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'A Woman in Berlin' book cover 25.10.2008, 19:34

German movie puts war rapes in focus

A new movie opening this week in Berlin is set to spark debate on the morality of war and in particular the treatment of women in times of conflict.

29.10.2008, 15:11 1 comment

Authorities deny Jews right to mark Kristallnacht

The debris from two days of organised violence against Jews in Nazi Germany almost seventy years ago has been discovered in what has been described as a major historical site.

Tribute to the Kristallnacht pogrom at  the synagogue at Rykestrasse in Berlin (AFP Photo POOL / Michael Kappeler) 10.11.2008, 10:14

70 years on: sound of broken glass still echoes from Nazi atrocity

November 9th is a bitter-sweet day for Germany and her people. On that day in 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated to mark Germany’s defeat and the end of World War I.

12.11.2008, 10:24 44 comments

“Hypocritical” UK rejects asylum seekers

The British Government stands accused of “double standards” on the emotive issue of asylum. While the Foreign Office in London has warned that 21 countries face humanitarian disasters, UK immigration officials have refused refuge to 77,000 fl

24.11.2008, 07:01

Neo-Nazis sentenced in Israel

An Israeli court has sentenced a gang of neo-Nazis to up to seven years in jail for a series of violent attacks last year.

28.11.2008, 18:16

The Economist: Russians die out, immigrants take their place

The population is dalling catastrophically, life expectancy is not rising and in the regions “social and economic deserts” are huge, reports British weekly magazine The Economist. The number of citizens of working age will only decrease, and i

Feel lucky, punk? 29.11.2008, 20:19

Vigilantes back on the streets of Italy

Italians don’t feel safe anymore. Rising levels of petty crime and deprivation in some neighbourhoods and the increased immigrant presence in these areas have spurred residents and business people to band together and take the law into their own hands.

Christmas market, Frankfurt am Main 14.12.2008, 13:44

Good-bye rip offs, hello real deal

Predictions that Christmas lights wouldn’t shine as brightly in Frankfurt am Main this year are proving to be false. Although the yuletide market in Germany’s financial capital is half its normal size, it’s still packing a real punch – even in

The trouble with tolerance

Published: 17 November, 2008, 11:14


In these times of globalisation, mass mobility of people and interdependence, the International Day of Tolerance is a laudable exercise in trying to diffuse the problems arising from our advancement to a more pluralist society, says freelance writer Ciara

 
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