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WEIRD NEWS
Fabulously Fat Rat Rescued After Getting Stuck In Manhole Cover
By Hilary Hanson
An animal rescue group says the plus-size German rodent simply had too much "good food."
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WEIRD NEWS
Court Rules Man Can't Have Gun License After His Dog Shoots Him With Rifle
A court in Munich, Germany, said it must be assumed the hunter "will handle firearms and ammunition carelessly in future as well.”
(GERMANY OUT) Thueringer Rostbratwurst, Broetchen Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland / Thüringer, Brötchen (Photo by Schöning/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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WEIRD NEWS
German Sausage Museum Reconsiders Move To Nazi Camp Site
The sausage museum received criticism for seeking to move to a former satellite site of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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WORLD NEWS
Hackers Post Personal Information About Hundreds Of German Politicians On Twitter
The leak reportedly included addresses, personal letters and copies of identity cards.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his third inaugural address, on Ellis Island in New York harbor, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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POLITICS
Andrew Cuomo Rages Against Trump In Ellis Island Inauguration Speech
By Amy Russo
“This is the harbor where Frederick Trump arrived from Germany and whose grandson would become president of the United States."
AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 17: The 48th child transport with 10,000 Viennese children goes to Switzerland. Photography. 17.12.1947. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Der 48. Kindertransport mit dem 10.000 Wiener Kind reist in die Schweiz. Photographie. 17.12.1947]
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WORLD NEWS
Germany To Compensate Survivors Of World War II's Kindertransport
By Jenna Amatulli
Survivors, separated from their families and sent to the U.K. just before the war, will be given about $2,800.
People light flares as they watch from a fire escape during the 'We Are More' concert to say 'No' to the far right on September 3, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, - A free concert with several German bands takes place in the town to say 'No' to the far right which has staged nationalist demonstrations after a fatal stabbing allegedly by two foreigners. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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IMPACT
Germany Offers A Lesson In How To Respond To The Far Right
By Emily Schultheis
The staggering rise of green politics is in direct opposition to the far-right populism of Alternative for Germany.
A person costumed as Krampus or Percht, figures from ancient Austrian custom, performs during a Perchten run in Vienna, Austria, December 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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WEIRD NEWS
Better Watch Out: Krampus Is Back To Spread Holiday Fear
By Ed Mazza
Meet Santa's less-than-jolly counterpart... if you dare.
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Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
RELIGION
Hundreds Of Holocaust Survivors Speak Up About Anti-Semitism At Global Hanukkah Event
By Carol Kuruvilla
The elderly survivors gathered in Berlin, Moscow, Jerusalem, and South Orange, New Jersey, to mark the third night of Hanukkah.
MELAUNE, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 02: Aerial view to wind turbines during evening light on September 02, 2018 in Melaune, Germany. (Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)
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IMPACT
Meet The Men Who Ditched Well Paid Jobs In Big Energy To Tackle Climate Change
By XiaoZhi Lim
Lition Energy uses blockchain to connect consumers directly with renewable power plants.
The entrance to the former Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz with the "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets you Free) writing above, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORLD NEWS
A Third Of People In Major European Countries Know Little Or Nothing About The Holocaust
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Many Europeans also hold anti-Semitic beliefs, a CNN poll confirms.
QUEER VOICES
Meet The Pioneering Doctor Who Broke Ground For Transgender Rights More Than A Century Ago
By The Conversation US, Editorial Partner
“Love is as varied as people are.”
VIDEOS
Jewish Students Mark 80 Years Since Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, known as “the night of broken glass” occured 80 years ago throughout Germany and Austria.
Johann Rehbogen, accusato di complicità in omicidio per i crimini commessi nel lager di Stutthof, si è presentato in tribunale a Münster. Il suo avvocato ha assicurato che rilascerà dichiarazioni durante il processo
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WORLD NEWS
Former Nazi SS Camp Guard, 94, Goes On Trial In Germany
By David Rising, AP
Johann Rehbogen has been charged with being an accessory to murder while working at Stutthof concentration camp.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference during the Syria summit in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2018. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS
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WORLD NEWS
Angela Merkel Won't Seek Re-Election As Party Chair: Reports
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel, Reuters
But party sources said Germany's Merkel wants to remain chancellor until 2021, when the next federal election is due.
German Interior Minister and CSU chairman Horst Seehofer attends a press conference at the headquarters of the Christian Social Union, CSU, in Munich, Germany, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, the day after their party lost the absolute majority in Bavaria's state parliament by a wide margin. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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WORLD NEWS
Merkel's Most Powerful Ally Tried To Mimic The Far-Right — And Got Trounced
By Nick Robins-Early
When establishment parties shift to the right, it can backfire in a big way.
Bavarian State Prime Minister Markus Soeder of the Christian Social Union Party (CSU) reacts after first exit polls in the Bavarian state election in Munich, Germany, October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
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WORLD NEWS
Angela Merkel's Bavarian Allies Suffer Worst Election Results Since 1950
By Michael Nienaber, Paul Carrel and Jörn Poltz, Reuters
The Christian Social Union acquired only about 36 percent of the vote, losing its absolute majority.
Policemen talk with a man on October 9, 2018, near the site where Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova was killed on October 6, in the city of Rousse. - Corruption-plagued EU member Bulgaria found itself under pressure to find the killer of a television journalist whose brutal murder at the weekend has shocked the country and sparked international condemnation. The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova -- who presented a current affairs talk programme called 'Detector' for the small private TVN television in Ruse -- was found on October 6, 2018. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Germany Arrests Suspect In Bulgarian Journalist's Murder
Viktoria Marinova was raped and strangled to death in a northern Bulgarian town.
View of the former Haus der Statistik building in Berlin's Alexanderplatz district, taken on December 29, 2017. The 11-storey-high building complex, completed in 1970 to house east Germany's national institute for statistics, was recently bought by the city of Berlin for an estimated EUR 57 million. The complex, which boasts 55.000 square meters of space, has been empty since 2008. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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IMPACT
The City Where Artists Are Fighting Gentrification
By Emily Manthei
They are working with activists, planners and government to turn an abandoned government building into studios, public housing and a shelter for refugees.
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 28: A participant waves a rainbow- colored flag in the final of the 40th Christopher Street Day gay pride march in front of the landmark Siegesslaeule on July 28, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Known as CSD, the event attracts thousands of people every year. This parade takes place for the 40th time this year. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
German Teen Arrested For Allegedly Plotting Gay Club Bomb Attack
By David Rising, Associated Press
The suspect reportedly had instructions on making explosives and was trying to procure chemicals online.
German artist Rainer Opolka's wolf sculptures gving Nazi salutes on display in Chemnitz, Germany, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tobias Schle
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WORLD NEWS
Right-Wing German Protester Convicted For Giving Nazi Salute
By Mary Papenfuss
The 33-year-old received a suspended sentence and $2,300 fine.
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WORLD NEWS
Germany's New Far-Right Campaign Poster Is Unsubtly Racist
By Nick Robins-Early
AfD is facing backlash after promising "Islam-free schools."
BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 31: Singer Bono of the Irish band U2 performs live on stage during a concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on August 31, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
U2 Cuts Short Concert In Berlin After Bono Loses Singing Voice
By Carla Baranauckas
"I'm sure this is not a big, big problem," Bono said, "but I'm gonna have to do something."
Right wing demonstrators light flares on August 27, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national who died in hospital after a 'dispute between several people of different nationalities', according to the police. - The far-right street movement PEGIDA called for a second day of protests in Chemnitz in ex-communist eastern Germany after the alleged fatal stabbing of a German man by a foreigner. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Protesters Clash In Germany After Reports Of Far-Right 'Foreigner-Hunting'
A fatal stabbing of a German national triggered violent demonstrations in Chemnitz.
Students from Rambam Mesivta-Maimonides High School protest outside the home of Jakiw Palij in New York, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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WORLD NEWS
U.S. Deports Former Nazi Camp Guard To Germany
His expulsion came 25 years after he admitted that he lied to get into the U.S.
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QUEER VOICES
Germany's New Third Gender Option Excludes Trans People, Advocates Say
By Meka Beresford, Reuters
Many believe the move doesn't go far enough.
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