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• Horst Faas, AP combat photographer, dies at 79

  to Munich in West Germany.During the postwar Allied occupation, Horst became the 15-year-old drummer for a black GI jazz band in Munich. Asked recently where he learned the drums, he said, "I didn't know how. I just played them."In 1960, at age 27 and an AP   Read more »

• Partying and pain on day at the 1972 Summer Games

  World War II ended, the choice of Munich as a venue had been controversial from the outset. More than most German cities, Munich had been closely associated with the rise of the Nazi Party. The first concentration camp, Dachau, was located on Munich's outskirts,   Read more »

• Keeler: Germans who stood up for the Jews

  slumber on in their dull, stupid sleep and encourage these fascist criminals."On Feb. 18, 1943, they went to the University of Munich and left copies of their latest anti-Nazi broadside. From the top of the atrium, Sophie Scholl let some of them flutter down   Read more »

• John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies

  as a scapegoat to blame helpless Ukrainian POWs for the deeds of Nazi Germans."Demjanjuk spent most of his 18-month trial in Munich lying in a special bed brought into the courtroom, and listened to the proceedings through a Ukrainian interpreter.Though he   Read more »

• Kim Dotcom's wild ride hits digital piracy wall

  would answer to the title of "His Royal Highness King Kimble the First, Ruler of the Kimpire."In May that year he was back in a Munich court, convicted of manipulating stock prices in the LetsBuyIt scam. Again he got lucky, avoiding jail but drawing a fine   Read more »

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• The hotel where political legends were made, and broken

  the hotel’s luxurious swimming pool — “20 lengths without a pause.” But my favourite Hees anecdote involved Gerda Munsinger, the Munich bombshell whose sexual exploits in Ottawa during the early 1960s included his participation. When that busty lady of the 5/31/12 from Ottawa Citizen Read more »

• City showdown: Portland

  is reminiscent of the South of France. The brewery scene proudly earns the title "beer capital of the world" and the nickname "Munich on the Willamette." And if you're in the mood to travel to the Far East, there's the Lan Su Chinese Garden , an authentically 5/31/12 from CNN Read more »

• Bayern time: Germans playing chicken with City over Dzeko

  giants hope the looming Financial Fair Play rules will lead the Blues to cut the wantaway striker's £20million valuation The price isn't right: Bayern want Dzeko but don't want to pay £20m Bayern Munich are ready to test Manchester City’s nerve over Edin Dzeko. 5/31/12 from Mirror.co.uk Read more »

• Final Sting Tour • Re: Le Mans, May, 28th 2012

  and to share better with James... yes, really kicks ass James !!!! Fortunately my voice wasn't broken, I can keep it for Munich show, girls, what about a big shout when James will take off his t-shirt there ?? Yeah, Le Mans really rocks !!!! I didn't take 5/31/12 from Scorpions Official Website  Read more »

• HMV sells Hammersmith Apollo to Stage C

  C is jointly owned by London O2 operator Ansco Music Club, a subsidiary of US company Anschutz Entertainment, and a subsidiary of Munich-based CTS Eventim. The sale is conditional on shareholder approval, banking approvals and Stage C securing regulatory approvals. 5/31/12 from The Telegraph Read more »