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Merkel defends 'Muhammad' cartoonist, condemns Koran-burning

Westergaard (second from left) accepts his award

Angela Merkel spoke in defense of freedom of speech at an awards ceremony to honor a cartoonist whose drawings sparked outrage among Muslims. At the event, Merkel also slammed a planned Koran-burning event. »

 
 
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Munich's synagogue

Architecture

Digital images bring synagogues destroyed by Nazis to life

A project that gives virtual tours of synagogues destroyed by the Nazis digitally recreates an otherwise lost part of German culture. But it was a contemporary form of anti-Semitism that got the exhibit off the ground. »

 
 
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Caucasus

Map of the Caucasus

Car bombing

A car has exploded at a busy market in Vladikavkaz the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia.»

 
 

Bilateral Ties

Christian Wulff and Doris Leuthard

Good neighbors

President Wulff continues Swiss trip after pledging to resolve tax policy differences.»

 
 

International Relations

Judges at the International Court of Justice

Playing politics

A UN court has ruled Kosovo's independence legal, but in Georgia, great powers decide on its fate.»

 
 
 

Yugoslavia: 20 years later

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Black-and-white photo of prisoner

Art

Photographer explores beauty among women prisoners

A photographer in Cologne has taken female inmates as the subjects of his work - a tall order, given penitentiary security. The artist asked the women to describe what "beauty" meant to them in everyday prison life. »

 
 
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A water tap in a concrete wall

Urban development

Urbanization hampers access to drinking water

Global efforts to improve access to drinking water have been hindered by rapid urbanization, according to data presented at World Water Week in Stockholm. The percentage of people in urban areas with access is declining. »

 
 

Animals

A lab mouse and experimenter in the background

Animal testing

The European Parliament has agreed to reduce the number and scope of animal experiments.»

 
 

Culture

View of Pilsen from the university

Pilsener delight

The Czech city of Pilsen has been chosen by a panel as a European Capital of Culture for 2015.»

 
 

Economy

The creative face of the remnants of the Berlin Wall

Artistic Berlin

While Hamburg and Munich are popular among young professionals, Berlin draws in the creatives.»

 
 
 

Classical music

Conductor Paavo Jarvi

Experience the Beethovenfest live from DW's digital concert hall

You are invited to a unique concert experience in DW's free digital concert hall. On September 11 at 21:30 pm (CET), the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Paavo Jarvi will perform works by Beethoven and Schumann.  »

 
 

Marina Paul, the shop assistant

Meet our 'Faces of Germany'

Get to know Germans from the Alps to the North Sea, learn about their lives and their dreams.  »

 

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