 The Beard Liberation Front is a semi-humorous British pressure group dedicated to the promotion of beard-wearing and opposition to "beardism", or discrimination against men with beards. Each year it awards "Beard of the Year" to a significant bearded personality. Amanda "Milly" Dowler was a British schoolgirl who was abducted on her way home in 2002 and later murdered. Her disappearance attracted nationwide attention which resulted in the founding of a charity in her name. Her killer has never been caught.- The Gerd Show was a satirical German radio program, whose lampooning of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (by Elmar Brandt) and current Chancellor Angela Merkel (by Anne Onken) among other politicians produced several top 20 hits, including Germany's 2002 Christmas no. 1, Der Steuersong.
 The Constitutio Criminalis Carolina was one of Germany's first centralised legal documents, and the basis for the mass witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries.- Ali Zafar is a Pakistani pop singer, actor and model, known in his home country as the 'Prince of Pop'.
- Cyanide fishing is an illegal, indiscriminate and highly-dangerous form of fishing which is thought to account for 70-90% of aquariam fish from the Philippines.
- Malamaal Weekly is a 2006 Bollywood comedy directed by Priyadarshan. Despite the director's adamant claims that his screenplay was original, several reviewers have pointed out the similarity between the film and Irish comedy Waking Ned.
- Cnidaria is a phylum containing about 10,000 simple ocean-dwelling species, including jellyfish and corals. Their name, 'nettle creatures', refers to some cnidaria's toxic, potentially fatal sting.
- First News is a weekly newsmagazine aimed at 9-12 year olds. It is led by editor Nicky Cox and "editorial overlord" Piers "Morgan" Moron.
- Unity 101 is a community radio station in Southampton serving the Asian community and other ethnic minorities.
- Tilo Wolff is the founder of long-running darkwave band Lacrimosa, for which he writes, composes, arranges, sings and plays piano, as well as Hall of Sermon, the record label he founded to support Lacrimosa, and his newest project Snakeskin.
- Ctenophora are jellyfish-like creatures which form a considerable part of the ocean's plankton biomass. The phylum consists of the sea gooseberry and Venus' belt, among others.
- Jugendweihen (youth consecrations) are German coming-of-age rituals that started out in the mid 18th century as secularist ceremonies run as an alternative to Christian confirmation, and under the GDR were converted into a state institution of socialist indoctrination.
- Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst is a German television programme about unresolved crimes, on which America's Most Wanted and Crimewatch UK were based. It has been presented by Eduard Zimmermann, Butz Peters and Rudi Cerne.
- The Chinese House is a garden pavillion in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Frederick The Great had it built about seven hundred meters south-west of the Sanssouci Summer Palace to adorn his flower and vegetable garden.
- The Antique Temple is a small round temple in the west part of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Frederick the Great had the building constructed to house his collection of antique artefacts, coins and gems.
- Ms Scandalous is a British Asian bhangra/rap artist and member of Panjabi Hit Squad, who recorded her debut album Ladies First last year.
- The Road to Guantanamo is a 2006 docu-drama directed by Michael Winterbottom about the incarceration of three British detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and the first film to be released simultaneously in theatres, on DVDs and the Internet.
- Baron Frederick William von Erdmannsdorff was a German architect and architectural theoretician, and one of the most significant representatives of German early classicalism.
- Rogelio dela Rosa was a Filipino silent film actor and politician born in Lubao, Pampanga, who withdrew from a presidential race in order to allow Diosdado Macapagal (who won the election) a clear run.
- The Church of Peace is situated in the so-called Marly Gardens on the Green Fence in the palace grounds of Sanssouci in Potsdam.
- The Pfaueninsel is an island situated in the Havel river near the Berlin Wannsee and a popular holiday decision.
- Ludwig Persius was an architect involved with the construction of the Great Fountain, the Church of Peace, and the Orangery and observation tower on the Ruinenberg opposite Sanssouci Palace.
- The Potsdam City Palace was the second official residence (the winter residence) of the Markgraf and Kurfürst of Brandenburg, and later of the King of Prussia and Kaiser of the German Empire.
- Protestation at Speyer: On the 19th April 1529 six Fürsten (princes) and 14 Imperial Free Cities petitioned the Reichstag at Speyer against the Reichsacht (Imperial Ban) against Martin Luther and called for the unhindered spread of evangelical belief.
- Reservists are an integral part of the Bundeswehr, and comprise every conscript which has served at least a day in the army, unless he is declared ineligible for military service or has made a claim of conscientious objection.
- Grand Monster Slam was declared to be the 100th best Amiga game of all time in Amiga Power's first All Time Top One Hundred. It never reappeared in the top 100 and its initial inclusion was said to be due to the insistence of a single writer.
- Soma Morgenstern was a Jewish-Austrian writer and journalist.
- The Tepuis are table-like mesas found only in the Guiana highlands, host to a unique array of endemic plant and animal species.
- The yellow-bellied toad is a small (between 35 and 55 mm) member of the fire-bellied toad genus widely though sparsely spread throughout middle and southern Europe.
- The Dornier 328 (DO 328) is a 32-seat turboprop powered regional airplane.
- Patricia Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world, having sold over 15 million records worldwide.
- The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci.
- A government policy statement is a declaration of a government's political activities, plans and intentions relating to a concrete cause or, at the assumption of office, an entire legislative session.
- Wer Bist Du is the first full album by German industrial metal group Megaherz, following the limited edition release of their first album, Herzwerk.
- Evereve are a heavy metal band from Germany, defined by their 'cyber goth' style which employs heavier use of synthesizer than typical metal bands, and the occasional use of vocal samples to introduce their songs.
- Victor Silvester was a dance band leader and dance instructor whose songs sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.
- Swami is a critically-acclaimed British Asian rap/rock/bhangra band from Birmingham, England. They are currently most well-known for their 2004 album DesiRock.
- Elodia, Fassade, Echos and Lichtgestalt are the four latest albums by German gothic group Lacrimosa, developing their blend of orchestral and rock music.
- Theatre of Tragedy (album) (stub), Velvet Darkness They Fear, Aégis, Musique and Assembly are albums by Norwegian group Theatre of Tragedy, which range from their initial unique style of haunting gothic music with Elizabethan English lyrics, to their recent, more modern and mainstream heavy metal albums.
- The Dhol Blasters are a group of traditional folk drummers from Birmingham, England, founded in 1995.
- Supernova is a British comedy television series produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton (Rob Brydon), a British astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and disliked girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian Observatory, deep in the Australian outback.
- Lifewords is a Christian mission based in London. It distributes Bibles and Christian books and manuscripts, predominantly in the Third World.
- The Union progressiver Juden in Deutschland represents liberal Jewish organisations. It is headed by Jan Mühlstein and has around 3,000 members.
- Rita Streich was one of the most significant coloratura sopranos of the post-war period.
- Awara Paagal Deewana (English: Wayward, Crazy and Insane) is a 2002 Bollywood action comedy directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film is a remake of the American film The Whole Nine Yards.
- Hunterz is an English desi musician with Arabic and Bhangra influences. Among others he has produced, written and sung on the albums Most Wanted, Phat Trax Vol. 1: Blazin, and contributed to Streets of Bollywood and Bollywood Breaks Vol. 1.
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