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Lufthansa flies into red in first quarter
Lufthansa said that one-off effects and price pressures pushed it into a loss in the first three months of the year
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Clashes, arrests as protesters seek to disrupt German right-wing congress
Now polling around 14 percent, AfD is eyeing entry into the federal parliament in elections next year
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Refugee influx spurs German justice to tackle Syrian war crimes
1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year, about 40 percent of whom fled the wars in Syria and Iraq
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Germany's right-wing AfD shifts to anti-Islam platform
Storch says her party would call for ban on minarets, muezzins' calls to prayer and full-face veils for women
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Germany to boost electric cars with 1 bn euro scheme
Car buyers will receive 4,000 euros when they choose a purely electric vehicle and 3,000 euros for a plug-in hybrid
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Germany confirms departure of spy agency chief
The move comes a year after damaging revelations that BND had helped the US National Security Agency spy on EU allies
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German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says
'W32.Ramnit designed to steal files from infected computers, targets Microsoft Windows software' Symantec says
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German scientists seek way to end live chick shredding
The young hatchlings are usually condemned to a violent end simply because they are male
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Germany seeking "safe zones" in Syria to shelter refugees
The idea has been long championed by Turkey in the face of UN caution
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Obama embracing ally Merkel on farewell trip to Germany
Obama is ostensibly visiting to attend the Hannover Messe, a trade fair that underscores Germany's commercial prowes
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For Germany's new arrivals, bank account is passport to integration
'No more appointments today' reads a sign at a bank in Berlin where refugees are queuing to open an account
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Race for $39 bn Australian submarine contract hots up
International race between France, Germany and Japan to win contract to build new submarines is reaching a climax
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Muslim teens arrested for blast at Sikh wedding in Germany
Police have arrested two 16-year-olds with known links to regional extremists over the attack
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German top court strikes down core planks of anti-terror law
Legislation gives investigators sweeping powers to use secret cameras and bugging devices in private homes
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Germany asks Belgium to shut two old nuclear plants
Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks requested that reactors be turned off
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German government sees economy growing by 1.7% in 2016, 1.5% in 2017
'The upturn in the German economy will continue both this year and next year' Gabriel says
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German right-wing AfD party under fire over anti-Islam comments
Konstantin von Notz accused AfD of trying to 'deliberately turn Islam into a bogeyman to capture voters'
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Paris attack suspect had papers on German nuclear research center: reports
Printouts of articles from the internet and photos of Juelich chairman had been found in Abdeslam's apartment
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German coalition leaders agree new counter-terror plans: sources
Last month, German authorities stepped up security measures at airports, train stations and the country's borders
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Germany asylum requests drop 66 percent to 20,000 in March
The numbers for January-March were down to 170,000 compared to over 500,000 for October-December 2015
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Creating a buzz: sex toy sparks bomb scare in Germany
Authorities on Tuesday night cleared about 90 people from the business and nearby premises and closed off a street
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Turkey summons German envoy over 'anti-Erdogan' TV song
German regional television NDR on March 17 broadcast the sardonic song -- 'Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan'
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Joachim Loew admits superior performance from England
World champions Germany squander a two-goal lead in their 3-2 defeat at home to Roy Hodgson's side in Berlin
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Alleged IS trio held in Turkey planned to attack German interests
Last week, Germany closed its embassy in Ankara, its consulate in Istanbul and German schools in both cities
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Muslim woman finally agrees to lift veil during German racism trial
Amira Behari, 43, claimed that she faced verbal and racial abuse in the city's central train station
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Germany tightens rape law in wake of Cologne assaults
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet signed off on the measure which still requires parliamentary approval
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Car bomb kills driver in central Berlin: police
Police say investigators believe it was an explosive device that caused the vehicle to explode
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German court rules against use of Facebook "like" button
Germany, Europe's biggest economy, is one of the world's strictest enforcers of data protection laws
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Play about a French Muslim president hits nerve in Germany's refugee crisis
Weekly Die Zeit says 'Submission' describes how a pre-modern Muslim ideology turns Western society upside down
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Trump poses threat to peace and prosperity: German vice chancellor
Trump has described German Chancellor's welcoming policy towards refugees as "insane"
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Muslim refugees returning home after finding Germany intolerable
They have given up on his dreams of a better life in Europe
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German watchdog says Facebook may breach data protection rules
Company enables its advertising customers to better target users activities, Federal Cartel Office says
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Frankfurt seeks to win over FinTech whizzkids
FinTechs use computer and Internet technology to develop innovative financial services and applications
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German mob tells refugees to 'go home'
The video shows the mob shouting "we are the people" and "go home"
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German minister warns countries not to push refugee burden onto Germany
Germany, the EU's largest and most dynamic economy, took in 1.1 million migrants last year
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Austria says expects Germany to follow migrant border clampdown
Vienna announced Tuesday it would step up controls at existing checkpoints along its southern borders with Italy
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US Muslim ban won't happen: George Clooney
Clooney says he does not think Trump would ever become president
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Eight killed in German train crash, 150 injured: police
The accident took place in Bad Aibling, in the southeastern corner of Germany
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German police arrest two Algerians 'linked to Islamic State'
Police says it suspects four people of having planned a serious act threatening security of state
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German populist party eyes gains despite 'shoot the migrants' uproar
Crucially, that shift coincided with the beginning of a record influx of asylum seekers to Germany
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Berlin teenage girl admits she made up migrant rape claim
13-year-old Lisa told her parents she had been attacked by men of Middle Eastern or North African origin
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'Raped' German-Russian teen spent night at friend's house: Berlin
German police last week rejected the teenager's account but nevertheless passed the case to the prosecutor's office
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Forty percent of Germans say Merkel should resign over refugee policy: poll
Merkel, who enjoyed record high popularity ratings early last year, has grown increasingly isolated in recent months
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11th German victim of Istanbul attack dies
A total of 11 German tourists were killed and another 16 wounded in the bombing in the historic centre of Istanbul
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German Jews fear rising antisemitism during Mideast refugee influx
Jews still remember Muslims proclaiming "Jews to the gas" in Germany to protest the 2014 Israeli-Palestinian Gaza War
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Russia backs teen rape claim rejected by German police
Berlin police last week rejected a rape claim by a 13-year-old German-Russian teenager
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German family-run businesses say ready to hire refugees: survey
55 per cent, of the companies polled predicted that the arriving refugees would alleviate qualified worker shortage
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Survey ranks Pakistan as 56th best country in the world
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German trial of IS 'storm trooper' opens
Nils D., a 25-year-old German national, had travelled to Syria in October 2013
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German police urge calm as teen rape claim sparks online storm
The incident has been likened to initial police silence over a spate of sex assaults during New Year's festivities

















































