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WATCH: An Ode To Non-Fire Starting Germans

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Harry Burkhart LA Arson, Harry Burkhart, Engelbert Humperdinck, We Did Not Start the Fire, LA Arsonist, Flula Borg La Arsonist, Germans, Christoph Waltz, LA Arson, Claudia Schiffer, Billy Joel, Video, Los Angeles News

German DJ Flula Borg is feeling really "embarrass" about the German-born man charged with lighting dozens of arson fires in Los Angeles. But Borg is n...

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War Horse Retains the Spielberg Magic

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Stephen Spielberg, Horses, War Promises, Germans, World War I, British Countryside, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Stephen Spielberg works his magic one more time in a beautifully crafted movie titled War Horse. This tale of a horse and its experiences during World War I make for an emotional journey and also a rewarding one.

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WATCH: Are You A Party Pooper?

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Vlogging, Party Pooper, Learning English, Vloggers, Video, Flula Party Pooper, English, Germans, Flula Borg, Urlesque, Idioms, Flula, Comedy News

Over the past few weeks, German vlogger Flula Borg has more than entertained us by explaining the American idioms that confuse him as he learns Englis...

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On Libya and Liberty

Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Puppets, Liberty, Naziism, Gaddafi, Germans, Corsica, Freedom, Russians, Libya, Democracy, Soviet Union, Sweden, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

When we vote or decide or discuss or debate, we are supposed to be informed. However, if we so often rely on superstitions and belief systems that don't work, how is there any truth at all?

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Germans Leaving Catholic Church In Droves

Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Protestants, Catholicism, Germany, Germans, Church Departures, German Catholics, Religion News

By Niels Sorrells Religion News Service BERLIN (RNS) The number of Germans leaving the Roman Catholic Church rose dramatically in 2010 as Pope Benedi...

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Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Money, Germany, Germans, Tax Cuts, Taxpayer Money, Taxpayers, German, World News

A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes....

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Can Celine's Anti-Semitism Be Denied After Reading His Graphic Anti-Semitic Descriptions?

The New York Review of Books | Wyatt Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Kristallnacht, Nazis, Germans, French Anti-Semitism, Nyr, Celine, Racism, New York Review of Books, World War II, Books News

From "Uncovering Céline" Wyatt Mason The New York Review of Books Bagatelles pour un massacre [Trifles for a Massacre] by Louis-Ferdinand Céli...

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Poland Marks 70th Anniversary Of Second World War

AP | RYAN LUCAS and DAVID RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poland WW11, Polish Leaders, Nazi Germany, Westerplate, Hitler, Second World War, President Lech Kaczynski, Polish Military, Nazism, Nazis, Poland, Germans, Adolf Hitler, Poland Second World War, Europe, World War, Ww11, World News

GDANSK, Poland — On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowe...

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Is Muslim The New Queer?

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, John McCain, Holocaust, Barack Obama, Danish King, Muslim, Gender Politics, Arab, Nazis, Politics Race, Sarah Palin, Germans, Racism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Hanna Ingber Win

When Obama gets called Muslim, there are many Americans who are quick to correct the facts and make sure the public knows Obama isn't Muslim. But where are the people speaking up and saying that Muslims are not bad people? How come almost nobody is saying it's not OK to hate?

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