Berlin, Oct 10: A scientist from Germany has claimed to have uncovered tracks from the world’s oldest dinosaur, though the footprints at the center of the find have sparked a major debate among scientists.
The find was made in a quarry near Bernburg, a small city in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
According to a report by Spiegel Online, weighing between 600 and 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds), the creature left impressive footprints in the limestone deposit. Shifting sand then covered the tracks.
Berlin - Seeking evidence of neo-Nazi propaganda, German police mounted nationwide raids Thursday on a far-right group that runs summer camps for boys and girls.
Politicians have demanded that Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend (HDJ) be outlawed.
Police raided more than 100 homes and offices in almost every state of the country to seize computer hard drives and documents that could be used in evidence to ban HDJ, the Interior Ministry in Berlin said.
Berlin - Top German literary critic Sigrid Loeffler called Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio "a fairly bizarre choice" for the Nobel literature prize, dismissing his work Thursday as "boring."
Speaking on MDR Info radio, she declared herself surprised and shocked at the award, and suggested Le Clezio may have won simply because no other French author had been picked for so long.
Loeffler has a German-wide reputation as a sharp-tongued reviewer of contemporary books on television.
She said the "monotony and boringness" of Le Clezio's novels had always put her and most readers off.
Berlin - German exports slumped by 2.5 per cent year on year in August to record their biggest fall in five years, the country's statistics office said Thursday, adding to signs of contracting global growth.
In calendar and seasonally adjusted terms, the world's leading export nation recorded a 0.5-per-cent fall in exports month on month in August and a 2.5-per-cent drop in imports amid concerns that the world economy could slide into recession in the wake of the global credit crunch.
Berlin - The music industry's anger at illegal copying of pop music dominated speeches Wednesday at the start of Popkomm, a three-day annual industry talkfest in Berlin.
Robin Gibb, formerly of the Bee Gees, was typical of senior artists and recording industry executives worried about the decline in royalty earnings.
Speaking as president of CISAC, an international union of royalty- collecting agencies, Gibb said he would be suing the European Commission at the European Court of Justice. He is complaining that the European Union is imposing unfair rules on the industry's business operations.
The industry blames the slump on the worldwide spread of digital music and seeks more political leverage against those they call pirates.
Berlin - Germany welcomed Friday the
Berlin, Oct 10: A scientist from Germany has claimed to have uncovered tracks from the world’s oldest dinosaur, though the footprints at the center of the find have sparked a major debate among scientists. 
Berlin - Seeking evidence of neo-Nazi propaganda, German police mounted nationwide raids Thursday on a far-right group that runs summer camps for boys and girls.
Berlin - Top German literary critic Sigrid Loeffler called Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio "a fairly bizarre choice" for the Nobel literature prize, dismissing his work Thursday as "boring."
Berlin - German exports slumped by 2.5 per cent year on year in August to record their biggest fall in five years, the country's statistics office said Thursday, adding to signs of contracting global growth.
