The German statesman Willy Brandt (1913-1992) became the first Socialist chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, in 1969.Herbert Frahm, who later adopted the name Willy Brandt,...
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Berlin (dpa) - The city of Berlin is mulling a name for its new
international airport, which is currently under construction, and the
patrons proposed range from late chance...
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Dec 4 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to
have occurred on December 11 in history: 1901 - Italian Guglielmo Marconi sent the first
transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, in sout...
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Oslo (dpa) - The Nobel Peace Prize was instituted in 1901. Here is
a list of the winners since 1947:
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2006 Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank (Banglades...
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Berlin (dpa) - The German military must stay in Afghanistan until
the Taliban has been defeated, the leader of the Germany's Christian
Democrat parliamentary party said in a...
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Frankfurt (dpa) - US writer John Irving views Guenter Grass as a
hero and role model, he said in an interview marking the German Nobel
literature laureate's 80th birthday on...
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BELGRADE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Serbia launched a billboard
campaign on Wednesday using images and quotations of world
leaders to express its opposition to independence for Kosovo. Posters in the capi...
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Singapore (dpa) - An abused Indonesian maid received a rare open
court apology and 4,000 Singapore dollars (2,547 US) in lost earnings
from the employer who slapped her, new...
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Berlin (dpa) - The German aid worker dramatically freed in Kabul
after being abducted was returning home to Germany Tuesday amid a
rising debate on the politically controver...
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Oslo (dpa) - The Nobel Peace Prize was instituted in 1901. Here is
a list of the winners since 1944:
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2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
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Odense, Denmark (dpa) - More than 60 former Stasi officers
defended one of the world's most infamous den of spies at a history
conference on East German espionage that ended...
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Willy Brandt
FEATURE: Berlin mulls a Marlene Dietrich Airport
