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Legal pursuit of truth needed in death of Chinese girl in Germany

A Chinese student was killed lately in an eastern German city Dessau-Rosslau. It is unbelieveable that such a young lady came to a sudden end of her life. Bafflingly, judicial procedure and media report went off track under the influence of multiple factors, followed by widespread speculations and rumors that discredited the dead, further traumatized her family and disrupted the investigation and prosecution.

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Israeli-German relations: where to?

​Israel and Germany have special ties from 1965 when the two countries established relations. However, in recent weeks, reports coming out of Germany suggest that the country's support for Israel is wavering.

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German cabinet approves first-ever bill to integrate refugees

​The German cabinet approved on Wednesday Germany's first-ever bill aimed at integrating refugees.

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German police investigate 40 refugees for terror links: media

​Germany's federal investigators have opened cases against dozens of people who have arrived in Germany seeking asylum for suspected terror links, German media reported on Wednesday.

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Anti-Islam policy of Germany's right-wing AfD party draws fierce criticism

German politicians and religious communities across Germany responded on Monday with fierce criticism to the hard-right manifesto adopted by Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

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President Xi meets German counterpart on stronger ties

​President Xi Jinping and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck held talks on Monday, agreeing to strengthen the all-round strategic partnership between the two countries.

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Anti-migration party records large gains in German regional elections: exit polls

Germany's anti-migration party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), has recorded remarkable gains in Germany's regional elections on Sunday and is able to break into three more German state parliaments, according to exit polls.

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Germany debates over refugee policy after Cologne assaults

German authorities said on Monday that nearly all the suspects in a rash of New Year's Eve violence against women in Cologne had an immigrant background.

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Merkel takes offensive in response to refugee dilemma

With refugee numbers rising, the German government is coming under increasing pressure. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has probably never been criticized for her decidedly positive attitude in the immigration debate to such an extent as she currently is.

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Germany's changing response to refugee crisis

​Amid the refugee crisis, the president of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) Manfred Schmidt asked to resign "due to personal reasons," a statement by German Interior Ministry said Thursday.

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More European countries to tighten border control following German decision to curb refugees

​More European countries have decided, or said, to strengthen border checks following Germany's decision on Sunday to temporarily reinstate border control amid the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Germany temporarily reinstates border control amid refugee crisis

​German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Sunday announced that Germany temporarily reinstates border control amid the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Germany presents first overall plan to handle refugee influx

​The German government on Monday unveiled its first overall plan to deal with the growing influx of refugees entering Germany.

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German politicians blame West for being main cause of refugee crisis

​German opposition politicians have blamed western countries for being the main cause of the current refugee crisis that Europe is grappling with.

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Germany denies sending chartered trains to pick up refugees

​The Germany Interior Ministry rejected media rumors that the German government was bringing Syrian refugees to Germany on chartered trains, German Tagesspiegel newspaper reported on Monday.

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Merkel's office summons U.S. ambassador over spy claims: report

​German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Germany on Thursday to discuss new allegations about National Security Agency (NSA) spying, according to German media reports.