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Gunter Grass: Israel Bans German Nobel Laureate Poet Using Nazi Law

In his poem What Must Be Said - published last week in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung -- writer Gunter Grass attacked Israel's nuclear weapons

Iran Urges 'Honesty,' No Preconditions Ahead Of Nuclear Talks

Satellite photo of what is believed to be a uranium-enrichment facility near Qom

Setting conditions before the meeting means drawing conclusions, which is completely meaningless, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said, referring to discussions set for Saturday in Turkey with the so-called P-5 Plus 1 group.

IBTimes 1000: Clean Tech German Sector Booming At Home and Abroad

The world's demand for alternative energy sources is powering growth in German industry, or so a look at the list of fastest-growing public companies in that country would suggest. Already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing, Germany is also home to an array of booming companies whose business is on the more peripheral side of clean energy creation and conservation.

Homophobes Likely To Be Closet Gays, Study Finds

Negative attitude towards homosexuality is likely to be more pronounced among individuals who harbor unacknowledged attraction towards the same sex, and who grew up in conservative authoritarian households which forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies have found.

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Obama's Message To Iran: Civilian Nukes Could Be OK

President Barack Obama reportedly sent a message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, via Turkey's prime minister, saying the United States would accept a civilian nuclear program in the Islamic republic.

Nicolas Sarkozy Bans Cheese On Presidential Table; A Big Blow To French Gastronomy

The French President, it is said, almost committed sacrilege when, over a grand dinner back in October, he reportedly scoffed at German Chancellor Angela Merkel for accepting a second serving of cheese even after she claimed to be on a diet.

Bamboozle Lineup 2012: Comeback Kid’s Jeremy Hiebert Talks Festival And Nude Sunbathing

The 10th anniversary of the Bamboozle Festival is quickly approaching, and to celebrate the upcoming three-day show, we chatted with Jeremy Hiebert of Comeback Kid, one of the over 84 acts performing. The Bamboozle Festival will be taking place in Asbury Park from Friday, May 18 to Sunday, May 20, with the hardcore band performing that Sunday.

Volkswagen Up! Wins World Car of the Year 2012

The mood at the New York Auto Show was tense with anticipation of the announcement of the World Car of the Year 2012, and the three finalists, the BMW 3-Series, Porsche 911 and Volkswagen Up!, gunned their engines as an anthem.

Nicolas Cage Settles Part Of Tax Bill: 5 Other Famous IRS Deadbeats [PHOTOS]

Nicholas Cage, who is notoriously behind on his payments to the tax man, has settled $6.25 million in back taxes.

An unexpected rise in German business confidence boosted European stock markets on Friday

Downbeat UK, German Manufacturing Data Add To Recession Fears

A pair of unexpectedly downbeat economic reports from Germany and the UK on Thursday added to fears of a recession in the euro zone and fueled doubts that manufacturing could power the region's economic recovery.

Gunter Grass Poem ''What Must Be Said' Condemns Israel, Defends Iran, Infuriates Germans

What Must Be Said, a poem published by German author Günter Grass on Wednesday, is drawing sharp criticism for its condemnation of Israel.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Markets Tailspin On New Greek Bank Woes

Stocks and commodities plunged Wednesday after the head of the European Central Bank -- a lynchpin in the euro zone's effort to contain the effects of its sovereign debt crisis -- suggested that some Greek banks will be left to collapse.

Euro Zone Data Offer Further Signs Of Recession

Fresh figures on business activity and retail sales in the 17-member currency area reinforce earlier signs of recession, even as the European Central Bank left its main interest rate unchanged at an all-time low of 1 percent.

ECB holds rates as growth risks prevail

The European Central Bank held interest rates at a record low of 1 percent on Wednesday, resisting German pressure to flag an exit from its crisis-fighting mode while support measures take full effect and support an increasingly shaky recovery.

Dioxin content of three to six times permitted levels were discovered by routine tests on a farm in the central German state of North Rhine Westphalia, the state agriculture ministry said. The farm has been sealed off and is not permitted to sell more egg

Dioxin Discovered in Eggs, German State Sees No Danger

German authorities said on Wednesday the highly poisonous chemical dioxin had been discovered above permitted levels in eggs from a German farm but they see no danger to the public.

Juncker coy on preferred Eurogroup successor

Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker said he has a preferred candidate to succeed him as head of the influential Eurogroup assembly of euro zone finance ministers but is not yet prepared to name the person.

These are people dressed up at Vikings at the annual Viking festival in Catoira, Spain. The gentleman in the video might just think he's a Viking.

Man With An Ax: Don't Honk At Him, Or He'll Come To Get You [VIDEO]

People on mopeds and scooters sometimes carry some really weird junk with them, and the image often looks like something ranging from incredible to ridiculous. But a man on a moped with an ax is, well, terrifying.

Amazon eyes ad dollars in consumer packaged goods

Amazon.com Inc is trying to grab some of the billions of advertising dollars spent each year by consumer packaged goods companies including Kimberly-Clark Corp, as the world's largest Internet retailer seeks new sources of revenue growth.

Spain: Jobless Numbers Add To Economic Paralysis

Unions, students and others have protested the proposed cuts by staging huge demonstrations in Barcelona, Madrid and other cities across the beleaguered country.

Yen Forecast: Xie Sees 40% Drop, Japan Bubble Bursting

Steep depreciation of the Japanese currency is likely before long, the Shanghai-based economist predicts. “A financial bubble doesn't burst slowly. When it occurs, it just pops.

Portraits of North Korea's President KimJong-Il, Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir, Chad's President Idriss Deby and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are seen painted on concrete blocks from the Berlin wall in Berlin

Why Are We Choosing Socialism?

America is in the process of embracing certain failure. We have a president who appears enraptured by the European economic model as Europeans themselves are facing the reality of its ashes and despair.

Spain’s Unemployment Hits Record In March, Adds To Deficit Woes

Unemployment in Spain, where more than half of young people are out of work, rose for the eight straight month in March to a fresh record high, adding to the risk of an economic contraction as the government struggles to cope with its ballooning public debt.