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Berlin fears resurgent May Day violence as protests move east
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Berlin fears resurgent May Day violence as protests move east

From a police ‘no go’ area in the 1980s, May 1st in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district is now one of the city’s biggest parties. But an unauthorized march this year by protesters through the city’s Friedrichshain district may signal a return of the bad old times.
Germans up in arms over 'rent insanity'
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Germans up in arms over 'rent insanity'

Michaela Franz initially thought she was spared sharp rent hikes when her new property owner scrapped plans to renovate the Berlin building she has lived in for a decade. In fact, something worse was brewing.