cropped golden gate bridge

August 3, 2009 by Cornelia

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NATO needs Bundeswehr 'strong and ready,' Stoltenberg says
Visiting Berlin, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg has praised defense spending increases he described as "historic" but also called on Germany to keep pushing to reform and upgrade its rather sclerotic military, the Bundeswehr.
Self-portrait from artist who fled Nazis fetches record
A self-portrait by expressionist artist Max Beckmann painted during World War II sold for €20 million. It set a record price for an art piece in Germany. The Nazis labeled Beckmann's work "degenerative art."