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Germany: Then we take Berlin

In football, architecture and cheap food, Dean Parker finds a few ghosts of the old East Berlin - before the wall came down.

BBC rejects Rolf Harris investigation

The BBC explains why it won't investigate Rolf Harris's career at the corporation.

Cash no longer king to fund takeovers

To fund big deals, buyers are using stock to fuel the best quarter for global takeovers since 2007.

Waiter claims Spanish royal blood

A waiter, whose adoptive parents are peasants, claims to be the son of former Spanish king Juan Carlos and has launched a paternity suit.

Did MI5 abuse JK Rowling?

The online abuse aimed at the Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she donated £1 million to the Better Together campaign may have actually been the work of British spies, a senior Scottish politician has claimed.

Three icy places to stay and play

From igloos to heli lodges in the Canadian wilderness, Jennifer Ennion looks at three of the Northern Hemisphere's top snow hotels.

Greenpeace carbon foot(print) in mouth?

One of Greenpeace's most senior executives commutes 400km each way to work by plane, the environmental group has admitted.

Britain's EU future at risk in showdown

Heads of the European Union gather in Brussels this week for a meeting that may point to Britain's prospects of staying in the EU or heading for the exit.

German minister rules out Google breakup

The EU has to rely on antitrust and privacy rules to curb Google's search-engine dominance and can't just break up the company, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

Tour news: Turning Bach upside down

Le Pens at war over race row remarks

Unmarried mums' homes investigated after 800 bodies found

The Irish government is launching a full-scale investigation into controversial Catholic homes for unmarried mothers, following revelations that up to 800 infants died in one such institution over a 35-year period.

How science helped win D-Day

"Sea," said King Canute, the 11th-century Danish King of England, "I command you to come no further!"

Simon Terry: GM guardian's error a grave failing

A spectacular fail by the Environmental Protection Authority raises serious questions about its reliability as a guardian of the environment, writes Simon Terry.

Europe weighs anti-deflation steps

The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates today to try to boost ultra-low inflation and strengthen the wobbly recovery in the 18 countries that use the euro

15 babies poisoned by hospital drips

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.

Bar/fly: Dublin

In Dublin, Ewan McDonald settles into the front-parlour of Irish folk music.

Hundreds of children's bodies in grave

Nearly 800 young children are believed to be buried in a mass grave beside a former home for unwed mothers in Ireland.