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United in disagreement: The peace process is dead

A senior Palestinian negotiator from Fatah has given the clearest indication yet that peace negotiations are doomed to fail with the current Israeli government. It comes in the wake of Israel's latest expansion plans.

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Business

Wanted: Top women to help run Deutsche Telekom

Women as senior managers, let alone board members, are a scarce commodity in German companies. A planned quota by one of the country's largest blue chip companies could signal change.

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Culture & Lifestyle

E-learning's potential is hampered by misuse, critics say

The world of 'e-learning' is growing more pervasive every day. But critics are asking whether the medium is being used to its best advantage - and some warn of a growing digital divide.

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Germany

German bishops call for end to celibacy mandate

Catholic officials deny a direct connection between child sexual abuse by priests and the Church's strict celibacy policy. But the recent wave of abuse claims across Germany has revived the discussion.

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Germany

German Catholics criticize pope's silence on child sex abuse scandal

Politicians and Catholic groups have criticized Pope Benedict XVI for his continuing silence on the widening sexual abuse scandal in Germany. They have rejected allegations of a campaign to discredit the pope.

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Germany

Germany doubles arms exports

Germany exported twice as many weapons and other military technology over the past five years, according to a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report.

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Germany

New synagogue opens in German town after 70 years

A new synagogue was opened to the public in a city in western Germany on Sunday. The last synagogue in Herford closed during Adolf Hitler's rule of Germany.

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Germany

Left ... out? One woman's politics cloud citizenship chances

How far left is too left, when it comes to becoming a German? A woman raised in the country has applied for citizenship, but due to her politics, the outlook is dim.

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Germany

Survivors, academics recall dark episode in Germany's postwar history

Former inmates of internment camps set up by the Soviets following World War II met with academics at Buchenwald on Saturday. Little was known about the Soviet camps until after the fall of the East German regime.

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Germany

German mom-and-pop stores make comeback with modern twist

Many small German towns used to have a local convenience store where residents met to shop and gossip. Most of these were forced out of business by supermarkets, but the concept is now being revived, with a modern spin.

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Germany

Germany's Greens protest re-opening of nuclear waste dump

After a 10-year moratorium, exploration into the future of the Gorleben nuclear waste dump is to resume. The Green party and environmental leaders are protesting the decision.

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Germany

New row hits controversial museum for German war refugees

The representative of German Jews on the board of a new wartime refugee museum has threatened to step down. Salomon Korn demanded that the plight of Germans who fled Poland be linked to Nazi war crimes.

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Europe

Euro zone thrashes out details of last resort rescue plan for Greece

Finance ministers from euro-zone countries have agreed on a rescue plan for Greece. Details of the plan, to be enacted only if Athens cannot solve its own problems, remain vague.

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Europe

Top EU diplomat slams Israeli settlements on first trip to Middle East

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has begun her first official trip to the Middle East with strong words for Israel's recent announcement that settlement building in east Jerusalem will continue.

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Europe

Dozens arrested in swoop on Georgian mafia across Europe

A 'major' operation against the Georgian mafia netted European police at least 69 suspects, with arrests made in six European countries.

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