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1 Dead, Several Injured In Knife Attack In Germany's Hamburg Supermarket
One person was killed and six others were injured on Friday when a failed asylum-seeker brandishing a knife attacked shoppers in a Hamburg supermarket, shouting "Allahu Akbar" before being overpowered by passers-by, police and officials said.
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German Interior Minister Proposes Domestic Security Shake-Up
Germany's interior minister is proposing a security shake-up that could include creating "federal departure centers" to ease the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers and centralizing the country's domestic intelligence agency.
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Pak Man Wrongly Arrested, Berlin Truck Attacker May Be Out There: Reports
Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a "terrorist attack," Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect.
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Germany Sees 213,000 New Asylum-Seekers So Far This Year
Some 213,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Germany this year, keeping it on course for a far lower total than last year's 890,000 entrants, the country's interior minister said Wednesday.
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Germany Warns Of Threat From More Than 500 'Potential Attackers'
Germany's interior minister has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic terrorists who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of "hit teams."
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German Train Attacker Tried To Sestroy SIM Card: Report
The 17-year-old asylum-seeker who wounded train passengers in an axe attack claimed by ISIS tried to destroy his SIM card and internal mobile phone storage, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday.
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Germany: 222,000 Asylum-Seekers Arrived In Year's First Half
Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday - reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union cut a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea.
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Deportations Possible In New Year Sexual Assaults Cases: German Justice Minister
Germany's justice minister says asylum-seekers could be deported if they're found to have participated in a string of New Year sexual assaults in Cologne.
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Angela Merkel Calls on Refugees to Reject Anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged refugees arriving in Germany to embrace the country's values and reject discrimination and anti-Semitism.
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With Refugees, German Muslim Minority Could be Europe's Largest
When the flood of Middle Eastern refugees arriving in Europe finally ebbs and asylum-seekers settle down in their new homes, Germany could unexpectedly find itself housing the continent's largest Muslim minority.
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Europe's Inaction on Migrants Pushed Germany to Limit: Vice-Chancellor
Germany's Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel Monday blamed "Europe's inaction" in the refugee crisis for having stretched his country's capacity to host asylum-seekers to its limit.
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Munich at Limit of Capacity Amid Refugee Surge: Police
Munich is at the limit of its capacity to welcome refugees arriving en masse in Germany, police warned Sunday, a day after 12,200 asylum-seekers reached the city.
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Angela Merkel Vows 'No Tolerance' Against 'Shameful, Vile' Anti-Refugee Attacks
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Wednesday on a visit to a refugee centre that Germany would have "no tolerance" for "shameful and vile" attacks on asylum-seekers, after a wave of violent protests.
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2 New Attacks Hit Refugee Centres in Germany
Two refugee shelters in Germany have been attacked, police said Wednesday, hours before Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to visit a centre for asylum-seekers that was hit by violent far-right protests.
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Arson in German Town Shows Anti-Immigrant Mood Running High
The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germany had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
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1 Dead, Several Injured In Knife Attack In Germany's Hamburg Supermarket
One person was killed and six others were injured on Friday when a failed asylum-seeker brandishing a knife attacked shoppers in a Hamburg supermarket, shouting "Allahu Akbar" before being overpowered by passers-by, police and officials said.
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German Interior Minister Proposes Domestic Security Shake-Up
Germany's interior minister is proposing a security shake-up that could include creating "federal departure centers" to ease the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers and centralizing the country's domestic intelligence agency.
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Pak Man Wrongly Arrested, Berlin Truck Attacker May Be Out There: Reports
Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a "terrorist attack," Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect.
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Germany Sees 213,000 New Asylum-Seekers So Far This Year
Some 213,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Germany this year, keeping it on course for a far lower total than last year's 890,000 entrants, the country's interior minister said Wednesday.
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Germany Warns Of Threat From More Than 500 'Potential Attackers'
Germany's interior minister has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic terrorists who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of "hit teams."
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German Train Attacker Tried To Sestroy SIM Card: Report
The 17-year-old asylum-seeker who wounded train passengers in an axe attack claimed by ISIS tried to destroy his SIM card and internal mobile phone storage, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday.
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Germany: 222,000 Asylum-Seekers Arrived In Year's First Half
Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday - reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union cut a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea.
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Deportations Possible In New Year Sexual Assaults Cases: German Justice Minister
Germany's justice minister says asylum-seekers could be deported if they're found to have participated in a string of New Year sexual assaults in Cologne.
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Angela Merkel Calls on Refugees to Reject Anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged refugees arriving in Germany to embrace the country's values and reject discrimination and anti-Semitism.
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With Refugees, German Muslim Minority Could be Europe's Largest
When the flood of Middle Eastern refugees arriving in Europe finally ebbs and asylum-seekers settle down in their new homes, Germany could unexpectedly find itself housing the continent's largest Muslim minority.
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Europe's Inaction on Migrants Pushed Germany to Limit: Vice-Chancellor
Germany's Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel Monday blamed "Europe's inaction" in the refugee crisis for having stretched his country's capacity to host asylum-seekers to its limit.
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Munich at Limit of Capacity Amid Refugee Surge: Police
Munich is at the limit of its capacity to welcome refugees arriving en masse in Germany, police warned Sunday, a day after 12,200 asylum-seekers reached the city.
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Angela Merkel Vows 'No Tolerance' Against 'Shameful, Vile' Anti-Refugee Attacks
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Wednesday on a visit to a refugee centre that Germany would have "no tolerance" for "shameful and vile" attacks on asylum-seekers, after a wave of violent protests.
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2 New Attacks Hit Refugee Centres in Germany
Two refugee shelters in Germany have been attacked, police said Wednesday, hours before Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to visit a centre for asylum-seekers that was hit by violent far-right protests.
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Arson in German Town Shows Anti-Immigrant Mood Running High
The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germany had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
