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Germany Arrests Russian Scientist for 'Spying' for Moscow

German federal prosecutors said Monday they had arrested a Russian scientist accused of passing sensitive information from a German university to Moscow in return for cash.

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German Police Smash Darknet Child Porn Network with '400,000 Members'

German police said Monday they had shut down "one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world" and arrested four of its members in a series of raids in mid-April.

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Germany Prepares to Ferry 'Hazardous Materials' out of Beirut port

A ship prepared Friday to ferry dozens of containers of hazardous materials from Lebanon's capital to Germany, managers of a cleanup project said, months after disaster struck on the dockside. 

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Woman in Psychiatric Clinic after Killings at German Disabled Center

An employee at a clinic for disabled people outside Berlin accused of killing four people and wounding a fifth was placed in urgent psychiatric care Thursday, a prosecutor said.

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Germany Plans to Pull Troops Out of Afghanistan from July 4

Germany's defence ministry on Wednesday said it planned to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in early July, after the United States announced plans to pull out by September 11.

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Germany to Give Different Second Jab to AstraZeneca Recipients under 60

People aged under 60 who have been given a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Germany will receive a different jab for their second dose, federal and regional health ministers agreed Tuesday. 

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Conservatives Split in Tug-of-War for Merkel's Crown

The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU secured the backing of the party's top brass on Monday, a key boost for his campaign to succeed the veteran leader at elections in September. But his rival has signaled that he will not go down without a fight.

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Germany Covid-19 Infections Pass 3 Million

The number of Covid-19 infections in Germany has crossed the three million mark, according to figures published Monday by the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre.

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German Firms Unveil Lavish Post-blast Beirut Port Plan

A German delegation on Friday unveiled a spectacular multi-billion-dollar project to rebuild Beirut port and its surroundings but admitted it was contingent on far-reaching government reforms.

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Report: Germany Suggests Plan to Rebuild Devastated Beirut Port

Eight months after the devastating Beirut port explosion, Germany will reportedly suggest a plan to rebuild the port in a bid to encourage Lebanese leaders to form a much-needed government in crisis-wracked Lebanon, media reports said Friday.

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