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German Girl Saddles Up Her Cow and Rides It Like a Horse
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsWhen Regina Mayer's parents told her she couldn't have a horse, Mayer didn't get angry. She had a cow instead. That cow would be Luna, the friendly bovine Mayer has trained into the riding companion of her dreams, according to The Associated Press. "She thinks she's a horse," Mayer told the AP from her family's farm in Laufen, Germany, a few miles from the Austrian border. Luna wasn't ready for cow-back riding right away, however. The transformation from stubborn farm animal to long rides in the German countryside was nearly a two-year process, gradually progressing from strolls through the ...
Strong Earthquake Strikes Greek Island of Crete
By not in system - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- A strong earthquake struck the southern Greek island of Crete Friday, rattling buildings as far away as Egypt and Turkey. Local police said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and struck off the southern coast of Crete at 4:29 p.m. (1329 GMT, 8:29 EDT), the Athens Geological Institute and the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, said. The U.S. Geological Survey gave a slightly lower preliminary magnitude of 5.9. Magnitudes recorded by geological institutes often differ. Police in Ierapetra, ...
Experts: German Celebrity Polar Bear Knut Drowned
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut died from drowning after collapsing due to swelling of his brain and falling into his enclosure's pool, an expert said Friday. Pathologist Claudia Szentiks said a necropsy of the four-year-old bear who died suddenly two weeks ago showed he was suffering from encephalitis, an irritation and swelling of the brain that was likely brought on by an infection. AFP / Getty Images Knut, seen here in his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin in December, died March 19. A pathologist says the polar bear drowned after collapsing. She said it was ...
The Lowdown on Germany's Crazy Upside-Down House
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsWho says it's hard to flip real estate in this economy? In this house, you walk on the ceilings -- but you feel like you're bouncing off the walls. Visitors to Bispingen, Germany, have a unique chance to get a new perspective on the world when they tour an upside-down residence dubbed the "Crazy House." The off-kilter abode was erected in a zoo in the German municipality of Gettorf last year, according to the "Crazy House" website. Builders then hauled the home to Bispingen, where it was flipped by two cranes into its precarious position and opened to the public Saturday. ...
Some 200,000 in Germany Protest Nuclear Power
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people on Saturday turned out in Germany's largest cities to protest the use of nuclear power in the wake of Japan's Fukushima reactor disaster, police and organizers said. In Berlin alone more than 100,000 took to the capital's streets to urge Germany's leaders to immediately abolish nuclear power, police spokesman Jens Berger said. Organizers said some 250,000 people marched at the "Fukushima Warns: Pull the Plug on all Nuclear Power Plants" rallies in the country's four largest cities, making them the biggest anti-nuclear protest in the country's ...
Twin Polar Bear Cubs Debut in Germany [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsA pair of polar bear cubs, Gregor and Aleut, romp around their new home at Germany's Nuremberg Zoo. ...
Germany Set to Abandon Nuclear Power for Good
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- Germany is determined to show the world how abandoning nuclear energy can be done. The world's fourth-largest economy stands alone among leading industrialized nations in its decision to stop using nuclear energy because of its inherent risks. It is betting billions on expanding the use of renewable energy to meet power demands instead. Michael Probst, AP Germany is planning to phase out nuclear power, such as this plant in Biblis, Germany. The transition to renewable energies has been accelerated since Japan's disaster. The transition was supposed to happen slowly over ...
Cause of Knut the Celebrity Polar Bear's Death Sought [VIDEO]
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G-7 Countries Announce Joint Currency Intervention
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Finance officials from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries on Thursday agreed on a coordinated effort to weaken the Japanese yen, which has surged to record levels following last week's earthquake and tsunami. A super-strong yen could cripple Japanese exports, further worsen the economic impact of the disaster that killed thousands and triggered an unfolding nuclear crisis. The coordinated intervention in international currency markets would be the first by the G-7 countries since the fall of 2000, when the G-7 intervened in an effort to bolster the euro. ...
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