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June 2007
- Cruise Can Film in Germany Despite 'Cult' Status
  
  Hollywood Reporter | Jun 29, 07 12:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tom Cruise will be allowed to shoot his new movie, about a German military officer who tried to assassinate Hitler, on German soil. Earlier reports said the megastar would be banned because of his ties to Scientology, which Germany regards as a threat to democracy and keeps under "official observation," as it does neo-Nazi groups, reports Yahoo News. More »
- Extradite CIA Kidnappers, Germans Demand
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 26, 07 5:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Germany is demanding the extradition of 10 CIA agents for the kidnapping of suspected terrorist Khaled el-Masri in 2004, Der Spiegel reports. The German citizen was flown to Afghanistan in what is known as as "extraordinary rendition." The case is similar to one in Italy in which 26 CIA agents are being tried in absentia . More »
- Cruise Film Can't Shoot at German Sites
  
  Reuters | Jun 25, 07 4:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The makers of a new Tom Cruise movie will be barred from filming at key German military sites, Reuters reports, because of the star's Scientology connection. Cruise is to play the lead in "Valkyrie," about a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. But the Germans don't recognize Scientology as a real church and are apparently opposed to its teachings. More »
- German Privacy Laws Threaten Gmail Service
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 25, 07 11:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google will halt Gmail service in Germany next year if the country enacts aggressive surveillance legislation pending in the Bundestag. The law, which reflects EU regs on data retention, would compel telecom companies to keep records of Internet and phone activity for 6 months, Der Spiegel reports. A company consultant calls the measure a "heavy blow against the private sphere." More »
- EU Leaders OK New Treaty
  
  BBC | Jun 24, 07 11:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - EU negotiators pulled an all-nighter and the German chancellor played a risky game of chicken with Poland en route to reaching an agreement on a treaty that will govern the 27-nation body. The deal resurrects much of the ill-fated 2005 constitution while streamlining bureaucracy and introducing a top foreign-policy position intended to beef up the union's worldwide clout. More »
- Top 10 Up & Coming Destinations
  
  VirtualTourist | Jun 14, 07 4:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gdansk, Poland Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada Nesebar, Bulgaria San Ignacio, Belize Antananarivo, Madagascar More »
- G8 Protesters Clash With German Police
  
  Reuters | Jun 2, 07 2:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Riot police and anti-globalization activists collided in the streets of the German port of Rostock today after an early show of opposition to next week's G8 summit degenerated into violence. Police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators who showered them with bottles and stones, causing more peaceful protesters to disperse. Officials said 146 officers were injured. More »
- East German Women Are Heading West
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 1, 07 5:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Young, educated women are fleeing eastern Germany—and Neo-Nazi parties are flourishing in the vacuum they leave behind. One-and-a-half million people, two-thirds of them women, have left left the economically stagnant east since the mid-1990s, a new study shows. More »
May 2007
- Death Camps May Charge Admission
  
  Times (UK) | May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports. More »
- German Firm Buys Tuscan Hamlet
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 25, 07 5:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A German company has bought up an entire town in Northern Italy, with plans to convert it into a giant "holiday world" resort. The Guardian reports that Hanover-based tour giant TUI payed upwards of $340 million for the 13th-century Tuscan village of Tenuta di Castelfalfi, whose crumbling ramparts, squares and villas now house just five citizens. More »
- German Students Do Full Monty
  
  Der Spiegel | May 9, 07 5:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend to have somewhat more toned physique," Der Spiegel reports. More »
April 2007
- Hitler Youth HQ to Become Posh Club
  
  Deutsche Welle (Germany) | Apr 24, 07 3:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An idling behemoth in Berlin that has housed both the Hitler Youth and the East German Communist Party will soon become a swanky media club, complete with a 42-seat theater, a swimming pool and upscale bars. A secretive British investor recently bought the Bauhaus landmark, and hopes to open a Soho House-style club next year. More »
March 2007
- Germans Spy on Scientologists
  
  Der Spiegel | Mar 29, 07 8:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Celeb church-of-choice Scientology is under surveillance from German intelligence officials, alarmed at the recent opening of its new chapel in Berlin, just blocks from the Reichstag. Leaders' phones have been tapped. "This is a dangerous group… that wants to break the will of each of its members. That's why we have to take massive counter-action,” says one German intelligence official. More »