5 July 2008, 10:32 pm
The protagonist of Alan Furst's 10th novel is Jean-Francois Mercier de Boutillon, a 46-year-old French lieutenant colonel who, in the fall of 1937, has just been posted to Warsaw as military attache in the French embassy there.... read more
5 July 2008, 4:51 pm
Henley Royal Regatta prides itself on orderliness and discipline. The racing goes off without a hitch, thousands of spectators line the banks in their finery - some of them even look at the crews from time to time - and the standard of catering at the car park picnics moves ever higher.... read more
4 July 2008, 2:08 am
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's DAX Index dropped, set to complete a fifth straight week of losses, as investors speculated the European Central Bank may have to lift interest rates again this year to fight inflation.... read more
3 July 2008, 8:53 am
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG , the German bank being sold after a bailout of U.S. subprime investments, rose 4.5 percent in Frankfurt trading after the company reported a lower-than-expected full-year loss.... read more
3 July 2008, 7:08 am
Faced with its Alzheimer's residents' tendency to wander away, the Benrath Senior Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany, came up with a novel approach: a fake bus stop (an exact replica of a real one) out front. Straying residents might be attracted to the familiar colors and design of the kiosk (because lo... read more
3 July 2008, 1:57 am
THIS week, Memories takes a look back at 1988, the year when four turtles lived in a sewer eating pizza and Bros were the new kids on the block. It was also the year when West Lancashire was formally twinned with the town Erkrath near Dusseldorf in Germany.... read more
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