Invasion of the body pleasers
Along with soccer fans, officials planning next summer's World Cup in Berlin expect to host tens of thousands of foreign prostitutes.
Friday, Nov 18, 2005 2:38 PM UTCNews Germany, Sex Work, World Cup
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After the riots
In the wake of its worst urban violence in 40 years, France vows to improve conditions in disadvantaged areas.
Thursday, Nov 10, 2005 5:20 PM UTCNews
“Exquisite” discovery
An unknown Bach aria for soprano and harpsichord turns up after spending three centuries in a shoebox.
Wednesday, Jun 8, 2005 3:26 PM UTCEntertainment
The final hours
A nurse in Hitler's bunker speaks out for the first time, recalling her dislike of Eva Braun and her sadness over the death of the Goebbels children.
Monday, May 2, 2005 3:37 PM UTCNews
Unsolved mystery
A U.S. treasure hunter gets the go-ahead from Austria to search for the Third Reich's fabled gold buried in a lake.
Wednesday, Apr 6, 2005 2:05 PM UTCNews
Neo-Nazis in the Bundestag?
Not if the mayor of Loenigstein, a far-right stronghold in eastern Germany, has any say about it.
Friday, Feb 11, 2005 5:10 PM UTCNews
For volunteers, a grisly task
About 40,000 people died in Banda Aceh alone, and retrieving all the bodies is likely to take at least a month.
Thursday, Jan 6, 2005 3:06 PM UTCNews
More revealing than a wet sari
A hapless schoolboy in India who made creative use of his mobile phone sparks a global dispute involving eBay and Condoleezza Rice.
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 3:17 PM UTCNews
Grim times for Iraq
The militant group responsible for the latest beheading of an American is one of the most brutal and sophisticated in Iraq -- and its targets extend beyond Westerners.
Tuesday, Sep 21, 2004 2:45 PM UTCNews
“I already feel I’m dead”
Is Iraq descending into civil war? As the seemingly indiscriminate violence spreads, many are worried that it is.
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2004 3:02 PM UTCNews
“Women of peace are hostages of war”
After the kidnapping of two Italian women in Baghdad and other security threats, many international aid agencies are preparing to pull out of Iraq.
Thursday, Sep 9, 2004 1:41 PM UTCNews
No end in sight
As the U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 1,000, two Italian aid workers are kidnapped and new fighting erupts in Sadr City.
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2004 2:35 PM UTCNews
In shadow of sacred mosque, defiant uprising nears climax
The Mahdi army in Najaf is making its last stand.
Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 1:01 PM UTCNews
Al-Sadr Winning Battle of Najaf
Iraqi government claims that police had arrested hundreds of the radical cleric's fighters and taken over his headquarters in Najaf could have come from Saddam's Comical Ali.
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