The arrest of suspected rightists in connection with the brutal beating of an Ethiopian-born German citizen is fuelling fears that neo-Nazi violence could overshadow the football World Cup being held in Germany. Germany’s federal prosecutor said the attack, which left the 37-year-old father of two in a coma, had probably been carried out due to ”hatred towards foreigners”.
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/ 13 September 2005
Angela Merkel is bidding to become the first woman, and the first citizen of the former communist East, to lead a modern, reunified Germany. Her rise from being an obscure East Berlin physicist to leading Germany’s conservatives, her pledge for economic reform and her no-nonsense dress sense have led to comparisons with Margaret Thatcher.
Like everything built by Adolf Hitler the scale is huge. His Baltic Sea resort Prora for Third Reich workers sprawls 4,5km along pristine beaches on the island of Ruegen — and half of it has just been put up for sale by the German government. Historians say Hitler personally ordered construction of the complex which is a forerunner of mega-resorts opened around the world in the post-World War II era.