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Berlin  – Hair dyes pose no cancer risk, according to Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). The institute, which is based in Berlin and reports to the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, noted that cancer-causing compounds had long been removed from hair dyes.

Berlin  – Climbing stairs daily helps to lower the risk of suffering a stroke, according to the German Stroke Foundation. It noted that getting too little exercise and being overweight were among the risk factors for a stroke.

Berlin  – Modern life can be a blur of dropping the children off at school, preparing for an important meeting at work and then managing a big project for the boss only to get to the weekend and face a mountain of household chores.

Berlin  – Germany’s economic recovery is gaining ground with analysts predicting data to be released Friday will show Europe’s biggest economy grew by 0.8 per cent during the third quarter.

Berlin  – Benjamin and Keiko stare deeply into one another’s eyes. The boy would very much like to know what she is thinking and she would love to find out what he has up his sleeve.

Kiel, Germany  – The world’s largest solar-powered boat, PlanetSolar, will not have sails. Instead of wind it will rely on the power of the sun to circumnavigate the world in 140 days.

Berlin  – Cerebral palsy is the medical term for the neurological disorder which has confined 24-year-old Kathrin Lemler to a wheelchair since childhood.

Berlin – German investor confidence fell for the second month in a row in November, a key indicator released Tuesday showed.

Los Angeles – Landmark children’s television show Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Tuesday with a special guest: First Lady Michelle Obama is set to appear on the programme and will tout the benefits of fresh and healthy food.

Berlin  – “Tuscany of the North” is how German Symbolist painter, sculptor and printmaker Max Klinger described the area around the village of Grossjena, now part of the Saale river town of Naumburg in eastern Germany. In 1903, Klinger acquired a small house in a vineyard in Grossjena that overlooks Naumburg and its landmark cathedral. [...]