Tropical island sprouts up in German countryside
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Bathers lounging on the beach flanked by exotic plants in the middle of a harsh German winter -- that is the vision of Malaysian businessman Colin Au.
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In this north German town a huge crane is helping to build the world's largest wind power plant, a prototype for offshore wind farms from 2006.
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At Ulrich Jung's hair salon, rumors are flying about the future of this small town in the rolling hills of southwestern Germany. One customer with a buzz cut has heard that all the U.S. troops will leave by 2007. Someone else has information that they will be gone sooner, perhaps within a year.
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Hoping to spice up their summer  business, German butchers have introduced a new line of  exotic-tasting sausages with flavors ranging from kiwi,  maraschino cherry, lemon and even aloe vera.
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Arts & entertainment: From the Republic of Congo to the drizzle of the South Bank comes a tropical villa for the people
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Hoping to spice up their summer business, German butchers have introduced a new line of exotic-tasting sausages with flavours ranging from kiwi, maraschino cherry, lemon and even aloe vera.
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Following in the footsteps of similar projects in Dubai, some Dutch politicians think building a floriform island in the North Sea could help solve their nation's need for land.
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KAMP-LINTFORT, Germany  - A tidy German town that has long flourished above its underground treasure of subsidized coal is struggling to cope with the shock after the government decided last week to shut down the mine.
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By Shahrum Sayuthi  A JAPANESE-German joint venture to manufacture high-grade industrial plastic production hopes to strengthen its position in the region with the opening of a US$40 million (RM146 million) plant in Pahang.
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By Vanessa Bauza, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 3--Every summer, Caribbean islands welcome waves of tourists to their sunbaked shores.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 10--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Imagine strolling under a canopy of trees that stretches around Lake Uihlein, starting right behind Town Hall.
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WARNEMUENDE, Germany  - Susanne Koch was wearing  nothing but a friendly smile as she defended the merits of nude  sunbathing on eastern German beaches.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - Global warming  is more than just a theory to Germany's most famous winter  resort, where a worrisome shortage of snow in recent decades  has forced the Alpine village to reinvent itself.
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Germany gave the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) a six-million euro grant to help the region intensify the war against HIV/AIDS among the poor through education and increased condom use.
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By Hannah Stephenson  WARMER summers are prompting many gardeners to include a touch of the exotic in their planting - and there's nowhere better to start than palms and tree ferns.
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BRAND, Germany  - Bathers lounging on the beach  flanked by exotic plants in the middle of a harsh German winter  -- that is the vision of Malaysian businessman Colin Au.
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It started as a simple family picnic in the outback of Madagascar, off Africa's southeast coast. Xavier and Nathalie Metz, local cashew farmers, stared in disbelief at a 30-foot-tall mass of flowers and fruits sprouting gloriously from the top of a 30-foot-tall palm tree.