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Germany has the third largest contingent in Afghanistan. But by an act of the German Bundestag, those troops are confined to the comparatively peaceful northern part of the country, where they are engaged in reconstruction efforts. From Washington, Gates has urged Berlin to lift the restrictions on German troops, but any such change will have to wait at least until after elections in 2009 - and probably longer. "Only through a great political effort will we be able to convince the German public that we are engaged in Afghanistan in order to protect our security in Germany," says Ruprecht Polenz, Christian...
...producing partners worldwide. And, as LVMH and Prada do, it plays up its contemporary-art chops. Hugo Boss donates one of the world's richest contemporary-art prizes, the biennial Hugo Boss Prize, worth $100,000 this year. The company also is a major sponsor of the Berlin International Film Festival and, in sports, has a long-standing relationship with Formula One racing...
Concepts in Space: The Experimental Art of Olafur Eliasson (Taschen) An encyclopedic review of artist Olafur Eliasson's work in his Berlin and Copenhagen studios, it includes his installations, photographs, sculptures and architectural projects...
...make the occupation costly for China," says Lhadon Thetong, who remains committed to non-violence but is planning more protests in front of embassies around the world and is hoping to get as many protestors into Beijing during the Olympics as possible. "No one had a clue when the Berlin Wall came down," she says. "History is long, and only time will tell what will bear fruit...
...Democratic politics provides a challenge to Tussaud's. Angela Merkel, elected German Chancellor in 2005, has been sculpted, but her figure is briefly on loan to Berlin. Her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, remains by popular demand. John Howard and Vladimir Putin make an unlikely, and dated, duo. Their successors, Kevin Rudd and Dmitri Medvedev, have not yet been commissioned, but are "very much on our radar," says Lovett...