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Merkel visits Obama
President Obama welcomes Chancellor Merkel to the White House. Great speaker that he is, he managed to crack a joke and mentioned that neither of them looks like the leader that preceded them – Merkel […]
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Carl Jung 50th day of death
Fifty years ago, at the age of 86, psychologist Carl Gustav Jung died in Küsnach on Lake Zürich. Jung on death:
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Collatz conjecture possibly solved
The Collatz conjecture is an unsolved conjecture in mathematics named after Lothar Collatz, who first proposed it in 1937. Gerhard Opfer from the University of Hamburg claims to have solved the Collatz Conjecture aka the […]
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Siemens to abandon major role in atomic-power industry
Even if the mass media have their eyes on other catastrophes, Japans nuclear crisis is still unfolding and it is applaudable that Germany is reacting. According to the Handelsblatt the Munich based power player Siemens […]
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German Chancellor Merkel support President Obama
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle both welcomed the words of US President Barack Obama in his major speech on the Middle East and North Africa. Speaking of the Middle East peace […]
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Austrians disturb Will and Kate’s honeymoon
Martin Ernstbrunner and his girlfriend Tracy, from the idyllic Austrian village Bad Fischau, were vacationing on the Seychelles when they decided to spend a day on North Island, one of the more secluded islands. They […]
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European Songcontest hosted by Germany
Born out of war-torn Europe a Swiss committee looked for ways to bring nations together. So since 1956, every year nations, not necessarily limited by geographic boundaries, but members of the European Broadcasting Union, come […]
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Barbara Gasser voted into the Hollywood Foreign Press
Congratulations to our former contributor Barbara Gasser for being voted into the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Hollywood Reporter writes: Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros, Barbara Gasser and Mirai Konishi have joined the organization that hands out the […]
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver separated
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated after 25 years of marriage. After finishing his term as governor of California and a few movie projects up in the air his website said: Stay tuned for […]
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Hamburg set for take-off: First CO2-free “airport” opened
From the beginning of May, Hamburg is taking the leading role in international air traffic. With its “Knuffingen Airport”, situated in Miniatur Wunderland, the European Green Capital 2011 is going to open the world’s first […]