Word: bernd
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...CONVICTED. ARMIN MEIWES, 42, a German computer repairman who killed and ate another man; of manslaughter; in Kassel, Germany. Meiwes was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. The court rejected a life sentence for murder sought by the prosecutors, ruling that the victim, Bernd-J?rgen Brandes, 43, was a willing participant in his own death...
...people without drinking water and 37,000 without electricity. President Jacques Chirac pledged €12 million for the stricken region. Consuming Passion GERMANY Computer expert Armin Meiwes confessed at the opening of his murder trial to killing - and eating - a man he met via the Internet, but claimed victim Bernd-Jürgen Brandes was a willing participant. Cannibalism is not a crime in Germany, so Meiwes is charged with murder for sexual satisfaction and disturbing the peace of the dead. Showdown Time? ITALY Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government approved a media-reform law that critics say is tailor...
...charge of revving up Volkswagen is CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder, who took over from the domineering Ferdinand Piech in April 2002. A personable, goateed man who ran BMW from 1993 to 1999, Pischetsrieder, 55, is pursuing a risky sales strategy inherited from Piech: pushing his flagship brand into the U.S. luxury arena, where vehicle profit margins are higher than in the mid-priced segment in which VW typically competes. At the same time, he is wringing costs out of manufacturing through design changes and by getting relief from VW's expensive German work force. The firm recently announced that net profit...
...billion in global revenues in 2002, they delivered an outsized 27% of its $5.4 billion operating profits. And VW clearly aims higher: around one-third of its $1.6 billion global ad budget is spent in the U.S. The man in charge of revving up Volkswagen is CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder, who took over from domineering Ferdinand Piech in April 2002. A personable, goateed man who ran BMW from 1993 to 1999, Pischetsrieder, 55, knows he must do something to shake up the company's North American sales. But he is pursuing a risky strategy inherited from Piech - pushing his flagship brand...
...extreme-right organizations is falling, their willingness to use violence is increasing. According to the report, there were almost 45,000 people in extreme-right organizations last year, down 10% from the year before. But the number of right-wing extremist attacks rose nearly 9% last year, to 772. Bernd Wagner, who runs a government-backed program called Exit-Germany that has helped nearly 200 youngsters leave right-wing gangs, warns that the threat posed by Kameradschaft Süd-Aktionsbüro Süddeutschland should not be downplayed. "All the ingredients for right-wing terrorism are there...