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Road Rage in Berlin as Cyclists Clog Streets in Pandemic

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Berlin, Germany, traffic, transportation

It’s rush hour on a grey morning in Berlin and a stream of cyclists are gliding along Friedrichstrasse, the fabled shopping street that runs through the city center.

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Civil Rights Government International Politics 

Germany, Allies Mark 30 Years Since Berlin Wall Fell

November 9, 2019November 12, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, communism, Germany, history, memorials

Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

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Consumers Entertainment International 

Double Vision: Once-Divided Berlin Still Has Two of Everything

October 25, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Berlin, Germany, history

Berlin is a city with two of everything, thanks to the rival sides competing during the Cold War to delight citizens with zoos, television towers or football teams.

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International 

WWII Bomb Defused in Berlin After Large Central Evacuation

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Bombing, construction, evacuation, history, World War II

Berlin police evacuated thousands of people from a central area of the German capital Friday and shut down the main train station as a precaution while they defused and removed an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work.

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Government International Politics 

Berlin Councilwoman Wants to Shut Legendary Berghain Club

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, dance, Music, nightclub

A nationalist councilwoman in Berlin has been ridiculed online for proposing the closure of one the city’s most famous techno clubs because of its long opening hours as well as partygoers’ drug consumption and lascivious behavior on the dance floor.

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Government International Politics 

Police Informant May Have Incited Berlin Attacker, German Media Says

October 20, 2017October 23, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, automotive, Berlin, Germany, trucks

German media report that the Tunisian man who carried out a deadly truck attack in Berlin last year may have been incited by a police informant.

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Criminal International 

German Police Arrest 2 in Brazen Gold Coin Heist in Berlin

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Canada, Germany, Gold, heist, museums

Some 300 German special police raided several buildings in Berlin early Wednesday in connection with the brazen heist of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin stolen from one of the city’s most famous museums earlier this year.

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Criminal International 

Berlin Attacker Amri Used 14 Different Identities

January 5, 2017June 11, 2018 AP
attack, Berlin, Terrorism, trucks

A police official says that German authorities knew of 14 different identities used by Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri.

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Criminal International 

Suspected Contact of Berlin Attacker Arrested

December 28, 2016January 12, 2017 AP
attack, Berlin

German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week’s truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

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Government International Media 

Berlin Calls Off Exhibition of Modern Art From Tehran 

December 27, 2016October 20, 2017 AP
art, Berlin, Germany, Iran, museums

Plans for a major exhibition in Berlin of works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art have been scrapped because Iran hasn’t granted permission for their export, the German capital’s museum authority said Tuesday.

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International 

Berlin Truck Attack Suspect Killed in Milan Shootout

December 23, 2016June 11, 2018 AP
attack, Berlin, Shooting, Terrorism, trucks

The Tunisian man suspected of attacking a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.

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International 

Christmas Market Reopens as Hunt for Attacker Goes On

December 22, 2016January 12, 2017 AP
attack, Berlin, Manhunt

The Berlin Christmas market that was ripped apart by a deadly truck attack reopened Thursday in a signal of the German capital’s resilience, while authorities across Europe kept up the hunt for a Tunisian suspect whose fingerprints were reportedly on the truck.

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International 

Germany Launches Manhunt for Tunisian Suspect

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 AP
Berlin, Extremism, Germany, Manhunt

German authorities have launched a manhunt for a new suspect in the Berlin market attack that left 12 dead and nearly 50 injured — a Tunisian with ties to Islamic extremists.

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International 

London Raises Security Around Buckingham Palace

December 20, 2016January 2, 2018 AP
Berlin, London, Terrorism, United Kingdom

London police will institute road closures in the area surrounding Buckingham Palace when the popular Changing the Guard military ceremony is taking place — a security measure rushed into place because of the deadly Christmas market truck attack in Berlin.

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International 

Man Arrested After Berlin Truck Attack Released

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 AP
Berlin, Terrorism

German authorities called the deadly truck attack on a crowded Christmas market an “act of terrorism” that had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism, but on Tuesday they released the only suspect, a man taken into custody near the scene, saying they lacked sufficient evidence tying him to the rampage.

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Uncategorized 

Police Uncertain They Have Right Suspect in Berlin Attack

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 AP
Berlin, Germany, Terrorism

Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a “terrorist attack,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect.

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International 

Truck Plows Into Crowded Berlin Christmas Market

December 19, 2016December 20, 2016 AP
Berlin, Germany

German police say they’ve arrested a suspect believed to be the man who drove a truck into a crowded Christmas market in the center of Berlin Monday night, killing nine and leaving at least 50 injured.

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