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The university student sits down next to a 12-year-old pupil in the classroom and he looks at her exercise book, then explains the task. "He helps me in many subjects," says Christelle, who has been living in Germany for about a year and attends the Neue Oberschule Gröpelingen, a secondary school in the north-western city of Bremen. Sargis Poghosyan regularly supports the girl, who is learning German as a second language, in German, English and math. "She's very hard-working," says the 28-year-old. Meanwhile, special education teacher Sabine Jungehülsing, who is supervising the class that day ...
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Germany's minister of education and research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called on universities to scrutinize any joint projects with China in the light of recent arrests over spying allegations. "The arrest of three Germans for suspected espionage once again makes it abundantly clear that we must not be naive in our dealings with China," the liberal politician told German news magazine Wirtschaftswoche. "We need to weigh up the risks and benefits of cooperation even more carefully, especially in science and in universities. This includes reviewing existing cooperative relationships." A week...
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has called for healthier food in schools, daycare centres and canteens during debate in parliament on Thursday over the government's nutrition strategy. "Food determines life chances. It starts with the youngest children," Özdemir, from the Green Party, told lawmakers in Berlin. "That's why it should be as easy as possible for everyone to eat well and healthily if they want to." He argued that healthy food should be available to everyone, regardless of where a person's family might come from, where in Germany they live or how wealthy they are. Özdemir sa...
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A female doctor has visited her patient in their hospital room diligently every day post-surgery, yet the patient complains: "No doctor has been in all week!" Katja Schlosser, medical director of the Agaplesion Mittelhessen hospital in Germany and president of the female surgeons' association, lists many examples of how the few women who work as surgeons fare on the job. In her career, she has been "the first" or "the only" woman in most positions, she says. Surgeons who are pregnant are no longer allowed to go into the operating theatre, and can only do administrative work, she says. "The pat...
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A 22-year-old man with a knife and a blank-firing gun was arrested at a school in Petershagen near the German capital Berlin on Friday morning. Police said a security alarm had been triggered at the school at around 7:15 am (0615 GMT) when a man with a weapon was seen to have entered the school. Police cordoned off the school and specially trained emergency services then searched the building and overpowered the man. A police spokesman said he had been arrested. The man and a police officer both suffered minor injuries during the arrest, the spokesman said. No other injuries have been reported...
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A man with a knife and a gun was arrested at a school in Petershagen near the German capital Berlin on Friday morning. Police said a security alarm had been triggered at the school at around 7:15 am (0615 GMT), when a man with a weapon was seen to have entered the school. Specially trained emergency services then searched the school building and overpowered the man. A police spokesman said he had been arrested, and was found to have a firearm and a knife. It is not yet clear whether the weapon was capable of firing live ammunition. The man was injured during the arrest, the spokesman said. No ...
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Four pupils at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal were injured, at least two of them seriously, in a knife attack on Thursday, according to police and officials. The suspected attacker, who is in custody, is believed to be a 17-year-old male pupil at the school, said Herbert Reul, the interior minister of the state of North Rhine Westphalia, which includes Wuppertal. Two of the victims in the attack are being treated in intensive care for serious injuries, as is the suspected attacker, according to local prosecutors. Multiple knives were used in the attack, prosecutors said. Scho...
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In the attack on several pupils at a school in Wuppertal, investigators assume the suspect ran amok, a police spokesman said on Thursday, suggesting the crime may have been a random, unprovoked episode. Four pupils at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal were injured, at least two of them seriously, in the attack. The suspected attacker, who is in custody, is believed to be a 17-year-old male pupil at the school. Police said the suspect was also injured in the incident.
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Four pupils at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal were injured, at least two of them seriously, in a knife attack on Thursday, according to police and officials. The suspected attacker, who is in custody, is believed to be a 17-year-old male pupil at the school, said Herbert Reul, the interior minister of the state of North Rhine Westphalia, which includes Wuppertal. Two of the victims in the attack are being treated in intensive care for serious injuries, as is the suspected attacker, according to local prosecutors. Multiple knives were used in the attack, prosecutors said. Scho...
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Four pupils at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal were injured, at least two of them seriously, in an attack on Thursday, according to police and officials. The suspected attacker, who is in custody, is believed to be a 17-year-old male pupil at the school, said Herbert Reul, the interior minister of the state of North Rhine Westphalia, which includes Wuppertal. Police said the suspect was also injured in the incident. Reul confirmed the weapon used but said nothing is yet known about the motive. He said it is currently assumed that the suspect was a lone perpetrator. One pupil t...
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