Berlin Dispatches
2 suspects nabbed in Berlin poker heist
BERLIN - A man who admits he took part in a brazen daylight raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrendered to authorities and identified three suspected accomplices, one of whom was later arrested, officials said Wednesday. Authorities had been ...
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Best travel designs of 2010
A number of other 2010 Design Award winners, including the stunning Neues Museum in Berlin (Best Museum), have emerged from years of painstaking preservation. In October 2009, the Neues completed a decade-long $255 million rebuild (the museum was ...
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Greece ups stakes in quest for EU help
A quick act of solidarity is definitely not the right answer," she told parliament in Berlin on Wednesday, calling for radical changes to the EU treaty to make it possible to expel a serial deficit offender from the euro zone. After initially ...
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Suspect held over $331,000 poker heist
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a daring $331,000 raid on a poker tournament, German media reported. Thieves armed with machetes and handguns gatecrashed the tournament , which was being held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Berlin ...
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Poker tourney robbers hit jackpot in Germany
BERLIN - A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesman said. Several participants at the tournament in Berlin’s Grand Hyatt hotel were slightly injured ...
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What’s new in Germany and Switzerland
It's been 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down in Germany, and unification seems like old news. From a traveler's point of view, the business at hand seems to be to keep the economy going and visitors entertained. Things are changing in ...
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JT The Brick
BERLIN - Michael Schumacher's comeback performance has earned him a nickname he hasn't seen very often in his native Germany: "Creeping Schumi." That was the mass-circulation Bild daily's front-page headline Monday after the seven-time champion ...
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Ex-Vienna Boys' Choir members allege abuse
In last week's article by the "Der Standard" newspaper, a 33-year-old who now lives in Berlin, was cited as saying he and others were pressured to wash their genitals in the shower while supervisors watched. He also said an older choir member forced ...
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Isinbayeva loses, Lagat wins at indoor worlds
Isinbayeva suffered her first major loss at the Berlin world outdoor championships last summer when she failed to clear a height and had counted on bouncing back in Doha, where she was the three-time defending champion. The 27-year-old said she needs ...
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Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe
In January, an elite Jesuit school in Berlin declared it was aware of seven child-abuse cases in its past and appointed an outside investigator, Ursula Raue, to seek testimony. Within weeks, she had gathered stories of long-suppressed woe from more ...
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