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British Hacker Known As 'Spiderman' Sentenced Over Cyberattack

2:58pm July 28, 2017

by Chris Benderev

The 29-year-old man was given a suspended sentence of one year and eight months in an attack that reportedly knocked out Internet for nearly 1 million people in Germany in November.

"It's not just about making one German astronaut happy with fresh bread," Marcu explains. "There's really a deeper meaning to bread in space." Above, a photo illustration of bread in space.

3, 2, 1 ... Bake Off! The Mission To Make Bread In Space

1:09pm July 26, 2017

by Paige Pfleger

On Earth, crumbs are harmless, but in orbit they can be perilous. But bread is a big deal in Germany, so scientists and engineers there are teaming up to create an oven and dough fit for microgravity.

A woman is pepper-sprayed by police after she climbed onto an armored vehicle on the first day of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Anti-Globalization Protests Spark Violence In Hamburg For Second Day

5:17pm July 07, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Activists continued protests in the German city as the summit of the world's major economic powers got underway.

Members of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motstandsrorelsens) demonstrate in central Stockholm in November.

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Swedish Neo-Nazis Frozen Out In Trademark Fight

2:18pm July 05, 2017

by Scott Neuman

An extremist group that goes by the name "Nordfront" has been ordered to stop using the name following a complaint from Nordfrost, a German freezer manufacturer.

Policemen and forensic experts work at the scene where a tour bus caught fire after hitting a truck on the A9 highway in southeastern Germany.

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18 Believed Dead After Fiery Bus Crash In Germany

12:43pm July 03, 2017

by Chris Benderev

A tour bus full of elderly Germans caught fire Monday morning after an accident along a popular highway.

Green Party's gay rights activist Volker Beck, center, and fellow faction members celebrate with a confetti popper after Germany's Parliament voted on Friday to legalize same-sex marriage.

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German Lawmakers Approve Same-Sex Marriage

7:12am June 30, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The legislation was backed by 393 lawmakers, while 226 voted against and four abstained. Same-sex couples in Germany were previously permitted to form civil unions but they were not allowed to marry.

German forces Bundeswehr officers enter the German Defense Ministry prior to a meeting between Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and about 100 top officers in Berlin last month. The meeting was about the arrest of an army officer on suspicion that he

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After Arrests, Germany Confronts Issue Of Far-Right Extremism In Its Military

9:16am June 18, 2017

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The arrests in April of two army officers accused of plotting assassinations have raised serious questions about the extent to which far-right and neo-Nazi sympathizers are present in the military.

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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, shown in 1989, oversaw the reunification of his country after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Helmut Kohl, Architect Of Germany's Reunification, Dies At 87

5:12pm June 16, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The longtime German chancellor, who led West Germany and later a unified country, died Friday. Kohl helmed two vast integration projects: Germany's reunification and efforts to forge a European Union.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump pose for a photo Friday at the ancient Greek Theater in Taormina, Sicily, during Trump's first G-7 summit.

Trump Is Worried About The Trade Deficit With Germany. He Needn't Be

5:59pm May 30, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Trump tweeted on Tuesday that the U.S. has a "MASSIVE" trade deficit with Germany that is "very bad for the U.S." But this isn't at all the right way to think about trade deficits.

The German government says it will shut down Cityhostel Berlin, a source of money for its owner, North Korea. Above, the hostel on Wednesday.

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Backpacker Hostel In Berlin Has A Surprising Owner: North Korea

5:45pm May 11, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Cityhostel Berlin offers cheap rooms and spotty Wi-Fi in a large, gated 1970s building redolent of the Communist era. But its ownership violates a U.N. Security Council resolution passed in November.