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Oktoberfest closed after fatal explosion as police defuse booby traps
Man finds winning £13million lottery ticket left in jacket for six months
Circus acrobat plunges to death from trapeze in front huge crowd including kids
Two Russian satellites currently 'chasing' NATO member's devices in SPACE
Deer smashes through van in horror crash as antlers left sticking out of windscreen
Europe's 'best' Christmas market is one of the 'oldest' to visit with hotels from £26
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner parties in nightclub after release
I'd leave the UK in a heartbeat for a European city 2 hours away - not in France or Spain
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Woman visits three countries in one day for just £33 - without taking any flights
Households alerted after doorbell goes off repeatedly late at night and culprit stuns locals
Shocking moment DHL driver beats up couple during parking row in broad daylight
VIDEOHero tourist 'stabbed in face' protecting two women on tram in Germany
Woman shares how she visited 7 countries in a year without using annual leave
Zoo bombarded with death threats after feeding 12 healthy baboons to the lions
Foreign Office issues new rules and key date for anyone entering 29 EU countries
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Direct trains from UK to top European city with €4 beers set to start soon
Brit Cameron Bradford charged with drug trafficking in Germany after 'cannabis smuggle'
Entire British ghost town left abandoned for over a decade as nature takes over
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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.After WW2 Germany was split into two states: West Germany and East Germany. It was reunified until 1990, when the infamous Berlin Wall came down.
In recent years Germany has become a global power with one of the world's largest economies.
Angela Merkel has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005.