Neo-Nazis from elsewhere held a protest in 2005, but Duisburg united against it.

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The recovery is incomplete: Duisburg's unemployment rate is 13.3%, double western Germany's average.

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James first represented Great Britain in 2001 as a junior, winning a bronze medal in the eight World Junior Championships in Duisburg.

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In 1988, he participated in a meeting in the German city of Duisburg with other local parties at a stage when the formal political process remained frozen.

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Duisburg has more than 40 mosques, most in nondescript buildings.

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As a positive study submitted to the European Parliament by University of Duisburg-Essen professor Ansgar Belke shows, using gold collateral to raise cheaper loans is hardly new to sovereign governments either.

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If only Duisburg had done the same.

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The researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen found that the rise in dissatisfaction was particularly strong among older workers aged over 50, though the decline in job satisfaction has happened at all skill levels and in companies of all different sizes.

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He has traveled extensively throughout the world giving lectures and seminars for private and government organizations, including Beijing Academy of Social Science, Nagoya University, Tokyo Science University, Keimung University, University of Adelaide, Saint Gallen University, Duisburg University, University of Edinburgh, and Athens University of Economics and Business.

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