German Magazine: FILMMAKER DIES
Leni Riefenstahl, whose hypnotic depiction of Hitler's Nuremberg rally, "Triumph of the Will," was renowned and despised as the best propaganda film ever made, died Monday, a German magazine reported.She was 101. Riefenstahl, who suffered from cancer, died in her sleep at home Monday night, her companion, Horst Kettner told the on-line service for the German magazine Bunte....
German Magazine: 'No evidence', said German agency
THE ESTRADA IMPEACHMENT MANILA - The German secret service has denied having any evidence corroborating allegations by a German magazine that Philippine President Joseph Estrada and other government officials skimmed part of the ransom paid to the Abu Sayyaf Manila's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the secret service, known as BND, also told the Filipino charge d'affaires in Berlin that it denied being the source of the allegations in the latest...
German Magazine: Will the Past Haunt 'Tibet'?
For some, Heinrich Harrer's apology simply isn't good enough.The Austrian mountaineer and onetime member of the Nazi Party, who in the '40s tutored the Dalai Lama and chronicled human-rights abuses in Tibet, is the subject of TriStar's October release "Seven Years in Tibet," starring Brad Pitt as Harrer. Because of Pitt's starring role and the growing interest in the Dalai Lama and Tibet around the world,...
German Magazine: Bribery denied in Atlanta Olympics bid
Officials behind Atlanta's successful bid for the 1996 Olympic Games have denied reports in a German magazine that they bribed members of the International Olympic Committee. The newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported on Monday that Atlanta officials offered IOC members gold credit cards, free heart surgery, scholarships in American universities for their children and cash bribes of up to $120,000 each.In Toronto, a past member of the IOC said rumors of such payoffs have been...
German Magazine: Intervention talk drives euro up
LONDON - The euro fended off Tuesday's record lows against the US dollar and the yen yesterday, gaining ground on a German magazine article which fuelled wariness of central bank intervention in the currency's defence. In the summary of an article released in advance of publication, Focus Money cited French government circles as saying the French presidency of the European Union had begun talks with the United States to get backing for intervention. The...