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Chemistry World August 25, 2009 Ned Stafford	PhD Bribes Scandal Hits German Universities A criminal investigation into approximately 100 professors in Germany suspected of taking cash bribes for illegally helping unworthy students obtain doctoral degrees has rattled the foundations of German science and higher education.
AskMen.com	Pirates Release German Ship Somali pirates released a German freighter after a ransom was paid Monday, nearly four months after the ship was seized in the Indian Ocean.
TIME Europe July 30, 2009 Tristana Moore	Germany's Bright Idea If someone can make a phone call, they can use Dial4Light for on-demand street-lighting. The residents of Dorentrup can now switch on the lights on a specific street whenever they like.
Registered Rep. June 24, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Can't Beat The Market? Beat Your Advisor Lose a client's money, what's the worst that could happen?
AskMen.com	Paying For Sex: Cheaper Than Ever Europe's largest legalized prostitution industry is having to adapt to the economic downturn. Customers are fewer or more frugal, competition has increased, and more clubs and brothels are offering discounts to drum up business.
Chemistry World June 8, 2009 Ned Stafford	Science wins German funding boost Researchers and university officials in Germany are celebrating after federal and state politicians approved hefty spending increases for three major science and education programs.
AskMen.com	Suspected Nazi Guard Demjanjuk Jailed After three decades of fighting in court, John Demjanjuk arrived at a German prison to face allegations of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews and others as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp.
TIME Europe May 6, 2009 Peter Gumbel	What Germany Got for Its $2 Trillion The former GDR has 20% of Germany's population but one-third of its unemployed.
Chemistry World April 30, 2009 Ned Stafford	German spud go-ahead inflames GM row Germany's agriculture minister Ilse Aigner has approved cultivation of BASF's genetically-modified potato Amflora just two weeks after banning a strain of genetically modified maize.
Chemistry World April 23, 2009 Ned Stafford	Germany bans GM maize Germany's decision to ban cultivation of a strain of genetically modified maize has triggered sharp criticism from German scientists and the European chemicals industry.
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