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NEWS ABOUT: German

German stories: 12 news summaries

(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

 French Are 
 World's Worst 
 Tourists: Survey 

Poll of 40,000 hotels ranks visitors on politeness, generosity

Jul 9, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The French are the world’s worst tourists, AFP reports. A global survey asked staff at 40,000 hotels to rate tourists on categories ranging from politeness to generosity to willingness to learn local languages—and the French finished last in several categories. Japanese tourists took honors in just as... More »

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Spain • Japan • globalization • tourism • list • hotel • German • Japanese • tourists • French

 9 Missing 
 Foreigners 
 Found Dead 
 in Yemen 

Hospital workers had been picnicking; al-Qaeda blamed

Jun 15, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(AP) - Nine missing foreigners, including three children, have been found dead in Yemen today, their bodies mutilated, a security official said. The foreigners, including seven Germans, a Briton, and a South Korean, disappeared Friday while on a picnic in the turbulent northern Saada region. Shepherds roaming the area found some remains... More »

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South Korea • kidnapping • murder • British • Yemen • German • militant • al-Qaeda

 Pirates Seize German Ship 


Apr 25, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Hijackers seized a German-owned ship in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen today, a US Navy spokesman said. Pirates captured the Maltese-flagged MV Patriot in the Gulf of Aden about 150 nautical miles southeast of the Yemeni coastal city of Muqalla. An official from the German Foreign Ministry could... More »

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Somalia • ship • German • pirates • US Navy

A Rose by Any Other Name Might Smell
... Manly?

Language influences perception, study finds

Apr 6, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think of the Golden Gate Bridge. Would you describe it as fragile, elegant, and slender? Or strong, dangerous, and sturdy? When they pictured a bridge, a group of German speakers offered the first group of words, while Spanish speakers offered the second, NPR reports. The difference, believes the psychologist behind... More »

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gender • study • psychology • language • German • Spanish

Germany Bans Group Behind Nazi Summer Camps

'Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend' indoctrinated children with racism, minister says

Mar 31, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The German government today banned a neo-Nazi youth group it says ran summer camps where children were instructed in racist and National Socialist ideology, Der Spiegel reports. “Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend,” the German Youth Faithful to the Homeland, allegedly included military exercises and “racial science” classes—which discussed... More »

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Germany • Wolfgang Schauble • Nazi • German • Neo-Nazi • right wingers • extreme right • summer camp

BEER REVIEW

 Oktoberfest Brews 
 Gotta Be 'Poundable' 

A tasting panel names the best in Bavarian style

Oct 1, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - To wash down sausages, sauerkraut, and pretzels, Oktoberfest beer must flow like a dinner wine: "Worthy of attention without demanding to be the center of attention," writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. And with festive consumption measured in liters, it must also be "poundable.... More »

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beer • German • Bavaria • taste • judges • Oktoberfest

Graphic Bod Novel Jars Germany

Female author delves way deep into sex
and femininity

Jun 6, 08 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A highly explicit novel that explores every body crevice of its teenage female narrator has scandalized Germany—and topped bestseller lists, the New York Times reports. The controversial novel, which mixes the anatomical and scatological with the erotic, is a feminist statement challenging a world that expects women to be... More »

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feminism • Germany • hygiene • sexuality • author • German • writer

German Flick Quietly Reclaims the Red Baron as War Hero

Breaks taboo against positive portrayal

Mar 16, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Films extolling German war heroes aren’t exactly abundant, but upcoming movie The Red Baron shines the spotlight on the noble, softer side of Germany’s most famous fighter pilot. “There are strong voices in Germany still saying we're not allowed to do this,” says the writer/director. “... More »

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Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • German • hero • World War I • movies • German army • The Red Baron • fighter pilot • Manfred von Richthofen

Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

German officials fight skinhead music with
a CD of their own

Nov 14, 07 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The government of one East German state is so concerned about the influence of neo-Nazi extremism on the young that it's handing out free CDs of leftist punk music as an antidote. Der Speigel reports that the tactic is borrowed from the far-right NPD party itself, which has been distributing... More »

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Nazi • German • punk music • Neo-Nazi • Landser

German Publishers Launch Google Books Rival

Service won't show text snippets, which Germans think violate copyright

Oct 14, 07 11:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - German publishers irked by Google Book Search's indexing of their books without paying a fee have launched a competing version of the same service. So far, reports Ars Technica, about 300 publishers have made about 8,000 German books available to searchers on Libreka.de, with up to 50,000... More »

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Google • copyright law • Germany • copyright • publisher • German • Google Book Search • Libreka

Scientists Breach Einstein's Theory

Photons traveled faster than light, say Germans

Aug 16, 07 11:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two German physicists claim to have sent microwave photons zooming past the speed of light , a feat Albert Einstein said would require an infinite—and impossible—amount of energy, reports the Daily Telegraph. "For the time being, this is the only violation of special relativity that I know of,... More »

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science • physics • speed of light • prisms • microwave photons • quantum tunnelling • Albert Einstein • German

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