If you thought you've had a bad week at work, consider the plight of Peter Fleischer and Detlef Leinberger, two German bankers who cost their company more than 500 million euros by approving a fund transfer to Lehman Brothers after the investment bank had already declared...
A round up of bad news in the various newspapers from the last few days. Things are getting worse here - even though the US economy is attempting to post a few spotty positive reports. "In an interview with German...
Head of a waxwork of Adolf Hitler's has been restored and it will be reinstalled at the Germany's Madame Tussauds . "A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its...
" Germany's tabloid newspaper, Bild, has printed a list of holiday resorts to avoid - those dominated by the British. This comes after a British man was awarded £750 (953 euros) after suing his travel company over a...
A female polar bear cub separated from it mother (who had some issues, apparently) is poised to become Germany's next child star. Speculation is rampant (in German papers, at least) that the currently-unnamed tyke...
Fascinating story of medical wonder. The pencil must have lodged in the 80% of the brain we don't use/ need.
"A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering...
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" Email Print Normal font Large font Bild's front page skull picture story. Photo: AFP PHOTOGRAPHS of German soldiers posing with a human skull in Afghanistan have triggered outrage in Germany and cast a shadow over plans to raise its military profile worldwide. The Bild...
"Nevertheless, concerns are growing of a potentially violent reaction. Security at German Embassies throughout the Middle East and in Kabul has been increased for fear of retaliation. So far, nothing has happened,...
"BERLIN (AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel promised tough action after German soldiers in Afghanistan were photographed playing and posing with a human skull.
"The chancellor has made it clear that she finds these...
According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...
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