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CURRENT EVENTS
The following are a variety of current events I cherry picked from the above-listed news sources, and around the Web, to share with you.
Word of the Week, Eselsohr (Sept 11, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Postman hoards 20,000 letters in Germany (Sept 9, 2008, Yahoo! News, Reuters)
Daimler, RWE to roll out electric cars in Berlin (Sept 5, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Dutchman claims Pisa loses leaning title to local church (Aug 31, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Go-ahead for Germany’s biggest mosque (Aug 29, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Man and Myth: Misconceptions of Beethoven (Aug 26, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Sculptor recalls children flight from Nazi Germany (Aug 24, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Word of the Week, Lebenskünstler (Aug 20, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Checkpoint Charlie tacky tourist trap? (Aug 19, 2008, Spiegel Online)
To the rescue of a collapsing WWII ruin in Berlin (Aug 18, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Former East Berlin’s Palace of the Republic is scrapped and resold to Dubai (Aug 13, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
German carmaker Daimler is pushing ahead with electric cars (Aug 11, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Italy’s battle over oranges (Aug 10, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Cache of WWII weapons found at Berlin building site (Aug 9, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Two entrepreneurs open Stasi-themed bar in Berlin (Aug 9, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Word of the Week, Stubenhocker (Aug 8, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
famous stretch of Berlin Wall to be restored (Aug 8, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Graves of British and Australian WWI troops to be reburied (Aug 2, 2008, BBC News)
X-rays reveal hidden van Gogh portrait (Aug 1, 2008, BBC News)
Smokers in Berlin and BW have won a small victory (Aug 1, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Hitler’s private collection of art goes virtual (July 31, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Speer aide made satirical cartoons of Hitler’s ‘Germania’ (July 31, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Spain’s great tomato war (July 31, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Word of the Week, Windelweich (July 29, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Von Trapps reunite in former home (July 25, 2008, ABC News, AP)
Berlin gears up for Obama visit (July 19, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
180 mosques planned for Germany (July 18, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Word of the week, Nervensaege (July 18, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Bauhaus is better know abroad than Goethe or Schiller (July 17, 2008, Spiegel Online)
German stand-up comic sets new world record (July 17, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
VW to set up $1 billion car plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee (July 16, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Euro hits historic high against US dollar (July 15, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Where will Obama speak in Berlin? (July 11, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Word of the Week, Strohfeuer (July 10, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
French most obnoxious European tourists, survey finds (July 9, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Slovakia to switch to euro currency January 2009 (July 8, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Meeting Spain’s last anarchist (July 8, 2008, BBC News)
Man rips head from Hitler wax figure (July 8, 2008, ABC News, Australia)
Austrian government collapses (July 7, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Obama planning trip to Berlin (July 5, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Germany crowned world’s biggest cheese exporter (July 4, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Germany puts more money aside for memorials (July 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
New US embassy prepares to open July 4 (July 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Word of the Week, Phantombild (July 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Berlin! Build my dad a memorial! (July 2, 2008, Spiegel Online)
German unemployment falls in June, surprising forecasters (July 1, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Euro 2008 Finals venue hides a sinister past (June 28, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Germany looks to double its bicycle traffic by 2012 (June 26, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Waves of would-be immigrants target EU shores (June 24, 2008, Spiegel Online)
German town first to require solar panels on new buildings (June 23, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Word of the Week, Duennbrettbohrer (June 22, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Austrian monks go from YouTube hit to record gold almost overnight (June 21, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Production of Hummel figurines to come to an end (June 19, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Former SS guard to be tried in Germany? (June 18, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Fuel protesters target Brussels (June 18, 2008, BBC News)
Settlement reached in alpine cable-car tragedy that killed 155 (June 17, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Irish voters reject Euro treaty (June 14, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Word of the Week, Sandkastenfreund (June 13, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Starbucks set to expand in Europe (June 12, 2008, Spiegel Online)
The Dutch to ban tobacco smoking but not marijuana (June 11, 2008, Spiegel Online)
German women earn one fifth less than men (June 9, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Explosive Easter on Greek island (June 9, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Production of east German MZ motorcycles to end (June 8, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Smoking ban proves costly for German bars (June 7, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Engineers defuse WWII bomb in London (June 6, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Europe’s oldest man turns 112 (June 6, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Germany: America ready for change (June 5, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Word of the Week, Sternstunde (June 5, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Venice focuses on the environment (June 4, 2008, BBC News)
Greek mayor performs country’s first gay wedding (June 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Europe’s beaches mostly clean (June 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Europe’s fisherman strike over high fuel costs (June 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
A bridge to Sicily? (June 3, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Mouths wide open in Belgium (June 3, 2008, Spiegel Online)
WWI mass grave found in France (June 2, 2008, BBC News)
2008 Berlin Air Show is a success (May 31, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Germany’s national railway, Deutsche Bahn, to be 25% privatized (May 30, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Pisa’s leaning tower “stabilized” (May 29, 2008, BBC News)
Wrapping up the Cannes Film Festival (May 29, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
A WWI veteran, Germany’s oldest man dies (May 28, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Celebrating the Candy Bombers (May 28, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Czech govt. is now charging for health care -- $1.85 per doctor visit (May 28, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Word of the Week, Kaveliersdelikt (May 27, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
French president says “Oui” to the 35-hour work week and “Non” to VAT on fuel (May 27, 2008, Spiegel Online)
New monument to homosexual Holocaust victims opens in Berlin (May 27, 2008, Spiegel Online)
German critics slam new US embassy in Berlin (May 26, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Video: My first choice to win Eurovision 2008 (May 25, 2008, BBC News)
Video: My second choice to win Eurovision 2008 (May 25, 2008, BBC News)
Video: The act that won Eurovision 2008 (May 25, 2008, BBC News)
Watch Eurovision live! (May 24, 2008, Eurovision.tv)
Reporter’s log: Eurovision 2008 (May 24, 2008, BBC News)
Italy clashes over Naples rubbish site (May 24, 2008, BBC News)
“Scream” painting back on display (May 23, 2008, BBC News)
Reviving East Germany’s only sports car (May 21, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Calabrian Mafia’s revenues soar (May 22, 2008, BBC News)
Berlin Philharmonic escapes severe fire damage (May 21, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Word of the Week, Fingerhut (May 20, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
One in eight Germans lives in poverty (May 18, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Auto giant to create 2,100 new jobs in Germany (May 17, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
New Berlin Wall book to settle casualty debate (May 17, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Dungeon kids take first steps in ‘magical’ outside world (May 17, 2008, Daily India.com)
Dungeon family: “They are also good and honest people” (May 16, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Von Trapp villa in Salzburg to become hotel (May 15, 2008, Yahoo! News, Reuters)
Word of the Week, bzw. (May 15, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Oldest known bust of Caesar found in French river (May 15, 2008, BBC News)
Italian police swoop on migrants (May 15, 2008, BBC News)
Former GDR “death strip” provides haven for wildlife (May 13, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Barcelona faces severe drought; water brought in by ship (May 13, 2008, BBC News)
The euro zone at a glance (May 12, 2008, BBC News)
New US embassy in Berlin almost finished (May 11, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Anger as gasoline prices increase (May 9, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Word of the Week, Tatendrang (May 7, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Iconic Red Army Reichstag photo faked (May 7, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Greek islands, overwhelmed by refugees, seek help (May 7, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
DNA puzzler at poet’s tomb: No poet! (May 6, 2008, MSNBC, AP)
Dungeon dad, 8,516 days in darkness Part 2 (May 6, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Dungeon dad, the inside story Part 1 (May 5, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Dungeon dad’s kids’ state comparable to WWII POWs (May 4, 2008, Daily India.com)
May Day protests turn ugly in Germany and elsewhere in Europe (May 2, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Bring back the D-mark, says 1 in 3 Germans (May 2, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
The last of Hitler’s would-be assassins dies (May 2, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Time for a beer? Must be 6:14 p.m. (May 2, 2008, Sky News)
Push to collect Nazi stories as perpetrators die out (May 1, 2008, San Francisco Sentinel.com)
Nazi “Dr. Death” still at large, top wanted list (May 1, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s false passport found (May 2007, Deutsche Welle)
Jewish community outraged by second attack on cemetery (May 1, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Italy posts income details on Web (May 1, 2008, BBC News)
Lesbos islanders dispute gay name (May 1, 2008, BBC News)
Word of the Week, Totschlag-Argument (May 1, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Police begin to piece together tortured life of dungeon daughter (May 1, 2008, Belfast Telegraph)
Suspicions grow that Austria’s dungeon dad had accomplices (April 30, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Concentration camp doctor heads list of top 10 wanted Nazis (April 30, 2008, Online Athens, AP news)
iBand makes music with Apple’s iPhone (April 30, 2008, news.com.au)
Austria’s monstrous case of kidnapping and incest (April 29, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Oskar Schindler: hero or traitor? (April 28, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Tempelhof Airport to close in October (April 28, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Europe’s döner kebap prices set to soar (April 28, 2008, Spiegel Online)
Champagne, Switzerland, can’t use it’s own name (April 27, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Photo exhibit shows Paris under nazi occupation (April 26, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Immigrant issue key in Italy’s elections (April 26, 2008, Int. Herald Tribune)
Bomber pilot’s apologetic legacy (April 25, 2008, BBC News)
Word of the Week, Besserwisser (April 25, 2008, Deutsche Welle)
Austrian mayor wages war on mobile phones (April 25, 2008, BBC News)
Volkswagen profit up 26% (April 23, 2008, Bloomberg.com)
Anne Frank greetings card found (April 23, 2008, BBC News)