Kunduz, Afghanistan was the scene of a deadly air strike on September 4th of this year. Initial reports indicated that two tanker trucks that had been hijacked by the Taliban were attacked by NATO to avoid...
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The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was one week ago today. With that behind us, it is now time to acknowledge that the construction of separation walls throughout the world is on the increase. According to l’Observatoire de géopolitique...
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Transparency International (TI), a Berlin based organization, which is a civil society organization and claims to be leading the fight against corruption, has released its annual Corruption Perception Index...
December 2009, Berlin art space "Kunstraum Richard Sorge" presents a large exhibition of Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka's paintings and murals, titled "Everything to More". Hiroki (a.k.a....
Night Captain, a friend from the South, posted about Walls. He was inspired by the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall, a past symbol of socialism. According to corporate media coverage, it...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy posted on his Facebook page a photo of him chipping away the Berlin Wall on the night of November 9, 1989. Sarkozy posted the photo yesterday for the 20th anniversary of the fall of...
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On Monday Angela Merkel became the first Chancellor of Germany to address a joint session of the US Congress. Prior to her address she met briefly with President Obama. Ford announced a $1 Billion Profit,...
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With the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall fast now upon us, various social media services are commemorating the historic occasion in their own unique way. Of course, when the Berlin Wall fell two...
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During last month's election in Germany, the voters decided on a new direction for Germany. They rejected the Social Democrats (SPD) which were part of the Great Coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU...
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By Krishna Hari Pushkar Nepal is a one of the most leading domiciles of many ethno-political insurgents. Since longtime, the country has lost its normalcy of law and order, good governance, civil supremacy, and democratic practices due to fast growing ratio of institutional...
Angela Dorothea Merkel has won re-election in Germany. The polls have now closed 6:00pm and preliminary results were available as of 6:03 pm. The election results were followed by this...
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Berlin : Last week Australian H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Panvax Manufacturer "Listed Guillian-Barre Syndrome as vaccine side effect". And now a German man who participated in H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine clinical trials has said that he became seriously ill as a consequence of theH1N1...
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 11 Jul, 2009 Most Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are still lagging behind in branding strategies due to inadequate infrastructure, capital, management and other amenities, says...
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The 18-year-old runner Caster Semenya, whose gender caused a whirlwind of media scrutiny at the 2009 Athletic World Championships in Berlin, Germany last month, had to undergo gender tests in her native South...
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A new way to raise money for projects is changing how people interact with those who seek to do good. Good ideas are plentiful, but how to fund life-improving projects has always been a thorny issue. Judging how...