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Germany's extraordinary World Cup story begins in Switzerland in 1954. It was the first time since the war Germany had been allowed to enter the tournament. We were not allowed to take part in 48 at t

World Cup Stories: Germany-1

7th of July 1974 on the World Cup final in the Olympic Stadium in Munich, West Germany, the hosts and favorites to win, up against the masters of total football, the Dutch. But in the most dramatic st

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By Jim Stevenson Beijing 29 September 2007 Germany and Brazil are about to face each other Sunday in the Women's World Cup football final in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Shanghai, where the championship game will feature two contrasting st

2018年CRI Germany to add China's yuan to currency reserves

Germany's central bank says it has decided to add the Chinese currency into its foreign exchange reserves. The Bundesbank says the decision was made last year after the European Central Bank (ECB) switched 500 million euros worth of its US dollar res

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ECONOMICS REPORT - U.S. Central Banker Alan Greenspan Prepares to Retire By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, November 18, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The chairma

IN THE NEWS - Germany Awaits a New Leader, and a New Day

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Germany Says US Troop Withdrawal Regrettable

Douglas Bakshian U.S. plans to withdraw 30,000 troops from Germany are a sign of changing international conditions, according to a German government spokesman, and he says the move comes as no great s

Schroeder: Germany Ready to Contribute to Iraq's Reconstruct

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We usually think of evolution as something that happens over eons, in remote places where people rarely venture. Not something that happens around the backyard birdfeeder in just a few decades. But a study in the journal Current Biology suggests that

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经济学人:德国的宏观审慎改革

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By Barbara Schoetzau New York 29 February 2008 The United Nations is asking for $32 million in immediate humanitarian aid for the Central African Republic (CAR). The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, says the aid will help stabilize a volat

Germany beats Nigera 1-0 at FIFA Women World Cup

BERLIN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Host and defending world champion Germany sealed quarterfinal spot with the second win in group A, owing the decider by midfielder Simone Laudehr in front of 48,817 spectators in Frankfurt on Thursday. In a rough match wit

First child death from E. coli reported in Germany

BERLIN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A two-year-old boy became the first child to be killed by the deadly E. coli in Germany on Tuesday, officials said. To date, the terrifying EHEC infection has claimed 36 lives in Germany and one in Sweden. The child, from

Germany enjoys record growth in 2nd quarter

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Two killed in helicopter crash in central London

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another two were injured after a helicopter crashed into a construction crane near Wandsworth Road, south of River Thames in central London earlier on Wednesday. Two people confirmed dead at scen

Germany's Merkel Calls for United Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a stronger political union in Europe to overcome the blocs debt crisis. She called the crisis the continents toughest hour since World War II. And, in Italy, Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti was hard

Klose back for Germany after injury

BERLIN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Miroslav Klose returned on Saturday to the German squad for Tuesday's friendly match against the Netherlands after missing the friendly with Ukraine because of an inflamed tendon in his left knee. The 33-year-old could be

One dead as road collapses in central China

CHANGSHA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A section of a highway running near a major river in central China's Hunan Province caved in early Thursday, engulfing a passing vehicle and killing at least one person aboard. The cave-in, near the Poly International Pla