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The Russian aircraft carrying 224 people crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Russian Official: Airliner Broke Apart In Midair Over Sinai Peninsula

6:57pm November 01, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The flight bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh plummeted "abruptly from 31,000 feet just 23 minutes" after it took off, according to the Associated Press.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin on Wednesday.

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After Netanyahu's Holocaust Remark, Germany Cites Its Own 'Break With Civilization'

5:43pm October 21, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"This is taught in German schools for good reason. It must never be forgotten," German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says after Israel's leader claimed a Palestinian influenced Adolf Hitler.

Kiron University, geared to refugees and displaced people, offers two years of online study toward a bachelor's degree. Students complete the degree at partner universities.

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As Migrants Pour In, Germany Launches Online University For Them

3:35pm October 16, 2015

by Esme Nicholson

A new university in Berlin is exclusively geared to refugees. Kiron University relies on existing online courses and aims to be tuition-free and accessible to asylum seekers worldwide.

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How VW's Drive To Be No. 1 May Have Put It In Reverse

6:42pm October 14, 2015

by John Ydstie

It's "clean diesel" engine was key to its growth strategy. But top managers' quest to make Volkswagen the world's leading carmaker very likely sowed the seeds of the company's downfall, analysts say.

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Dmitri Vrubel's painting of the Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev and East Germany's Erich Honecker kissing — under a Russian phrase that reads, "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love" — is a popular part of the East Side Gallery.

Historic Art, Luxury Apartments Battle Over Berlin's Famous Wall

8:59pm October 03, 2015

by Irene Noguchi

A stretch of the old Berlin Wall has stood for decades as an open-air gallery, covered in fine art and graffiti. Bids for luxury developments in the area have artists hitting the streets in protest.

New Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller poses with Berthold Huber (third from right) acting head of the Supervisory board of Volkswagen, Stephan Weil (second from right) Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and member of the Supervisory board, Wolfgang Porsche (rig

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Switzerland Bans Sales Of Some VW Diesels

9:24am September 26, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The news follows an announcement on Friday that the German automaker, rocked by an emissions testing scandal, had appointed a new CEO.

Migrants seeking asylum wait at the registration center on August 27, 2015 in Ingelheim, Germany. Germany is receiving more than 1,000 new migrants a day from countries like Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. In some cases, those migrants include unaccompani

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Young Migrants, Some Arriving Without Parents, Seek A Safe Place

2:30pm September 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

In Munich last weekend, 195 children seeking asylum showed up alone. The growing number of unaccompanied minors presents a special challenge to German authorities, who generally don't deport children.

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Wilfried Block, the mayor of Friedland, in northeastern Germany, says his shrinking town needs migrants to revitalize the economy. Much of Europe faces a demographic challenge, with retirees on the rise and young workers in decline. Analysts say migrants

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A German Town In Decline Sees Refugees As Path To Revival

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Esme Nicholson

Many towns in eastern Germany suffered sharp population declines after reunification as the young and educated left. One mayor hopes to rebuild his community with the help of Middle Eastern migrants.

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A migrant takes care of her baby at a collection point near the Serbian-Hungarian border in Roszke, Hungary, on Saturday.

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Germany Imposes Border Controls To Stem Flow Of Migrants

3:34pm September 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said trains between Austria and Germany would be suspended for 12 hours "to return to orderly procedures" for entering the country.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin pose for a picture ahead of their meeting at the foreign ministry's guesthouse, Vi

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Deal To Remove Heavy Weapons From Ukraine 'Very Close'

12:13pm September 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, met in Berlin over the weekend following a two-week cease-fire that appears to have held.