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Tokio Hotel wins MTV Europe award
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Tokio Hotel wins MTV Europe award

German glam pop band Tokio Hotel took home the “Best Headliner” award on Thursday night at the 15th annual MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool, England.
Berlin inaugurates contemporary art hall
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Berlin inaugurates contemporary art hall

Berlin's new contemporary art hall opened on Wednesday night with an inaugural exhibition by artist Candice Breitz in the heart of the city. The Local’s <b>Kristen Allen</b> was there to check out the hype.
Paintings for the proletariat
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Paintings for the proletariat

<b>With the world’s financial markets currently giving capitalism a bad name, David Wroe dons his Che Guevara t-shirt and heads to a new Berlin exhibition showing forgotten East German art.</b>
Plácido Domingo to sing in Berlin
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Plácido Domingo to sing in Berlin

Legendary opera singer Plácido Domingo is returning to Berlin this spring, <i>Die Welt</i> reported on Thursday. The world-renowned tenor will be back at the Berlin State Opera (<i>Staatsoper Unter den Linden</i>) this March to perform "Parsifal."
Merkel mourns Solzhenitsyn's death
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Merkel mourns Solzhenitsyn's death

German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who has died at 89, saying the "great" Russian writer played a decisive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, her spokesman said on Monday.
Berlin goes Babylon
Culture

Berlin goes Babylon

Babylon’s strange hold on contemporary culture spurs <b>Daniel Miller</b> to sort myth from truth at a new exhibition at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum.
Rain floods Bayreuth Festival playhouse
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Rain floods Bayreuth Festival playhouse

A performance of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" at this year's Bayreuth Festival was delayed on Thursday evening owing to torrential rain that flooded parts of the legendary <i>Festspielhaus</i> theatre.
Artist exchange links Berlin to Dubai
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Artist exchange links Berlin to Dubai

Berlin and Dubai wouldn’t appear to have much in common at first glance. But a recent artists exchange is sign of increasing cultural ties between the two cities, writes <b>Arsalan Mohammad</b>.