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Schalke 04's Christoph Moritz challenges Freiburg's Cedrick Makiadi (L) during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Gelsenkirchen December 15, 2012. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

Fight for the Champions League

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo Vladimir Putin, then Russian President, right, and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad smile as they shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin. With even his most powerful ally, Russia, losing faith in him, President Bashar Assad may appear to be heading for a last stand against rebel forces who have been waging a ferocious battle to overthrow him for nearly two years. But Assad still has thousands of elite and loyal troops behind him, and analysts say that even if he wanted to give up the fight, it's unclear those around him would let him abandon ship and leave them to an uncertain fate.(AP photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press service, File)

Russia ships arms to Syria

Same-sex couple plastic figurines are displayed during a gay wedding fair (salon du mariage gay) in Paris April 27, 2013, four days after the French parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

France legalizes gay marriage

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Nigeria raid kills insurgents

The North Korean flag flies outside their embassy in Beijing on December 12, 2012. North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on December 12, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang's critics have condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test. North Korea said the three-stage rocket, which Pyongyang insists was solely aimed at placing a satellite in orbit, had achieved all its objectives. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

North Korea fires missiles

Funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city,. Photo: AP

Iraq bomb blasts

An Afghan woman votes at a polling station for the parliamentary elections on September 18, 2010(Photo: Majid Saeedi/ Getty Images)

Women lose in Afghanistan

Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train collision, Friday, May 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. Two Metro North commuter trains serving New York City collided during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Dozens hurt in NY train crash

ESC Eurovision Song Contest Pressedownload: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/press/photo-downloads Zulieferer: Suzanne Cords Finnland: Krista Siegfrids Foto: EBU/ Sander Hestermann

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Pope Francis gestures as he speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican (Photo: REUTERS/Gregorio Borgia/Pool)

Merkel meets the pope

Syria

Ignatieff: 'We have a duty to intervene in Syria'

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff speaks at a townhall discussion during a campaign stop in London, Ontario, March 31, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Goeff ROBINS (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)

Political scientist and public intellectual Michael Ignatieff says the international community has a duty to intervene in Syria. He told DW that he sees signs of the emergence of new global security architecture.

Iraq, Afghanistan can serve as lessons for Syria

Moving to Mitte

Efforts to attract immigrants have benefited Berlin's start-up scene.

Eurozone crisis

Germany beefs up banking regulations

Das letzte Licht des Tages lässt die pyramidenförmige Spitze des Messeturms in Frankfurt am Main am 10.05.2013 aufleuchten. Links steht der Doppelturm der Deutschen Bank, in der rechten Bildhälfte die Helaba und die Commerzbank. Foto: Boris Roessler/dpa

Germany has introduced some 30 laws regulating the financial market, the most important of which were passed this week. The government claimed they are milestones, but they don't go far enough for the opposition.

Trust in European Union hits record low

Society

EU study: Gay people still face discrimination

Protesters hold a sign in favour of gay marriage during a protest march in in Paris, dpa - Bildfunk+++

Homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender people in Europe remain at a disadvantage, according to a new EU study. In Germany, they often face discrimination, insults and physical attacks.

Interview: 'Equal rights for equal love'

Argentina

Argentina's 'dirty war' dictator dies in prison

Former Argentina's President Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla (ddp images/AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)

Former Argentine strongman, Jorge Rafael Videla, died Friday in a Buenos Aires prison at the age of 87. During his rule, between 1975 and 1981, an estimated 30,000 people disappeared or were killed.

Controversial leftovers

The Bundestag debates the future of nuclear waste storage.

Asia

Japanese upturn

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reforming Japan’s economy with nationalistic motives.

Africa

Morgan Tsvangirai, the main opposition leader in Zimbabwe. (AP Photo)

MDC woos voters

Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai promises to win back foreign investors if elected president.

editors' choice

'Gatsby' speaks to Europeans' money woes

Saudi labs need help with the new SARS-like virus

Think before you tweet

Safe in the saddle - bicycles as art
  • Isotta-Fraschini, Typ 8A, Limousine, Baujahr 1926 (photo: privat)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Sleeping vintage car beauties

    Decay stops at nothing - it hits cars as well. Most of the time, those cars are put in a scrap press and that's the end of it. But sometimes, they are put in a museum instead. Vintage cars with rotten bodies and interiors that have been corroding for decades are on display in Kassel's exhibition "Sleeping beauties of former times."

  • Delahaye Typ 87 (photo: privat)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    The Schlumpf brothers - passionate collectors

    40 cars are on display - all part of the "Schlumpf Collection" of the two brothers Hans and Fritz Schlumpf. Both were obsessed with cars. Purchasing cars - like this Delahaye Type 87 - ultimately led to the financial ruin of the two cloth manufacturers from Mulhouse, France, in 1976.

  • Minerva, Typ AH 11 CV, Limousine, Baujahr 1927 (photo: Renate Freiling)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Hidden treasures

    Workers occupied the factory after it went bust, and when they came across the cars, they were so angry that they wanted to burn them - like this 1927 Minerva. The labor union managed to stop this at the last minute. The two brothers were allowed to leave for Switzerland, and the French authorities took over their collection. Today, the site is home to the French National Automobile Museum.

  • Red car: Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS, Baujahr 1931, Roadster; silver car: Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS, Baujahr 1932 (photo: Renate Freiling)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Scrap - or art?

    The museum's curators want people to discuss the value of these "sleeping beauties," which is why they are showing a rotten Alfa Romeo next to a restored version. German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said that the cars would raise the question of whether they are "cultural assets, art, or just pieces of scrap."

  • Ballot, Typ 2 LTS (photo: Renate Freiling)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Hidden away from the public eye

    These 40 cars from Mulhouse have never been on display before - they were hidden away in sections of the museum that weren’t open to the public, until Heinz W. Jordan and Dietrich Krahn, the two curators, discovered them. "Some of these vehicles had not been touched for 80 years," Jordan said.

  • Mercedes Benz, Typ W 154 II (photo: Renate Freiling)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    A rare Silver Arrows model

    Mercedes only assembled 14 of the Silver Arrows racing car, and the Schlumpf brothers bought one of them in 1966. This particular model had some success on the race track: in 1939, it placed eighth in a race on the legendary Nürburgring, while in Reims it came in first.

  • Ballot, Typ 2 LTS (photo: privat)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Surprisingly well-preserved details

    Despite the fact that these vehicles haven't been touched in years and weren't restored, many of the details are still visible and well-preserved, like this emblem of the Ballot Type 2 LST model from 1925.

  • De Dion Bouton Typ IE, Torpedo Karosserie, Baujahr 1922 (photo: Renate Freiling)

    Sleeping vintage beauties in Kassel

    Thanks to Kassel's sister city

    The occasion for the exhibit is Kassel's 1,100th anniversary - its sister town Mulhouse has allowed the town to add this exhibition to its festivities. The sleeping vehicles are on display in Kassel until July 31.


    Author: Helena Baers / sst | Editor : Ben Knight

Scene in Berlin

Too few stages for Berlin's many musicians

Baton in a conductor's hands

While technically built on sand, Berlin is otherwise built on song. From Bowie to Bach, the Berlin Phil to Berghain, the storied streets of this city resonate with music. DW’s Julian Tompkin goes looking for the source.

Catch up on past editions of Scene in Berlin

Mobile Apps

Lawmakers call for right to return mobile apps

Angry Birds app on an iPhone

German state-level lawmakers agree that consumers should have the right to return mobile apps. But changing the law may do little to help consumers if companies don't do their bit.

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