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While German-American relations have improved in tone from thethinly veiled hostility of Gerhard Schroeder's chancellorship, allis not perfect between recently re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkeland President Obama. German troops in Afghanistan sit on thesidelines while American and British soldiers fight and die;Germany actively pursues trade with Iran, opposing toughersanctions on the terror regime; Berlin and Moscow are becomingdisconcertingly cozy; and Merkel supports a separate EU defenseforce at the expense of Germany's NATO commitments.

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg runs the think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus, where he offers a non-traditional analysis of global challenges from disease and hunger

Describe the Wannsee Conference, declaim the Nuremberg Laws, cite SS officers' reports – is there any other country that demands that its students delve so deeply into the minutiae of Nazi ideology?

There are many regional differences for the humble Hallo. Whether it's Juten Tach or Gruß Gott, here's how you can greet Germans all over the country.

Köln - Johannes B. Kerner hat’s getan, Markus Lanz konnte es auch nicht lassen, und bei Horst Lichter hat manch einer schon vergessen, dass er ursprünglich sogar aus der Küche kommt. Früher oder später, so der Eindruck, landet auf dem Mainzer Lerchenberg jeder ZDF-Moderator mal am Herd. Ganz nach dem Motto „Wer quatschen kann, der kann auch kochen“. Nun also auch Jan Böhmermann. Womöglich war dem 40-Jährigen die mit der rekordverdächtig langen Sommerpause seines „ZDF Magazin Royale“ (7.5. – 3.9.) verbundene Bildschirmabstinenz selbst ni...