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Germany’s economy minister says Fiat Group SpA wants to take over General Motors Corp’s Opel unit without running up debt and would preserve the three main...
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Fiat Group SpA’s chief executive was expected in Berlin for discussions Monday with the German government on the company’s hopes of taking over General...
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The United States has asked Germany to accept some Guantanamo prisoners when the facility is closed, the Interior Ministry said Sunday, confirming German media...
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European workers feeling the pinch of the economic crisis rallied at May Day protests Friday from Moscow to Berlin to Istanbul.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spent days gingerly, privately asking for help before taking his plea public: The United States needs Europe’s assistance to...
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Britain’s Prince Charles kicked off a two-day visit to Germany on Wednesday by having lunch with President Horst Koehler and receiving an award for his...
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Two attacks on German forces in Afghanistan killed one soldier and wounded nine Wednesday as Germany’s foreign minister began a two-day visit to the country.
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A German soldier was killed during an attack on a patrol in Afghanistan on Wednesday as Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks with the nation’s...
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Massive ice chunks are crumbling away from a shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said Wednesday, warning that 1,300 square miles of ice _ an area...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Europe and the U.S. must “all make sacrifices” to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
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The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says about 30 detainees have been cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.
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New satellite images from the European Space Agency show massive amounts of ice are breaking away from an ice shelf on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula,...
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Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the disease. As the United States reported the first...
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Rolando Villazon’s concert organizer in Germany says the Mexican tenor needs surgery to remove a cyst on his larynx and has canceled two performances in the...
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Germany’s national disease control center says it has confirmed three swine flu cases _ making it the third country in Europe where the disease has surfaced.
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After privately asking European officials to take some freed Guantanamo Bay inmates, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is making a public appeal for help in closing a...
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That annoying mosquito buzz turns out to be a love song, a discovery that Cornell University researchers say may be turned against the biting insects. Ronald R. Hoy and...
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In a Nov. 28 obituary for Cornell University astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter, The Associated Press, relying on information from the university, reported erroneously that...
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According to the latest study by Cornell University, because of solar flare activity, GPS devices, in almost five to six years, are not going to work for many hours. In...
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Here is a good news for people who want to render blond hair, reproducing which in computer graphics has always been more difficult. Researcher Steve Marschner at...
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It’s easy to fix hairs in computer graphics, but giving them a natural sheen is a hard nut to crack, especially with blondes. However, the new computer generated...
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Cornell University Horticulturist has wiped out tension of many home gardeners by finding out a way out for them.
Main apprehension of home gardeners was related to...
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