| | | DAILY BULLETIN | 16.10.2011 | 18:30 UTC | | | German President Christian Wulff has arrived in Afghanistan for talks with the Afghan president and civil society representatives. It is the first state visit by a German president in 44 years. |
| | | Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the world in protest against big banks and corporations. In Germany alone, around 40,000 people demonstrated and the dissatisfaction is growing. | | |
| | | Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to see more women in top management positions in German companies. The country's top 30 businesses are set to present their plans for making this happen. | | |
| ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT | | | | To mark World Food Day on 16 October 2011, DW-World presents an exclusive interview held earlier this month with Jean Ziegler, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, about the causes of world hunger. | | |
| | | Whether it's because of the financial crisis or the debt crisis, investors have had plenty of sleepless nights in recent years, prompting many to put money into gold or property. But there are more creative safe havens. | | |
| | | European politicians have begun the process of strengthening EU-wide laws which could give countries increased powers to crack down on match-fixing in soccer. The initiatives haven't come a moment to soon. | | |
| | | His books have cost him his job and landed him on the index of banned authors at home in Algeria, but Boualem Sansal remains a resident and activist there. His efforts earned him the 2011 German Book Trade Peace Prize. | | |
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