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Global News Blog Pope Benedict XVI and the road not taken (+video)
At one point, the young Joseph Ratzinger looked like a budding church reformer. By the time he abdicated as pope this week, he had become one of the stoutest defenders of Catholic tradition.
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How will the Catholic Church handle a living ex-pope? (+video)
The resignation of Benedict XVI raises a conundrum not faced by the Catholic Church for centuries.
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Pope Benedict XVI announces he's stepping down (+video)
The Pontiff said he's physically unable to carry out duties as head of the Roman Catholic church and will resign by the end of February.
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Land of opportunity for Southern Europeans? Germany.
German businesses are turning to Spaniards, Greeks, Italians, and others from high-unemployment eurozone countries. But immigrants may find themselves in remote areas – and struggling with the language.
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Gay Germans tap Oktoberfest to make push for marriage rights
Oktoberfest celebrations like 'Gay Sunday' this past weekend are helping gays and lesbians boost their visibility at a time when Germany is debating gay marriage.
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Stefan Karlsson Regional differences in unemployment further hinder EU recovery
It is well documented that there are big differences in unemployment within the European Union. What is perhaps less well known, however, is that dramatic differences in unemployment exist within many euro countries as well.
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Did all predatory dinosaurs have feathers? (+video)
A 150-million-year-old predatory dinosaur fossil points to evidence that dinosaurs evolving into birds were not the only ones to have feathers.
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Decoder Wire Romney bus tour: What's he hope to accomplish?
Mitt Romney embarked on a bus tour Friday that is taking him to small towns in six of the nation's most important swing states from New Hampshire to Wisconsin.
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Chapter & Verse 'Mein Kampf' will be published in an annotated edition by Bavaria
The German state, which holds the copyright to Adolf Hitler's book, will release a new edition in 2015.
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East Germans unite: Joachim Gauck elected president
Both Germany's new President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel hail from the former communist East Germany, marking a turning point in the country's reintegration efforts.
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German magazine caves in battle to reprint Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
A German magazine's bid to reprint excerpts of 'Mein Kampf' to promote a discussion of the past was blocked by a long-standing German ban on reprinting or selling the text.
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Chapter & Verse Are Germans ready for a republishing of 'Mein Kampf'?
A German magazine's plan to print excerpts from 'Mein Kampf' has prompted fury and legal threats.
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Archaeopteryx: Birdlike dinosaur wore black plumage of feathers
Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Bavaria in Germany. First unearthed 150 years ago, the fossil of this carnivore, with its blend of avian and reptilian features, seemed an iconic evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds.
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Ban Germany's right-wing NPD? Neo-Nazi revelations spark debate.
Neo-Nazi enclaves like Jamel, Germany, are closed to foreigners and minorities – and supportive of the hard-right NPD party. Last week, 74 percent of Germans said the NPD should be banned.
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In Pictures: Europe's love-hate relationship with the Pope
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In Germany, considering a eurozone minus Greece
The coalition government in Germany, the biggest contributor to the eurozone rescue fund, appears split over over a possible sovereign default for Greece.
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Archaeopteryx may not have been a bird, but just a feathery dinosaur
Archaeopteryx: The creature long believed to be the earliest known bird may not have been a bird at all, suggests a new Chinese fossil find.
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Germany's trouble with abandoning nuclear power
Now that Germany is turning away from nuclear power, it is more reliant on renewable and traditional energy sources – both of which comes with problems of their own.
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Radioactive boars in Germany a legacy of Chernobyl
Radioactive boars: A quarter century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union carried a cloud of radiation across Europe, these animals are radioactive enough that people are urged not to eat them.
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Belgium breaks Iraq’s world record for government impasse
Belgium, split between the Dutch-speaking north and French-speaking south, still doesn’t have a government after June elections last year. The rift may eventually cause a national divorce.
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Stuff hipsters like: Bavarian folk music?
Most young Germans consider the Bavarian folk music known as "Blasmusi" a bit ridiculous, but a couple of musicians are mixing it with modern sounds to bring it back into vogue.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/20
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Hells Angels smackdown: Student attacks Hells Angels with a puppy
Hells Angels attack? Well, a German student caused a major traffic jam on Monday after 'attacking' a group of Hells Angels motorcycle gang members with a puppy and then fleeing on a bulldozer.
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Catholic sexual abuse scandal sharpens church rift over what a priest should be
Progressive Catholics and theologians in the US and Europe say the Vatican's model of a priest is outdated. The global sexual abuse scandal has sharpened the church's inner struggle over how to reform that model.
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From abuse crisis, Germany's Roman Catholics seek reform
The Roman Catholic priest sex abuse crisis is prompting Germany's faithful to revisit the spiritual roots of their church.
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