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Kidnapped European tourists are not on Libyan soil, says Libyan government

The Libyan People's General Committee in Charge of External Relations and International Cooperation has denied the presence in the country, of foreign tourists kidnapped...
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Egyptian gov’t makes contact with kidnappers of European and Egyptian tourists

The Egyptian government said it had made contact with masked kidnappers who abducted 19 people, including 11 European tourists, on 19 September. According to...
Chancellor Merkel encourages more German investments in Ghana

Chancellor Merkel encourages more German investments in Ghana

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged her country's resolve to deepen economic relations and ensure continued development support to Ghana. "Ghana is on a promising...
Namibia and Germany : A fight for colonial skeletons

Namibia and Germany : A fight for colonial skeletons

Namibia's Prime Minister Nahas Angula said Monday that Namibia would not issue an official request to the German government to bring back colonial era...
Europeans welcome Obama

Europeans welcome Obama

If Germans could vote in US elections, then Barack Obama would probably win with ease. More than 200,000 people packed into a central Berlin park...
German company stops production of Zimbabwe banknote paper

German company stops production of Zimbabwe banknote paper

A Munich-based company Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, which has been supplying Zimbabwe’s Central Bank with papernote paper has ceased doing so with immediate effect. The...
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German Muslim imprisoned for stabbing a Jewish rabbi

A German court sentenced Sajed Aziz, a German Muslim, Tuesday to three and a half years in prison for stabbing and causing serious bodily...
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Al Qaeda suspects arrested in France

According to France 24 eight people were arrested in France in a joint operation with police in Germany and the Netherlands where two other...
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Wildlife in danger according to new studies

BBC News reports that, according to data gathered by the Zoological Society of London, at least a quarter of the world’s wildlife has been...
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German Radio Deutche Welle, and Mauritania Radio sign cooperation deal

Erik Bettermann, Director-General of the German international broadcaster, Deutche Welle (DW), and officials of the Mauritania Radio Television (RTM) have signed a cooperation agreement...
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Nigeria President Yar’Adua’s ailment revealed

SaharaReporters have disclosed Nigerian President Yar’Adua’s real ailment. The President’s German doctors reportedly revealed last year that the president’s medical condition could be managed...
The health of Nigerian President Yar’Adua creates uproar

The health of Nigerian President Yar’Adua creates uproar

Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party has criticised the federal government for mismanaging the information on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who...
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New inflation record for Eurozone

Inflation has gone up from 3.1% in December 2007 to 3.6% in March 2008 in the eurozone setting a new record and being at...
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German Coach gets the boot from Côte d’Ivoire

German Ulrich Stielike has officially been relieved of his duties as head coach of Cote d'Ivoire's national football squad, the Elephants, the Ivorian Football...
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Economic Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Religion in the US and Germany

In this paper, I analyze the legal regulation of religion in the US and Germany from rational choice perspective and the perspective of new...
Europe intervenes in Zimbabwe election stalemate

Europe intervenes in Zimbabwe election stalemate

The European Union on Wednesday made an urgent appeal to the Zimbabwe election commission to publish without delay the official results of the 29...
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Kidnapped German worker freed in Nigeria

A German construction worker who was kidnapped in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt Tuesday morning has been freed unharmed, military sources said Wednesday....
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Security agencies search for kidnapped German in Nigeria

Nigerian security agencies have launched a massive search for the German construction worker who was kidnapped in the oil city of Port Harcourt Tuesday....
AfDB funds US$ 2.7 billion projects in Central African Forestry Commission

AfDB funds US$ 2.7 billion projects in Central African Forestry Commission

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is currently funding 80 ongoing operations to the tune of US$ 2.7 billion in all sectors of activity...
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Germany donates €4m to fight HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone

Germany has donated 4 million euros to Sierra Leone to boost the African nation's fight against HIV/AIDS. The donation was handed over to Sierra...
CAN 2008: Angry Nigerians slam Eagles’ performance, want Vogts sacked

CAN 2008: Angry Nigerians slam Eagles’ performance, want Vogts sacked

Shocked that a country rated the best in African football has yet to win a match in the current Nations Cup in Ghana, Nigerian...
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Nigeria’s premier vehicle plant set for resuscitation

According to Panapress, Plans are in top gear to revive Nigeria's premier vehicle assembly plant, Volkswagen of Nigeria (VWON), abandoned several years back, the...
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58th Berlin International Film Festival (07.-17.02.2008)

Below you will find the pdf-download. Together with the Federal Foreign Office: Africa in Focus of the Campus 2008 The Berlinale Talent Campus together with...