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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 ...
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 ...
Cause of Knut the Celebrity Polar Bear's Death Sought [VIDEO]
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Train Crash in Germany Kills 10, Injures 23
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- A head-on collision between a cargo and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, police said Sunday. Authorities believe the death toll could rise in one of the country's worst train accidents. The trains crashed in heavy fog late Saturday on a single-line track near the village of Hordorf, close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg. It's about 125 miles southwest of Berlin, Germany's capital. "The crash was so strong that the passenger train was catapulted off the tracks onto a nearby field," Armin Friedrich, the police officer in charge ...
My Wish for 2011: More Progress for Women
By not in system - AOL NewsMy wish for the new year, the dawn of the second decade of the 21st century, is for women around the globe to progress significantly in both public and private arenas. On Dec. 10, the world observed Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1948 adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of the inalienable rights of mankind. The "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" included a commitment to end discrimination against women. Courtesy of Talia Carner Talia Carner's 2011 wish is for more progress for women. Sixty-two years later, rural women produce nearly 70 percent of the globe's food but ...
More Snow, More Travel Mayhem in Europe [PHOTOS]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 20) -- Travelers in Europe just can't seem to catch a break. Less than a month after freezing temperatures and heavy snow closed roads and airports across Europe, the continent was hit again this weekend by harsh winter weather, continuing to delay travelers today. Check out some images from Europe: Johan Nilsson, AFP / Getty Images A train conductor in Malmo, Sweden, sits in a snow-encrusted locomotive Monday. Bertrand Guay, AFP / Getty Images Cars near Dourdan, France, pass by parked trucks on the A10 highway to Paris. Gero Breloer, AP A plane is ...
Big Freeze Causes Travel Havoc in Europe
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Snow and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday travel chaos Monday for road, rail and air passengers in Britain and much of Europe after a weekend of disruption. Airlines said that Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, was the worst hit by the poor weather - with only a limited number of flights to arrive and depart. Hundreds of passengers camped overnight in terminal buildings after services were canceled or delayed. Gero Breloer, AP A snow blower clears the airfield Monday at Berlin Schoenefeld Airport in Germany. Eurostar reported that its trains linking ...
German Raids Target 2 Radical Muslim Groups
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- German authorities raided religious schools, bookstores and dozens of private homes connected with two radical Muslim groups, a sign that the government is toughening up its policy on organizations that espouse hard-line Islamist views. The raids -- staged in the western cities of Moenchengladbach, Bremen and Braunschweig on Tuesday -- were aimed at Salafist groups Invitation to Paradise and the Islamic Culture Center of Bremen. Officials insisted that today's operation had been planned for some time and was not connected to a current terrorist threat to Germany. The country has ...
Berlin Protesters Strip Naked to Fight High Rents
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(Dec. 6) -- There's rent strike -- and then there's rent strip. Protesters outraged about rising real estate costs and gentrification in Berlin are scheduling appointments to view apartments they consider overpriced, then stripping naked and holding impromptu dance parties inside. The demonstrators, who call themselves "Hedonist International," act like normal would-be tenants when they arrange viewings at apartments in increasingly desirable neighborhoods such as Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. But once they get into the residences, they put on masks and take off everything else. ...
German Government Official Fired Over WikiLeaks Revelations
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyReverberations from the WikiLeaks document dump shook up the German government Friday, with the news that the foreign minister's chief of staff was fired after admitting he acted as a mole for U.S. embassy officials. U.S. State Department cables posted online this week describe Helmut Metzner as "a fly on the wall" who delivered documents to American diplomats last year on the confidential talks to form Angela Merkel's new government, The Guardian reported. Earlier this week, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, leader of the liberal Free Democrat Party, brushed off reports of a mole among ...
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