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Pink Panther jewel thief breaks out of Swiss jail
26 July 2013 06:31 PM
Notorious gang behind robberies worth £200m used ladder to climb over prison fence
Swisscom chief executive Carsten Schloter who committed ‘suicide’ could not stop looking at his smartphone
24 July 2013 07:11 PM
Stressed by work and life, Swisscom CEO failed to follow advice about switching off
Postcard from... Kassel
23 July 2013 12:00 AM
Talk to any of the dwindling band of Germans who remember the Second World War and they will tell you that the most fanatical Nazis could always be identified by the large sweat marks staining the right armpit of their brown party shirts – the more they saluted, the bigger the stain.
Postcard from... Berlin
20 July 2013 12:00 AM
Judges have ruled that the latest hit song from the controversial rap artist Bushido can be sold only to adults.
Bernie Ecclestone indicted in Formula One bribery case
17 July 2013 01:27 PM
German state prosecutors formally indicted the Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone on bribery charges in a development that appeared certain to place a question mark over the 82-year-old’s future as international motor racing’s supremo.
Could the wolf return to western Europe?
12 July 2013 07:05 AM
The end of the Cold War turned eastern Europe into a perfect hunting ground for wolves – but now they’re moving west
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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