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Merkel: Facebook and Google must be open

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:18:00 +0200

Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Sunday for EU-wide data protection rules and transparency from internet giants such as Google and Facebook, saying they must say where people's data is going.

Shooter of US airmen in Frankfurt gets life

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:23:00 +0100

A German court handed down a life sentence Friday to a man who has confessed to killing two US soldiers at Frankfurt airport in what has been called Germany's first deadly jihadist attack.

Ramstein to host NATO missile shield command

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:41:00 +0100

NATO will locate the command centre for its missile shield at the US airbase Ramstein in Germany, a base spokesman confirmed on Thursday.

'I don’t think people expected the Wall would last 30 years'

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:25:00 +0200

As Germany prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, Erin Huggins spoke with Russell Swenson, who witnessed the birth of the Iron Curtain while stationed in the city with the US Army in 1961.

Immigration surge halts population exodus

Mon, 09 May 2011 18:08:00 +0200

Germany registered a net gain of 128,000 immigrants last year, the largest increase since 2004. Poland, Romania and Bulgaria were the most common countries of origin, followed by the United States and Turkey.

Shooting was 'revenge' for Afghanistan war

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:08:00 +0100

German prosecutors said Friday that an alleged Islamic radical accused of shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt airport did so in revenge for Afghanistan but had no links to international extremists.