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democraticunderground.com - 12/15/2008
Dead US soldier IDed in Germany
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Source: [b]AP[/b] FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. Army says that a soldier found dead last week in his quarters in Germany is from Louisiana. Sgt. Brandon Augustus, 29, of Baton Rouge, was at home on rest and recuperation leave from Iraq when he collapsed at residence in the Wetzel ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/11/2008
The economic consequences of Herr Steinbrueck
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — There's an extraordinary - and extraordinarily depressing - interview in Newsweek with Peer Steinbrueck, the Germany finance... minister. The world economy is in a terrifying nosedive, visible everywhere. Yet Mr. Steinbrueck is standing firm against any ... (more) The economic consequences of Herr Steinbrueck

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Al Gore: "North Pole Will Disappear in 5 Years" (Video)
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 12/14/2008
Al Gore: "North Pole Will Disappear in 5 Years" (Video)
— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — He played on our fears. The Goracle spoke to an audience in Germany this week where he... told them that the North Pole will disappear in 5 years. Got that? 5 years. Here's the video from Germany's ZDF : Thanks Takekaze! (more) Al Gore: "North Pole Will Disappear in 5 Years" (Video)

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Merkel: Jobs More Important Than Climate Change
dw-world.de - 12/9/2008
Merkel: Jobs More Important Than Climate Change
— dw-world.de — Chancellor Angela Merkel has been keen to promote herself as a tough actor on climate change, but... with a new EU climate deal in the making, she's issued a new caveat: It must not jeopardize German jobs. (more) Merkel: Jobs More Important Than Climate Change

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Roman battlefield discovered in northern Germany — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AP[/b] KALEFELD-OLDENRODE, Germany (AP) — Archaeologists say they have uncovered a third-century battlefield in northern Germany which could prove that Roman legions were fighting in the region much later than historians have long believed. At a press conference Monday, ...