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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/07
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/25
Smartphones patent war heats up

Smartphones, tablets, and other technology are at the heart of a series of patent-infringement suits filed by Nokia against Apple.
Open house: Foreclosure art meets the whims of the web

His home in foreclosure, Jack Stenner opened the empty property to virtual squatters in an eerie art installation.
Global News Blog
Germany's 'beer bikes' could be taken off the roads

Some municipal governments in Germany are trying to ban the popular 'beer bikes,' which are powered by pedaling and sometimes serve food and alcohol.
Germany finishes paying WWI reparations, ending century of 'guilt'

Few people in Germany noted the country's final $94 million WWI reparations payment on Sunday. Some historians say that's for the best.
The Daily Reckoning
Is booming Germany caught in an ant trap?

Worker-ant countries like Germany are said to be caught in a proverbial trap where they can thrive only if indebted nations buy what they produce. But is that true?
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/20
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South Africa: Doodling to make a difference

In South Africa, people gather to doodle, and auction their drawings, to raise money for the homeless.
The Tin Drum

Marking the 50th anniversary of ‘The Tin Drum,’ a new English translation gives Günter Grass’s classic a fresh musicality.
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German doctors prescribe kids a trip to the theater

The 'Culture Shot' program in Germany says culture is medicine.
After latest sentence, Germans eager for Nazi trials' end

Former officer Josef Scheungraber will face life in prison, a court ruled Tuesday. The next trial, of John Demjanjuk, may be the last for Nazi crimes in Germany.
Why Germans are starting to strike – like the French

Day-care workers are on strike this week as Germany's model labor union system shows signs of unraveling.
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Trial begins in Germany for four accused of 9/11-style terror plot

The trial, which could last two years, had a tense beginning Wednesday when one of the defendants refused to stand for the judge, saying, 'I only stand up for Allah.'