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German police try to free blocked nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 8th, 2010

Protestors against the transport of nuclear waste from France to Germany use a burning vehicle as part of a barricade in Metzingen on November 7, 2010.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - German police Monday began dispersing activists who succeeded in peacefully blocking a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany after earlier protests erupted in violence.


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German protesters mobilise against nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 7th, 2010

Anti-nuclear activists stand on the tracks during a protest in Berg near the Franco-German border against the arrival in Germany of a train carrying highly radioactive waste. German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block the nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.(AFP/Frederick Florin)AFP - German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.


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German police: 12 dead in crash of Polish bus (AP)

September 26th, 2010

The wreckage of a bus that carried Polish tourists stands on the highway after it crashed in Schoenefeld east of Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. German police say at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the accident. (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)AP - At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the highway southeast of Berlin, police said.


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German police report shooting at hospital (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - A woman opened fire in a hospital in Germany’s Black Forest on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding several others, before fatally shooting herself, German officials…

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