>> well, the germans are there. and i think you have to give credit to chancellor merkel and others that they've bucked public opinion, they have kept german troops in afghanistan, in fact, increased them relatively recently. but i do think that if you, if you just sort of take the temperature of germany and its willingness to, to become a global power in a more normal sense, it's still quite limited. germany is coming back in terms of its national identity. the question it raises issues about whether it is going to be more german and less european in the future. that hasn't really happened on the military front. >> dan, is there anything that the united states should demand or expect of germany that it's not doing now? >> well, i think to only see it through a military lens sort of reduces germany's potential and sort of limits our options. i think, particularly in the military lens, even though the germans have, having to come to terms with their role now, in terms of projecting force, they have done so. in fact,

>> well, the germans are there. and i think you have to give credit to chancellor merkel and others that they've bucked public opinion, they have kept german troops in afghanistan, in fact, increased them relatively recently. but i do think that if you, if you just sort of take the temperature of germany and its willingness to, to become a global power in a more normal sense, it's still quite limited. germany is coming back in terms of its national identity. the question it raises issues about whether it is going to be more german and less european in the future. that hasn't really happened on the military front. >> dan, is there anything that the united states should demand or expect of germany that it's not doing now? >> well, i think to only see it through a military lens sort of reduces germany's potential and sort of limits our options. i think, particularly in the military lens, even though the germans have, having to come to terms with their role now, in terms of projecting force, they have done so. in fact,

the germans had with the soviets didn't. they had explicit large-scale plans to kill millions of people. the two major ones are the hunger plan. there is nothing on paper were soviets say we expect 30 million people to die. there's nothing like that. however, the germans do not carry out those plans the way they are written down. the plans give you a sense of what they wanted to do, what they were willing to do, what ideology sanctioned in the not the case, but you can see the germans follow those plants that letter because they didn't. the same is true with the holocaust, which is one of the reasons why it such a difficult subject. people think they're hot to be a plan with proper paragraphs come with hitler's signature at the bottom. and of course there is no such thing. they talked about this themselves. there's thousands and thousands of indications of what they talked about and how the holocaust happened, for one woman within the plant that says this is where the holocaust is going to happen. the exist. no one will ever

on monday, german chancellor angela merkel who also holds a ph.d. says that she is standing behind her foreign minister. >> recruits at a swearing in ceremony in berlin. they could be germany's last conscript, ahead of reforms that will turn it into a professional army, but the ceremony was largely ignored, overshadowed by a deepening controversy surrounding the defense minister and his doctoral thesis. initial charges of plagiarism are now giving way to suspicions that the dissertation is the work of a ghostwriter. chancellor merkel continues to defend her minister. >> i did not appnt a scientific assistant for a doctoral student or the holder of a phd. i'm interested in his a work as defense minister, which he does magnificently, and that is what counts for me. >> the opposition social democrats and greens have put the issue on the parliamentary agenda, and the left party is demanding his resignation, a step gutenberg has categorically rejected. >> the german government has reached a deal with the opposition on reforming the country's welfare syst

the germans did most of the killing. a surprise results of the end of communism is now have a much stronger basis on which to talk about not only the history of communism but also on nazi germany. why hasn't this book been written by someone else in the last 20 years? this is not a book that i particularly wanted to write. had someone else written that i would it hit my cap but i rode out of a sense of obligation and then to have a more stronger feeling that perhaps it never would be written. in any event, the reasons why it has not been written are three. they have to do with certain weaknesses three impressive schools of historical writing. the first of these to start with of mea culpa i am the eastern european historian. of the we have learned a tremendous amount in the last 20 years, what has happened was almost all the we have learned to, the estonians and croatians, ukrainians the russians and hungary and, almost all of it has been framed within the national context. the enormous tragedies that i am discussing war

german crooner. returning with a new album of 20 style songs. here's your host. >> and welcome to the show from here in the german capital. and that's where we begin with the latest venture of one of germany's best-known fashion designers. he is a very busy man indeed. he unveiled his new collection at the berlin fashion week. but that clearly wasn't enough work for him because he has also found the time to design a new fashion-themed bar for a top berlin hotel. ♪ ♪ >> cat wak is the name of the first bar designed. the interior design, the outfits worn by bar staff, and even the drink were all created by the german fashion designer. for many, the opening party was another highlight rounding off a busy fashion week in berlin. >> i'm extremely happy with the results. i'm happy that it's all done and also that the fashion week is over. the bar is inside berlin's marriott hotel. everything revolves around the world of fashion. and anyone who is anyone in the world of fashion was invited for the big opening. among the attractions, film director chair

the german islam conference is an important annual forum between the german state and muslims living here in the country. the next meeting is due this spring, but already topics of discussion are gathering pace. around 40 used, incding high school and university students, are giving their input. the current uprising across the arab world along with the integration debate here in germany are likely to shake the proceedings. >> and young people play a key role in promoting integration in germany. this is a political science student from berlin. he believes popular uprisings in the arab world could alter how germans view the region. >> democracy is one of the best export to germany and europe have to offer. buit has to be pud to the political culture, a culture where arab muslims view themselves as citizens, not as subjects, as they were for years >> and we have the director of the young islamic conference. the german-iranian is convince the upheavals will permanently alter germany's image of muslims. >> now when we look atthe arab world, we suddenly connected with the struggle for libe

there's a german film about one of germany's most famous terrorists.re have been a lot of films made about her. but this one is different. it looks at the time before she became a terrorist. it is actually a love story about her and her husband. it will be controversial. i think it will be the film that germany's chattering glasses will be talking about this festival. >> ok, thank you for now for the festival. recapping our top story, egyptian president hosni mubarak looks likely to step down. we're getting is live pictures right now from cairo. more than two weeks of protests. but the islamist brotherhood opposition says it looks like there might have been a military coup. we will of course be keeping you up-to-date on the evidence as they unfold throughout the evening. stay with us here at dw-tv. >> welcome back. we return now to egypt, where there are increasing signs that egyptian president hosni mubarak may be relinquishing power in the hours that this evening the egyptian military has made a televised announcement, saying that it would of a good

in fact, before the war, the germans in america sustained the german film industry. they were the target of the americans, and it was the major export market particularly for the very light fluffy musical stuff he liked to produce. when i was a kid living next to yorktown or yorkville as it was called in those days, 86th street and 3rd avenue, there were movie houses. they were the whole series of german, but those were the old germans who lived here. they were not going to read the exile stuff, but there were enough refugees who could read it. >> also french? >> well, my father's books were done in french and german, and i'm sorry, german and english. there was a population that was sizable of imgrants here, and obviously, they wanted to know what was being written by whom. the difference was, of course, and as you all may or may not know, you know, there was a new school. a major french university and they set up a french university in exile here, a major intellectual center while most american universities didn't want to take on any of the exile professors because

the german foreign minister held talks on the issue with his italian counterpart on friday. the e.u. package is said to include a ban on arms and other goods that could be used to harm civilians as well as a travel ban and assets freeze for members of the gaddafi family. i spoke tour correspondent a short while ago in brussels. i asked if he could confirm that sanctions would be in place by next week. >> yes, something like that. i doubt that will affect colonel khadafy one iota. it is all the european union can do to express its displeasure. the foreign policy chief said the suspension of the trade deals that he enjoys, maybe if he had not been given those, ybe wouavtoppled earlier. it was an interesting insight. she said that is where they are and they will move on from there. that will be imposed. everyone is saying in brussels, where will we be by the time we impose sanctions? things could change dramatically. it is a moving target the international community is trying to aim at in tripoli. but there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. -- >> there may be no khada

arabs went to germans and when i say they went to german they went to hitler personally and said we will give you oil if you will kill all the jews, if you will recognize our state. they didn't mince words. i know it you know that the nazis like to talk about extermination in code. you translate gas chamber, it means special treatment. arabs made some of those such treatment. they said killed a do wherever you find them. kill a jew before he kills you. this was and whispered. this was on the radio night after night, broadcast -- how does this make its way up to the farhud? the farhud was in 1941. world war ii was in full swing, and the nazis decided to launch operation garbo's the to invade russia. they couldn't get the oil. the oil they used was insufficient to. we will give you the oil, and in iran, all the oil we have, i declare an arab state and finished the jews. everything arabs could do to make the country passed. in the spring of 1941, the jews of baghdad were on edge. they lived there for 2600 years but they knew there were many arab nazis. when i say and arab nazi i am not talk

well this sort of thing being revealed at the moment doesn't exactly help germans the german cause there in afghanistan does it we've already reported of course that the parliament has decided to extend the country's mission there in afghanistan and why is germany involved why is it is it benefiting from being involved in this conflict. you know nobody here in germany is benefiting from this. over thirty did soldiers thing is a heavy story in on the morale of the troops of course it's a heavy strain on the people of the politicians and everybody in the stories quite often we are there because of nato to put it straight there because washington ordered us to be there and that it's going to continue no matter that seventy to eighty percent of the german people are opposed to this military a good gauge but nevertheless as you say it's part of nato is obliged to be that is supporting the us but would you say despite what the population in germany thinks is the government enthusiastically supporting the us there or reluctantly. nobody here is very enthusiastic about this war we are fighting i

the nazis -- germans hosted5 at the a leviton 1936. the nazis used the event for propaganda. >> the sporting events themselves were wonderful, but the nazis influenced and exploited the games.i that is something many people have been reluctant to acknowledge. >> if minnick wins its bid to st the 2018 winter olympics -- if munich wins its bid to host the 2018 winter olympics, they will get a taste of an en bigger sporting spectacle in seven years' time. >> along -- among the top stars in garmisch will be local resident, maria riesch. after the two gold medals in the last olympics, she hopes to improve for standings. >> maria riesch, hurtling down the slopes at nearly 120 miles per hour an almost flawless technique. she stands out from the crowd. she was recently voted 2010 sportswoman of the year. now she faces her next title battle in her home town of garmisch partenkirchen. >> only a few athletes have the chance to contest a world championship in their home town. i am in good form. i was successful in the last two big events. naturall

it was not a great day for the german champion. she crashed out on the icy course. >> the slovenian when there -- winner celebrated her victory, while the german favorite was disappointed after a mistake in her second run put her out of competition. she was in fourth place after the first session, and seemed to have good chances at a medal. >> i saw the once ahead of me lost a lot of time. i definitely did not want to come fourth or fifth, so i wanted to risk everything. >> she skied the day's fastest run in the first session and brought the right combination of caution and baldness to her second run. she's secured the gold by less than one -- 0.1 seconds. >> i really wanted to win. i raced at full speed. >> silver went to an italian, and the bronze to a french woman. an olympic medalist proved the best of the germans, coming in fifth place. tina takes from her first ever gold and a major championship. >> stay tuned. >> the berlin film festival is being held as popular uprising sweep across the arab world, affecting states like bah

. >> the german government appoint a new bundesbank president. >> and the german government stands up for children's rights to make a racket. ♪ >> first, tunisian and then egypt. now, could libya be next? in a rare show of unrest, hundreds of the comments of libyan leader muammar qaddafi clashed with police overnight in the city of benghazi, protesting the arrest of a human rights activist who has worked to free political prisoners. demonstrators then used the internet to call on people to take to the streets for more anti-government protests on thursday. >> this amateur video from tuesday night shows the protests in benghazi. the clip was uploaded to the internet web site youtube. dozens of demonstrators called for the release of political prisoners in libya and the ousting of president muammar qaddafi. in another video also climbing to show benghazi, the demonstrators are voicing their anger at the arrest of human rights lawyer. shots are heard. the protesters run for cover. some people are injured. the demonstrators in libya are taking their lead from the protest movements in tunis

the german islam conference is an important annual forum between the german state and muslims living here in the country. the next meeting is due this spring, but already topics of discussion are gathering pace. around 40 used, including high school and university students, are giving their input. the current uprising across the arab world along with the integration debate here in germany are likely to shake the proceedings. >> and young people play a key role in promoting integration in germany. is a political science student from berlin. he believes popular uprisings in the arab world could alter how germans view the region. >> democracy is one of the best export to germany and europe have to offer. but it has to be imputed to the political culture, a culture where arab muslims view themselves as citizens, not as subjects, as they were for years >> and we have the director of the young islamic conference. the german-iranian is convince the upheavals will permanently alter germany's image of muslims. >> now when we look at the arab world, we suddenly connected with the struggle for

on monday, german chancellor angela merkel who also holds a ph.d. says that she is standing behind her foreign minister. >> recruits at a swearing in ceremony in berlin. they could be germany's last conscript, ahead of reforms that will turn it into a professional army, but the ceremony was largely ignored, overshadowed by a deepening controversy surrounding the defense minister and his doctoral thesis. initial charges of plagiarism are now giving way to suspicions that the dissertation is the work of a ghostwriter. chancellor merkel continues to defend her minister. >> i did not appoint a scientific assistant for a doctoral student or the holder of a phd. i'm interested in his a work as defense minister, which he does magnificently, and that is what counts for me. >> the opposition social democrats and greens have put the issue on the parliamentary agenda, and the left party is demanding his resignation, a step gutenberg has categorically rejected. >> the german government has reached a deal with the opposition on reforming the country's welfare sy

. >> welcome to another setting for our show here in the beautiful german countryside. well, actually, if i do this, you can see this as an illusion just like the one the photographer thomas wrede creates with his pictures. he likes to play with perceptions, creeailting photos that look real but are in fact miniature models of reality. >> thomas wrede's landscape photographs keep us puzzled. is this really a playing field or is the photographer just playing with our senses? a dream hotel or a vision from a dream? a genuine quarry or just a toy model? reality and fiction are blurred in thomas wrede's carefully composed "real landscapes." translator: it's one of my artistic concepts to seamible things by changing the perspective, where i create perspective myself and don't belong together and cause confusion. maybe they get people thinking, does that go together? how can that be? >> he usually spends several weeks working on a picture. one of the most important issues is deciding where he can best put his ideas into practice. places in northern germany are among his favor

the primacy of israeli security has been the cornerstone of german foreign policy. >> you're watching our special coverage of the historic events in egypt. after 30 years of rule, hosni mubarak has relinquished his hold on power and handed over control of the country to the military. the announcement was made by the country's vice president, omar suleiman, on egyptian television. he said hosni mubarak decided to leave the position of the presidency and mubarak's last deed was to hand over control of the higher military council, consisting of egypt's top generals, considered to be the most powerful body in the country. that announcement has unleashed a wave of euphoria across the nation. many of the protestors have been camped out so they were looking forward to simply going home. stay with us. >> welcome back. you're watching dw-tv's special coverage of the historic events in egypt today. after 30 years of rule, hosni mubarak has relinquished power and handed over control to the country's military. the announcement unleashed a wave of euphoria across the nation. many of the protestors

german too -- this german took one hour to conquer the course. it is the first non-british person to win. >> [unintelligible] >> it was a testing race for all of the participants. some of them enjoy the experience more than others. >> i would rather have tiny people poke needles into my eyeballs. >> welcome back. first tunisia and now egypt. it has drawn sharp criticism now that the old regime in tunisia is history. eu foreign ministers decided to freeze the assets of the former president. more can't be said for the broader european mind on how to respond to the change. >> with criticism leveled at the eu, there was no coherent message from brussels. egypt needs and democratic reforms. >> we stand on the side of those fighting for democracy and freedom of speech. >> this sentiment represents a significant change. europe looked at the egyptian regime as a look of stability in the middle east. it earned them respect and the west, which turned a blind eye to oppression in egypt and tunisia. >> the interests are more converging th the government than

return for german. and a new sponsor the site to go to hotel polski. in a hotel polski, they are listed, and july 13, 1943, the ss stormed a hotel. all the jews are brought down into the courtyard, and the germans start calling out names. and they call out the name of tsvi nussbaum's uncle. he walks away and boards the truck. they call out the name of handedness bomb. and hannah news bomb walks away and boards the truck. and he is expected to hit his name but his name never comes. and at that point, says tsvi nussbaum, he steps forward and a not too raises his rifle at him, and he raises his hand. that is the moment, he says the photo was taken. this is a horrific story, of course. and it's a very tragic story. but, unfortunately, it's inaccurate because we know the report was on the table on june 2. and the photo was taken within the ghetto. but, of course, this photo presents his to experience. and in that sense it is a true photo of history, of being arrested by the ss. he then sent to prison and is

in 1919 german was not seeing the potential enemy. perez a separate issue about not taking seriously sufficiently soon the german challenge and paying too much attention or too exclusive attention to the soviet challenge. it is not part of the modest supper and a -- modus operandi as it was in the first few years. so be it concentration and the best that ground, worked greatly to their benefit. they worked in an entirely different ways. i have no knowledge of this happened. it is not the way it works anyway. >> last question. >> i have a question about the holocaust because i am assuming that am i 6 had information about concentration camps and vigorous internal debate about the relative merits and disadvantagess of trying to do something to stop the wholesale slaughter of people so i wanted to hear from both of you about the internal debate and the decisions that were made. >> that is an extremely interesting question and it is something i looked up from the beginning because again it is astonishing. hindsight is a wonderful thing. t

the germans may be in the lead because the german stock market is a little bigger than the new york stock exchange. the new york stock exchange already owns stock market ueronix. the european stock market will not be the same after that. >> staying in frankfurt, let us look at market numbers. the dax index closed slightly lower. the euro stocks 50 -- stoxx 50 finished lower. the dow is currently going down. the number is 12,205. the euro is trading at $1.3717. >> in milan, italian prosecutors have requested that prime minister silvio berlusconi be put on trial immediately for paying for sex with underage dancer, and for abuse of office. omar suleiman -- silvio berlusconi denies such charges, but said he did use his influence to help the girl. he said he did so because he believed she was the niece of egyptian president hosni mubarak. >> silvio berlusconi is under pressure. prosecutors are seeking a fast track trial because of what they call the obviousness of the evidence. they say berlusconi invited dozens of women to parties at his mansion. they accused him of paying underage dancer kar

now, they enthusiastically received their german guests. there are offers of assistance. >> this is unacceptable for a lead to use violence against his own people in this way. we welcome the clear line taken by the international community. >> he called for sanctions to be imposed on the gadhafi regime. egypt can look forward to german assistance on their path to democracy. >> we will closely coordinate economic cooperation. this also applies to investment in egypt. this democratic revolution will also bear fruit for the egyptian people. >> in the cairo branch of the -- institute, the foreign minister met with activist and internet blogger who played an important role in the revolution. their work is not over. now he is keen to assist in the rebuilding of their country. >> steve is here with a business. words to calm the oil mess. >> the white house says that they have the capacity to act if on rest in the middle east and threatens to disru oil supplies. the russian prime minister was in town with half of his cabinet. 25% of the eu's energy

and the arabs went to the germans, and when i say they went to the germans, they went to adolf hitler personally. and they said we will give you oil if you will kill all of the jews. if you will recognize our state. they didn't miss words. i know and you all know that the nazis like to talk about extermination and code. zander, which meant gas chamber. you translate it and it means special treatment. arabs made no such pretense. they said kill the jews whenever you find them. kill the jew before he kills you. this wasn't whispers. it was on the radio night after night. broadcast in internationally. how does this make its way up to the farhud? well, the farhud was in 1941. but this time, the world war ii was in in full swing. and at this point, the russian -- the nazis had decided to launch operation barbosa to invade russia. they couldn't get it -- they couldn't get there without oil. the oil in romania that they had used was insufficient. arabs said we will give you the oil, we will give you the oil of iraq, we will give you the oil of iran, we will give you all of the oil that we ha

the german stock market, shares have suffered most.the higher oil prices, this could place the european central bank to raise interest rates. currency traders believe this was driving up the euro. >> let's have a look at the closing numbers in france. losing over one place 5% -- 1.5%. the dow industrial is losing again this wednesday. the bureau is at $1.37. demonstrators in central athens threw bombs at riot police. the clashes took place ahead of a rally by a country that made millions. there are growing concerns that the measures are having the opposite effect. >> in germany, a scandal surrounding academic honesty. the german defense minister has been stripped of his doctorate by its alma mater, the give -- the university of bayreuth. rÜdiger bormann -- the german parliament debated the issue on wednesday. >> a defense minister on the defensive. a militate -- a humiliating appearance before parliament. >> what kind of pathetic example is that? team to acquire your doctorate. [applause] >> dr. guttenberg, he said that you want to be

was funded as a gift from the german people. we were set up as an american institution to work on a broad mandate of tackling the changes that are faced by advanced industrialized societies. that is a broad mandate. we work with europe and the united states and we work on how europe and the united states can work together on the major world challenges like climate change and economic trade and development, just a number of issues the program i run goes back to the early days in the first 20 years when we were primarily a grantmaker making grants to low-cal practitioners and policymakers. i started this program about four years, five years ago now, i think, time flies, to really bring in members of our marshall memorial fellowship network of which david chiu is one of our alumni. some of our past grantees and also the next crop of practitioners and local civic leaders who are really looking to change their home communities by looking abroad or looking to other cities to see what other cities are doing well and how that might be i

. >> white german in the black church in the beginning of the 1930s. >> it is amazing. he was gripped by racism and race relations. this was an american problem. just a couple of years later, hitler becomes chancellor in 1933 and everything changes. bonhoeffer saw a group of people, the jews, being made to be second class citizens. he was vocally fighting against it. one of the few christians who understand. >> he had foreknowledges almost like a prophetic inside. >> i believe it was. >> it cost him. >> it always does. >> to try to tell the german church, the reich church, hitler was evil. nobody was buying this. >> it was stunning to see how the churches and conservatives were coopted and snowed. hitler was a genius. he was cynical and used the churches bril lantly. >> he helped found the church, they are antichristian and jewish stands with the confessing church, bonhoeffer was almost alone in recognizing the depth of the problem. >> he was a step ahead. mostly he was alone. >> another issue that obviously came to the fore was identification with the gospel comes firs

there's a german film about one of germany's most famous terrorists.re have been a lot of films made about her. but this one is different. it looks at the time before she became a terrorist. it is actually a love story about her and her husband. it will be controversial. i think it will be the film that germany's chattering glasses will be talking about this festival. >> ok, thank you for now for the festival. recapping our top story, egyptian president hosni mubarak looks likely to step down. we're getting is live pictures right now from cairo. more than two weeks of protests. but the islamist brotherhood opposition says it looks like there might have been a military we will of course be keeping you up-to-date on the evidence as they unfold throughout the evening. stay with us here at dw-tv. ♪ ♪ [speaking foreign language] >> welcome back. we return now to egypt, where there are increasing signs that egyptian president hosni mubarak may be relinquishing power in the hours that this evening the egyptian military has made a televised announcement, sayin

now, they enthusiastically received their german guests. there are offers of assistance. >> this is unacceptable for a leader to use violence against his own people in this way. we welcome the clear line taken by the international community. >> he called for sanctions to be imposed on the gadhafi regime. egypt can look forward to german assistance on their path to democracy. >> we will closely coordinate economic cooperation. this also applies to investment in egypt. this democratic revolution will also bear fruit for the egyptian people. >> in the cairo branch of the -- institute, the foreign minister met with activist and internet blogger who played an important role in the revolution. their work is not over. now he is keen to assist in the rebuilding of their country. >> steve is here with a business. words to calm the oil mess. >> the white house says that they have the capacity to act if on rest in the middle east and threatens to disrupt oil supplies. the russian prime minister was in town with half of his cabinet. 25% of the eu's ene

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our german-americans. americans eating frankfurters and hamburgers, not thinking much about frankfurters or hamburgers when they did it. american university system modeled on the german system. germany, the home of culture, et cetera. this is before hitler. this is just kaiser bill, you know, who is a down-to-eblunder, a plunderer. so here is an enlistment poster to world war i which has destroyed this, and it is an eight with drooling ape, black with a german world war i helmet on, with a club in one hand and says culture, and a white topless woman in his arms. and then if you go and you look at the anti-japanese posters, it's the same poster, only it's yellow instead of black. so when it comes -- is a very good illustration of the way we construct raise your we construct a racial category. you want to dehumanize these people you make them as you're doing if you're trying to appeal to white americans you make the nonwhite. and then it's not just of course the racial difference, but the associations, the a

a counter attack sealed the fate of the german armies and france.is decision to launch the battle of the bulge and to unleash l'vov to and the red wings meant they had herded away all their offensive capability. heller's decision to not yield an edge of the fatherland was meaning that the germans could not defend the rhine. anyway, just throw that out there. and finally, of course, eisenhower distances himself from the whole of the negotiations and final surrender. so smith has the honor of signing the german surrender. now, smith's place in history. truman says his contributions were of commendable value. winston churchill says is comradeship tested in war always found to be of the finest. churchill spoke more highly of smith that he did any other american. after smith's death only president eisenhower and the late general of the army george c. marshall was said to have met the range and duration of bedell smith more than four decades of service and military and civilian branches of the service. talking about marshall and eisenhower and smith. now,

vamos a escucharlo de la boca de germán montero. las 3 son grandes actrices y tanto de monja como prostituta. >>> ¿cuente prende más es ludwika paleta?. >>> sí excelente prostituta chiquiti. >>> era el persona eje de una película. y otra prostituta es lorena herrera. >>> lo que pasa que no va to. >>> que las quiere para hacer un personaje de prostituta en una película que está produciendo. hay 2 ó 3 escenas que va a meter mano. y quiere alud vic paleta. caía men a plutarco. >>> y la tercera ¿cual es? la tercera es entre ninel conde. está entre >>> yo creo que está como primero que todo en lorena herrera y ludwica paleta. >>> pero yo sé que esta no o el lunes van a preguntar sobre él y va a decir germán qué. >>> quierealir en televisión a pesar de su fama y lo que quieras. estos nombres, luvica y lorena herrera. >>> vamos con anabelle blum, porque luis miguel no le daba dinero a aracely arámbula y a sus hijos y no le da dinero a michelle salas y se suponía que tenía excelente relación. >>> per la excelente relación, no tiene que ver

slaves built the plantations on the german coast. slaves made the wealth that made new orleans the famous city. the city would not have survived survived -- they built the levees that prevented the river from taking over new orleans. john newell destrehan said that in 1806 and its truth remains resonant today. manuel andre woke with the fright this morning 200 years ago. charles deslondes, his trusted adviseradviser, his right-hand man, standing in his room with an ax, a plantation tool transmitted into an icon of violence insurrection. manuel andre knew what to do. he ran. as he ran, the slave rebels cuts three long slices into his body leaving scars that he would bear for the rest of his life and as he turned around he saw the planters driving their exes into the body of his son, gilbert andre. manuel andre escaped from the slave rebels. i don't know how. and letting him go was the slave rebels first mistake. he did something very interesting after killing gilbert andre. they went to the militia depot on the andre plantation and th

. >> the german government appoint a new bundesbank president. >> and the german government stands up for children's rights to make a racket. ♪ >> first, tunisian and then egypt. now, could libya be next? in a rare show of unrest, hundreds of the comments of libyan leader muammar qaddafi clashed with police overnight in the city of benghazi, protesting the arrest of a human rights activist who has worked to free political prisoners. demonstrators then used the internet to call on people to take to the streets for more anti-government protests on thursday. >> this amateur video from tuesday night shows the protests in benghazi. the clip was uploaded to the internet web site youtube. dozens of demonstrators called for the release of political prisoners in libya and the ousting of president muammar qaddafi. in another video also climbing to show benghazi, the demonstrators are voicing their anger at the arrest of human rights lawyer. shots are heard. the protesters run for cover. some people are injured. the demonstrators in libya are taking their lead from the protest movements in tunis

the german government has expanded its travel rning to cover the entire country. israel has been very clear on how it feels about the situation in egypt. the president and prime minister both expressed concern that this will land on their doorstep. >> the meeting between the israeli president and the german chancellor was dominated by the situation in neighboring egypt. they warned of the possible threat of a religious dictatorship. angela merkel appeal to the israelis not to let this be a reason to neglect to the middle east peace process. >> it is important that steps are taken to guarantee the security of israel and of course, the security of the borders to the palestinians, to meet the conditions of a two- state solution. >> angela merkel also discussed the peace process with israeli opposition leader. berlin has not ruled out further sanctions against iran. she said they will work for israeli security. >> as we just heard, israel is very worried about the situation. what do the palestinians think? when they are very happy about what is going on in egypt. the

around the world you know their own down to the germans operating in parts of afghanistan but some have been skeptical whether mark was indeed behind the bombing the terrorist is stalking him they see as a self-styled bin ladin to make sure foreign investments. he's a man who wants to put all the trappings of bin ladin is and if you will a sort of grandeur to his actions and therefore it's not always clear how much authority he really has in fact from within his own group there was a rebellion i think august of last year when he resigned and then he would make his resignation and the younger members apparently wanted him out so it's not quite clear where they who is in charge of a barge number of these militant groups or where they can simply putting himself in a position of their own near in order to gain more authority in itself meanwhile this week security forces arrested three suspected accomplices of the former all three are from the north caucasus republic of english and are believed to have known about the attack planned by twenty year old daniel evil with a manhunt is on for sev

the germans got their heads handed to them by the germans. it's not uncommon for a great in real systems as they emerge first to be totally unaware that the art and aerial system. and second, to suffered serious reverses. we americans, like others, tend to be operatic. as soon as we encounter a serious problem we declare that we are failures. this is a process we're going through. the first of the process is admitting what we are. for the united states admitting we're an empire is extraordinary difficult. we are the first great entity of imperial project. we have been warned to avoid foreign entanglements. we have as recently as world war ii argued that europe is not our business. and for a larger number of people feel that we should disengage. >> host: that something that hasn't gone away. that's not a historical artifact. that's going to be an increasingly flied debate over the next two years. >> guest: but debate is meaningless. the united states it's one of a prisoner of world economy. how do you disengage from the rest of the world with

the slaves had formed a complete evacuation of planters from the german coast. they were in control of the book 30 miles of coast from what is now the airport, was controlled by slaves. all of the white planters were fleeing in terror. the accounts are secret very surprised when correspondent. fear and panic made it not possible to estimate the force of the bergen. the residents of new orleans were utterly terrified because they too were the stories of hating him as a beacon of liberty or as a testament to political ideals, but rather as a warning about what would happen if the last control because the slave rebels that haiti had defeated 80%. they've got 80% at one of the great generals of europe had sent to fight them in france -- from france to fight them. just think about that one more time. slave rebels bringing to their knees the enemies of one of the great generals of your. tell us what they feared. they feed the two would be brought to their knees and executed. now you might be wondering what chance do the slave rebels have of success? how close do they

the nazis -- germans hosted at the a leviton 1936. the nazis used the event for propaganda. >> the sporting events themselves were wonderful, but the nazis influenced and exploited the games. that is something many people have been reluctant to acknowledge. >> if minnick wins its bid to host the 2018 winter olympics -- if munich wins its bid to host the 2018 winter olympics, they will get a taste of an even bigger sporting spectacle in seven years' time. >> along -- among the top stars in garmisch will be local resident, maria riesch. after the two gold medals in the last olympics, she hopes to improve for standings. >> maria riesch, hurtling down the slopes at nearly 120 miles per hour an almost flawless technique. she stands out from the crowd. she was recently voted 2010 sportswoman of the year. now she faces her next title battle in her home town of garmisch partenkirchen. >> only a few athletes have the chance to contest a world championship in their home town. i am in good form. i was successful in the last two big events. natur

the german foreign minister held talks on the issue with his italian counterpart on friday. the e.u. package is said to include a ban on arms and other goods that could be used to harm civilians as well as a travel ban and assets freeze for members of the gaddafi family. i spoke to our correspondent a short while ago in brussels. i asked if he could confirm that sanctions would be in place by next week. >> yes, something like that. i doubt that will affect colonel khadafy one iota. it is all the european union can do to express its displeasure. the foreign policy chief said the suspension of the trade deals that he enjoys, maybe if he had not been given those, maybe he would have toppled earlier. it was an interesting insight. she said that is where they are and they will move on from there. that will be imposed. everyone is saying in brussels, where will we be by the time we impose sanctions? things could change dramatically. it is a moving target the international community is trying to aim at in tripoli. but there may be no khadafy regime by monday morning. -- >> there ma

the 17-seat board will have nine members from the german exchange and six from the big board. >> susie: but the two exchanges have yet to decide on a name for the new company. and that's just one of many unresolved issues for this historic partnership. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: it's billed as a merger of equals, but no matter how you look at it, the deutsche borse is buying the new york stock exchange. yes, today's news conference took place simultaneously in germany and in new york. still, deutsche borse chief executive reto francioni kicked it off. >> the combined group will lead the way in global capital markets and set the standard for growth, quality and market reach. >> reporter: francioni will be chairman of the new company while n.y.s.e. euronext c.e.o. duncan niederauer will keep his title. and it was up to niederauer to handle some of the more prickly questions from the media. how long before you get a name? >> somehow, i knew that would be the first question. we hope not to delay the decision too long, but i can assure you that no name has been chosen. but reto and

their nature french german spanish west african and anglo-american.politics of the slave quarters was complex in atlanta. there is no single leader to define the insurgents or their agenda. rather the slaves counted in the ranks men from such revolutionary chavez is congo haiti and the louisiana moran colonies in the swamps. but amidst this chaos and complexity the planters deemed only to assign descriptor guilty the german coast uprising had raised serious questions and they new orleans territory but the strength of american power, the expanse of the spanish threat, the possibility of the haitian side of revolution on american soil and about the character of america's newly acquired french citizen. the planters realized the urgency of these questions and answer them with 100 dismembered corpses and a set of show trials intended to speak to the local slave population. in letters and letters and newspaper accounts, william claiborne the governor of the new orleans territory in the planters appraising out of history. they describe the slaves of reg am,

the germans may be in the lead because the german stock market is a little bigger than the new york stock exchange. the new york stock exchange already owns stock market ueronix. the european stock market will not be the same after that. >> staying in frankfurt, let us look at market numbers. the dax index closed slightly lower. the euro stocks 50 -- stoxx 50 finished lower. the dow is currently going down. the number is 12,205. the euro is trading at $1.3717. >> in milan, italian prosecutors have requested that prime minister silvio berlusconi be put on trial immediately for paying for sex with underage dancer, and for abuse of office. omar suleiman -- silvio berlusconi denies such charges, but said he did use his influence to help the girl. he said he did so because he believed she was the niece of egyptian president hosni mubarak. >> silvio berlusconi is under pressure. prosecutors are seeking a fast track trial because of what they call the obviousness of the evidence. they say berlusconi invited dozens of women to parties at his mansion. they accused him of paying underage dancer kar