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07/11/2009 Merkel took sauna as Berlin Wall fell

Merkel told how as a 35-year-old research scientist working in the communist East, she decided to stick by her weekly routine even as history was...

07/11/2009 Little solidarity for German Opel strikers

More than 16,000 workers in total downed tools at four Opel factories in Germany but union hopes of similar action in Belgium, Britain, Spain and...

07/11/2009 Kohl to miss Berlin wall ceremonies

Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl said on Saturday that nothing made him prouder than German unity.

07/11/2009 London's Savile Row tailors roll up sleeves for bespoke battle

The street in the upmarket Mayfair district is synonymous with the handcrafted suits worn by royals, presidents, tycoons, stars and other high...

07/11/2009 Swedish cult author's family seeks to end inheritance row

Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium’ trilogy has become a phenomenon in Sweden and abroad, and has been translated into more than 30 languages and...

07/11/2009 Cocaine's charge through Europe undiminished

While cocaine to-date is mainly concentrated in western Europe, the study showed new trafficking routes through eastern Europe "may have...

07/11/2009 World leaders descend on Berlin 20 years after Wall's fall

The celebrations will culminate in a gathering of luminaries past and present with an estimated 100,000 revellers at the Brandenburg Gate, a potent...

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