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At the team pursuit world cup race in Heerenveen in the Netherlands, Stephanie Beckert, Anni Friesinger-Postma and Katrin Mattscherodt raced for Germany on Sunday, March 14. While at the Vancouver Olympics the team grabbed gold in a dramatic finish, but this time they only came in second, behind the US. In the overall standings, Germany is third behind Canada and Russia. In New Delhi, Germany's field hockey men have lost to Australia in the World Cup final, 2-1. On Saturday, March 13, Australia's Luke Doerner scored the winner with 11 minutes left off a penalty corner to give Australia a second World Cup title, the first being in 1986. Australia had lost the 2002 and 2006 finals against the Olympic champions Germany, who had been bidding to be the first team to lift the World Cup three times in a row. Tourists weren't about to let a spot of rain put them off Dresden's Theatre Square on Friday. With its world-famous Semper opera house, the area will always be a major draw. But it's to be hoped the visitors planned ahead - Friday's performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute, sold out weeks ago!The first anniversary of Germany's worst-ever school shooting dominated the news on Thursday. A memorial in the southern town of Winnenden was attended by students of the Albertville secondary school, relatives of the victims, local residents as well German president Horst Koehler. This mourner holds a banner that reads: A costumed dancer performs at the booth of the Dominican Republic at the International Tourism fair ITB in Berlin, which opened on Wednesday. Over the next four days, 11,127 exhibiting companies from 187 countries are taking part in the world's leading trade fair for the international travel industry.The sketch of a polar bear on the invitation to the autumn-winter show by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was already a big hint. For his Chanel show on Tuesday, March 9, he erected a huge iceberg in the middle of the glass-domed Grand Palais in Paris to mark his Arctic theme. The models emerged in fake furs and splashed through puddles in knee high yeti boots to keep out the chill. The German rock band Scorpions pose for pictures in Munich on Monday prior to a press conference about their final tour 'Sting in the Tail'.Starting on Sunday, March 7, visitors to Dresden's Royal Palace will be able to take a stroll through the so-called Turkish Chamber - a permanent collection of Ottoman weaponry, textiles and armor collected by the rulers of Saxony beginning in the early 1500s. Dresden's collection of Ottoman and Oriental-style art is one of the biggest in Germany. Its most grandiose piece - an Ottoman state tent with stunning appliqués in silk and gold leather - has been extensively restored at a cost of over 3.6 million euros ($4.9 million).Winter has made an unexpected return to Germany on Saturday, March 6, with temperatures dropping and snow falling across the country. Here, people are in a good-humored snow fight in Hamburg. In other parts of the country the situation was a lot more serious. The weather caused almost 500 traffic accidents across Germany, killing one person and injuring at least 51.
 
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