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The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival opened in true style with a grand red carpet and gala screening of Benoit Jaquot’s Farewell My Queen starring the Berlinale favourite Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette. The period film, based on Chantal Thomas’
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Berlin has a polished new edge. T+L take a closer look. “Poor but sexy” is how mayor Klaus Wowereit described Berlin five years ago. Today he might add “grown-up”; the once achingly hip Mitte is now borderline bourgeois, full of modern hotels and gastron
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 14: Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and partner Joern Kubicki attend 'The Iron Lady' Premiere during day six of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 14, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. View Photo »
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Berlin: Put Berlin next to Paris and you have both sides of the coin: romance, which occasionally appeals, and eros, which never fails. "Berlin is sexy," said the German capital's openly gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit, and it's been that way since the iniquito
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It is a premier for Germany. Never before have artifacts from Islam's holiest site, the Kabaa in Mecca, been on display in the country. A new exhibit in Berlin's famous Pergamon Museum traces history on the Arabian peninsula from the birth of civilizatio
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The outgoing German soccer federation president says it's time for gay players to come out. Theo Zwanziger called on gay players "to have the courage to declare themselves," although he conceded it was surely difficult to acknowledge one's homosexuality
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 11: Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit attends the 'Don - The King Is Back' Premiere during day three of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Friedrichstadtpalast on February 11, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. View Photo »
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The departing German football federation president says it's time for gay players to come out. Theo Zwanziger, who will leave the post in March, called on gay players "to have the courage to declare themselves," although he conceded it was surely difficu
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The departing German football federation president says it's time for gay players to come out. Theo Zwanziger, who will leave the post in March, called on gay players "to have the courage to declare themselves,'' although he conceded it was surely diffic
About Klaus Wowereit
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Klaus Wowereit (born 1 October 1953 in West Berlin) is a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and has been the mayor of Berlin since the 2001 state elections, where he won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat (the second highest office in Germany) in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition... Full Article
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 11: Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit attends the 'Don - The King Is Back' Premiere during day three of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Friedrichstadtpalast on February 11, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit and partner Joern Kubicki attend the 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' Premiere during day two of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 10, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit attends the Opening Ceremony of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and his husband Joern Kubicki pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Farewell my Queen (Les adieux à la Reine) on February 9, 2012 in Berlin. The 62nd Berlinale, the first major European film festival of the year, kicked off on February 9,...
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and Joern Kubicki attend the 'Les Adieux De La Reine' Premiere during day one of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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German actress Nina Hoss arrives for the screening of the movie 'Farewell My Queen' ('Les adieux a la Reine') during the opening gala at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 9, 2012. In background are Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and his partner Joerg...
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit and his partner Joerg Kubicki (L) arrive for the screening of the movie 'Farewell My Queen' ('Les adieux a la Reine') during the opening gala at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 9, 2012.
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (2nd from R) speaks with women in period costumes in front of the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt concert hall in Berlin January 24, 2012, before attending a function to commemorate the 300th aniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) and German President Christian Wulff (R) leave the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt concert hall in Berlin January 24, 2012, after attending a function to commemorate the 300th aniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.
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Brandenburg Premier Matthias Platzeck (L) speaks with Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit as they pose on the steps of the concerthall Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin January 24, 2012, before attending a function to commemorate the 300th aniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great, King...
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L-R) German President Christian Wulff and Brandenburg state Minister Matthias Platzeck arrive for the celebrations to mark the 300th birthday of former Prussian king Frederick the Great, in Berlin January 24, 2012.
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (C) and Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) hold basket with food samples presented by Lithuanian Agriculture minister Kazimieras Starkevicius (R) as they tour during after they officially opened the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture...
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (L), Liechtenstein's Agriculture minister Renate Muessner (C) and Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) sample Swiss cheese during the opening day of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. ...
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (C) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) sample Dutch cheese as they tour during the opening day of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. Romania is the fair's guest country.
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A animal rights activist holding an appeal to free caged rabbits is bundled away by security staff members as Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) looks on, upon the opening ceremony of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. Romania...
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (C), Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (centre L) and Romanian Agriculture minister Valeriu Tabara (centre, R) cut a ribbon to open of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. Romania is the fair's...
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German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (C), Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) and Rumanian agriculture minister Valeriu Tabara cut the ribbon at the Romanian pavilion before the opening tour of the Green Week Agriculture and Food fair in Berlin, January 20, 2012. The annual exhibition of...
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Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (C) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) eat cheese at the Dutch pavilion as they take a tour of the Green Week Agriculture and Food fair in Berlin, January 20, 2012. The annual exhibition of food stuffs and agricultural products is one of the world's...
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A combo of three pictures shows German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (R) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) greeting and reacting while having a sip of Romanian schnaps at the opening of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012.
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (R) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) react after having a sip of Romanian schnaps at the opening of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. Romania is the fair's guest country.
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German Agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (R) and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) share a toast with Romanian schnaps at the opening of the so-called Green Week (Gruene Woche) Agriculture and food Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2012. Romania is the fair's guest country.
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Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner (L), Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (C) and Gerd Sonnleitner, president of Germany's farmers association DBV eat during their tour of the Green Week Agriculture and Food fair in Berlin, January 20, 2012. The annual exhibition of food stuffs and...
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Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit, his partner Joern Kubicki, former German President Horst Koehler and his wife Eva Luise and Hamburgs Olaf Scholz sit in the Franzoesischen Dom church in Berlin on January 19, 2012 during the funeral mass for the founder of mail order group OTTO. Werner...
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Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit speaks at the Franzoesischen Dom church in Berlin on January 19, 2012 during the funeral mass for the founder of mail order group OTTO. Werner Otto died on December 21, 2011 at the age of 102.
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L-R), his partner Joern Kubicki, German former President Horst Koehler and his wife Eva Luise, and Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz attend a funeral service for Werner Otto in the French Cathedral (Franzoesischer Dom) in Berlin, January 19, 2012. The...
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 11: Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit attends the 'Don - The King Is Back' Premiere during day three of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Friedrichstadtpalast on February 11, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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