Germans Weigh Civil Rights Against Public Safety
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Germany, fearful of being the next major target for Islamic terrorists, is edging away from its deep aversion to intrusive and harsh enforcement tactics.
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Leading German lawmakers demanded a  crackdown on violent computer and simulated war games on  Tuesday over concerns that they may have helped inspire a young  man to attack his former school with guns and explosives.
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"After the bitter experiences of the last century, we do not tolerate any kind of extremism, racism and anti-Semitism _ nowhere in the world and especially not in Germany."  Germany's parliament on Friday acknowledged the country's special responsibility in the battle against anti-Semitism and racism. via News Max
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"For me, it is a unique case in federal German legal history for a minister to say, 'this verdict doesn't interest me, I will violate it,'"  Germany's defense minister said he might order the shooting down of hijacked airlines to avert a Sept. 11-style attack, drawing widespread criticism Monday after the country's highest court threw out a law permitting such action.In a weekend magazine interview, Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung argued that, despite the ruling, shooting down a plane would be possible 'in cases of common danger or danger to free and democratic basic order.''If there are no other means, I would give the order to shoot down (a plane) in order to protect our citizens,' he said. Read more
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Germany's fractious coalition government has an issue both sides agree on -- the need to protect key industries, the country's crown jewels, from hostile foreign takeovers.
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BERLIN, Aug 5  (IPS) - After a period of what many felt was collective  suspicion, Germany's Muslims are  searching new ways of  recovering identity.
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Papers in Germany reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust
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Germany's defense minister said he might order the shooting down of hijacked airlines to avert a Sept. 11-style attack, drawing widespread criticism Monday after the country's highest court threw out a law permitting such action.
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A hasty U-turn on plans to scrap  Germany's unification day holiday just before the 15th  anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has exposed cracks  in the government and sparked an ugly row about patriotism.
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An American civil rights group filed a criminal complaint in Germany on Tuesday alleging Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other US officials condoned torture and human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Germany saw fresh clashes Monday between  protesters and police ahead of this week&#39;s G8 summit as anti-globalisation activists fought to keep their cause from being hijacked by a violent minority.
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Germany's government Friday proposed new laws to combat far-right demonstrations, timed to include a planned May march in Berlin on the 60th anniversary of the Nazi surrender in World War II.
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BERLIN, Jan 2  German labour offices are bracing for protests and possible violence tomorrow when jobless benefit cuts are enacted, the most sweeping and controversial post-war reforms that are ...
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Germany holds an Islam conference to tackle integration problems amid a row about self-censorship.
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Very few Germans have heard of it, but there is a case slowly working its way through the administrative courts that could strongly influence Germany's strenuous and popular efforts to deal with what officials ...
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Police 2.0 European Police Congress For two days this week, the Congress Centre in downtown Berlin was one of the safest places on earth. The GDR-style building was packed with policemen, army officers, and private and public security experts.â¦