Tag: Germany
Communist party gives porn pens to kids
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but school children in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.[MORE]
German Bundesbank wants 'racist' banker fired
Germany's central bank is calling on the country's president to fire one of its board members after he called immigrants unproductive and said that Jews had a special "gene."[MORE]
Rossellini to chair Berlin jury
Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the jury at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival.[MORE]
Boomers recover to rout Germany
Australia has bounced back from its heartbreaking two-point loss to Argentina in the best possible fashion at the world basketball championships, demolishing Germany 78-43 in Kayseri, Turkey.[MORE]
Germany unlikely to reopen Nazi hitman case
Israel appears to have lost a bid to have a fugitive described as a Nazi hitman re-investigated for the murder of 22 Jews in the Netherlands during World War II.[MORE]
Ballack overlooked for Euro qualifiers
Former captain Michael Ballack has been left out of Germany's squad for its Euro 2012 qualifiers next month, coach Joachim Loew said.[MORE]
No jail for HIV pop star
No jail time for HIV-positive German pop star Nadja Benaissa who infected a former lover with the virus.[MORE]
Greipel heads German team for worlds
Sprinter Andre Greipel will head the German team for the September 29-October 3 road cycling world championships in Australia, the German cycling federation announced overnight.[MORE]
Man finds bullet in head five years on
German police say a man who was shot in the head failed to notice for several years because he was drunk at the time of the incident. [MORE]
Sampdoria dumped from Champs League
Werder Bremen has hit back from a 3-0 deficit to knock Sampdoria out of the Champions League in a thrilling match at the Marassi stadium in Genoa that went to extra-time.[MORE]
Semenya runs season best
World 800 metres champion Caster Semenya ran a season's best time to easily win her third comeback race, as she rebuilds her career after her sex test ordeal.[MORE]
Fresh calls for hospital baby hatches
The discovery of the body of a newborn baby abandoned in a shoebox in Sydney has led to calls for hospitals to introduce baby hatches.[MORE]
Hooker fails to find lift at favourite venue
Australia's Olympic and world pole vault champion Steven Hooker has failed to record one successful vault for the fourth time this season in Berlin.[MORE]
Rudisha sets new 800m WR
Kenya's David Rudisha set a new world record of 1 minute and 41.09 seconds in the 800 metres at Berlin's Olympic Stadium and insisted he can go faster still.[MORE]
Werder on verge of Champs League
Werder Bremen proved there is life after Mesut Ozil with a convincing 3-1 win over Sampdoria at home in the first leg of the Champions League qualification match this morning.[MORE]
Germany star Ozil joins Real
Germany star Mesut Ozil has quit the Bundesliga and Werder Bremen to sign a contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee, it was announced overnight.[MORE]
Tearful pop star confesses in HIV trial
A German pop star broke down in tears, admitting she kept her HIV positive status a secret from three lovers, as she went on trial for causing grievous bodily harm.[MORE]
Israeli linked to Dubai assassination freed
An Israeli agent suspected of links to last January's assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai has been freed on bail in Germany and may be allowed to return to Israel without further penalty.[MORE]
Austria, Germany fight over Oscar winner
Austria's biggest star, Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, is reportedly not Austrian after all.[MORE]
Spain escapes with Mexico draw
Newly-crowned World Cup champions Spain escaped with a 1-1 draw with Mexico in a friendly international at Azteca Stadium marking the bicentennial of Mexican independence.[MORE]
Google takes Street View to Germany
The internet search company Google is taking its street mapping feature to Germany, amid debate about the legality of the company's information gathering.[MORE]
Germany shuts down mosque linked to 9/11 plot
German police shut down a mosque in Hamburg on Monday which was once connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, saying it had links with armed Islamist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan.[MORE]
14 killed in Europe floods
The death toll from flooding in central Europe climbed to 14 after another two people were killed in Poland overnight.[MORE]
Foreign medics shot dead in Afghanistan
Eight foreign medical aid workers have been shot dead in the remote forests of north Afghanistan, their charity said.[MORE]
Climate talks losing ground, say negotiators
UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding, delegates said at the close of a week-long session in Bonn.[MORE]
