27.01.2010 - News
Plan to inoculate all Czech soldiers against swine flu dropped

The Czech minister of defence, Martin Barták, and the chief of staff of the country’s army, Vlastimil Picek, have reversed a decision to have all Czech soldiers inoculated against the swine flu virus. The turnaround was announced on Wednesday after the Czech president, Václav Klaus, issued a statement condemning blanket vaccinations of troops; the president said soldiers ought to be allowed to decide for themselves on the matter and should not be treated as guinea pigs...

27.01.2010 - World powers pledge support to Yemen in fight against terror
World leaders at an international conference on Yemen in London on Wednesday said that terrorism in the country would have to be fought at its roots. In a joint news conference after the meeting, the foreign ministers of Yemen, Britain and the US all said that a security crackdown alone would have little impact on the country...

27.01.2010 - Merkel gives a mixed review of Afghan mission
Chancellor Angela Merkel presented her government's revised Afghan strategy to the German parliament on Wednesday, a day ahead of the international Afghanistan conference in London. "There have been some advances and too many setbacks," Merkel told the Bundestag, just hours after holding talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

27.01.2010 - EU patent ruling on German drug highlights biopiracy debate
DW-WORLD: Sweden rushes ahead with controversial wolf cull The Swedish parliament's decision to allow hunting of the country's wolf population for the first time in decades has prompted a backlash from conservationists. Others don't see what the fuss is about...

27.01.2010 - Germany more optimistic about economic growth
DW-WORLD: Marx proves a hit in troubled economic times The global economic crisis has reignited interest in Karl Marx's signature work "Das Kapital," written more than 140 years ago. Sales in Germany soared last year and now one publisher has released an audio version...

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27.01.2010 - Bankers bite back against regulation threats at Davos
27.01.2010 - Holocaust-denying bishop to face charges in German court
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27.01.2010 - Growing numbers of Czech firms move offshore
27.01.2010 - Merkel assures Karzai that troops will remain 'as long as necessary'
27.01.2010 - Spanish EU presidency addresses Balkan states' accession to the bloc
27.01.2010 - Siberian snap thrills Czech frost hunter
27.01.2010 - The National Theatre - the "golden chapel" of Czech culture
27.01.2010 - Israeli President Peres addresses German parliament
27.01.2010 - Israeli President Shimon Peres addresses German Parliament
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27.01.2010 - Charter 77 signatories want Nobel nomination for Chinese contemporaries
27.01.2010 - Environment Ministry calls in international experts to sidestep pressure over controversial power plant
27.01.2010 - Muslims in the EU don't feel accepted, prefer to live in mixed society
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27.01.2010 - Merkel assures Karzai that troops will remain "as long as necessary"
27.01.2010 - WHO denies hyping swine flu for benefit of drug companies
27.01.2010 - Israeli President Shimon Peres to address German Parliament
27.01.2010 - Remembering Auschwitz 65 years after its liberation
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