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Enniskillen -
Next month, G8 leaders and their entourages descend on County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, on June 17-18. Like earlier summits, an agreeable location will host the event, on the shores of picturesque Lough Erne.
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Asian Lady Beetle populations are increasing uncontrollably in many parts of the world. The irony is that this 'pest' was artificially introduced as a 'pest control' measure.
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It appears Justin Bieber missed the deadline to reclaim his pet monkey, Mally, from Germany. The monkey was seized March 28 when Bieber returned to his European 'Believe' tour after a short U.S. break. He lacked sufficient documents so Mally was seized.
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Dortmund -
The results and decisions for the 50th Bundesliga season are in, with winners and losers decided on the final matchday. Augsburg made it out of the relegation zone, while Hoffenheim with a surprise win over Dortmund, will be in the relegation playoff.
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Kiruna -
Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of Cold War last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
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A Japanese chef based in Germany was allegedly killed after getting into a fight with two customers over a supposed bad meal he had cooked for them.
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Dear Angelina, Firstly, Happy Mother's Day. It certainly took a mighty heart to have made the choices you've made. And then to write about them in the NY Times was even braver.
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Freiburg -
Saturday marks the final day of the Bundesliga's 50th season. With the championship wrapped up by Bayern and Dortmund and Leverkusen qualified for the Champions League, the fourth spot is still wide open for a final matchday decision.
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Berlin -
Can Donna Summer really have been dead for a year? This two part documentary about her collaborator Giorgio Moroder is presented by hitmaker Nile Rodgers.
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Whistler RCMP say a North Vancouver father and his 10-year-old daughter were killed over the weekend when a boulder fell on their tent as they camped in the area. The two were there for skiing.
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A new head-cooling cap is being used in London for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The cap cools the head and for most patients reduces or eliminates hair loss. Imperial College Healthcare is using the DigniCap system in two hospitals.
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London -
The London Zoo is looking for female specimens of a critically endangered species of tropical freshwater fish to initiate a captive conservation program using three males which may be the last surviving representatives of their kind.
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Munich -
FC Bayern was officially crowned German champion during their last home game this season in the Allianz Arena. Although the first half of the match against Augsburg looked more like a practice, Mueller, Shaquiri and Gustavo secured a 3-0 victory.
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Munich -
The defeat of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid by German clubs, raises the question if there is a power shift in soccer. FC Bayern's repeat appearances in the Champions League final and Dortmund's emergence during the past two years seem to indicate a shift.
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Berlin -
A modern version of Richard Wagner's "Tanhauser" has been canceled at a Dusseldorf's opera house after some audience members had were forced to seek medical help from the disturbing scenes. The show is set during the Holocaust in a concentration camp.
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Gelsenkirchen -
This weekend is the Bundesliga second last matchday and only six more points remain for the taking. While the top three clubs have been decided, including the league and German championship, four clubs are still in an intense relegation battle.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Monday, the selection of ‘Biomass’ as the subject of its seventh Earth Explorer mission. The planned satellite will measure, to great accuracy, biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests.
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Berlin -
A new addition recently arrived at Berlin Zoo when Annika, an endangered Javan lutung, gave birth to a baby. However, there was a certain amount of jealousy over the cute little monkey among the females of the family.
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Toronto -
Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, recently announced the company’s 2013-2014 season. It expresses not only a vision for the COC, but of opera's role in the cultural fabric of Canada's largest city.
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Stuttgart -
German authorites arrested a 93-year-old man Monday who was alleged to have been a guard at Auschwitz on charges of complicity in the mass murder of prisoners
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