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Cultural interpreter opens minds about other religions, people
Hamburg - Ayhan Cantay calls himself a culture opener. The job he does in a public school district in Hamburg, Germany might be more accurately described as cultural interpreter. Who among you knows Christianity? Cantay, 31, asks a classroom of ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

The Sacred Made Real - Spanish religious art seen anew - Feature
London - When 17th century Spanish sculptor Gregorio Fernandez created his life-like sculpture Dead Christ, he is reported to have intended that the work should shock and stir the soul. The haunting figure, depicting Christ's body as it is prepared ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Nostalgia drives comeback for Communist-era hits - Feature
Warsaw - Many Communist-era products disappeared from store shelves in Eastern Europe post 1989, unable to compete with Western imports after the Iron Curtain fell. But others have survived, and some have even managed to thrive in the past two decade...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-21 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Chinese dissidents watched Europe pick up their movement - Feature
Beijing - The fall of the Berlin Wall told the world what a beautiful country meant, what freedom and democracy meant, says Chinese dissident Qi Zhiyong, comparing the events of Eastern Europe in 1989 with those of China that same year through the ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-21 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Prescription for Rudolf Hess' sleeping pills sold at auction
London - A prescription for sleeping pills issued to former Nazi deputy leader Rudolf Hess during his brief custody in Britain was Tuesday auctioned for 750 pounds (1,200 dollars). The mixture to help insomnia was prescribed while Hess was imprisoned...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Leaving East Germany - as easy as Alpha, Bravo, Charlie? - Feature
Berlin- In the winter of 1962, just months after the Berlin Wall was built, bus driver and war veteran Hans Weidner decided he was fed up with life in East Germany. Weidner equipped his passenger bus with metal plates and, on a bitterly cold Christma...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Twenty years on, (n)ostalgia for East Germany lingers - Feature
Berlin - Sometimes women sit down and cry when they come in here, says Frank Arndt, gesturing to shelves in his store, creaking under the weight of toys, school books, cleaning products, and crockery - all from a time when the German Democratic Rep...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Days before the end, East Germans dreamt of a new start - Feature
Berlin - There had never been anything like it before in East Germany. On November 4, 1989, half a million people - factory workers, teachers, students, artists and writers - streamed into Berlin's Alexanderplatz to make a stand for a renewed East Ge...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

The Berlin Wall: a victim of bananas - Feature
Hamburg - On Thursday evening, November 9, 1989, West German public TV stations signed off the air at about midnight, as usual. Residents of Hamburg, a mere 50 kilometres from the East German border, went to bed, dreaming of little than the next work...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Watching the Berlin Wall come down - from the East - Feature
London- Moments after Guenter Schabowski announced the opening of East Germany's borders with the West - almost as if it were an afterthought - shouts of The Wall must go (Die Mauer muss weg) could be heard from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The then ...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Culture (General) ]

Book by prostitute in Berlusconi case goes on sale in Italy

Bangladesh begins first trial of soldiers for mutiny

Jordan opposition welcomes dissolution of lower house

Van Gaal safe for a while at Bayern as Toni eyes return to Italy

Report says Britain and Pakistan colluded in 'torture' of suspects

Sri Lankan authorities arrest refugees fleeing to Australia

South Africa emerges from recession

Danish climate minister nominated for European Commission - Summary

GM will keep Germany's Bochum plant open, chief says

Britain launches hearings to find 'truth' about Iraq war

German foreign minister: nuclear Iran unacceptable

Spain detains 34 Basque separatists - Summary

Australia edges closer to carbon-trading scheme - Summary

Reports: Leterme set to return as Belgian premier

Bayern facing early exit - van Gaal too? - Feature

Thai shares down 2 per cent on fears of political violence

Congolese rebel leaders plead not guilty as war crimes trial begins

Philippines declares emergency rule after political violence - Summary

EXTRA: No deal on prisoners exchange yet, says Netanyahu

Indian government presents mosque demolition report to parliament