German Lawmakers Want More German Music
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German lawmakers voted Friday to urge the country's radio stations to play more music made in Germany.
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Germany's parliament on Friday acknowledged the country's special responsibility in the battle against anti-Semitism and racism.
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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.
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"The SPD cannot close its eyes to the fact that 43% of all violent crimes in Germany are committed by people under 21 years of age and that nearly half of these are by foreign youths"  The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, today gave her backing to a controversial plan to introduce boot camps and "warning shot" spells in prison for criminal youths. via Surrey Hants Star
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Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos calls for more government help for musicians at the Edinburgh Lectures.
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The German government on Sunday hailed the signing of a peace accord between the Sudanese government and southern rebels and urged the two sides to turn the accord into reality.
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Rock stars from the 1960s and 1970s have  been hitting Germany&#39;s lucrative concert circuit but many of  the grandpa-generation acts have disappointed fans and provoked  withering reviews in Europe&#39;s biggest music market.
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Music performers could see a big boost to their lifetime earnings under EU plans to extend music rights.
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German lawmakers expanded the rights of same-sex couples Friday, allowing registered domestic partners to adopt each other's children and making rules on splitting up and alimony similar to those for heterosexual marriages.
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After months of tension between Beijing and Berlin, a Chinese minister has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel is welcome in the Chinese capital, Handelsblatt daily will report in its Monday edition.
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Germany is undergoing a surprisingly robust economic rebound while Angela Merkel's divided government is facing accusations of immobility. Is the recovery sustainable and are the country's leaders missing the golden opportunity afforded by the supportive environment to forge ahead with structural reforms?
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We should recognize music when we hear it. Standing next to Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem this week, Tony Blair said: &quot;Viability cannot just be about territory, it also has to be about proper democratic institutions
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The German government is considering asking publicly owned regional state banks or 'Landesbanken' to repay past subsidies as a way of bringing down the German public deficit, Finance Minister Hans Eichel said.
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One of Europe's biggest pop music trade fairs and festivals got into full swing as German lawmakers consider limiting the number of non-German songs that can be played on the country's radio stations.
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Germany's finance minister presented a 2005 budget Tuesday that boosts government spending and foresees record interest payments on the national debt, but still aims to get the country back under European Union deficit limits.
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Germany should have quotas for radio airtime for pop sung in the native language, industry officials say.
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Germany's state governments will this week ask parliament for the freedom to further extend shop-opening hours, long seen as one of the most visible symbols of the heavy regulation of the country's economy.