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This is a video from the NY Times about the Euro http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/12/27/world/europe/100000001248910/2011-year-for-the-euro.html

From the NY Times, discussing a celebration of Frederick the Great's 300th birthday http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/world/europe/germany-marks-frederick-the-great-300th-birthday.html?scp=7&sq=germany&st=cse&gwh=2FF8AB0C500845B758E80293E4980D30

NY Times profile on Angela Merkel http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angela_merkel/index.html?scp=27&sq=germany&st=cse

Article in English from Der Spiegel about a group of hunters in Germany that are under fire--no pun intended--for killing crows http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,811262,00.html

Article in English about the subsidy cuts for installing solar panels in Germany http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,811530,00.html

Article in German about Germany advising Greece in the current financial crisis http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,812226,00.html

Article in German about the Nazi obsession with vitamins--weird but sort of an unusual and interesting article with historical background on WWII and Nazis http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,809998,00.html

-Updated February 1, 2012 by Olivia Starkie-


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