UPI Almanac for Wednesday, May 20, 2009.

BERLIN, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Germany is a Big Brother state; Germany is detaining intellectuals for no reason; Germany let an innocent man rot in Guantanamo -- those are three of 13 directors' opinions included in a film compilation that aims to dissect what Germany in 2009 is all about.

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MAGDEBURG, Germany, March 26 (UPI) -- Officials with the German mining company Mibrag said they would respect the resting place of Friedrich Nietzsche during operations near his grave site.

UPI almanac for Sunday, May 20, 2007.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A pacifist Islamic professor has given up hope of getting a U.S. visa and announced his resignation from the University of Notre Dame.

SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A Republican New Mexico state senator is contacting every state school district to "remind them ... the name Jesus can and should be mentioned in public schools

CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, when young, wrote a piece saying that mistakes are really lies -- "in a non-moral sense." To my mind that was just the kind of clever-silly idea typical of unthinking youth.