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| Jan.4 |
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VW sued by US justice department |
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Cologne sex attacks: Protest against gang assaults on women 
Map of Cologne Germany| Hundreds of people have protested in the German city of Cologne over sexual assaults and thefts carried out by groups of men on New Year's Eve | |
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| Jan.6 |
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Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink' |
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| Jan.8 |
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Cologne police chief removed after New Year Eve attacks |
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Cologne attacks: Merkel considers tougher migrant laws
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| Jan.9 |
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Cologne attacks: Pegida and police clash at migrant protest |
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| Jan.10 |
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Poland summons German ambassador over politicians' comments
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Cologne attacks: New Year's Eve crime cases top 500 
The number of criminal cases committed during new year celebrations in the city has risen - 40% of which relate to sexual assault
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| Jan.11 |
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Germany sends migrants back to Austria |
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| Jan.12 |
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'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district Map of Blue Mosque Istanbul Turkey| A suspected member of the ISIS group has killed 10 people, at least eight of them German tourists, in a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city | |
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| Jan.15 |
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Migrant men banned from German swimming pool |
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| Jan.24 |
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Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal in wake of doping crisis |
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| Jan.27 |
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Germany's Jews mark Holocaust as new threat rises |
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| Jan.28 |
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Migrant crisis: Germany moves to cut asylum claims |
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| Jan.30 |
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Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win title
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| Feb.9 |
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Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town Map of Bad Aibling Germany At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track route
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World powers agree Syria ceasefire, says John Kerry World powers meeting on Syria have agreed to implement a nationwide 'cessation of hostilities', US Secretary of State John Kerry has said
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| Feb.16 |
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Germany train crash: Human error to blame
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| Feb.21 |
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Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers' |
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| Feb.23 |
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Cologne attacks: Most suspects 'may never be caught' |
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| Feb.27 |
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Stag party causes Ryanair diversion |
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| Feb.28 |
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Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos, says Merkel |
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| Mar.10 |
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Migrant crisis: Merkel condemns closure of Balkan route |
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| Mar.12 |
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Merkel faces test as Germany votes in regional elections |
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| Mar.13 |
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Doctor wanted to hospitalize Germanwings co-pilot before 2015 crash A doctor recommended psychiatric hospitalization but didn’t alert authorities out of fear of breaching Germany’s strict privacy laws
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Merkel's CDU suffers German state election setbacks The party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered defeats in two of three states holding regional elections, exit polls suggest
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| Mar.16 |
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Champions League: Bayern knock out Juve in thriller |
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| Mar.20 |
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Nico Rosberg takes incident-packed F1 opener |
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| Apr.1 |
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German ex-foreign minister, dies |
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| Apr.6 |
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Champions League: Wolfsburg stuns Real Madrid |
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| Apr.12 |
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Police protection for satirist Boehmermann over Erdogan poem |
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Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Apr.13 |
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Germanwings crash: Families of victims sue US flight school |
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| Apr.15 |
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Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult |
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| Apr.17 |
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Hamilton battles back as Rosberg win Chinese Grand Prix |
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| Apr.20 |
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VW 'to offer diesel buy back deal in US' |
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| Apr.21 |
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VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal Volkswagen will offer 'substantial compensation' and car buy-back deals in the US as part of a settlement of the the diesel emissions scanda...
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| Apr.23 |
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Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
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Germans rally in Hannover against US-EU talks |
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Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey camp German Chancellor and EU officials are visiting a migrant camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, as they seek to bolster a controversial EU-Turkey...
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| Apr.27 |
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Bayern Munich loses out to Atletico Madrid in Champions League |
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| May.1 |
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Russian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg makes it four wins out of four |
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| May.3 |
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Bayern Munich dumped out of Champions League by Atletico Madrid Ousted by Atletico Madrid on away goals, despite winning the second leg of its seminal tie 2-1, Bayern's dreams of a sixth European title are...
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| May.7 |
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Bayern Munich wins fourth successive Bundesliga crown
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| May.28 |
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French and German leaders mark Verdun battle centenary Map of Verdun France President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel are to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Verdun, the longest battle during WWI
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Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela |
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| May.29 |
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German row over right-winger's 'racist' Boateng remark |
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| May.30 |
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Germany floods: Four dead in south-west amid extensive damage |
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| Jun.1 |
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Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France
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| Jun.2 |
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Armenia 'genocide' row: Turkey recalls envoy to Germany
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| Jun.4 |
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Lightning strikes hurt dozens in Germany rock festival
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| Jun.12 |
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Germany beating Ukraine 2-0
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| Jun.16 |
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Germany and Poland in goalless draw at Euro 2016 |
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| Jun.18 |
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German minister warns Nato against 'warmongering'
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| Jun.19 |
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Nico Rosberg wins as radio silence frustrates Lewis Hamilton |
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| Jun.21 |
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Gomez, Germany beat Northern Ireland to win Group C |
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| Jun.25 |
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Brexit: Merkel says 'no need to be nasty' in leaving talks
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| Jun.26 |
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Germany routs Slovakia, 3-0
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France and Germany 'in agreement' over UK's EU exit
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| Jun.27 |
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VW US emissions settlement reported to cost $15bn
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| Jul.7 |
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France stuns Germany to make Euro 2016 final Map of Stade V%E9lodrome Marseille France| As it did in 1984 and again in 1998, France reached the final of a home football tournament after stunning world champion Germany 2-0 | |
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| Jul.18 |
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Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg Map of Wuerzburg Bavaria Germany A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train before being shot dead by police
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| Jul.22 |
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Gunman kills at least 9 in shooting at Munich shopping center Map of Olympia shopping center Munich Germany| A shooting at a shopping center which left nine people dead was carried out by one gunman who then killed himself, German police have said. The suspect was an 18-year-old German-Iranian dual national who lived in Munich. More than 20 people were injured, ... | |
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| Jul.23 |
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Munich gunman 'obsessed with mass shootings'
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| Jul.24 |
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Munich shooting: David Sonboly 'planned attack for year'
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Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany Map of Ansbach Germany An explosion in the German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg, has killed a suspected bomber and injured 12 other people, three seriously
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| Jul.31 |
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German GP: Lewis Hamilton wins |
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| Aug.14 |
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Autobahn near Hannover closed after WWII bombs found
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| Aug.19 |
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Germany pips Sweden to Olympic women's football gold |
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| Aug.20 |
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Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men's football gold Map of Maracana Rio de Janeiro Brazil Neymar scored the winning penalty as hosts Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties in Rio to win their first men's Olympic football gold medal
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| Aug.28 |
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Rosberg wins at Spa after chaotic start to Belgian Grand Prix |
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| Sep.4 |
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Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow' Ruling party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state
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| Sep.5 |
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F1: Hamilton's bad start hands race to Rosberg |
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Merkel refugee policy blamed for CDU German regional defeat
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Bayer offers $65bn to win control of Monsanto
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| Sep.8 |
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Kerber beats Wozniacki to reach U.S. Open final |
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| Sep.10 |
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Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova for title
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| Sep.13 |
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Gulf in class evident for Barcelona, Bayern Munich in Champions League |
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| Sep.18 |
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Singapore GP: Rosberg wins to take charge in F1 title race |
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Berlin state poll: Losses for Merkel's CDU, gains for AfD
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| Nov.10 |
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German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif attacked
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| Nov.20 |
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Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to seek fourth term
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| Nov.27 |
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Nico Rosberg clinches world title in tense Abu Dhabi GP finale Nico Rosberg has been crowned Formula One world champion for the first time in his career
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| Nov.29 |
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Top German spy warns of political cyberattacks, Russia links
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| Dec.2 |
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Nico Rosberg: World champion retires to stun Formula One |
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| Dec.19 |
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Berlin attack: Police say lorry crash 'probably terror attack' Map of Breitscheidplatz Berlin Germany The driver, an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48
| The stricken market is at Breitscheidplatz, close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in Berlin's west in the shadow of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was damaged in a World War Two bombing raid
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| Dec.20 |
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Berlin attack: Hunt for attacker after sole suspect released German police are hunting for the perpetrator of the truck attack at a Berlin market which killed 12. Police released the only detained suspect...
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| Dec.21 |
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Tunisian fugitive 'had been under surveillance' A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for Anis Amri, 24, wanted for the attack, who had been under surveillance earlier this year
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| Dec.22 |
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Germany arrests two on terror charges
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| Dec.23 |
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Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri killed in Milan Map of Sesto San Giovanni Milan Italy Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police. The Tunisian criminal fired on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol
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| Dec.28 |
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Berlin truck attack: Tunisian 'linked to Anis Amri' held
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| Dec.30 |
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Merkel: Islamist terror is 'greatest threat' to Germany Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year message
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| 2016 |
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| Jan.27 |
Germany's Jews mark Holocaust as new threat rises |
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| Feb.11 |
World powers agree Syria ceasefire, says John Kerry World powers meeting on Syria have agreed to implement a nationwide 'cessation of hostilities', US Secretary of State John Kerry has said
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| May.28 |
French and German leaders mark Verdun battle centenary Map of Verdun France President Francois Hollande and Chancellor Angela Merkel are to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Verdun, the longest battle during WWI
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| Jun.2 |
Armenia 'genocide' row: Turkey recalls envoy to Germany
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| Jun.18 |
German minister warns Nato against 'warmongering'
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| Aug.14 |
Autobahn near Hannover closed after WWII bombs found
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| 2016 |
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| Feb.9 |
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town Map of Bad Aibling Germany At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track route
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| Feb.16 |
Germany train crash: Human error to blame
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| Feb.21 |
Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers' |
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| Feb.27 |
Stag party causes Ryanair diversion |
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| Mar.13 |
Doctor wanted to hospitalize Germanwings co-pilot before 2015 crash A doctor recommended psychiatric hospitalization but didn’t alert authorities out of fear of breaching Germany’s strict privacy laws
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| Apr.12 |
Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Apr.13 |
Germanwings crash: Families of victims sue US flight school |
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| May.30 |
Germany floods: Four dead in south-west amid extensive damage |
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| Jun.1 |
Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France
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| Jun.4 |
Lightning strikes hurt dozens in Germany rock festival
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| 2016 |
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| Jan.24 |
Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal in wake of doping crisis |
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| Jan.30 |
Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win title
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| Mar.16 |
Champions League: Bayern knock out Juve in thriller |
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| Mar.20 |
Nico Rosberg takes incident-packed F1 opener |
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| Apr.6 |
Champions League: Wolfsburg stuns Real Madrid |
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| Apr.17 |
Hamilton battles back as Rosberg win Chinese Grand Prix |
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| Apr.27 |
Bayern Munich loses out to Atletico Madrid in Champions League |
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| May.1 |
Russian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg makes it four wins out of four |
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| May.3 |
Bayern Munich dumped out of Champions League by Atletico Madrid Ousted by Atletico Madrid on away goals, despite winning the second leg of its seminal tie 2-1, Bayern's dreams of a sixth European title are...
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| May.7 |
Bayern Munich wins fourth successive Bundesliga crown
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| May.29 |
German row over right-winger's 'racist' Boateng remark |
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| Jun.12 |
Germany beating Ukraine 2-0
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| Jun.16 |
Germany and Poland in goalless draw at Euro 2016 |
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| Jun.19 |
Nico Rosberg wins as radio silence frustrates Lewis Hamilton |
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| Jun.21 |
Gomez, Germany beat Northern Ireland to win Group C |
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| Jun.26 |
Germany routs Slovakia, 3-0
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| Jul.7 |
France stuns Germany to make Euro 2016 final Map of Stade V%E9lodrome Marseille France| As it did in 1984 and again in 1998, France reached the final of a home football tournament after stunning world champion Germany 2-0 | |
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| Jul.31 |
German GP: Lewis Hamilton wins |
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| Aug.19 |
Germany pips Sweden to Olympic women's football gold |
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| Aug.20 |
Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men's football gold Map of Maracana Rio de Janeiro Brazil Neymar scored the winning penalty as hosts Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties in Rio to win their first men's Olympic football gold medal
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| Aug.28 |
Rosberg wins at Spa after chaotic start to Belgian Grand Prix |
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| Sep.5 |
F1: Hamilton's bad start hands race to Rosberg |
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| Sep.8 |
Kerber beats Wozniacki to reach U.S. Open final |
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| Sep.10 |
Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova for title
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| Sep.13 |
Gulf in class evident for Barcelona, Bayern Munich in Champions League |
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| Sep.18 |
Singapore GP: Rosberg wins to take charge in F1 title race |
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| Nov.27 |
Nico Rosberg clinches world title in tense Abu Dhabi GP finale Nico Rosberg has been crowned Formula One world champion for the first time in his career
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| Dec.2 |
Nico Rosberg: World champion retires to stun Formula One |
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| 2016 |
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| Jan.4 |
VW sued by US justice department |
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| Apr.13 |
Germanwings crash: Families of victims sue US flight school |
|
| Apr.20 |
VW 'to offer diesel buy back deal in US' |
|
| Apr.21 |
VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal Volkswagen will offer 'substantial compensation' and car buy-back deals in the US as part of a settlement of the the diesel emissions scanda...
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| Apr.23 |
Germans rally in Hannover against US-EU talks |
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| May.28 |
Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela |
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| Jun.27 |
VW US emissions settlement reported to cost $15bn
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| Sep.5 |
Bayer offers $65bn to win control of Monsanto
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| 2016 |
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| Jan.5 |
Cologne sex attacks: Protest against gang assaults on women Map of Cologne Germany| Hundreds of people have protested in the German city of Cologne over sexual assaults and thefts carried out by groups of men on New Year's Eve | |
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| Jan.6 |
Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink' |
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| Jan.10 |
Cologne attacks: New Year's Eve crime cases top 500 The number of criminal cases committed during new year celebrations in the city has risen - 40% of which relate to sexual assault
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| Jan.12 |
'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district Map of Blue Mosque Istanbul Turkey| A suspected member of the ISIS group has killed 10 people, at least eight of them German tourists, in a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city | |
|
| Jan.27 |
Germany's Jews mark Holocaust as new threat rises |
|
| Feb.16 |
Germany train crash: Human error to blame
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| Feb.23 |
Cologne attacks: Most suspects 'may never be caught' |
|
| Apr.12 |
Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Jul.18 |
Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg Map of Wuerzburg Bavaria Germany A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train before being shot dead by police
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| Jul.22 |
Gunman kills at least 9 in shooting at Munich shopping center Map of Olympia shopping center Munich Germany| A shooting at a shopping center which left nine people dead was carried out by one gunman who then killed himself, German police have said. The suspect was an 18-year-old German-Iranian dual national who lived in Munich. More than 20 people were injured, ... | |
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| Jul.23 |
Munich gunman 'obsessed with mass shootings'
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| Jul.24 |
Munich shooting: David Sonboly 'planned attack for year'
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| Jul.24 |
Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany Map of Ansbach Germany An explosion in the German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg, has killed a suspected bomber and injured 12 other people, three seriously
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| Aug.14 |
Autobahn near Hannover closed after WWII bombs found
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| Nov.10 |
German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif attacked
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| Nov.29 |
Top German spy warns of political cyberattacks, Russia links
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| Dec.19 |
Berlin attack: Police say lorry crash 'probably terror attack' Map of Breitscheidplatz Berlin Germany The driver, an Afghan or Pakistani asylum seeker, ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48
| The stricken market is at Breitscheidplatz, close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in Berlin's west in the shadow of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was damaged in a World War Two bombing raid
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| Dec.20 |
Berlin attack: Hunt for attacker after sole suspect released German police are hunting for the perpetrator of the truck attack at a Berlin market which killed 12. Police released the only detained suspect...
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| Dec.21 |
Tunisian fugitive 'had been under surveillance' A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for Anis Amri, 24, wanted for the attack, who had been under surveillance earlier this year
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| Dec.22 |
Germany arrests two on terror charges
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| Dec.23 |
Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri killed in Milan Map of Sesto San Giovanni Milan Italy Anis Amri, has been shot dead by police. The Tunisian criminal fired on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol
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| Dec.28 |
Berlin truck attack: Tunisian 'linked to Anis Amri' held
|
| Dec.30 |
Merkel: Islamist terror is 'greatest threat' to Germany Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year message
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|
| 2016 |
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| Jan.4 |
VW sued by US justice department |
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| Jan.5 |
Cologne sex attacks: Protest against gang assaults on women Map of Cologne Germany| Hundreds of people have protested in the German city of Cologne over sexual assaults and thefts carried out by groups of men on New Year's Eve | |
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| Jan.6 |
Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink' |
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| Jan.8 |
Cologne police chief removed after New Year Eve attacks |
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| Jan.8 |
Cologne attacks: Merkel considers tougher migrant laws
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| Jan.9 |
Cologne attacks: Pegida and police clash at migrant protest |
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| Jan.10 |
Poland summons German ambassador over politicians' comments
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| Jan.11 |
Germany sends migrants back to Austria |
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| Jan.15 |
Migrant men banned from German swimming pool |
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| Jan.27 |
Germany's Jews mark Holocaust as new threat rises |
|
| Jan.28 |
Migrant crisis: Germany moves to cut asylum claims |
|
| Feb.11 |
World powers agree Syria ceasefire, says John Kerry World powers meeting on Syria have agreed to implement a nationwide 'cessation of hostilities', US Secretary of State John Kerry has said
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| Feb.28 |
Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos, says Merkel |
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| Mar.10 |
Migrant crisis: Merkel condemns closure of Balkan route |
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| Mar.12 |
Merkel faces test as Germany votes in regional elections |
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| Mar.13 |
Merkel's CDU suffers German state election setbacks The party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suffered defeats in two of three states holding regional elections, exit polls suggest
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| Apr.1 |
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German ex-foreign minister, dies |
|
| Apr.12 |
Police protection for satirist Boehmermann over Erdogan poem |
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| Apr.15 |
Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult |
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| Apr.23 |
Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal
|
| Apr.23 |
Germans rally in Hannover against US-EU talks |
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| Apr.23 |
Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey camp German Chancellor and EU officials are visiting a migrant camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, as they seek to bolster a controversial EU-Turkey...
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| May.29 |
German row over right-winger's 'racist' Boateng remark |
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| Jun.2 |
Armenia 'genocide' row: Turkey recalls envoy to Germany
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| Jun.18 |
German minister warns Nato against 'warmongering'
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| Jun.25 |
Brexit: Merkel says 'no need to be nasty' in leaving talks
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| Jun.26 |
France and Germany 'in agreement' over UK's EU exit
|
| Sep.4 |
Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow' Ruling party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state
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| Sep.5 |
Merkel refugee policy blamed for CDU German regional defeat
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| Sep.18 |
Berlin state poll: Losses for Merkel's CDU, gains for AfD
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| Nov.10 |
German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif attacked
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| Nov.20 |
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to seek fourth term
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| Nov.29 |
Top German spy warns of political cyberattacks, Russia links
|
| Dec.30 |
Merkel: Islamist terror is 'greatest threat' to Germany Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year message
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