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Germany gay marriage: Couple are first to marry |
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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
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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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Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers'
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Conductor Kurt Masur dies at 88 |
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69 German police officers injured in clash with left-wing protesters
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Berlin Wall blunderer Guenter Schabowski dies at 86 |
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Anti-Islam rally draws big crowds in Dresden
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Dresden marches against anti-Islamists Pegida
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Pegida protests: Rallies over 'Islamisation'
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World War II bomb defused in German city
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| Dec.15 |
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Anti-Islam march in German city
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| Nov.9 |
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Berlin Wall: Thousands of balloons released Map of Brandenburg Gate Germany Some 8,000 helium balloons have been released into the night sky over Germany's capital to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall
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Merkel hails Berlin Wall's fall |
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Germany marks anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall |
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Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War. Berlin
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Berlin governing party chooses city development minister as new mayor |
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World marathon record for Dennis Kimetto in Berlin |
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German Eurosceptic party AfD wins Saxony state seats
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World Cup: Germany welcomes conquering heroes home |
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Federer claims seventh Halle title |
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German policeman in 'cannibal' case
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German far right draws 1,500 to anti-refugee demo
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Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts |
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Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate |
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Federer ends long title wait |
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Floods sweep through Central Europe Floods continued to devastate communities alongside the surging River Elbe in Germany's northeastern Saxony-Anhalt state
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Germany's swollen Elbe River breaches new levee |
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Dam breaks near Magdeburg as Hungary floods recede |
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Evacuations as Dresden faces flood |
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Lightning strike injures 39 at party in Germany |
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Experts defuse unexploded WWII bomb in central Berlin |
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Double helicopter crash in Berlin |
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Haas upsets Federer in Halle |
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German pastor elected president |
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Guards fired at outside Pope's Mass |
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Merkel 'faces loss' in state poll |
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Germany marks 50 years since Berlin Wall |
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Germany win's at Women's World Cup |
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Tons of fresh produce trashed in Germany |
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Pile-up in freak German sandstorm |
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Train collision in Germany kills 10
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Merkel: 'Multiculture has failed'
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12 dead in bus crash in Germany
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Man takes hostages at Leipzig store |
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Robbers raid hotel poker tournament |
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Berlin Wall dominoes tumble |
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Berlin celebrates wall's fall aniversary Thousands of people joined world leaders to remember the night 20 years ago when a euphoric wave of people power swept away the Berlin Wall
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German on trial for Muslim murder |
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Athlete says steroids forced sex change |
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Obama seeks stronger Europe ties. Berlin
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Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin
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E. German 'licence to kill' found |
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146 police hurt in G8 protest Masked demonstrators showered police with rocks and bottles, then were driven back with water cannon and tear gas
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Violence as 30,000 join G-8 demos
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Protest due ahead of G8 |
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Germany in semis over Argentina |
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Merkel sworn. Berlin
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Dresden consecrates famed church |
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Leaders seek Dresden boost |
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Holocaust memorial unveiled. Berlin
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Neo-Nazi march as Dresden remembers
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Berlin hosts key Afghan aid talks |
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Tergat sets marathon record |
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Europe summit to seek Iraq deal |
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Police free bus hostages |
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Hostages at Iraqi embassy. Berlin
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Dresden fights rising waters
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Dresden swamped in record floods
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Dresden floods reach all-time high
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Dresden evacuated as waters rise
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Floods surge through Germany
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18 die in school massacre Expelled ex-pupil went on a shooting spree in the city of Erfurt. 14 teachers, a policewoman and 2 pupils were shot dead
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4 jailed for Berlin bombing
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Germany's first gay couple wed |
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Berlin protesters clash with police |
before year 2000
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| Nov. 9, 1989 |
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Fall of the Berlin Wall Map of Brandenburg Gate Berlin Germany| A barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) | |
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| Aug. 2, 1945 |
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Potsdam Conference ended Map of Cecilienhof Palace Potsdam Germany| The three power, Stalin, Churchill, and, later Attlee, Truman gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany | |
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| Feb. 27, 1933 |
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Reichstag fire in Germany Map of Reichstag Berlin Germany| Berlin: An arson attack on the Reichstag building. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch council communist was arrested for the crime | |
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| Jul. 31, 1919 |
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Weimar Constitution adopted Map of Weimar Germany| The Constitution of the German Reich was the constitution that governed Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) | |
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| Jan. 28, 1859 |
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Kaiser William II born Map of Kronprinzenpalais Berlin Germany Berlin: The last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918
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| Mar. 22, 1832 |
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe died Map of Weimar Germany A German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose
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Richard Wagner born Map of Leipzig Germany A German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas
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| Aug. 17, 1786 |
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Frederick the Great died Berlin: Frederick II was the third Hohenzollern king, reigning over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786
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| Jul. 28, 1750 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach died Map of Leipzig Germany A contemporary newspaper reported 'the very unsuccessful eye operation'. Modern historians speculate that the cause of death was a stroke
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Frederick the Great of Prussia born Berlin: Frederick II was the third Hohenzollern king, reigning over the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786
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George Frederic Handel born Handel was a German-born, British composer who spent his career in London, becoming known for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ conce...
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Battle of Lützen began One of the most decisive battles of the Thirty Years' War. It was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of one of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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King Gustavus Adolphus killed as battle of Lutzen ends The founder of Sweden as a Great Power. He led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War
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Battle of Breitenfeld Fought at a crossroads near Breitenfeld. It was the Protestants’ first major victory of the Thirty Years War
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Magdeburg sacked The siege, the subsequent plundering, and the massacre of the inhabitants of the largely Protestant city by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire
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Martin Luther born Map of Eisleben Germany A German friar, priest and professor of theology who was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
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