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...German Engineering. What with bankers denied their bonuses and sales of luxury cars down 24% in the U.S., about the only place you'll see a Porsche these days is in the car-maker's new museum in Stuttgart. You can goggle at 80 historic vehicles and watch technicians at work on customers' classic cars. If the pretty putt-putts whet your appetite, check out the on-site gourmet restaurant, Christophorus, and the cigar bar. Porscheplatz 1, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen; for reservations at Christophorus, dial...
Hello, Dali. What began as a temporary exhibit in Berlin has now become, due to popular demand, a permanent museum of the works of Salvador Dali. The museum's website is in German only, but the 450 drawings, books, sculptures and film clips on display need no translation. Leipziger Platz 7, Berlin...
...Reportedly speaks many languages, including Dutch, German, English, Urdu and Hindi, as well as basic French and Persian...
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, also at the Munich conference, were silent on whether they would offer more troops. German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung told the conference that the priority in Afghanistan should be civic support. "We will not win by military means alone," he said. "There can be no development without security, but there can be no security without development either...
...case was certainly complex. Ganczarski was initially investigated by German authorities, who knew him as a radical with ties to al-Qaeda. But despite uncovering significant evidence of Ganczarski's jihadist activities - including links to the Tunisian plot - German officials eventually freed him, citing legal technicalities that prevented them from filing charges. When Ganczarski traveled to Saudi Arabia, German authorities alerted Saudi counterparts he was suspected of extremist activity. After Saudi police observed Ganczarski meeting with local radicals, American and French intelligence services where brought in on the case - and soon devised a way of taking Ganczarski out of action...