criminals resigns after failing to get his man.»

 
 
 
An armed Swiss police officer, right, stands guard next to a Passenger Security employee of the Geneva airport, center, who frisks a passenger at a security checkpoint at the Swiss International Airlines boarding gate of a flight to New York

Body scanners: what lies beneath

More airports are considering using body scanning techniques to find and deter threats to commercial air travel. Some find the practice to be invasive and are raising issues of privacy infringement. »

 
 
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Russia

Russian and US flags, with missiles

Russia on offense

Russian Prime Minister Putin says he wants to counter a US missile shield with more missiles.»

 
 

Economy

Shopping cart with produce Inflation is currently not an issue of great concern

Staying low

German inflation will likely average 0.4 percent in 2009, the lowest rate in the past 20 years.»

 
 

Sports

Austria's Andreas Kofler smiles while holding his skis

Falling behind

Germany's ski jumpers came up short as the Four Hills Tournament got underway in Oberstdorf.»

 
 
 
A globe split in two

Today's pop musicians take simplified approach to tough times

Musicians have a long history of chronicling the eras they live in and tough times seem to inspire great creativity. Today, musicians seem to be taking the easy way out, but that may not make their music less meaningful. »

 
 

Twenty years after the fall of Communism 12 Eastern European dissidents take stock

Twenty years have passed since the anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe. This multimedia project asks 12 of the most important European dissidents from back then whether they feel their struggle has paid off.  »

 

A trip through time to Europe's origins

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