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                    [Title] => Former East German athlete testifies to the evils of doping
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Heidi Krieger didn't ask questions when her coaches added a regimen of blue pills to the handful of vitamins she was already taking every day.

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Sometimes, history just whizzes by, blindsiding us.

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Over the following weeks, workers erected a 155-kilometer (96-mile) barrier encircling West Berlin. The Wall itself — up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) high — was merely the outermost part of a heavily fortified strip that variously included barbed wire, metal fences, guard towers, hidden alarms and dog walkways.

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The citizens of Berlin on Sunday released almost 7,000 balloons into the night sky, many carrying messages of hope to mark the 25th anniversary since the fall of the wall that once divided their city.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-10 09:06:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325611 [AuthorName] => Frank Jordans [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141110/germany-fall-of-berlin-wall-25th-anniversary.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1368707 [Title] => Breezing into Berlin [Summary] =>

For as low as 2.50 euros (about P144), you can have a piece of the Berlin Wall – or at least that’s the stated claim on the refrigerator magnets with rock fragments stuck to them, which are sold in souvenir shops all over the German capital.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364892 [Title] => Opening up [Summary] =>

Acting students have taken over Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing along the Berlin Wall where US forces and their allies the Brits and French used to eyeball East German and Russian troops across one of the most notorious symbols of the Cold War.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 939046 [Title] => German who helped start euro now calls for its end [Summary] =>

The leftwing opposition politician who was Germany's finance minister when the euro was adopted says it's time to think about abandoning the common currency in the wake of the enormous economic problems in southern Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-06 18:49:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 932394 [Title] => The dividing wall [Summary] =>

He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902153 [Title] => False promise of a dream [Summary] =>

Today, there are only two major sources of seafarers for the worldwide shipping industry – India and the Philippines. However, Filipinos are still preferred by ship-owners.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 781757 [Title] => The truth about speed cameras down south [Summary] =>

After months of threats and stiff warnings, the management of the Southern Luzon Toll Road plan on cashing in on their threats by tomorrow. Literally.

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                    [Title] => Former East German athlete testifies to the evils of doping
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Heidi Krieger didn't ask questions when her coaches added a regimen of blue pills to the handful of vitamins she was already taking every day.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-27 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1288879 [AuthorName] => Eddie Pells [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151128/Athlete-Doping-Trial-Berlin.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1390369 [Title] => The wall [Summary] =>

Sometimes, history just whizzes by, blindsiding us.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1390163 [Title] => 5 things to know about the Berlin Wall [Summary] =>

Over the following weeks, workers erected a 155-kilometer (96-mile) barrier encircling West Berlin. The Wall itself — up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) high — was merely the outermost part of a heavily fortified strip that variously included barbed wire, metal fences, guard towers, hidden alarms and dog walkways.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-10 10:16:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325611 [AuthorName] => Frank Jordans [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20160605/berlin-wall.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1390158 [Title] => Balloons symbolize fall of Berlin Wall [Summary] =>

The citizens of Berlin on Sunday released almost 7,000 balloons into the night sky, many carrying messages of hope to mark the 25th anniversary since the fall of the wall that once divided their city.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-10 09:06:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325611 [AuthorName] => Frank Jordans [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141110/germany-fall-of-berlin-wall-25th-anniversary.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1368707 [Title] => Breezing into Berlin [Summary] =>

For as low as 2.50 euros (about P144), you can have a piece of the Berlin Wall – or at least that’s the stated claim on the refrigerator magnets with rock fragments stuck to them, which are sold in souvenir shops all over the German capital.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364892 [Title] => Opening up [Summary] =>

Acting students have taken over Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing along the Berlin Wall where US forces and their allies the Brits and French used to eyeball East German and Russian troops across one of the most notorious symbols of the Cold War.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 939046 [Title] => German who helped start euro now calls for its end [Summary] =>

The leftwing opposition politician who was Germany's finance minister when the euro was adopted says it's time to think about abandoning the common currency in the wake of the enormous economic problems in southern Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-06 18:49:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 932394 [Title] => The dividing wall [Summary] =>

He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902153 [Title] => False promise of a dream [Summary] =>

Today, there are only two major sources of seafarers for the worldwide shipping industry – India and the Philippines. However, Filipinos are still preferred by ship-owners.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 781757 [Title] => The truth about speed cameras down south [Summary] =>

After months of threats and stiff warnings, the management of the Southern Luzon Toll Road plan on cashing in on their threats by tomorrow. Literally.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1370511 [AuthorName] => James Deakin [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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