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Edward Snowden wants to return to US in 'medium to long term', says lawyer - video
Edward Snowden's lawyer in Germany says the NSA whistleblower wishes to return to the US in the 'medium to long term'. Wolfgang Kaleck says Snowden is living in 'relative safety' in Russia and avoiding any activities that threaten his security. Kaleck says Snowden wants the focus not to be on him as a person but rather the privacy issues at stake
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CIA had role in Germany spy affair
The Central Intelligence Agency was involved in a spying operation against Germany that led to the alleged recruitment of a German intelligence official and has prompted renewed outrage in Berlin, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Germany humiliates Brazil 7-1 to reach World Cup final
Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira scored four goals in a six-minute span midway through the first half Tuesday, stunning all of Brazil into silence as its hopes of winning a World Cup on home soil unraveled.
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World Cup 2014: Germany Crushes Brazil in semifinal
Germany smashes Brazil to move past its one-time rival and on to the championship; the game becomes the highest scoring in a World Cup semifinal
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Germany orders out American as spy charges strain relations
Germany demanded the departure from the country of the top spy at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin on Thursday, dramatizing its deepening unhappiness with reports of U.S. intelligence operations targeting its officials.
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The CIA in Germany: A Secret History
American intelligence as been spying on Germany for a long time, with and without their knowledge.
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Angela Merkel 'does not want to complete full term as German chancellor'
Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering quitting ahead of the 2017 elections and is interested in UN Secretary-General or President of the European Council roles, Spiegel reports
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Germany printed five million stamps celebrating its World Cup win before the final even took place
Germany was so confident it would win the World Cup that it pre-printed a run of five million stamps commemorating its soccer victory before the final game even took place.
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In the name of security, German NSA committee may turn to typewriters
Patrick Sensburg, chairman of the German parliament's National Security Agency investigative committee, now says he’s considering expanding the use of manual typewriters to carry out his group's work. In an appearance Monday morning on German public television, Sensburg said that the committee is taking its operational security very seriously. "In fact, we already have [a typewriter], and it’s even a non-electronic typewriter," he said.
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Why Germany Is So Good At Soccer (and the U.S. Is So Mediocre) in 2 Charts
The German national team is one of international soccer’s most consistent powerhouses. German teams—including those from the Nazi era, post-war West Germany, and reunified Germany—have qualified for 18 of 20 World Cup tournaments and missed the quarter finals of those only once. The team has also made it to a mind-blowing seven finals — a 35% appearance rate — winning three of them.
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The German officer who tried to kill Hitler
On 20 July 1944, a 36-year-old German army officer, Col Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, arrived at a heavily guarded complex hidden in a forest in East Prussia. His mission was to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Merkel in the Middle
During the Cold War, it was a rare occurrence when the leader of the Soviet Union met with the U.S. president or the West German chancellor. These days hardly a week goes by, it seems, without Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel bumping into each other.
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Germany to 'spy on US and UK intelligence gathering' for the first time in 45 years
Germany orders surveillance of British and American intelligence gathering, according to reports
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Land for gas: secret German deal could end Ukraine crisis
Germany and Russia have been working on a secret plan to broker a peaceful solution to end international tensions over the Ukraine. The Independent can reveal that the peace plan, being worked on by both Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin, hinges on two main ambitions: stabilising the borders of Ukraine and providing the financially troubled country with a strong economic boost, particularly a new energy agreement ensuring security of gas supplies.
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Anti-Jewish slogans return to the streets in Germany as Mideast protests sweep Europe
Before the start of a pro-Palestinian rally — one of the scores being staged almost daily here since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza — an organizer on a bullhorn yelled out the do’s and don’ts as ordered last week by the Berlin police.
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Today, a billionaire paid $100 million for a Get Out of Jail Free card
Bernie Ecclestone is an exceptionally wealthy man who until recently will have been familiar to Formula 1 racing fans and quite unimportant to the rest of the world. Only what he did today should make him a figure of global notoriety: Ecclestone paid $100 million to have a German court dismiss corruption charges raised against him that could have resulted in a 10-year prison sentence. No wonder he's laughing.
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Germany "accidentally" spied on Hillary Clinton phone call, report says
The U.S. spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and that’s a pretty big deal because she’s a head of state, but this wasn’t purely a one-sided affair. According to a Friday report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, German intelligence also listened in on a call involving erstwhile U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Hedy Epstein Arrested
Hedy Epstein, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, has been taken into custody by police in St. Louis over her protesting of the Michael Brown shooting
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Watching the Watchers: A Spy's Guide to Berlin
Spooks have left their mark on a once-divided city still thought to be an espionage hotbed.
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D-Day Landing Sites Then and Now: Normandy Beaches in 1944 and 70 Years Later
On June 6, 1944, Allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day, an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict. Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landings, pictures of tourists soaking up the sun on Normandy's beaches stand in stark contrast to images taken around the time of the invasion.
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