<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Germany</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/germany?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</link><description>Germany</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Along the Rhine,  Old Europe's New Vibe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25665-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25665-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 16:00:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In Rhineland, the New Europe vibe is everywhere.<br>The cobbled streets of Rudolfplatz, a popular Cologne dining quarter, are lined with traditional German <em>brauhauses</em>  --  and French bistros, Spanish bodegas and Italian trattorias. On the Rhine, the mighty river that gives this...]]></description><author> Gary Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Prayed That He Wouldn't Get the Job]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 16:00:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 25  --  Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims from his native Germany on Monday that during the conclave that elected him last week, he prayed that he wouldn't get the job.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope's Home Town Went Along, but Not Always]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7751-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7751-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 16:00:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Nazi Party leaders in this predominantly Catholic town in southern Germany decreed in 1941 that all crucifixes be removed from the walls of school classrooms, nearly 2,000 women signed a petition in protest.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Idyllic Setting for Boy Who Would Become Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6077-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6077-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/germany</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 16:00:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  TRAUNSTEIN, Germany, April 20  --  The Ratzinger family lived in a modest farmhouse at the far edge of this southern German town with a clear view of soaring pine trees and the majestic, snow-capped Bavarian Alps. Each day, Joseph, who was 12, and his older brother Georg hiked a half hour across town to St. Michael's Seminary, where both excelled at their studies.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item></channel></rss>