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German firms complain of tight credit, intrusive banks

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:11:35 GMT

Berlin -- Small- and medium-sized German companies (SMEs) that complain of intrusive bank practices have gotten a hearing from leaders in Berlin who fear a credit crunch could kill a modest economic recovery.
Source: Expatica

Review of the decade: Adrian Searle on visual art

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:20:03 GMT

The light at the end of the tunnel … Olafur Eliasson's 2003 installation in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern. Photograph: Dan Chung The new century never got going till September 2001, with an audacious attack that seemed to change everything.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Springsteen, De Niro, Mel Brooks, other stars receive Kennedy Center Honors in DC

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:07 GMT

WASHINGTON - With a little help from Carol Burnett, a new star from the hit TV show "Glee" and other top entertainers, political Washington is saluting five of the nation's top artists with the Kennedy Center Honors this weekend.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Building for diplomacy: Our men in a mess

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:08:33 GMT

The new British Embassy in Algiers is an outstanding piece of diplomatic architecture. But it may be the very last hurrah of a cash-strapped Foreign and Commonwealth Office no longer prepared to encourage and pay for truly outstanding embassy design.
Source: The Independent

Springsteen, De Niro, Brubeck, Mel Brooks and other stars receive Kennedy Center Honors

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:34:43 GMT

Also receiving the honours - which recognize individuals who have defined American culture through the arts as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy - are jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry.
Source: Macleans.ca

Springsteen, De Niro, Mel Brooks and other stars receive Kennedy Center Honors in DC

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:49:43 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a little help from Carol Burnett, a new star from the hit TV show "Glee" and other top entertainers, political Washington is saluting five of the nation's top artists with the Kennedy Center Honors this weekend.
Source: OH NO THEY DIDN'T

Washington Salutes Top Artists With Kennedy Honors

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:39:03 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) ― With a little help from Carol Burnett, a new star from the hit TV show "Glee" and other top entertainers, political Washington is saluting five of the nation's top artists with the Kennedy Center Honors this weekend.
Source: CBS 5

Berlin

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:08:19 GMT

Roads in Germany are awesome. We went thru a tunnel with 3 traffic lanes going one way and a length of 3.5km, speed limit 120kph!!! Made our Johnstone Hill tunnels look miniature.
Source: Travel Blog

Quoted in 'Honduras Tears Down a Berlin Wall'

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:15 GMT

said in HumanEvents.com:

They tried to build a Berlin Wall and Honduras tore it down

Quoted in 'The A-Z of European rail travel'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:17:25 GMT

said in The Independent:

From Paris to Istanbul and Moscow, from Rome to Hamburg and Berlin

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

STUTTGART, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 21: Players of Berlin (back) and Stuttgart observe a minute of silence in memory of German goalkeeper Robert Enke prior to the Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC Berlin at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Nove...

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:49:22 GMT

1936 Nazi Color Film-Berlin in the Year of the Olympic Games

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:22:28 GMT