It seems suddenly that nothing is sacred, with autobahns being shut down for hours, angels getting the Bobbitt treatment, birds poking fun at neo-Nazis and a teacher bringing her own student to court. To ...
Saddam Hussein drained the unique wetlands of southern Iraq as a punishment to the region's Marsh Arabs who had backed an uprising. Two decades later, one courageous US Iraqi is leading efforts to restore ...
Paul the psychic octopus may have retired from predicting football matches, but his advertising career has just begun. The eight-legged oracle recently appeared in an advertisement for a German supermarket chain and has received more than 160 endorsement offers, including a book deal, according to the ...
As Germany's wild boar population has skyrocketed in recent years, so too has the number of animals contaminated by radioactivity left over from the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Government payments compensating ...
Germany's latest unemployment figures indicate that the country could soon haveunder 3 million people out of work, a new low. While some media commentators praise the German economic model, which has helped ...
Nowhere in Russia is the situation so explosive as in the autonomous republic of Dagestan. An ongoing Islamist insurgency has plunged the corruption-plagued region into near civil war. Some high-ranking Russian officials believe it will take years to defeat the extremists, if it can be done at all.
After the WikiLeaks publication of classified military documents, the pressure on Western countries to withdraw from Afghanistan has become even greater. But unrealistic transition deadlines have damaging ...
In a SPIEGEL interview, genetic scientist Craig Venter discusses the 10 years he spent sequencing the human genome, why we have learned so little from it a decade on and the potential for mass production of artificial life forms that could be used to produce fuels and other resources.
It is the starting point for our oceans' food chain. But stocks of phytoplankton have decreased by 40 percent since 1950, potentially as a result of global warming. It is an astonishing collapse, say researchers, ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has caused a furor in Pakistan by claiming it supports terrorists. Islamabad vehemently rejects the charge and accuses the West of blindly believing the WikiLeaks war ...
The German government is currently considering how to reform the German armed forces,with the country's defense minister even talking about abolishing conscription. Former Defense Minister Volker Rhe and retired Vice Admiral Ulrich Weisser argue that the Bundeswehr must remain strong if Germany is ...
With Germany still reeling from the tragic deaths of 21 people after a mass panic at last weekend's Love Parade, officials, politicians, organizers and police continue to foist the blame on each other. The ...
The beloved Trabant, a trademark of communist East Germany, is dying out fast. The number rattling around on German roads has dwindled to 35,000 from close to one million shortly after reunification. Last ...
Überregionale und regionale Einrichtungen der Behindertenhilfe, Behindertenbeauftragte - und beiräte werden gemeinsam die Inhalte der UN-Behindertenrechts- konvention erarbeiten und Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten vor Ort entwickeln. Die Teilnahmegebühren inkl. Mittagessen betragen 10 Euro
Interessierte Verbraucher und Gärtner können sich am Sonnabend, 14. August 2010, auf dem Klostergut Reinshof südlich von Göttingen über historische Tomaten, Wildtomaten und Tomatenzüchtungen für das Freiland informieren. Außerdem präsentieren die Forscherinnen und Forscher der Abteilung Pflanzenzüchtung ...
Um das Thema "Intercultural Experience" zu diskutieren und anwendungsorientierte Lösungen für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zu entwickeln, findet vom 16. August bis 3. September die Summer Academy in Karlsruhe statt. Die von der Karlshochschule International University und dem AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen ...
Die internationale Sommerschule im Georg-Eckert-Institut richtet sich an NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen der Sozial-, Erziehungs- und Geschichtswissenschaften, die an Forschungsprojekten zu Schulbüchern oder anderen schulrelevanten Bildungsmedien arbeiten.
MSE will build a forum on which the multilateral parties can meet to exchange ideas and to organise societal activities. Do not miss this excellent occasion to communicate with the interesting community to discover its directions, priorities and opportunities. The new MSE will create an atmosphere in ...
Bei einer Kollision mit einem entlaufenen Pferd auf der Autobahn ist ein Kraftfahrer ums Leben gekommen. Der Kopf des Tieres wurde durch den Aufprall durch die Windschutzscheibe geschleudert, der Mann war sofort tot. Die weiteren Insassen des Wagens erlitten einen schweren Schock.
Wettermoderator Jrg Kachelmann pocht auf seine juristische Unschuld - im SPIEGEL-Interview rumt er jedoch Fehler im Privatleben ein. Die Frau, die ihn nun der Vergewaltigung beschuldigt, habe er durch ...
Bei einer Trauerfeier in Duisburg haben Angehrige, Rettungskrfte und Spitzenpolitiker der 21 Todesopfer der Love Parade gedacht. Ministerprsidentin Kraft versprach in einer bewegenden Ansprache die Aufklrung ...
Die Sex-Vorwrfe gegen Al Gore bleiben ohne juristische Konsequenzen: Wegen "eines Mangels an glaubwrdigen Beweisen" wurden die Ermittlungen gegen den frheren US-Vizeprsidenten eingestellt.
Mehr als die Hlfte seines Lebens hat ein 44-jhriger US-Brger im Gefngnis verbracht - dabei war er unschuldig. Einem DNA-Test verdankt der Mann jetzt die Freiheit.
It seems suddenly that nothing is sacred, with autobahns being shut down for hours, angels getting the Bobbitt treatment, birds poking fun at neo-Nazis and a teacher bringing her own student to court. To ...
Saddam Hussein drained the unique wetlands of southern Iraq as a punishment to the region's Marsh Arabs who had backed an uprising. Two decades later, one courageous US Iraqi is leading efforts to restore ...
As Germany's wild boar population has skyrocketed in recent years, so too has the number of animals contaminated by radioactivity left over from the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Government payments compensating ...
Germany's latest unemployment figures indicate that the country could soon haveunder 3 million people out of work, a new low. While some media commentators praise the German economic model, which has helped ...
After the WikiLeaks publication of classified military documents, the pressure on Western countries to withdraw from Afghanistan has become even greater. But unrealistic transition deadlines have damaging ...
It is the starting point for our oceans' food chain. But stocks of phytoplankton have decreased by 40 percent since 1950, potentially as a result of global warming. It is an astonishing collapse, say researchers, ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron has caused a furor in Pakistan by claiming it supports terrorists. Islamabad vehemently rejects the charge and accuses the West of blindly believing the WikiLeaks war ...
With Germany still reeling from the tragic deaths of 21 people after a mass panic at last weekend's Love Parade, officials, politicians, organizers and police continue to foist the blame on each other. The ...
The beloved Trabant, a trademark of communist East Germany, is dying out fast. The number rattling around on German roads has dwindled to 35,000 from close to one million shortly after reunification. Last ...
Wettermoderator Jrg Kachelmann pocht auf seine juristische Unschuld - im SPIEGEL-Interview rumt er jedoch Fehler im Privatleben ein. Die Frau, die ihn nun der Vergewaltigung beschuldigt, habe er durch ...
Bei einer Trauerfeier in Duisburg haben Angehrige, Rettungskrfte und Spitzenpolitiker der 21 Todesopfer der Love Parade gedacht. Ministerprsidentin Kraft versprach in einer bewegenden Ansprache die Aufklrung ...
Die Sex-Vorwrfe gegen Al Gore bleiben ohne juristische Konsequenzen: Wegen "eines Mangels an glaubwrdigen Beweisen" wurden die Ermittlungen gegen den frheren US-Vizeprsidenten eingestellt.