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Berlin stories: 66 news summaries

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 IAAF Denies It 
 OK'd Gold 
 Medal for 
 Semenya 

Talks continuing in gender controversy

Nov 20, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Foundation is denying claims by the South African government that it decided to allow runner Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal in the wake of questions about her gender. South African officials announced yesterday that Semenya has been cleared of "wrongdoing" and would... More »

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gender • race • Berlin • world record • IAAF • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

OPINION

 Obama's Ego Needs 
 Its Own ZIP Code 

President has switched tone from 'we' to 'I'

Nov 14, 09 12:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The budget deficit hasn’t been the only thing ballooning since President Obama took office—the man’s ego is growing by leaps and bounds, moving Jeff Jacoby to wonder, “Was there ever a president as deeply enamored of himself as Barack Obama?” A video message for this week’... More »

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Berlin • General Motors • narcissism • President Obama • ego

 Sarko Lied About 
 Berlin Wall Memories 

Critics say French prez fudged dates on 1989 trip

Nov 10, 09 3:27 AM CST
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to Berlin 20 years ago to begin chipping away at the Berlin Wall just hours before it fell, he recalls on his Facebook page. There's just one small problem: it never happened, say critics. The French media have been chipping away at Sarkozy's claim, uncovering... More »

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Berlin • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Facebook • Berlin Wall

SLIDESHOW


 Germany Celebrates 
 Fall of the Wall  

Twenty years later, unified country celebrates togetherness

Nov 9, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Fireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • communism • Angela Merkel • Berlin • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism • West Germany • Iron Curtain • President Obama

party like it's 1989

 Germany Hails 
 Anniversary of  
 Berlin Wall's Fall  

Dominoes, fireworks, music help mark 20 years

Nov 9, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of foam dominoes will fall today in Berlin, symbolizing the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has called Nov. 9, 1989, "the happiest day in recent German history," will lead the festivities.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Angela Merkel • Germany • Eastern Europe • Berlin • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism • West Germany • Lech Walesa • Brandenburg Gate

CITY OF SLEEP?


 Au Revoir, Paris Nightlife 

Noise ordinances strangle once-legendary music and party scene

Nov 5, 09 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris, a city whose decadent nightlife was once the stuff of legend, is looking more like a museum these days: pretty, quiet, and closed at night. Gentrification of former party neighborhoods has brought an influx of residents unwilling to put up with noise; resulting noise ordinances have caused music venues... More »

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London • Berlin • Paris • Gentrification • noise violation • nightlife • electronic music

 U2's Berlin Show Walled Off 

Ticketless fans will need to scale these city walls to peek

Nov 5, 09 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Outraged Berliners are complaining that building a new wall in the heart of their city is a less-than-ideal way of marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. U2 will play a free concert in Berlin tonight as part of the weeklong anniversary celebrations, but organizer MTV has erected... More »

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Berlin • Bono • concert • Berlin Wall • rock bands • U2

OPINION

Obama Coming Up Short
on Human Rights

President's actions don't match the promises that wowed Berliners

Oct 20, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's decision to skip the celebrations of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights the gap between his rhetoric on the campaign trail and the realities of his presidency, writes Bret Stephens. Obama hailed the "dream of freedom" in his big speech in Berlin last... More »

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China • Iran • human rights • Berlin • Sudan • foreign policy • Burma • Obama administration • President Obama

 Brothel Goes 'Green' 
 With Bike Discount 

Public transit passengers get a price break, too

Oct 16, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Berlin brothel that offers a discount to patrons who arrive by bicycle or public transportation is touting itself as the first “green” sex stop. Clients simply present their helmet, bike lock, or bus ticket at the Maison d’Envie, which just happens to be in a district where... More »

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climate change • prostitution • environmentalism • Berlin • public transportation • bicycles • brothel

 Domino Wall 
 to Fall on Berlin 
 Anniversary 

'Domino-Aktion' to mark 20 years since Berlin Wall toppled

Oct 15, 09 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty years after a domino effect of resistance toppled Communist regimes across Europe and brought down the Berlin Wall, the Germans are trying it again with actual dominoes. Volunteers have crafted almost 1,000 8-foot-tall Styrofoam dominoes and plan to assemble them along the path of the old Wall through... More »

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Germany • Berlin • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism

Ecstasy, Heroin Linked to German Therapy Deaths

Doc aimed to 'expand consciousness'

Sep 21, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ecstasy and heroin were among the substances supplied by a Berlin therapist who said he aimed to "expand consciousness" during a session that killed two patients, German papers are reporting. Another patient remains in a coma. All 12 participants were rushed to a hospital after they fell ill during... More »

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drugs • Germany • Berlin • heroin • therapist • ecstasy • mind-expanding

(Newser) - Pre-race World Championship blood tests on super South African runner Caster Semenya revealed testosterone levels three times typical female rates, a source tells the Telegraph. The results of the tests, carried out in South Africa, contributed to a decision by sports officials to call for "gender verification" tests on... More »

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gender • Berlin • South Africa • testosterone • anabolic steroids • East Germany • World Championships • blood tests • gold medal • gold medalist • gender confusion • women athletes • Caster Semenya • gender test

(Newser) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered the world record for the 100-meter race today, shearing more off the previous best time—his own—than anyone in recorded history, reports the Chicago Tribune. With a 2 mph tailwind, the 22-year-old clocked in at just 9.58 seconds—0.11 seconds faster than the... More »

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Berlin • Tyson Gay • Sprint • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Jay-ZTV • Olympic Stadium

(Newser) - After many years of indifference, Berliners have started getting serious about saving what's left of the most famous symbol of the Cold War, Der Spiegel reports. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, locals viewed it as merely an unfortunate reminder of  a bad past and little thought was given... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Cold War • East Germany • Berlin Wall • West Germany • reunification

(Newser) - A Berlin brothel is trying to boost business and make the red-light district a greener place with a new discount program, Reuters reports. Patrons who cycle to the brothel or who can prove they got there on public transport will get $7 off the usual $100 price, according to the... More »

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prostitution • Berlin • public transportation • bicycling • German • brothel

 Gay Penguins Raise Chick 


Jun 3, 09 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of homosexual male penguins is raising a chick together, the BBC reports. A zoo in Germany reports that one of its three pairs of gay males hatched the egg after it was rejected by its biological parents. "Since the chick arrived, they have been behaving just as... More »

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Berlin • zoo • homosexual • gays • penguins

 Hitler Sells Again in Germany 


May 31, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Broadway hit musical comedy The Producers finally opened in Berlin to boffo box office receipts—but not before in intense sales push to break through German reluctance to see an ersatz Hitler hamming it up on stage, reports the Los Angeles Times. "If you put it on most... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Broadway • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • musical • Springtime for Hitler

German Tempers Heat Up Over Cold War Tourist Traps

'Snackpoint Charlie,' actors in military uniforms labeled disrespectful to dead

May 20, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Disneyfication of Cold War landmarks in Berlin has irked people with bad memories of East Germany, the Independent reports. Critics, including former Allied officers and those who suffered under oppressive rule, argue that the atmosphere around places like Checkpoint Charlie—where actors in military uniforms hustle tourists for coins... More »

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Germany • Berlin • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism • West Germany • checkpoints

 'Funny Fuhrer' 
 Finally Hits Berlin 

'The Producers' inspires uneasy laughs with its German debut

May 19, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Producers has goose-stepped its way onto a German stage 76 years after the springtime when Hitler took power, the New York Times reports. There were plenty of laughs—if sometimes uneasy ones—on opening night Sunday, but the Nazi-mocking musical and its swastika-laden ads prompted a fresh round of... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis

 Corpses 
 Having Sex 
 Sparks Uproar 

Popular traveling exhibit of bodies triggers new controversy

May 7, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial traveling exhibit of preserved bodies has sparked a storm of controversy with a new addition of corpses having sex, reports the Guardian. "It's not meant to be sexually stimulating," said creator Gunther von Hagens, who opens the Berlin exhibit to the public today. German politicians and... More »

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Germany • Berlin • corpse • pornography • sex • Grey's Anatomy • bodies • Gunther von Hagens • exhibition

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