01.12.2009 - News
Budget deficit at end of November highest in history of state
The Czech Republic’s budget deficit stood at just under CZK 170 billion (around USD 9.9 billion) to the end of November, the worst result in the country’s history...
01.12.2009 - Merkel voices German regret over Afghan airstrike
DW-WORLD:
Zu Guttenberg promises new investigation into Kunduz airstrike
Germany's new defense minister, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, has
announced there will be a new examination of the German-ordered
airstrike on two fuel trucks said to have killed dozens of
civilians in Afghanistan. (30...
01.12.2009 - Germany and Pakistan sign trade deal
The new agreement, signed in Berlin on Tuesday, will provide
greater security under international law for investors who want to
do business in Pakistan. The deal replaces one signed in 1959,
which had been the world's first bilateral economic agreement of
its kind...
01.12.2009 - Obama to announce troop surge in Afghanistan
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Britain to send more troops to Afghanistan
Britain is poised to send an additional 500 troops to Helmand
province in Afghanistan ahead of a long-awaited announcement by
Washington that the United States will raise its troop numbers by
more than 30,000. (30...
01.12.2009 - German court tightens Sunday shopping rules
The Christian idea of Sunday as a day of rest has long been a thing
of the past in many countries, such as Britain, especially if you
don't equate shopping with relaxation and recreation. In Germany,
by contrast, retail laws remain quite restrictive...
01.12.2009 - Court hears charges against Demjanjuk on trial's second day
01.12.2009 - New IAEA head Amano faces a difficult initial period
01.12.2009 - World AIDS Day a reminder that the fight is not over
01.12.2009 - Escaped German criminals recaptured by police
01.12.2009 - Children's publishing house Albatros celebrates 60- year anniversary
01.12.2009 - Literary fraud as Vietnamese teenage writer revealed to be middle-aged Czech man
01.12.2009 - Czech HIV/AIDS experts fear complacency is preparing ground for explosion in infections
01.12.2009 - Kafka manuscripts caught in German-Israeli tug of war
01.12.2009 - Italy takes in two Tunisian Guantanamo inmates
01.12.2009 - Antarctica Treaty anniversary summit highlights new challenges
01.12.2009 - Demjanjuk trial enters second day
01.12.2009 - The EU's reform treaty comes into force
01.12.2009 - Latest news - 01-12-2009
01.12.2009 - Police solve the mystery of German billionaire's stolen body