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August 18, 2010
In this edition: Free diver Guillaume Néry French free diver Guillaume Néry has set world records with his plunges not using any equipment. Now, a new video of one of his recent spectacular dives ...
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August 18, 2010
The city of Constance is located at the western end of the lake by the same name in the south of Germany. It is a university town of 82,000 inhabitants, and its location makes it a popular ...
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August 18, 2010
The Hamburg-based Meiner publishing house specializes in books on eastern philosophy. For company director Manfred Meiner, money has never been a key factor. He took over the business from his ...
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August 18, 2010
Teacher training courses has traditionally focused on the subject matter, whether mathematics, Latin or religious studies. Often the issue of how to convey this knowledge to students was ...
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July 27, 2010
July’s record high temperatures aren't keeping people away from the German capital's cultural hot spots - especially if those places are air conditioned - or at least cool and shady.
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July 27, 2010
In the days of the Great Renaissance and Baroque Masters, young painters learned their trade by copying the works of others. This is still practiced at many art schools around the world - but ...
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July 27, 2010
In this edition: Ruhr 2010 European Capital of Culture - Still Life EventTwenty thousand tables were set up on a closed off section of road in the Ruhr region on Sunday July 18th. The 60 kilometer ...
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July 25, 2010
A lakefront mansion is a dream for many people. But for some who can afford to live the dream, don’t want to share. In the German city of Potsdam, just outside Berlin, house owners have closed ...
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July 23, 2010
The European Commission has the EU’s coal mines in its sights. It wants to close all unprofitable collieries by 2014. And that could throw a spanner in the works for the German government. Berlin ...
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July 23, 2010
Not content with just splashing around? Then you could try one of the latest trends in water sports: Walking on water! The see-through ‘Water Walking Ball’ is 2 meters in diameter and, once ...
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July 21, 2010
'Discover Football' is a week-long soccer tournament with a difference. In the German capital Berlin, eight women’s teams will compete as part of a multicultural ...
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July 15, 2010
With only 188,000 inhabitants, Geneva is one of the smallest cosmopolitan cities in Europe. It’s a major financial center and home to numerous international organizations, including the ...
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July 15, 2010
The German labor market is looking relatively healthy these days, but closer study reveals that more than 50 percent of new jobs are on short-term contracts. One in 10 Germans - and among the ...
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July 11, 2010
Willy Rizzo has long been one of France’s most acclaimed celebrity photographers. He's best known for his photographs of Hollywood and fashion icons. But what's less known is ...
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July 09, 2010
Hassen Chalghoumi is the only imam in France who publicly supports the government’s plans to ban full facial veils. And he's paying a high price for it.
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July 07, 2010
Business executives undergo a reversal of roles and experience taking directions from a different boss as they join with professional musicians to perform Brahms in Leipzig.
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July 05, 2010
German-Jewish author Benjamin Stein is not only a novelist, but also a computer specialist and management consultant. Born in East Berlin, Stein’s new novel "The Canvas" can be read from the ...
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July 05, 2010
In this highlights edition: Award–winning club Sankeys in Manchester, famous marble from Carrara, an iconic hotel in Copenhagen, fashion designer Michael Michalsky presents a new collection in ...
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July 03, 2010
The festival in the small Austrian town of Erl was founded in 1997 by Gustav Kuhn. This year, he is staging Richard Wagner’s "The Flying Dutchman." The 64-year-old Austrian has ...
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July 01, 2010
Marble from Carrara, Italy, is beloved by sculpturers who come from all over the world to personally pick out their marble and then work on it in one of the many studios available in the area. ...
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