Topic: Potsdam

Culture Cafe George Clooney pays for fellow diner's bill in Germany

George Clooney pays for a fellow restaurant patron's bill in Berlin. Apparently, Clooney pays because he's concerned that his dinner party is too loud, according to a waiter. George Clooney is in Germany preparing to film his movie 'The Monuments Men.'

Lorca 5.1 earthquake: Blame Spain's farmers and their deep wells?

Spain's worst earthquake in 50 years may have been triggered by farmers drilling deep wells to water their crops, says a new study.  With the rise in 'fracking,' man-made earthquakes are a focus of seismic study.

Polish city of Wroclaw comes to terms with its German past

Communist Poland tried to stamp out Wroclaw's history – as the once-German city of Breslau – upon taking control of the city after World War II. But Wroclaw now is embracing its past.

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.

Could dumping iron in the oceans slow global warming?

Using iron fertilizer to create algae blooms could help our oceans absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, say researchers.

New York Police Department monitored Muslim students all over the Northeast

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, the Associated Press has learned.

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East Asia's top 5 island disputes

East Asia is home to several territorial disputes, which occasionally escalate into regional violence. Many of the island territories are small, isolated from the countries’ mainlands, and sparsely populated. But strategic interests and abundant natural resources make them valuable. Here are five of East Asia’s flashpoints:
08/03/2011 04:48 pm

Crete earthquake rattles buildings in Turkey, Egypt

Crete earthquake: A strong 6.2 earthquake in Crete rattled buildings as far away as Egypt and Turkey, Friday.
04/02/2011 01:01 am

Global News Blog Germany's Angela Merkel: Multiculturalism has 'utterly failed'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's comments come just days after a study by a German think tank found that more than 30 percent of people believed Germany was 'overrun by foreigners.'
10/17/2010 02:49 pm

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R136a1 is the most massive star discovered so far

R136a1, hundreds of times the mass of our sun and millions of times brighter, was spotted in a star-making nebula some 22,000 light-years away.
07/21/2010 01:17 pm

Russia-US spy swap in the works? Three famous swaps

Russia and the US reportedly are working out a deal to swap spies, according to the brother of a nuclear researcher convicted of spying in Russia. It's a tactic honed during the cold war.
07/07/2010 02:58 pm

Is Hiroshima memorial a fair legacy for Harry Truman?

In Potsdam, Germany, debate rises over a memorial that marks President Harry Truman's 1945 decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
12/07/2009 12:00 am

Discoveries Jupiter captures a comet, briefly

09/14/2009 01:00 am

Bright Green Preventing a 2-degree C temperature rise = almost no fossil fuel use

Two new climate studies say that the US must cut carbon dioxide emissions by 90 to 95 percent to prevent the planet from becoming too warm.
04/30/2009 01:00 am

Warehouse shoppers: Do you save enough to justify the trip?

Bulk-buy spending at food 'clubs' doesn't always lessen your outlay.
08/04/2008 01:00 am

American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust

Students at Vassar College in the US and the University of Potsdam in Germany share ideas – and cultural differences – on Germany's 'darkest hour.'
05/07/2008 01:00 am