Germany army a gentler, smaller shadow of its former self
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KRT) - Jannes Zimmermann, a serious-minded 19-year-old, wrote a letter to his draft board saying that the idea of being trained to kill another human being was morally repugnant.
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Germany marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, weighed down by high unemployment in the formerly communist east and a sense that in peopleâs hearts the nation has not yet fully reunited.
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The German parliament has voted to send soldiers to Lebanon, removing the final hurdle for a German contribution to the international peace keeping force.
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Germany marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, weighed down by bitterness over unification costs.
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The German government has unveiled a series of measures aimed at bringing the country&#39;s public deficit back below the eurozone&#39;s 3% of GDP limit in 2005.
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German unemployment falls much less than expected last month, raising concerns that the labour market could be flagging.
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The Bush administration has quietly come to terms with the police states in Central Asia.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- As the US Black Hawk helicopter skimmed low over the desert, the signs of approaching spring were everywhere: melting frost in the hollows, the first shoots of green in the nearby fields, shrinking snowcaps on distant peaks.
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BERLIN -- Germans marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on yesterday, with high unemployment in the formerly communist east and a sense in people's hearts that the nation has not yet fully reunited.
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LONDON : German Defence Minister Peter Struck appeared in an interview with Britain&#39;s Financial Times newspaper to soften his country&#39;s stance on Iraq, hinting that Germany might deploy troops if conditions there change.
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Germany marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday, but many of its people aren't in the mood for celebration.
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Reentering history s arena. The scheduled partial U.S. troop withdrawals from Europe were long overdue; some of us had become shrill and hoarse in calling for them over the past few years .
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Germany sees another decline in its birth rate, which is the lowest in Europe.
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Department of Defense officials announced this week the return of properties across Germany to the German government, part of a decade-long effort to trim America's post-Cold War military posture here.
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Long shunned as a politically incorrect symbol of the far right, the German flag is making a comeback thanks to the Olympics and new fashion trends, as Germans take a few tentative steps toward patriotism.
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World War II is near its end. The Nazi empire is crumbling from its edges inward as Soviet and Allied forces advance.Comment
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That Hitler is now fair game for cinematic use attests to how far Germans have come in laying to rest their ghosts.