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  • September 20, 2007

    Louisiana protest rekindles civil rights movement

    ...converged on Thursday on the Louisiana town of Jena in what African-American activists have...Outrage over an injustice like the ‘Jena 6’ isn’t a matter of black and white,” Mr Obama...How we respond to the racial tensions in Jena says everything about who we are as a nation... By Sheila McNulty in Houston
  • October 26, 2009

    Town that survived the fall

    ...quit Zeiss and, with seed capital of just 6,000 East German marks, set up Analytik Jena, a new company. Initially, it supplied...towns have ageing, shrinking populations, Jena has a young, growing one – so much so...in Berlin. Unemployment stands at 8.6 per cent, which is only slightly higher...states that formed East Germany. What makes Jena special, says Professor Wilhelm Boland... By Hans Kundnani
  • October 27, 2009

    The town that survived the fall

    ...quit Zeiss and, with seed capital of just 6,000 East German marks, set up Analytik Jena, a new company. Initially, it supplied...towns have ageing, shrinking populations, Jena has a young, growing one - so much so...in Berlin. Unemployment stands at 8.6 per cent, which is only slightly higher...states that formed East Germany. What makes Jena special, says Professor Wilhelm Boland... By Hans Kundnani
  • October 9, 2009

    Leipzig reclaims its role in liberation

    ...country opens its border to the west Sept 4 Hundreds demonstrate in Leipzig in the first of a series of peaceful protests Oct 6-7 Erich Honecker, East German leader, hosts Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in East Berlin for the 40th anniversary of East Germany. Thousands of demonstrators march in East Berlin, and rallies take place in Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam, Plauen and Jena Oct 9 70,000 march in Leipzig Oct 18 Honeker steps down officially on grounds of ill-health Nov 7 East Germany's council... By Chris Bryant in Berlin
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