Berlin gears up for EU birthday party
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Germans pride themselves on putting on a  good party -- take the Munich beer festival or last year&#39;s  soccer World Cup -- and Berlin is preparing for another big  celebration next week.
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Berlin was selected as the venue for the 2009 world track and field championships by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here on Saturday.
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Every half-century or so, Virginia throws a party to commemorate the arrival of English colonists on its shores. This year comes a biggie: the 400th anniversary. The whole world's invited, and the guest list is especially long and prestigious.
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Events to mark the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall take place in the German capital on Tuesday.
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EU, Slovenian and Hungarian dignitaries took part in a last round of celebrations Saturday to welcome nine mainly eastern European countries into the passport-free Schengen zone.
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BERLIN: Britainâs Queen Elizabeth arrived in Germany on Tuesday hoping to cement reconciliation after World War Two but plans to hold her first state dinner in a palace used for Hitlerâs propaganda stirred up a row.
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COLOMBO: Berlin is ready to promote tourism and push for debt relief and free access to European markets to help tsunami-battered Sri Lanka get back on its feet, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said on ...
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In its first meeting, the next EU Commission set its priorities for the five-year term starting in November. It&#39;s policies will promote the economy, but its budget line could put it on a crash course with Berlin.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday on his first trip abroad as prime minister, Merkel&#39;s spokesman said on Friday.
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Germany will welcome U.S. entertainer  Barbra Streisand with open arms when she performs at Berlin&#39;s  Waldbuehne arena on Saturday, her first appearance in the  country after turning down several invitations in the past.
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InfoWorld - Supporters of the Blu-ray Disc format came to Berlin armed with key announcements to underscore their commitment to the next-generation movie disc.
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The tears, the joy and the euphoria that ushered in the liberation of Paris 60 years ago Wednesday were on the agenda of a grandiose fete meant to help Parisians relive the day they threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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Supporters of the Blu-ray Disc format came to Berlin armed with key announcements to underscore their commitment to the next-generation movie disc.
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BERLIN, Germany -- The leaders of Germany, France and Turkey are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday (26 October) to discuss Ankara&#39;s EU membership bid.
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Fifteen years after the reunification of Germany, how is the new cultural Berlin faring?
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The performances, which start Friday, will liven up the Palace of the Republic, a hulking, condemned 1970s building in the middle of Berlin where East Germany's parliament last sat 14 years ago.
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Graham Watson, the South West and Gibraltar Lib Dem MEP was in Gibraltar today to take part in their National Day celebrations.