Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (dpa) (German Press Agency) is a news agency founded in 1949 in Germany. Based in Hamburg, it has grown to be a major worldwide operation serving print media, radio, television, online, mobile phones, and national news agencies. News is available in German, English, Spanish, and Arabic.

The DPA is the biggest press agency in Germany.

References

External links

Deutsche Presse-Agentur Website

Category:Companies based in Hamburg Category:German media Category:News agencies Category:New Zealand House of Representatives accredited news organisations

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Thor Kunkel, a German author, was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1963. Kunkel claims to have spent his youth associating with drug fiends and American soldiers stationed in the then West Germany. In 1981, on a scholarship to the U.S., he enrolled in the creative writing programme of the San Francisco Art Institute.

Following his return to West Germany, Kunkel joined the staff of advertising agency Young & Rubicam, then in 1988 joined the Swiss GGK in London, England. After marrying a Dutch co-worker, he moved to Amsterdam in 1992 and re-joined Young & Rubicam as creative director, quitting in 1996 to take up writing. He now lives in Berlin. His first novel, ''The Blacklight-Terrarium'' (1999), won him a major German literary prize.

Bibliography

''Das Schwarzlicht-Terrarium'' (2000) ISBN 3-499-22646-4

''Ein Brief an Hanny Porter'' (2000) ISBN 3-499-22678-2

''Endstufe'' (2004) ISBN 3-8218-0753-9

''Kuhls Kosmos'' (2008) ISBN 3-927-73441-1

''Schaumschwester'' (2010) ISBN 3-882-21690-5

External links

Official website

Interview with 3:AM Magazine

Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:German novelists

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
playername	Robert Enke
fullname	Robert Enke
dateofbirth	August 24, 1977
cityofbirth	Jena
countryofbirth	East Germany
dateofdeath	November 10, 2009
cityofdeath	Neustadt am Rübenberge
countryofdeath	Germany
height
position	Goalkeeper
youthyears1	1985 |youthclubs1 BSG Jenapharm
youthyears2	1986–1995 |youthclubs2 Carl Zeiss Jena
years1	1995–1996 |clubs1 Carl Zeiss Jena |caps1 4 |goals1 0
years2	1996–1999 |clubs2 Borussia Mönchengladbach |caps2 32 |goals2 0
years3	1999–2002 |clubs3 Benfica |caps3 77 |goals3 0
years4	2002–2004 |clubs4 Barcelona |caps4 1 |goals4 0
years5	2003 |clubs5 → Fenerbahçe (loan) |caps5 1 |goals5 0
years6	2004 |clubs6 → Tenerife (loan) |caps6 9 |goals6 0
years7	2004–2009 |clubs7 Hannover 96 |caps7 164 |goals7 0
totalcaps	288 |totalgoals 0
nationalyears1	1997–1999 |nationalteam1 Germany U-21 |nationalcaps1 15 |nationalgoals1 0
nationalyears2	1998 |nationalteam2 Germany Olympic |nationalcaps2 4 |nationalgoals2 0
nationalyears3	2000–2004 |nationalteam3 Germany B |nationalcaps3 2 |nationalgoals3 0
nationalyears4	2007–2009 |nationalteam4 Germany |nationalcaps4 8 |nationalgoals4 0 }}

Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) was a German football goalkeeper.

Enke played at leading clubs in several European countries, namely Barcelona, Benfica and Fenerbahçe, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 in his homeland.

He won eight full international caps for the German national team between 2007 and his death in 2009, and was part of the squad which finished as runners-up in Euro 2008.

On 10 November 2009, Enke committed suicide. At the time of his death, he was widely considered to be a leading contender for the German number one spot at the 2010 World Cup.

Personal life

Robert Enke was married to wife Teresa and had a daughter, Lara, who died (aged two) on 17 September 2006 due to a heart birth defect (hypoplastic left heart syndrome). In May 2009 they adopted a baby girl, Leila. Enke lived with his family on a small farm in Empede, near Neustadt am Rübenberge until his death.

Enke was involved with his wife in several animal rights campaigns, and they owned many pets. He lent his face to the PETA campaign against the fur industry.

Club career

Enke was born and raised in Jena. There he began to play football in his grandparents' garden.

Early career

He started his career in the youth ranks of hometown club Carl Zeiss Jena and worked his way up to the first team during the 1995–96 season. He made his professional debut on 11 November 1995, against future club Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga. He was given the opportunity after first choice Mario Neumann conceded 14 goals in just three matches, prompting coach Eberhard Vogel to drop him for the youngster Enke. Enke played three games during November 1995, but Neumann was restored to the team after this period and Enke did not appear for the first team again that season.

The goalkeeper actually would never play for the club again as he was signed by Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach in the summer of 1996. Enke spent his first two seasons here with the club's U-23 side, playing in the lower leagues and honing his talent.

His chance came on the eve of the 1998–99 season when the club's legendary goalkeeper Uwe Kamps suffered an injury and new coach Friedel Rausch gave Enke his big chance to finally make his club debut. His first Bundesliga game came on 15 August 1998 in a 3–0 win over Schalke 04 that put them top of the table. However, this position quickly changed as, despite Enke's best efforts, the club plummeted to the foot of the league where they remained from October until their eventual relegation (Rainer Bonhof was manager from November onward).

Life abroad

Although Mönchengladbach's fortunes were on a downward path, Enke's were not. After his first full season as a professional, he was quickly signed by Benfica of Portugal. The club were then managed by Enke's countryman Jupp Heynckes, who promptly made him captain. His time in Portugal was a turbulent one, as the club changed manager three times in his three seasons there and suffered their lowest ever league finish (sixth) in a trophyless spell, beset by financial difficulties that caused players wages to often be late.

Despite these problems, Enke's performances gained him the admiration of ''Encarnados'' (reds) fans, as well as interest from clubs like Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Manchester United chasing him. After contract talks with Benfica stalled, Enke took up the offer of Spanish giants Barcelona and moved on a free transfer in June 2002 on a three-year deal.

Life at the Nou Camp proved tough for Enke — he later labelled the goalkeeper's spot at Barça as the "most difficult goalkeeping position in Europe" – as he ended up playing second choice to Roberto Bonano. His debut set the mark, as the club was humiliatingly knocked out of the Spanish Cup by third flight Novelda CF at the first hurdle on 11 September 2002 and was criticised by teammate Frank de Boer for his part in their exit. His brief taste of La Liga came in a 20 minute appearance as a substitute in a 2–2 draw at Osasuna on 2 March 2003. He did manage to sample some European action during his spell though as he made two UEFA Champions League appearances, against Bruges and Galatasaray in the group stage.

The following season, as Frank Rijkaard replaced Louis van Gaal as coach, Enke was loaned out to Turkish side Fenerbahçe – then managed by German coach Christoph Daum – as part of the deal that saw Rüştü Reçber move to the Spanish club. However, his career continued to stall as he managed to play just a solitary game there, a traumatic 0–3 defeat to Istanbulspor on 10 August 2003. His own fans pelted him with firelighters and bottles during the game, blaming him for this bitter defeat. These scenes caused Enke to immediately quit the club and his planned one-year loan and return to Spain.

After a four month spell back at Barcelona, but outside the first team squad, Enke dropped down to the Spanish Segunda División when he was loaned to CD Tenerife in January 2004 for the remainder of the season. Here, he enjoyed an upturn, performing strongly and winning acclaim from the fans and other clubs.

Bundesliga return

Following his return to form at CD Tenerife, Enke returned to his homeland joining Bundesliga side Hannover 96 in July 2004 on a free transfer in an initial two year deal. His career enjoyed its greatest success and stability, as he became firmly established as the club's first choice and was voted the best goalkeeper in the league by his fellow professionals in kicker magazine.

Such form caused Enke to be linked with moves to larger clubs, particularly VfB Stuttgart. In December 2006, however, he ended this speculation by signing a contract extension with Hannover 96 until the end of the 2009–10 season. He was elected team captain by his teammates for the 2007–08 season, a role he would retain for the rest of his career. He again won the best goalkeeper award for the 2008–09 season, which would tragically prove his final full campaign.

Enke played 180 times for Hannover 96 in total. He made the final appearance of his career on 8 November 2009 in a 2–2 draw at home to Hamburg, just two days before his death.

International career

Enke first represented his country in 1997 whilst playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning a place in the German Under-21 side and retained the number one jersey for the remainder of the season, playing 15 times in total. His performances there convinced former national team coach Erich Ribbeck to include him in the squad for the 1999 Confederations Cup, although he did not feature in any games.

His international career then stalled when he left Germany and he was not considered again until his return to the Bundesliga. The growing acclaim he enjoyed after saw him in contention for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, under Jürgen Klinsmann, although he missed out ultimately. He succeeded in breaking into the squad shortly after, under new coach Joachim Löw, in being chosen for a friendly against Georgia, and, after first choice Jens Lehmann caught the flu, again against Cyprus.

He finally made his senior international debut for Germany in a 0–1 friendly defeat to Denmark in Duisburg on 28 March 2007. After further games, he was selected for their Euro 2008 squad which would compete in Austria and Switzerland. Enke was an unused substitute during the tournament that saw Germany finish as runners-up.

With the international retirement of previous number one Jens Lehmann at Euro 2008, Enke was poised to make the position his own and played in several World Cup 2010 qualifiers. However, in October 2008, he broke the scaphoid of his left hand while training with the national team for a qualifier against Russia. After undergoing surgery, he was sidelined for two months. Upon his return in January 2009, he again became the number one keeper in the national team.

In September and October 2009, Enke was again out for several weeks because of an infection with campylobacter. He did not fully recover from the infection until late October, as a result of which he was not called up for a friendly against Chile for which the national team was preparing when he died. This game was subsequently called off as a mark of respect to Enke.

He died having won eight full international caps. His final international appearance came on 12 August 2009 when he kept a clean sheet against Azerbaijan.

Death

On 10 November 2009, at the age of 32, Enke committed suicide when he stood in front of a regional express train at a level crossing in Eilvese, Neustadt am Rübenberge. Police confirmed a suicide note was discovered but would not publicise its details. His widow, Teresa, revealed that her husband had been suffering from depression for six years and was treated by a psychiatrist. After the death of his daughter, Lara, in 2006 he struggled to cope with the loss.

Many fans immediately flocked to Hannover 96's AWD-Arena home to lay flowers and light candles and sign the book of condolences upon news breaking. His former club Barcelona held a minute's silence before their game that night, and several international matches the following weekend paid the same tribute. As a mark of respect, the German national team cancelled their friendly match against Chile which had been scheduled for 14 November. A minute's silence was also held at all Bundesliga games during 21–22 November 2009 and at Benfica's game in the Cup of Portugal. Germany also cancelled a planned training session and all interviews after his death. Oliver Bierhoff, the national team's general manager, said: "We are all shocked. We are lost for words."

On 15 November 2009, nearly 40,000 attendees filled the AWD-Arena for his memorial service. Enke's coffin, covered in white roses, was carried by six of his Hannover 96 teammates. He was then buried in Neustadt, outside Hannover, next to his daughter's grave. As a further mark of respect for their former team mate, the players of Hannover 96 displayed the number one in a circle on the breast of their jerseys, as approved by the DFL as a subtle tribute, for the rest of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season.

Robert Enke Foundation

The Deutscher Fußball-Bund, Hannover 96 and the Deutsche Fussball Liga will participate in a foundation in memory of Enke. The foundation will deal primarily with mental health of players.

Gallery

References

External links

Robert Enke – The Independent Obituary – 16 November 2009 (by Martin Childs)

ESPN Profile

Text, Audio, Video of Theo Zwanziger's Eulogy for Robert Enke

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
Name	Pierre Vogel
Realname	Pierre Vogel
Height	6 ft. 0 in. (183 cm)
Nationality	German
Birth date	July 20, 1978
Birth place	Frechen, West Germany
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Pierre Vogel (b. July 20, 1978 in Frechen) also known as Abu Hamza is a German Islamic preacher. He is also a former professional boxer.

Religion

Vogel converted to Islam in 2001 and shortly thereafter began courses on Islamic studies in Germany. For two years he studied Arabic and the Quran at the private school Om Al-Qura in Mecca.

In 2006 he returned to Berlin and started teaching Islam at the Al-Nur-Moschee mosque Neukölln, in universities and even amongst Christian congregations.

Boxing career

In his youth Vogel took up boxing, becoming junior champion of Germany. After 66 amateur fights he turned professional at the age of 22, fighting as a cruiserweight for the Sauerland club and was undefeated in seven bouts.

Private Life

Vogel is married to a Muslim Moroccan woman and is father of three children.

Media Perception

The German mainstream media describe him as a radical Muslim.

When he appeared at a Muslim Ferihegy, he said that polygamy is legitim due to the fact that there are more women than men in Germany.

External links

PierreVogel.de (Pierre Vogels own & new website)

EinladungZumParadies.de (Pierre Vogel's former website)

diewahrereligion.de: Pierre Vogel (Pierre Vogel's former website)

Eine Reportage über dem Ex-Profi Boxer Pierre Vogel, der zum Islam konvertiert ist, aus dem 2. kroatischen Staatsfernsehen (mit kroatischen Untertiteln) HRT 2

References

Category:German boxers Category:German Sunni Muslims Category:Converts to Islam Category:1978 births Category:Living people

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Coordinates	28°36′36″N77°13′48″N
name	Atom Egoyan
birth name	Atom Yeghoyan
birth date	July 19, 1960
birth place	Cairo,
occupation	film director, stage director, screenwriter, producer & actor
spouse	Arsinée Khanjian
website	http://www.egofilmarts.com/
alma mater	Trinity College, Toronto }}

Atom Egoyan, OC (; born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica'' (1994). His most critically acclaimed film is ''The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), and his biggest commercial success is ''Chloe'' (2009).

Egoyan has been nominated for two Academy Awards - ''The Sweet Hereafter'' for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He also won several awards at Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Genie Awards.

His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information.

In 2008 Egoyan received the Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past".

Life and career

Egoyan was born Atom Yeghoyan in Cairo, Egypt, the son of Shushan (née Devletian) and Joseph Yeghoyan, artists who operated a furniture store. His parents were Armenian-Egyptians, and he was named Atom to mark the completion of Egypt's first nuclear reactor. In 1962, however, his parents left Egypt for Canada, where they settled in Victoria, British Columbia, and changed their last name to Egoyan. Atom and his sister, Eve, now a concert pianist based in Toronto, were raised by their parents in British Columbia.

As a boy, Atom's desire for assimilation into Canadian society and his struggle with his father led him to reject his family's Armenian culture. However, years later, when he attended the University of Toronto, he began to study Armenian history.

As a teenager, he became interested in reading and writing plays. Significant influences included Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. Egoyan also attributes his future in the film industry to the film ''Persona'', which he viewed at age fourteen, according to an interview he had with journalist Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life.

It gave me an incredible respect for the medium and its possibilities. To me, Persona marries a pure form and a very profound vision with absolute conviction. It’s very inspiring. I felt that it was able to open a door that wasn’t there before.

He graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. It was at Trinity College that Egoyan came into contact with Harold Nahabedian, the Armenian-Canadian Anglican Chaplain of Trinity College. In interviews Egoyan credited Nahabedian for introducing him to the language and history of his ethnic heritage.

Egoyan is now based in Toronto, where he lives with his wife Arsinée Khanjian, a trilingual (English, French and Armenian) Armenian-Canadian actress who appears in many of Egoyan's films, and their son, Arshile (named after the Armenian-American painter Arshile Gorky), who attends the Toronto French School. In 1999, Atom Egoyan was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Egoyan has directed a dozen full-length films, several television episodes, and a few shorter pieces. His early work was based on his own material. In 1984, his debut film "Next of Kin" worldpremiered at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg and won a major prize. He received some notice for the film ''Exotica'' (1994), but it was Egoyan's first attempt at adapted material that resulted in his best-known work, ''The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), which earned him universal critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

He also directed ''Sarabande'' featuring Khanjian, Lori Singer, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma's performance of Bach's ''Fourth Suite for Unaccompanied Cello'', as part of the latter's ''Inspired by Bach'' film series for Sony Classical.

The film ''Ararat'' (2002) generated much publicity for Egoyan. After Henri Verneuil's French-language film ''Mayrig'' (1991), it was the first major motion picture to deal directly with the Armenian Genocide. ''Ararat'' later won the Best Picture prize at the Genie Awards.

In 2004 Egoyan opened Camera Bar, a 50-seat cinema-lounge on Queen Street West in Toronto.

In 2005 Atom Egoyan joined the faculty of the media and communications division at European Graduate School (EGS) in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he conducts intensive summer seminars. Beginning in September 2006, Egoyan taught at the University of Toronto for three years. He joined the faculty of arts and science as the dean's distinguished visitor in theatre, film, music and visual studies.

In 2006, he received the Master of Cinema Award of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.

Later, he directed the erotic thriller ''Chloe'' (2009), theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010. This film grossed $3 million in the United States theatrically and became one of the higher-grossing specialty films in the United States in 2010(according to Variety, "$3 million is the new $10 million" for specialty films' box office in 2010). Several months after the DVD/Blu-ray release of ''Chloe'', Atom Egoyan said that ''Chloe'' had made more money than any of his previous films. The success of ''Chloe'' led Egoyan to receive many scripts of erotic thrillers.

Egoyan has won four awards each at the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Filmography

Feature films

''Exotica (movie) ''The Sweet Hereafter (film)

Year !! Film !! Notes
1984	Next of Kin (1984 film)>Next of Kin''	First met Arsinée Khanjian
1987	''Family Viewing''
1989	''Speaking Parts''
1991	''The Adjuster''
1993	Calendar (1993 film)>Calendar''
1994	Exotica'' || Won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes
1997	The Sweet Hereafter'' || Won three awards at Cannes
1999	Felicia's Journey'' >
2002	Ararat (film)>Ararat''
2005	Where the Truth Lies'' >
2008	Adoration (film)>Adoration''
2009	Chloe (film)>Chloe''

TV films

''In This Corner'' (1985)

''Gross Misconduct'' (1993)

''Sarabande'' (1997)

''Krapp's Last Tape'' (2000)

Short films

''Howard in Particular'' (1979)

''After Grad with Dad'' (1980)

''Peep Show'' (1981)

''Open House'' (1982)

''Men: A Passion Playground'' (1985)

''Looking for Nothing'' (1988)

''Montréal vu par... / Montreal Sextet'' (1991)

*segment: ''En passant'' (''In Passing'')

''A Portrait of Arshile'' (1995)

''The Line'' (2000)

''Diaspora'' (2001)

''Chacun son cinéma / To Each His Own Cinema'' (2007)

*segment: ''Artaud Double Bill''

Documentary films

Citadel (2003)

Bibliography

Dear Sandra Atom Egoyan, Volumina (2007)

References

External links

Ego Film Arts - official Web site

Atom Egoyan Faculty page at European Graduate School (Includes biography, filmography, photos and video lectures)

CTV.ca Filmmaker Egoyan set to teach at U. of Toronto

Canadian Film Encyclopedia

northernstar.ca

Discussion of Egoyan's film, Calendar by Ron Burnett

Literature on Atom Egoyan

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