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Caster Semenya's wait goes on after IAAF denial

20.11.09
The International Association of Athletics Federations insist no deal has been struck allowing Caster Semenya to keep her World Championships 800 metres gold medal... more

Caster Semenya to keep medal as athletics chiefs delay gender call

19.11.09
Caster Semenya will keep the gold medal she won at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, the South African Government has said... more

Truth about the sex trade from Edward Kienholz

19.11.09
Edward Kienholz is the forgotten father of installation art - and his evocation of the red light district of Amsterdam captures the truth about the sex trade... more

‘Being in the UK is the best place to make movies’

18.11.09
Harry Brown producer Kris Thykier made his money in PR and is using it to carve a path in the movie industry ... more

It's not time for a Zaha Hadid backlash

17.11.09
The world's most glamorous architect has just unveiled a futuristic new museum in Rome - and her Olympic Aquatics Centre is taking shape. They may be extravagant, but there is still value in thinking big... more

Cold War nations celebrate day the Berlin Wall was toppled 20 years ago

09.11.09
Thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as world leaders gathered to mark the event that triggered the end of the Cold War... more

Fall of the wall was a great day for Europe

09.11.09
The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion... more

MTV denies erecting wall at U2 Berlin concert

06.11.09
MTV denied that they erected their own "wall" around U2's free concert, which celebrated 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall... more

Legends of the Berlin Wall

04.11.09
It's 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, and even longer since Nick Curtis lived in Germany's most iconic city. So what does he make of Berlin now?... more

Doctor kills two patients with drugs at group therapy session

21.09.09
Two patients were killed and 10 others taken to hospital after a doctor leading their group therapy session gave them drugs and other substances, Berlin police said. ... more

Caster Semenya set to keep 800m gold medal

09.09.09
Caster Semenya is almost certain to keep her World Championships 800 metres gold medal whatever the outcome her gender tests... more

Caster Semenya's mother unconcerned by gender doubts

20.08.09
The mother of new 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has no doubt over her child's gender... more

Illness sees Steph Twell suffer a tearful exit from Berlin

18.08.09
Britain's Steph Twell broke down in tears today after crashing out of the 1,500metres at the World Championships in Berlin... more

Heel problem puts Kelly Sotherton out of Berlin contention

20.07.09
Kelly Sotherton has pulled out of the World Athletics Championships just eight days after saying she was very confident of overcoming a persistent heel injury to compete in Belin... more

Phillips Idowu claims he's keeping it low-key for Berlin

13.07.09
Olympic silver medallist Phillips Idowu believes he can benefit from a low-key approach to next month's World Championships in Berlin.... more

Bruno goes soft in Berlin premiere

22.06.09
Bruno stayed clear of any racial stereotypes in the German capital.... more

Christine Ohuruogu enjoys the perfect return

12.06.09
Athletics: Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu breezed to victory in her first 400metres race since last September at the Montreuil International in Paris... more

Over There documents young man's disillusion

09.03.09
Mark Ravenhill has hit upon an arresting dramatic conceit to convey complex ideas and emotions in Over There.... more

Haile wins but misses record

16.01.09
Haile Gebrselassie was a clear winner of the Dubai Marathon but failed in his attempt to set a third world record at the distance... more

All around the world for £1.4 million

30.12.08
Globetrotting backbench MPs have received £1.4million of free trips in a year - flying first class, staying in five-star hotels and getting a daily cash allowance... more

Brits in race to build in Berlin

31.10.08
British investors are among those putting up money for a major waterside development near the remains of the Berlin Wall... more

Masters of scissors and glue in cut and paste

26.09.08
Occasionally an exhibition both startling and compelling lands in one of London’s off-centre galleries. Cut and paste is one of them.... more

Friends at war in Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

11.09.08
Only in the last 10 minutes does The Boy in Striped Pyjamas get to grips with the full horror of the Holocaust.... more

Now you see it, now you don't: Madonna goes from greying to glamorous in 24 hours

13.02.08
Madonna proved she really is the master of reinvention while on a visit to Berlin this week after she completely transformed her look in less than 24 hours... more

Surviving tale

20.09.07
The twist in Yella comes in the final reel, but director Christian Petzold may never make anything as direct as The Lives of Others.... more

Dark classic takes a walk on the wild side

02.07.07
To celebrate the 34th anniversary of his album Berlin, Lou Reed played each song in its entirety during a mesmerising performance... more

Making a hit out of Lives of Others

20.04.07
Anne McElvoy talks to the director of Oscar-winning hit The Lives of Others, and asks him why a German film about the Stasi has been a global hit.... more

Fake notes, French jokes and a funny Hitler

15.02.07
Derek Malcolm takes a look at the films which have been making headlines this week at the Berlin Film Festival.... more

Postwar secrets and lies

14.12.06
The surprise winner of the Berlin Festival's Golden Bear last year, Esma's Secret examines the effect of the Bosnian conflict on a mother and daughter living in Sarajevo. ... more

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