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September 11, 2012 On today's show, we have four short Planet Money stories.

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June 29, 2012 At a summit in Brussels, leaders agreed to steps that were more bold than expected. A key part of the plan: Loans from a bailout fund will go directly to troubled banks in Spain. So the Spanish government won't pile up more debt.

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June 13, 2012 It's not just money. Germany fears a lack of control. German leaders think if they intertwine themselves more closely with the rest of Europe — without having some control over the actions of other countries — they will once again be on the hook for bailing out their neighbors.

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June 4, 2012 Here's a quick, dramatic overview of Europe's crisis.

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October 18, 2011 Germany and France are tied together by fate. On today's show, the story of France and Germany — the relationship on which the fate of Europe depends.

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October 4, 2011 Visitors to this year's Oktoberfest in Munich drank a record 7.5 million liters of beer, or around 1.98 million U.S. gallons. But there were fewer fights — and only one set of dentures was turned in.

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September 23, 2011 "We need Greece, we need Spain, we need Italy," a cab driver told us. "It's the ending of war and it's the beginning of a new future. It's the dream for European peoples."

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September 16, 2011 The unemployment rate in Germany is just 6 percent — and it's declining. We spent a week in Germany learning their secret recipe.

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September 9, 2011 An economic disaster from 90 years ago may determine the fate of Europe's economy.

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September 1, 2011 But, don't worry, she won't end up as sauerbraten; she'll spend the rest of her days in an animal sanctuary.

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August 29, 2011 The search for Yvonne, the cow that dashed to freedom just before she was to be transported to a slaughterhouse in Germany, has been called off. Yvonne has been living in the Bavarian forest for nearly 100 days, resisting sophisticated attempts to capture her.

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August 15, 2011 In Germany, a dairy cow named Yvonne's death-defying escape, and ability to avoid capture, is a symbol of freedom and animal dignity. That may be hyperbolic — but how else to explain scores of visitors to Yvonne's Bavarian commune, or the 10,000-euro reward for her safe return?

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June 10, 2011 Even though tests from a sprout farm in Northern Germany failed to detect the Escherichia coli strain that has sickened more than 3,000 and killed 31, German disease gumshoes concluded from the pattern of cases that sprouts are to blame.

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June 7, 2011 The president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a news conference today at the White House. Later, Merkel will be awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom and will be honored at a State Dinner.

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