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China said this spring that it had uncovered terror plot to kidnap athletes at Beijing Olympic Games. 35 people arrested for plotting to kidnap athletes, journalists, other visitors.
Reinsurer Munich Re AG said Wednesday the company’s second-quarter net profit fell by 47 percent amid market turmoil and asset write-downs of 889 million euros ($1.38 billion).
A German farmer who lost both his arms in an accident has been successfully fitted with two new limbs in what is believed to be the first complete double arm transplant, his surgeons said Friday.
A former Siemens AG manager was convicted of corruption Monday and sentenced by a Munich state court to two years probation and a euro108,000 ($170,000) fine.
Police say two competitors died of hypothermia and lack of oxygen during an endurance race up Germany’s highest mountain. Six other people were hospitalized.Police and prosecutors say they have opened an investigation.Both men collapsed shortly before...
Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed by young immigrants.Munich state court sentenced Turkish-born Serkan Aksu, 21, to 12...
A former Siemens AG manager on trial over alleged corruption and bribery testified Monday that “commissions” were paid to secure orders.Reinhard Siekaczek, a former manager at the ICN fixed-line telephone network division, is the first to go on trial...
Munich police said Wednesday they have seized a large collection of Aztec, Incan and Mayan cultural artifacts that Costa Rican authorities claim were illegally removed from their country.Art theft specialists from Bavaria’s criminal investigations...
Police say that 20 people suffered bruises and some fractures after a train traveling from Hamburg to Munich apparently collided with a flock of sheep near a rail tunnel.Deutsche Bahn says the train was near the western city of Fulda when the accident...
A German court has rejected an employee’s demand that an irate customer pay damages for throwing a half-eaten kebab at her. The claim stems from an altercation in June in which a kebab customer unsuccessfully demanded his money back. He says he then...
Germany’s Bayerische Landesbank said Thursday that write-downs from exposure to the U.S. mortgage crisis have reached $6.72 billion.BayernLB, Germany’s second-biggest public-sector wholesale bank, reported $3.13 billion in write-downs for the first...
The past few weeks have seen the United States of America get into an unpleasant diplomatic tangle with its European allies over the issue of troops contribution in Afghanistan. Last week’s NATO summit in Lithuania was overshadowed by a possible...
BMW is developing an all new model which got caught on photos during first tests in the streets of Munich.
The pictured prototype is still under heavy disguise, however, it reveals a sloping hatchback, which is quite similar to the just launched X...
The satellite dishes, being one of the most identifiable signs of technological progress, are taking the world bit by bit. Buildings in almost every country have been flooded with satellite dishes hanging down from everywhere. Here are some pics from...
No doubt, there are many countries throughout the world that organize the beer festivals. But, Munich’s Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival that attracts around 6 million people every year.
It’s a two-week festival held each year in...
A Jewish museum dedicated to the heritage and the future of its growing Jewish community opens in Munich, Germany, the city that was the birthplace of Nazism. An $18 million cube shaped museum is a part of new complex in the central Jakobsplatz...
This is a great outdoor advertisement for Adidas in its bid to continue ‘Impossible is Nothing’ campaign. This advertisement had been put on the eve of the recently held FIFA World Cup 2006. The billboard was placed on a bridge construction site...
France kicked up for the final battle against Italy in the FIFA World Cup after Zinedine Zidane outclassed Portugal in the semifinals match at Munich.
Zidane was a completely different player at Munich. He was not the same Zidane as in the first...
Despite conceding 0-2 defeat to Brazil in their Group F match in Munich, Australian coach Guus Hiddink feels vindicated of his team’s performances against the World Champions. He was also not reluctant to make a strong remark on the Group leader...
Oscar wining director Spielberg says that now he wants to shift his focus in making specialty movies with a lower budget.
Why do you people think that this feeling has suddenly come up? The Oscar winning director’s dream company, ‘Dream Works’ is...
With the commencement of FIFA world cup 2006 in Germany, people across the world, now have the opportunity to explore the beautiful country.
All the 64 matches are scheduled in 16 cities. The potential venues are Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt,...
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In this April 3, 2008 file picture a man is seen walking througha corridor between two buildings of the Bayern LB in Munich, southern Germany. State-owned Bayerische Landesbank said Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 that it finally swung to a pre-tax profit...
