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British Olympic sailing hero and three time gold medalist Ben Ainslie holds the Olympic torch at the official start of the London 2012 Olympic games torch relay at Land's End, south west England, Saturday, May 19, 2012. The torch relay will travel some 8,000 miles round the British Isles on its way to the Olympic Stadium in London for the opening of the summer games on July 27.(Foto:Alastair Grant/AP/dapd)

Torch begins its journey

Italian firefighters stand at the site where an explosive devise went off near the "Francesca Morvillo Falcone" high school in Brindisi, Italy

Italy school blast kills two

G8 leaders attend a dinner in Camp David on Friday

Eurozone to dominate G8 talks

Euro notes against a Greek flag backdrop

Alleged comments create storm

Activist Chen Guangcheng

Chinese activist 'going to NY'

Members of the media view the NASA SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft

Private rocket launch aborted

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market on Friday. (Foto:Nasdaq via Facebook, Zef Nikolla/AP/dapd).

Facebook shares finish flat

Portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Car bomb rocks Syrian city

German singer, songwriter and actor Konstantin Wecker adresses the crowd during an anti capitalism demonstration in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The demonstration is part the so called "Blockupy" days, where clashes between anti capitalism demonstrators and police are expected.

'Blockupy' protests broken up

The Daimler assembly line in Sindelfingen

Metal workers win pay rise

Syria

Mass protests in Aleppo

Protests

Protesters descend on Frankfurt's banks

Frankfurt's banking area closed off

Around 40 organizations belonging to the anti-banker Blockupy movement have gathered in Frankfurt. Their goal is to keep bankers from their work.

Hundreds arrested in 'Blockupy' protests in Frankfurt

Politics

Opinion: Maximum penalty for failure

Opinion

Angela Merkel has reacted to her party's debacle in North Rhine-Westphalia and sacked top candidate Norbert Röttgen as environment minister. This says a lot about the current state of the CDU, Volker Wagener writes.

What's in the new environment minister's in-box?

World

'Missile defense puts brakes on disarmament'

In this Thursday, April 14, 2011 photo released by the Missile Defense Agency, a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the USS O?Kane in a joint Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test conducted at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The SM-3 successfully intercepted a target missile launched from the Reagan Test Site, located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (AP Photo/Missile Defense Agency courtesy of NAVAIR)

NATO's planned missile shield has dampened relations with Russia. But German peace researcher Oliver Meier says Moscow exaggerates any threat the shield - which may never even function as envisioned - might pose.

NATO Summit

Greece

Debt crisis could trigger run on Greek banks

A customer uses an ATM machine outside a bank in Athens, Greece

More and more Greeks are pulling their money out of local banks, afraid that their savings could evaporate in the wake of the country's debt crisis and political stalemate.

EU commissioner: Greek eurozone exit 'manageable'

Climate

cassava roots showing the brown exterior and grey interior

Fighting climate change

Cassava is seen as a way to combat climate change as it thrives in poor conditions.

Health

Safer deliveries

Experts call for specialized clinics to care for high-risk pregnancies and newborns.

Champions League

All or nothing for Bayern in Champions final

Frank Lampard, the Champions League trophy, and Mario Gomez --- DW-Grafik: Peter Steinmet

Bayern Munich have one last chance to salvage a season that has otherwise been marked by their inability to beat Borussia Dortmund: a win against Chelsea in the Champions League final at their home stadium.

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Editor's Choice

Le Trio Joubran take Oud music to the world

What's in the new German environment minister's inbox?

Using barn owls instead of pesticide

Vintage airplanes take to the skies over Lake Constance
  • No. 1: Vienna, Austria

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 1: Vienna, Austria

    Schönbrunn Castle attracts tourists, locals, and expatriates, the group whose opinions serve as the basis for the city ranking. Expats are asked what they consider important abroad and their answers were used to develop the ranking criteria. The availability of cultural activities was one of the deciding factors.

  • No. 2: Zurich, Switzerland

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 2: Zurich, Switzerland

    Surrounded by a picturesque landscape, Zurich is one of the world's most important financial and economic hubs. Expats also value the good shopping opportunities of the city of 400,000. The goal of the annual Mercer study on quality of life aims to inform companies that send employees to work abroad about daily life in the respective city.

  • No. 3: Auckland, New Zealand

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 3: Auckland, New Zealand

    Auckland has the biggest yacht harbor of the Southern Hemisphere: The Westhaven Marina has space for some 1,400 boats. Auckland is the city with the highest number of sailing boats per inhabitant, hence its nickname "City of Sails." Expatriates pointed out the city's good sports and leisure activities. But they also care about safety, and Auckland is rated one of the world's safest places.

  • No. 4: Munich, Germany

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 4: Munich, Germany

    Munich's annual Oktoberfest is famous worldwide. With its cozy tents, Ferris wheels, beers and culinary specialties like 'leberkäs.' Oktoberfest often stands in for German culture around the globe. International tourists and residents consider a visit to the city a highlight of their trip to Germany. The Mercer study took it into account if a city regularly stages world-famous events.

  • No. 5: Vancouver, Canada

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 5: Vancouver, Canada

    You can go skiing and golfing on the very same day when you're in Vancouver. The city of 600,000 is known for its mild micro-climate. This means it’s never too hot in summer or too cold in winter. Climate and the frequency of extreme weather phenomena are also important factors when talking about quality of life in a city.

  • No. 221: Baghdad, Iraq

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 221: Baghdad, Iraq

    Suicide attacks, car bombs, casualties: These are the words mentioned on the news when reporting about Baghdad, the city that finished last in the survey. After the US troops left Iraq in late 2011, the number of attacks has risen drastically. Germany's Foreign Ministry warns explicitly against sending expatriates to Iraq's capital and to Iraq in general.

  • No.220: Bangui, Central African Republic

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No.220: Bangui, Central African Republic

    In daylight, people dare go to the market. But once the sun sets the situation gets dangerous. "Never drive at night time" is one of the rules everybody knows. Foreigners are advised not to leave Bangui at all. There is a high risk of mugging and burglaries. Bangui is the capital of one of the world's poorest countries - and that despite its vast diamonds and uranium deposits.

  • No. 219: N’Djamena, Chad

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 219: N’Djamena, Chad

    There is an abundance of fruit and vegetables available at the central market in N'Djamena -85 percent of people there live from agriculture. It's the pillar the country's economy stands on. Chad is one of the world's least developed countries even though it sells oil. Its infrastructure is desolate after a decades-long civil war.

  • No. 218: Port au Prince, Haiti

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 218: Port au Prince, Haiti

    She's carrying a bag of rice - but the rice is wet because it's rainy season. The humid weather contributes to the fast spread of diseases like cholera. Two years after the earthquake, the health situation is still bad, say organizations like Doctors Without Borders. Health risks play an important role when assessing quality of life in a city.

  • No. 217: Khartoum, Republic of Sudan

    Tops and flops: urban quality of life

    No. 217: Khartoum, Republic of Sudan

    These children have South Sudanese parents, but they were born in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan. They are waiting to return to the South. What was once called Sudan has been divided since July 2011, when South Sudan became independent. Both sides have since been fighting over the oil-rich border region. Riots and burglaries are common and make Khartoum unattractive to expats.


    Author: Miriam Klaussner / nh | Editor: Sean Sinico

History

Auschwitz survivor historian Arno Lustiger dies

Arno Lustiger has died at the age of 88

After experiencing the atrocities of World War Two, Arno Lustiger remained silent for 40 years. Then, in the 1980s, he began to write about Nazi horrors and Jewish resistance, lending history his words and voice.

Literature

How an ancient poem caused the world to swerve

"The Swerve: How the World Became Modern"

Did the discovery of an ancient poem in a German abbey in 1417 cause the world to swerve into the modern era? Stephen Greenblatt's Pulitzer Prize winning book argues exactly that.

Music

Eurovision spotlights human rights in Azerbaijan

Eurovision and human rights: All eyes are on Azerbaijan.

The Eurovision Song Contest will be taking place in Azerbaijan at the end of May. Human rights activists want to use the event to bring international attention to democratic shortfalls in the country.

Afghanistan and missile defense top of the agenda in Chicago

Society

Millions for a good cause

Person's feet infront of a piece of board with money and a 'thank you' inscription

Fines handed down in court significantly boost the income of charitable organizations - a system that's unique in Europe. However, competition for the funds is fierce and it doesn’t always pay off to enter the fray.

Space

Commercial US spacecraft heads to space station

A new era of private companies ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is set to begin with the launch of Dragon capsule. It's not run by NASA, but by private enterprise SpaceX.
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