In the end, operations in Germany, North America and Britain were sold to Air Liquide, to make it the biggest industrial-gas producer in Europe.
In Grossbasel, the Altstadt (Old Town) charms with its 15th- and 16th-century architecture, including many half-timbered houses, a common architectural style in the German-speaking areas (of both Switzerland and Germany) north of the Alps.
On Wednesday the state's Consumer Affairs Minister, Johannes Remmel, said that "after analysing the data we have learned that through a middleman in Luxembourg, a significant amount of goods has been shipped to Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia, and those goods are suspected, and I repeat only suspected, to have not been properly labelled".
The Labour Minister for Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, Guntram Schneider, voiced scepticism about the initiative, however.
Germans who do drink beer are increasingly going for the milder brews from Bavaria, rather than the bitter, herb-heavy beer of north Germany, where Becks is brewed.
But he is little known in France and what is known about him, as a Protestant from Hanover, in Germany's north, and as a reputed Anglophile, makes him seem worryingly different from Mr Kohl, a Catholic Francophile from the nearby Rhineland.
It will be closely watched to the north, in Germany, where another grand coalition is bickering and the Social Democrats are also in disarray.
The war was to have a huge effect on his life - he became a prisoner of war in Germany after being captured in north Africa.
Born in 1922 in an area of north-eastern Germany that is now part of Poland, Mr von Kleist came from a long line of Prussian landowners.
Polanski used the dour north coast of Germany as a substitute for the Vineyard in winter, and the cinematographer Pawel Edelman turns the constant downpour and gloom into a beautiful, slate-colored curtain a subdued but enveloping field of lies and secrecy, impenetrable to the Ghost, who is lost among power players far too clever for him.
Dr. Vollertsen, a physician from Germany, worked in hospitals in North Korea from July 1999 to December 2000.
The north, exemplified by Germany, relies on exports to power its growth, saves hard and runs trade surpluses.
In early May a Christian-liberal coalition lost an election in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
Her center-right coalition faced a crucial regional election on May 9 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
Now all eyes are on the election to be held on May 22nd in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
We expect that the industry outlook will improve during the remainder of 2011 with stronger demand from North America, Asia and Germany.
Others would do the real fighting in the contested south of the country, but Germany would protect construction workers in the north.
After that setback, off he went to build a new base in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, where he had once taught at a university.
The sin of which he stands accused is that, as premier for 20 years of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, he improperly used a private jet chartered by the Westdeutsche Landesbank, of which the state owns nearly half.
He cited a study by a group of European climatic institutes that reconstructed more than a millennium of weather patterns in a region ranging from France's Rhone Valley in the west to Hungary in the east, and from Germany's Nuremberg area in the north to Italy's Tuscany in the south.
Other automotive firms to be hit by the downturn include Germany's Daimler, which has seen North American sales fall, while Italy's Fiat said sales could drop 20% in 2009.
Nobody knows quite how many ambitious, talented Russians have left for happier shores, but at least a million are reckoned to have gone to Israel, a similar number to Western Europe, mostly Germany, and a slightly smaller contingent to North America.
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Our number one market is North America, we are selling to 600 doors to North America, followed by France, Germany, Italy, a lot of Asian markets.
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The Czech Republic also shares its northwestern border with Germany, and is bordered by Poland on the north, by Austria on the south, and by the Slovak Republic on the east.
During World War II, the 15th Infantry fought through North Africa, Italy, France. and Germany.
The Pentagon said its top North Korea official would be visiting Russia and Germany next week.
After a refuelling stop at Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, the C-17 continued to Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul.
Speaking during a visit to Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that as a neighbour of North Korea his country was "worried about the escalation" of tensions.
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