Goosestepping Germans a British myth
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No one in Germany knows the goosestep any more, but German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer says anyone wanting lessons in the military march used by the Nazis could get them from Britain.
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Comment is free: Mariella Frostrup: The British once cherished their reputation for fairness. It's an image that needs Alastair Campbell-style spinning skills if we're to retain it
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Some Polish workers in Britain are illegally claiming child benefit in both the UK and their home country, a BBC investigation has found. Officials in a number of Polish regions told the BBC that up to half the applications they see are fraudulent.  EU rules allow migrant workers to claim benefit for children who are in a different country, but they cannot do so in two countries at once. A similar problem involving German-born Turks led the German government to rescind acknowledgment of dual nationality several years ago.
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MADISON, Wis. - Imitation might be a form of flattery, but a little resemblance might be too much of a good thing.  The state tourism agency may scrap the jingle composed for its new ad campaign because it sounds too much like a 1995 song by a British group.
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That would be "Why are the Yanks so fat?" to you and I.    This was the slogan used in Germany for a recent  Subway/Super Size Me joint advertising campaign. Accompanying the advert was a rounded looking image (full size) of the Statue of Liberty carrying burgers and     fries.    Did Subway go too far in this campaign, or were they unfairly vilified for their jest?
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Comment is free: Tristram Hunt: The absurd plan for a Soviet-style celebration of Britain's historic glories and empire is no way to forge a sense of heritage
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Britainâs Olympic heroes were saluted with a tickertape parade today as fans turned out to celebrate their success. Thousands descended on central London to make
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In Germany tabloids have always been associated with Britain -- and headlines comparing football matches to WW II.
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OISTINS, Barbados -- Some people in this self-proclaimed Land of the Flying Fish now concede that it might have been unwise to make a wandering species the nation's mascot.
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Prior to the release of a new German movie emphasizing the human qualities of Adolf Hitler, Jewish groups in Germany -- as well as a number of British newspapers -- voiced fears that the film might lead masses ...
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Americans see sport as entertainment. But the British do not necessarily want to be entertained at a sporting event. We require long-term emotional involvement.
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That Germany is a breeding ground for movie legends is no surprise. Aside from producing renowned directors such as Ernst Lubitsch, Roland Emmerich, Wolfgang Petersen, Wem Winders and Werner Herzog, Germans ...
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By JAMES HARPER  A LOYALIST soccer yob has posted a vile racist video on the internet.   Twisted Mark Stoddart has sickened fans of the popular YouTube website by posting up a homemade video poking fun at a disabled Asian man in Glasgow.
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KASSEL, Germany -- In 1934, top Nazi party official Hermann Goering received a seemingly mundane request from the Reich Forestry Service. A fur farm near here was seeking permission to release a batch of exotic bushy-tailed critters into the wild to "enrich the local fauna" and give bored hunters...
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Common sense, Ã¦sthetics, and national character have prevailed; the forces of high modernism and weenie rationalism have received a setback.  The European Union has chosen to no longer pressure people in the British Isles to convert exclusively to the metric system.
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At powwows thousands of Germans with an American Indian fetish drink firewater, wear turquoise jewelry and run around Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg dressed as Comanches and Apaches. The cause of this infatuation is a writer named Karl May.
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Comment is free: John Kelly: The prospect of living in Britain is financially daunting. My plan is to put the family in diapers.