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Rwandan militia leader commanding Congo violence from Germany

Rwandan militia leader commanding Congo violence from Germany

In spite of an international arrest warrant, Ignace Murwanashyaka lives free in Germany.  By telephone, he leads FDLR, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
A Deutsche Welle article states, “In 1994 Rwanda was the site of one of the worst genocides in history. More than 800,000 people – mostly Tutsi – were killed [...]

Special A/H1N1 vaccine for Germany’s government

Special A/H1N1 vaccine for Germany’s government

Leaders of the German government will receive a different vaccine than the one distributed to the public, reports The Local.  The government’s vaccine does not have a booster and a preservative containing mercury.
“Chancellor Angela Merkel, her cabinet members and ministry civil servants as well as those working for other agencies will get Celvapan, produced [...]

Anti-nuclear group criticizes German waste shipments to Russia

Anti-nuclear group criticizes German waste shipments to Russia

[Deutsche Welle]–  In the wake of a French investigation into reports that nuclear waste is sent from French plants to Siberia, news has emerged that Germany has a long tradition of shipping toxic waste to Russia.
The German anti-nuclear group “Ausgestrahlt” said that since 1996, Germany’s only uranium enrichment plant in Gronau has [...]

Stranded cargo vessel with Russian sailors near UAE impounded

Stranded cargo vessel with Russian sailors near UAE impounded

[RIA Novosti]–  A cargo vessel with nine Russian crewmembers stranded in the United Arab Emirates has been impounded, an inspector from the International Transport Workers’ Federation said.
The Magdalena, owned by a German company and flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, has been anchored 16 miles off UAE coast near Dubai since [...]

High hurdles for extending the life of Germany’s nuclear power plants

High hurdles for extending the life of Germany’s nuclear power plants

[Deutsche Welle]–  Germany’s new government is considering extending the lives of some of the country’s nuclear plants – under strict conditions. The deliberations come as a ceiling at a temporary nuclear waste storage site caved in.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and her new liberal Free Democrat (FDP) coalition partner are embroiled in [...]

Berlin’s former city finance chief calls the capital too stupid to be great

Berlin’s former city finance chief calls the capital too stupid to be great

[Deutsche Welle]–  Berlin’s outspoken former city finance chief Thilo Sarrazin has provoked the citizens of his old home town once again by blaming the city’s underclass and its leftist mentality for what he sees as its lack of success.
“The city is burdened by its ‘68 tradition and the West-Berliner sloppiness factor,” [...]

Merkel has centre-right majority with 33.5%, exit polls show

Merkel has centre-right majority with 33.5%, exit polls show

[France 24]–  Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a second mandate in the German federal elections with a new centre-right CDU/CSU coalition holding 33.5% of the vote, exit polls show.  The SPD suffered their worst score since the war with 22%.
Angela Merkel swept to a second mandate in the German election Sunday with a [...]

Germany sets up no-fly zone over Oktoberfest in wake of terror threats

Germany sets up no-fly zone over Oktoberfest in wake of terror threats

German authorities have banned air traffic in the skies above Munich’s Oktoberfest in response to the spate of terror threats in recent days.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann announced a no-fly zone over the Oktoberfest festival area on Saturday, Sept. 26. The airspace restriction came at the request of the federal Interior Ministry.
Munich’s Theresienwiese beer garden [...]

Germany on edge after fourth consecutive al-Qaeda bomb attack warning

Germany on edge after fourth consecutive al-Qaeda bomb attack warning

Germany was on edge yesterday after a fourth consecutive al-Qaeda video warned of an imminent bomb attack in Germany unless the Government withdrew its troops from Afghanistan.
The threats were aimed at German voters ahead of next Sunday’s general election and were being taken seriously by the security authorities.
Armed police are being deployed [...]

Merkel presses Netanyahu on settlements

Merkel presses Netanyahu on settlements

The construction of Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands must be stopped, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting in Berlin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a four-day trip to Europe and has sought support for stronger sanctions against Iran, which Israel regards as a threat to its existence. [...]

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