http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296393,nighttime-revolution--20-years-of-berlins-unified-nightclub-scene.html Berlin - This year marks not only the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall it also marks the beginning of the city's unique club scene. Right now Berliners are celebrating two peaceful revolutions; that of the wall and the second one that ... Europe,World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296393,nighttime-revolution--20-years-of-berlins-unified-nightclub-scene.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291222,tokyo-stocks-fall-119-per-cent-in-morning-trading.html Tokyo - Japanese stocks lost ground in Thursday morning trading, dragged down by falls on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 122.61 points, or 1.19 per cent, to stand at 10,210.78. ... Business Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:40:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291222,tokyo-stocks-fall-119-per-cent-in-morning-trading.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291200,new-madoff-case-alleges-jp-morgan-role-money-used-for.html New York - A new civil case against Bernard Madoff, the convicted Wall Street fraudster, charges that two major US banks abetted him in his 65-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme and that the stolen money was used for drugs and wild parties. A California law... US,Business Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:34:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291200,new-madoff-case-alleges-jp-morgan-role-money-used-for.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291159,gorbachev-and-bush-sr-to-mark-berlin-wall-anniversary-in-germany.html Berlin - The former presidents of the Soviet Union and the US, Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush, are to attend German festivities marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, organizers said Wednesday. The two men will join former... World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:04:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291159,gorbachev-and-bush-sr-to-mark-berlin-wall-anniversary-in-germany.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293388,these-walls-that-divide-us-fighting-fortress-johannesburg--feature.html Johannesburg - The Goethe-Institut is fighting the battle of Johannesburg- but will the walls come tumbling down?To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German cultural institute is leading the charge on the barriers that the... Africa,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:34:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293388,these-walls-that-divide-us-fighting-fortress-johannesburg--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293381,u2-play-the-brandenburg-gate-as-mtv-awards-return-to-berlin.html Berlin- U2 will play a sold-out free gig at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Thursday night to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as part of the return of the MTV European awards to the German capital for the first time in 15 years. T... Europe,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:04:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293381,u2-play-the-brandenburg-gate-as-mtv-awards-return-to-berlin.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292198,russian-president-medvedev-congratulates-merkel.html Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday on her re-election, at the same time promising to be attend the upcoming 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Medvedev said he had accepted... Europe,World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:52:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292198,russian-president-medvedev-congratulates-merkel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292189,report-computer-chip-executive-linked-to-insider-trading-scheme.html New York - A former chairman and chief executive of the computer chips maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was named Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal as a key figure in an ongoing investigation into a 20-million-dollar insider trading scandal. Acc... US,Business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:16:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292189,report-computer-chip-executive-linked-to-insider-trading-scheme.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290888,analysis-unexpected-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-in-1989-still-resonates.html Berlin - Nobody expected the fall of the Berlin Wall. Certainly, there had been rumours that something was changing. Polish voters had kicked out their Communist leaders and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had essentially said that it was time for a ... Culture,General Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290888,analysis-unexpected-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-in-1989-still-resonates.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290889,watching-the-berlin-wall-come-down--from-the-east.html 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 ... Culture,General Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290889,watching-the-berlin-wall-come-down--from-the-east.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290893,east-german-products-survive-the-test-of-time--feature.html Berlin - During the Communist era, products made in East Germany were often looked upon as shabby and substandard by the West. And yet, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many former East German brands have seen a resurgence in popularity, d... Business Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:52 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290893,east-german-products-survive-the-test-of-time--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290894,steep-economic-learning-curve-legacy-of-communisms-collapse--feature.html Berlin - Twenty years after the Berlin Wall crashed down, Eastern Europeans are now dealing with a much harder landing - that endured by some of their economies after 20 years of expansion. After several years of high unemployment and declining produ... Business Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:55 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290894,steep-economic-learning-curve-legacy-of-communisms-collapse--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290895,leaving-east-germany--as-easy-as-alpha-bravo-charlie.html 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... Culture,General Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:57 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290895,leaving-east-germany--as-easy-as-alpha-bravo-charlie.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292177,putin-to-recount-memories-of-fall-of-berlin-wall-in-documentary.html Moscow - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was working in East Germany in 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell, is to recount his experiences of that time in a new documentary, reported Russian newspaper Kommersant Wednesday. Putin was based in th... Culture,General Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:58:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292177,putin-to-recount-memories-of-fall-of-berlin-wall-in-documentary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292276,tokyo-stocks-fall-194-per-cent-in-thursday-morning-trading.html Tokyo - Japanese stocks lost ground in Thursday morning trading due to the strengthening of the yen and falls on Wall Street, leaving the Nikkei 225 Stock Average below the psychologically important 10,000 mark. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 195.... Business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:40:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292276,tokyo-stocks-fall-194-per-cent-in-thursday-morning-trading.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294302,signs-recovery-taking-hold-boosts-nikkei.html Tokyo - The Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose Thursday after Wall Street saw overnight gains and companies reported or forecast higher earnings, leading to optimism that a global economic recovery was taking hold. The benchmark Nikkei gained 43.57 points... Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:52:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294302,signs-recovery-taking-hold-boosts-nikkei.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293093,merkel-urges-us-congress-on-climate-change--summary.html Washington - German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the US Congress on Tuesday by calling for the United States and Europe to tear down the walls of today and re... Environment Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:40:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293093,merkel-urges-us-congress-on-climate-change--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294098,us-senate-panel-introduces-major-financial-reform-package.html Washington - Lawmakers in the Senate on Tuesday introduced proposals that would overhaul US financial regulation in the hopes of preventing Wall Street from driving the economy into another crisis. The legislation put forward by Senator Christopher D... US,Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294098,us-senate-panel-introduces-major-financial-reform-package.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294101,gorbachev-and-walesa-in-row-at-german-unification-celebrations.html Berlin - Nobel Peace Prize winners Mikhail Gorbachev and Lech Walesa engaged in a round of tit-for-tat rebukes Tuesday as the pair celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall in Berlin. After the Polish Solidarity union leader Walesa last... Europe,World Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294101,gorbachev-and-walesa-in-row-at-german-unification-celebrations.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293970,tokyo-stocks-up-on-wall-street-jump-rising-current-account-surplus.html Tokyo - Stocks surged Tuesday in Tokyo after strong overnight gains on Wall Street and Japan's current-account surplus unexpectedly expanded. Financial and resource-related shares were among the biggest winners as commodity prices rose and large gain... Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:22:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293970,tokyo-stocks-up-on-wall-street-jump-rising-current-account-surplus.html