Cologne gay pride carnival attracts 500,000
Cologne, Germany - Around half-a-million people thronged the centre of Cologne on Sunday for the annual gay pride parade known as Christopher Street Day. More than 90 brightly coloured floats snaked their way through the streets in pleasant summer te...
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2009-07-05 ] Category : [
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Italian architect dismisses Berlin claims
Berlin - An Italian architect selected to design a replica of a 18th-Century palace in the heart of Berlin has dismissed claims he was not eligible for the multimillion dollar project. A lawyer for Francesco Stella said there was no truth to allegati...
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2009-07-01 ] Category : [
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German-Iraqi dispute mounts over 4,500-year-old gold vase
Mainz, Germany - An Iraqi-German dispute heated up over an antique gold vase on Tuesday, as German customs officers said they would retrieve the object from a Mainz museum vault on Thursday, despite Iraqi opposition. Both the Iraqi government and a M...
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2009-06-30 ] Category : [
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Sweden's three cultural festivals in August
Hamburg - Visitors to Sweden in August will have the chance to see three major cultural festivals within the space of 11 days. The cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo have all decided to celebrate their festivals within this short period of tim...
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2009-06-30 ] Category : [
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Munich to host Nazi documentation centre
Munich - A documentation centre for the Nazi era came a step closer to fruition on Monday with the signing of an agreement on financing for the 28-million-euro (39 million dollars) project. The centre is to be built on the site of the old Nazi Party ...
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2009-06-29 ] Category : [
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UNESCO adds 13 new sites to World Heritage list
Seville, Spain - Thirteen new locations have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, which now numbers a total 890 sites, the United Nations organization said Monday. The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific an...
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2009-06-29 ] Category : [
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