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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Drinking water in Gaza Strip contaminated with high levels of nitrate Aug 15, 2008
The UFZ employs 900 people at its sites in Leipzig, Halle and Magdeburg. It is funded by the German government and by the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (EurekAlert!)
Nazi-Looted Art Treasures, Owners Unknown, Go on Show in Museum in Paris Jul 30, 2008
When he didn't show up, the honest soldier entrusted the loot to the archbishop of Magdeburg who, in turn, passed it on to the Museum Island in what was then East Berlin. Only after Germany's reunification did the dirty little secret come out. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Connie Francis Hospitalized Jul 26, 2008
In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer Connie Francis performs during the dress rehearsal of the German TV show "Summer Party of Folk Music" in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz). (CBS News)
Connie Francis hospitalized, misses NY performance Jul 26, 2008
In this June 5, 2004 file photo, singer Connie Francis performs during the dress rehearsal of the German TV show "Summer Party of Folk Music" in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. Francis, who recorded '50s and '60s pop hits including "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Lipstick on Your Collar," was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center Wednesday, July 23, 2008 with dangerously high blood pressure. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Sports news briefs (Today) Jul 20, 2008
Britta Steffen of Germany lowered her own European women's 100-meter freestyle record at the Magdeburg meet in Germany. This four-time European champion finished in 53. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Fabio is St. David's tennis star Jun 1, 2008
Antemann, a native of Magdeburg, Germany, went a perfect 25-0 in singles matches for St. David this season, with some of his biggest victories coming against top-ranked Dallin Christensen of Thatcher in the Thatcher Invitational and number-one seeded Sang Seo of St. Gregory in the 1A State Championship match ... Antemann said he was a part of the TC Sportpark Magdeburg, a men's tennis club back in his hometown ... Antemann said his friend Kai, an exchange student in Nebraska who participated... (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
* Schumacher enters IDM superbike race under a false name May 17, 2008
According to Bild, he has entered tomorrows race at the Oschersleben circuit near Magdeburg in eastern Germany as Marcel Niederhausen from Stuttgart. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Weekend Fights Apr 21, 2008
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) Sebastian Zbik, Germany, outpointed Marco Schulze, Germany, 12, to retain his WBO Intercontinental middleweight title; Rene Marcos Maidana, Argentina, stopped Arturo Morua, Mexico, 3, light welterweights. FREDERIKSUND, Denmark (AP) Evans Ashira, Kenya, stopped Mamadou Thiam, France 6, to win the vacant Universal Boxing Organization Intercontinental light middleweight title. (International Herald Tribune)
How we hear one voice amid many Mar 28, 2008
"We think this is the major way the brain can do this cocktail party phenomenon," said Holger Schulze, a neuroscientist at the Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg, Germany. He and his colleagues studied gerbils that have a very similar hearing mechanism to humans, so they think the findings likely apply to humans as well. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Tokio Hotel tour canceled, lead singer to undergo larynx surgery Mar 26, 2008
The band was founded in 2001 in Magdeburg and called itself Devilish before changing its name to Tokio Hotel. The quartet includes Kaulitz; his twin brother, guitarist Tom Kaulitz; drummer Gustav Schaefer; and bassist Georg Listing. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Best Riverboat Cruises in Germany Mar 15, 2008
The most popular section of the river is from Prague to Magdeburg with extensions to Berlin, whether by boat or bus, often included. The number of riverboat companies operating on the Elbe is much more limited than on the Rhine and Danube Rivers. (Suite101.com)
Computer Reads Minds Mar 7, 2008
A computer display shows magnetic resonance scans of a human brain in Magdeburg, Germany in a 2005 file photo. A computer display shows magnetic resonance scans of a human brain in Magdeburg, Germany in a 2005 file photo. (Fox News)
Best Luxury Riverboats on the Elbe Feb 23, 2008
Viking s MS Schumann generally sails from Magdeburg to Prague, either as a one-week return cruise or as a more relaxed one-week, one-way cruise ... This includes two night-hotel stays each in the German and Czech capitals with bus transfers from Berlin to Magdeburg and Melnik to Prague ... The routings of Elbe River cruises allow for visits to some very interesting German and Czech cities such as Prague, Dresden, Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Magdeburg, Potsdam, Berlin, and Hamburg. (Suite101.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Germany to host '11 WWC, edging Canada Oct 31, 2007
Other cities are: Augsburg, Bielefeld, Bochum, Dresden, Essen, Leverkusen, Magdeburg, Moenchengladbach, Sinsheim and Wolfsburg, if FIFA raises the number of finalists to 24. If the number remains at 16 countries, some cities most likely will be dropped. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Kaleidoscope at 2007 table tennis Oct 6, 2007
China's Ma Lin competes during the men's second round match of Group A against Chinese Hong Kong's Cheung Yuk at the table tennis 2007 world team cup in Magdeburg, Germany Oct. 5, 2007 ... China's Wang Liqin competes during the men's second round match of Group A against Chinese Hong Kong's Li Ching at the table tennis 2007 world team cup in Magdeburg, Germany Oct. 5, 2007. (Xinhuanet, China)
Germany eliminated at Table Tennis World Team Cup Oct 6, 2007
MAGDEBURG, Germany, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Due to the absence of Timo Boll, the German men's table tennis team were eliminated during the qualifying round of the Magdeburg World Team Cup on Friday. Germany lost to Austria 3-1 and South Korea 3-2, implying that it was doom for the host team who were without Timo Boll, the number four in the world ranking, absent through having contracted a cold. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pedophiles Have Deficits In Brain Activation, Study Suggests Sep 25, 2007
Walter, Wiebking, Schiltz, Bogerts and Northoff are with the Department of Psychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany, while Drs. Rotte, Tempelmann, and Heinze are with the Department of Neurology. (Science Daily)
Holocaust survivors part of 'Living History' Sep 16, 2007
That is where retired state Supreme Court Justice Carrol Walsh, 86, shook hands and embraced three men who were children in April 1945, when Walsh's tank crew rescued them from a so-called Nazi death train, near Magdeburg, 50 miles southwest of Berlin. The reunion was part of a day of "Living History" at Hudson Falls High School. (Albany Times Union)
Vet to reunite with 3 Holocaust survivors Sep 15, 2007
On Friday, the now 86-year-old retired state Supreme Court judge was to be reunited with three of the survivors of the Nazi death train his unit found near Magdeburg, about 50 miles southwest of Berlin ... Friday's program includes a viewing of "A Train Near Magdeburg," a 10-minute DVD produced by two of Rozell's students, followed by talks from each of the three survivors. (AZCentral -- News)
The invasion of the brain snatchers Aug 30, 2007
The papers even record how 50 scientists were rounded up from their homes in Magdeburg in the Russian zone in June 1945, with many complaining over the loss of their homes, jobs and pensions. BIOS and FIAT both had offices in the same anonymous-looking Victorian townhouse off Baker Street, London, from where investigators would be dispatched to search among the rubble of the shattered nation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Shadow of the WallShoot-to-kill row looms over Berlin Wall anniversary service Aug 14, 2007
The document was discovered on Saturday at the regional archive office in the city of Magdeburg. Tactic of traitors. (BBC News -- Europe)
E. German guards had orders to kill Aug 13, 2007
The seven-page order, dated Oct. 1, 1973, was discovered last week in the regional archive office in the eastern German city of Magdeburg ... The unit had been attached to the regular East German border guards in the Magdeburg region, which bordered West Germany. (Boston Globe)
E German 'licence to kill' found Aug 13, 2007
The seven-page document dated 1 October 1973, was found last week in an archive in the eastern city of Magdeburg, among the papers of an East German border guard. "Do not hesitate with the use of a firearm, including when the border breakouts involve women and children, which the traitors have already frequently taken advantage of," it reads. (BBC News)
Licence to kill Aug 13, 2007
Document fuels debate on East German border deaths - CNN.com. Document fuels debate on East German border deaths. (CNN -- International)
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later Aug 13, 2007
It was found by a researcher in a regional archive of Stasi documents in the city of Magdeburg. The existence of a shoot-to-kill policy has long been assumed, given that more than 1,100 people were killed trying to flee East Germany. (Fox News)
* World News Quick Take Jun 20, 2007
Police spokesman Ralf Moritz said 31 other people were injured, many of them seriously, in the accident on the A14 highway between Halle and Magdeburg. The bus, carrying 48 senior citizens from Hopsten, came off the road at about 1:45pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Highway planned on Mt. Everest Jun 19, 2007
Germany 13 seniors killed in tour bus crash BERLIN -- A tour bus crashed on a highway near the eastern German city of Magdeburg yesterday, killing 13 elderly passengers and injuring 31 people, police said. The bus was carrying a group of senior citizens to Dresden and had about 48 people, all adults, aboard. (Boston Globe)
13 killed when truck hits bus in Germany Jun 19, 2007
MAGDEBURG, Germany - A bus carrying a group of senior citizens was hit by a truck in eastern Germany on Monday and plunged down an embankment, killing 13 people, authorities said. Police spokesman Ralf Moritz said 31 other people were injured, many of them seriously, in the accident on the A14 highway between Halle and Magdeburg ... Five rescue helicopters were called out, and some of the injured were taken to hospitals in Halle and Magdeburg. (MSNBC -- International)
13 Killed in Bus Accident in Germany Jun 19, 2007
MAGDEBURG, Germany A bus carrying senior citizens collided with a truck in eastern Germany on Monday and plunged down an embankment, killing 13 people, authorities said. Police spokesman Ralf Moritz said 31 other people were injured, many of them seriously, in the accident on the A14 highway between Halle and Magdeburg ... Five rescue helicopters were called out, and some of the injured were taken to hospitals in Halle and Magdeburg. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
13 killed in German coach crash Jun 19, 2007
Up to 30 more people were injured, many seriously, when the bus with 48 passengers on board came off the road between Halle and Magdeburg shortly before 2pm. The group travelling on the bus were understood to be farmers from Hopsten, north-western Germany, on an annual tour. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Learning to suffer May 19, 2007
FC Magdeburg P33 W16 D10 L7 Points 58 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Kickers Emden P33 W14 D11 L8 Points 53 4. (CNN -- International)
Georg Philipp Telemann Apr 19, 2007
He was born in Magdeburg, Germany into a family with strong links with the clerical people. As a child, he received no specific musical education and taught himself by studying stores especially those of and. (Suite101.com)
Elderly man sticks himself to roof Mar 15, 2007
Police in the eastern city of Magdeburg in Germany say passers-by were so shocked to see the elderly handyman working on the roof, they first thought he was planning to commit suicide. "In fact, he was just re-coating the roofing with bitumen but then he slipped," a police spokesman said. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Euros? Nein, danke!Germans claim local banknotes boost small businesses Feb 7, 2007
By Tristana Moore BBC News, Magdeburg, Germany. The next time you venture out for lunch in Magdeburg, check what kind of loose change you have in your wallet ... Frank Jansky, a lawyer, launched the regional currency in Magdeburg. (BBC News -- Europe)
* Iceland overcome European handball champions France Jan 24, 2007
Iceland's Vignir Svavarsson celebrates his team's 32-24 win over France at the handball world cup in Magdeburg, Germany, on Monday. PHOTO: EPA. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
German Police Smash Child Porn Ring Using Credit Card Data Jan 11, 2007
In an operation code-named "Mikado," police in Magdeburg searched the Internet over a six-month period for pornographic images of children and sought to identify those who swapped them ... The investigation -- which was started after a tip-off from a German television show whose viewers brought the child porn ring to their attention -- and its success recalled a case three years ago when investigators in Magdeburg led a global investigation against child pornography. (Deutsche Welle)
