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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have said they want their nations to cooperate to defeat terrorists, including the Islamic State group.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, terrorism, united-states, russian-federation, germany
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Germany's population grew by some 600,000 last year to reach a record high of 82.8 million people due to the number of asylum seekers who have arrived in the country, the Federal Statistics office says.
Topics: refugees, world-politics, germany
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| UpdatedDozens of elderly Auschwitz survivors place wreaths and flowers at the infamous execution wall of the former German death camp, as Germany's Foreign Minister calls for history to be a "lesson and warning".
Topics: world-war-2, history, poland, germany
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| UpdatedFaced with Trump's 'declaration of war', some European leaders have now taken the gloves off where the US president is concerned.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, germany, france, united-states
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| UpdatedThe team from Germany that took part in the Coral Coast Sevens in Fiji, say the experience will stand them in good stead as they continue their preparations for the World Series qualifier in Hong Kong in April.
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| UpdatedFar-right populist leaders from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands are meeting in the German city of Koblenz to present their vision for "a free Europe".
Topics: political-parties, world-politics, forms-of-government, germany
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to author Irina Borogan about suggestions Russia may try to influence the upcoming election in Germany.
Topics: world-politics, hacking, government-and-politics, elections, russian-federation, germany
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The National Democratic Party resembles Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, Germany's Constitutional Court says, but rules against banning it because the party is too weak to endanger democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, germany
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| UpdatedStunned European leaders are reacting with defiance to the US President-elect Donald Trump labelling the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) "obsolete".
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, world-politics, european-union, germany, italy, united-states
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Valtteri Bottas replaces retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, with Brazilian veteran Felipe Massa coming out of retirement to take the Finn's seat at Williams.
Topics: formula-1, motor-sports, sport, germany
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| UpdatedFacebook announces it will update its social media platforms in Germany to reduce the dissemination of fake news after concerns were raised that false information could influence September's election.
Topics: social-media, elections, government-and-politics, information-and-communication, germany
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Researchers excavating the remains of one of the most notorious Nazi death camps uncover a pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial says.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, israel, poland, germany
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| UpdatedThe threat of losing the right to automatically live, work and study in EU countries is leading British Jews of German heritage to apply for second passports — something that would have been unthinkable only a year ago.
Topics: foreign-affairs, religion-and-beliefs, human-interest, community-and-society, united-kingdom, germany
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| UpdatedSix high-level Volkswagen employees are charged in the VW emissions-cheating scandal, while the automaker itself agrees to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay the biggest fine ever levied by the US Government against an automaker.
Topics: environment, law-crime-and-justice, united-states, germany
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Heavy snowfalls and sub-zero temperatures across Europe leaves more than 20 people dead and aid workers concerned about hundreds of asylum seekers at acute risk.
Topics: weather, italy, poland, belgium, european-union, france, portugal, bulgaria, germany, serbia, russian-federation
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| UpdatedThe Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by ploughing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had lived under at least 14 different names in Germany, a regional police chief says, raising more questions about security lapses.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, germany
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German investigators search a refugee centre and a flat in Berlin which they believe were homes to associates of the Berlin market attacker, the federal prosecutor's office says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, refugees, terrorism, germany, tunisia
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An annotated edition of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto, becomes a non-fiction bestseller in Germany.
Topics: books-literature, world-war-2, germany
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As 2016 draws to a close, revellers around Australia and the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and deaths of legendary celebrities.
Topics: community-and-society, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, australia, new-zealand, china, japan, germany, united-arab-emirates, turkey
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| UpdatedGerman authorities release a Tunisian man detained on suspicion of involvement in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, germany
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| UpdatedPolice are on high alert all across Europe in the lead up to New Year's Eve with the need for better security acutely felt in the Germany city of Cologne, where hundreds of women were sexually assaulted and robbed last year.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, immigration, refugees, government-and-politics, world-politics, germany, european-union
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| UpdatedGerman authorities detain a Tunisian man who prosecutors believe may have been involved in last week's attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12 people died.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, germany, tunisia
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| UpdatedExplosives experts defuse a large World War II aerial bomb in the German city of Augsburg, clearing the way for 32,000 evacuated households to return to their Christmas celebrations at home.
Topics: world-war-2, offbeat, human-interest, germany
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| UpdatedTunisian security forces arrest three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people, Tunisia's Interior Ministry says.
Topics: crime, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, tunisia, germany, spain
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| UpdatedItalian police shoot dead the man believed to be responsible for the Berlin Christmas market truck attack, killing him after he pulled a gun on them during a routine check.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, italy, germany