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New releases by hot young European directors kicked off the race for the Golden Bear top prize on Friday at the 59th Berlin Film Festival.
A huge flag-waving crowd gave Germany's not quite all-conquering football team a heroes' welcome in central Berlin despite their 1-0 defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2008.
The tempting aroma of 'roganjosh' wafts from the kitchen and steaming platters of tandoori chicken sizzle on the tables as businessmen and parliamentarians roll up their sleeves to dig into Indian delicacies and debate Kashmiri politics.
Tempelhof Airport is a powerful symbol to Berliners, even though its economic significance has declined virtually to nil. Hitler's showpiece airport is still a place of architectural superlatives.
India is to be well represented at the Berlin Air Show (ILA) that begins in late May, with some 25 firms exhibiting, according to information provided by the organizers on Thursday.
