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Bee on a sunflower

Bee on a sunflower

Bees on the brink

In places where bees have vanished, some farmers are now pollinating their crops by hand.

Guitarist Dominic Miller Copyright Imago

Guitarist Dominic Miller Copyright Imago

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Guitar supremo Dominic Miller has just released his new album. DW caught up with him in Cologne.

Violinmaker Kevin Gentges at his workshop in Prenzlauer Berg (photo: Julian Tompkin)

Violinmaker Kevin Gentges at his workshop in Prenzlauer Berg (photo: Julian Tompkin)

Medieval music rebirth

Berlin's musical instrument makers keep medieval and baroque chic alive by handcrafting lutes.

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia's - if not the world's - most notorious pirate chiefs, speaks on April 24, 2013 during an interview in the war-racked Somalian capital, Mogadishu. Photo: Getty

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia's - if not the world's - most notorious pirate chiefs, speaks on April 24, 2013 during an interview in the war-racked Somalian capital, Mogadishu. Photo: Getty

Pirate caught amid film fiction

Police in Brussels say they have caught a leading Somali pirate in a rather unusual sting. The supposed swashbuckler was lured onto European soil with false promises of cooperating on a piracy documentary.

The Pentagon building

The Pentagon building

Pentagon bomb plotter jailed

A Boston court has jailed a US al Qaeda supporter for 17 years for plotting to bomb the Pentagon and the Capitol using remote-controlled planes. Rezwan Ferdaus was caught in a 2011 FBI sting and pleaded guilty in July.

Federal Reserve and New York City Police officers stand guard in front of the New York Federal Reserve Building in New York, October 17, 2012. The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (453-kg) bomb, a plot thwarted by an undercover sting operation, federal authorities said. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)

Federal Reserve and New York City Police officers stand guard in front of the New York Federal Reserve Building in New York, October 17, 2012. The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (453-kg) bomb, a plot thwarted by an undercover sting operation, federal authorities said. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)

New York terror arrest

The FBI has used a sting operation to arrest a man accused of attempting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The suspect parked what he thought was a bomb outside the building and tried to detonate it.

A man in gladiatorial armor and a full-face helmet brandishes a sword

A man in gladiatorial armor and a full-face helmet brandishes a sword

Gladiatorial gangsters

An undercover police sting in Rome fells a gang monopolizing the gladiator tourist trade.

A montage showing the word Press in crosshairs

A montage showing the word Press in crosshairs

Touchy subject

In Lithuania, journalists must tread lightly when writing critically of the Soviet-era KGB.

Bees in a honeycomb

Bees in a honeycomb

Honey laundering

US officials file charges against German executives in a tainted honey-smuggling scam.

German newspaper front pages

German newspaper front pages

Stinging blow

German editorial writers agree that Chancellor Merkel's coalition received a stinging blow.

The Real Miss Marple

A 95-year-old lady turned detective after a series of thefts at her retirement home.

A masked bee-keeper and his bees

A masked bee-keeper and his bees

Bee Bandits Buzzing Booty

Expert bee thieves got away with six hives and thousands of stingers -- and stumped police.

The 'Echo' Brings out The Stars

Stars like Sting, Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz and Dido performed at Germany's Echo awards ceremony in Berlin on Thursday. The Echo is Germany's most important award for recording artists.