the u.s. and west germany unite against the common enemy of communism the soviet union and in the run up to $989.00 the us encouraged the reunification of east and west germany the eighty s also saw the establishment of the current form of the baseball buddhism here in germany which is still going strong today. many staples of us culture today have very german roots thing christmas trees number goes and sauerkraut there are also hundreds of annual october fest celebrations in the us from california to alabama and that s no surprise because around one 5th of all americans claim to have german heritage. among the 1st german immigrants to the us was a group of mennonites they arrived in philadelphia in the 1600s fleeing religious persecution they named their new settlement wait for a german town. us culture always seems to carry a particular cachet among the younger generations in germany. back in the fifty s or sixty s it was rock n roll music and coca-cola. these days that we all say th
know the foreigner it s like the holy grail you multitude couldn t find a better place from the moment i knew i could stay for good i ve never wanted to leave. with back to. the name couldn t get enough of it either he continued to paint his garden until late in life even after losing most of his sight. monet 1st saw the flowers an $889.00. in at the paris world fair as well as the eiffel tower visitors also caught their 1st glimpse of what are the least in colorful terms can tell then europeans had only known the white variety. of the tour mali x. nursery managed to cross the common white water lily with exotic varieties from that time on you saw them in pink red blue and so on when monet saw them at the
strait of hormuz a choke point along a runs shores that a 3rd of the world s crude oil passes through the u.s. blamed iran for the strikes something to iran denies. and with washington due to officially announce fresh sanctions against iran on monday it s unlikely the standoff will be over any time soon i think stay tuned. massive demonstrations are underway and prague with protesters calling for embattled prime minister under a bobbish to step down according to organizers more than 250000 people are there reportedly the biggest crowds of the country s 900 $89.00 revolution which overthrew communism bobbish is a wealthy businessman who leads the populist a party he s under investigation for corruption and conflicts of interest. until you correspondent is in prague for us emmanuel we can see huge crowds gathering
a government after last year s election and demba says he aims to unite the opposition he was acquitted of war crimes by the international criminal court last year after serving 10 years in prison. government candidates an ex general mohammad goswami as declared himself the winner in more recent mauritania s presidential elections as one who has taken more than 50 percent of the ballot with half the votes counted opposition candidate see the albacore as valid to contest the results saturday s election could herald the 1st democratic change of leadership in mauritania s history. huge crowds have flooded the center of the czech capital prague with protesters demanding prime minister andre bobbish to step down according to organizers more than $250000.00 people turned out reportedly that s the biggest crowd since the country s $989.00
many as 10000 pro-democracy protesters in beijing to mark the anniversary hong kong demonstrators rallied next to a replica of the goddess of democracy statue which demonstrators had erected in gentlemen square before the $989.00 crackdown. sudan s opposition has rejected plans by the country s military rulers to hold elections within on months the declaration of freedom and change forces alliance says it will keep up a campaign of civil disobedience to try to force the army from power. authorities in peru say they ve seized over 5 tons of cocaine that were destined for europe president said a multinational operation involving police in argentina spain and italy cooperated to make the bust.