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Polish court orders controversial eviction
Published: 2009-11-20 13:30:00A Polish court has ruled that a family in the north of the country is to be evicted, in order for the house to be returned to the former owner, an ethnic German. Cause for angry protests from the nationalist opposition.
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First to watch TV
Published: 2009-11-20 13:03:00The US TV channel “Baby First”, broadcasting from Britain to France, targets toddlers – and has caused a massive controversy about whether children under the age of three should be allowed to watch TV.
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Investigators probe into 200 soccer matches
Published: 2009-11-20 13:01:00Europe’s biggest match-fixing scandal to date is currently unfolding. 200 soccer matches in nine countries appear to have been fixed, with coaches, players and referees involved.
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German documentary on lawyers seeks to explain the lure of the Red Army Faction
Published: 2009-11-19 14:53:00Left-wing lawyers, Horst Mahler, Otto Schily and Hans-Christian Stroebele, went on to pursue very different careers, as Holocaust denier, interior minister, and conscience of the Green party, respectively.
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Twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Published: 2009-11-19 13:33:00While much has been achieved over the last two decades, UNICEF says huge challenges remain, an estimated one billion children still lack the basics to ensure their survival and development.
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Bright future claimed for German solar-powered catamaran
Published: 2009-11-19 13:32:00A German shipyard has unveiled what it claims to be the world's largest seagoing vessel powered by the sun - a catamaran with solar panels generating 1.3 megawatts of electricity.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel presides over closed-door policy meeting
Published: 2009-11-18 15:15:00German government ministers, cloistered in a country retreat outside Berlin, have agreed to a 12-month extension of the German military in Afghanistan and to bring down public debt after record state borrowing in 2010.
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EU and Russian seek mutual support on trade and climate change
Published: 2009-11-18 15:13:00Russia and the European Union stressed their unity and steered away from open disputes at a summit in Stockholm as they sought each other's backing on the issues of trade and climate change.
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UN chief is "disappointed" at world food summit
Published: 2009-11-18 15:11:00The UN world summit on food security has ended with the chief UN official saying he was disappointed by the lack of commitment shown by world leaders to eradicating hunger.
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Germany picks up the pieces after Enke's death
Published: 2009-11-17 12:17:00One week after the suicide of national goalkeeper Robert Enke, Germany's national team were back at training on Tuesday, ahead of a friendly against Ivory Coast.
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