By Tina Bellon BERLIN (Reuters) - A decade ago, the Ruetli school in Berlin's Neukoelln district became a symbol of all that was wrong with Germany's integration of immigrants. Its teachers begged city officials to shut it down because of violence. Hooded students were filmed pelting police and reporters gathered at the school's entrance with cobblestones. Today, Ruetli is transformed and the scenes from 2006 a distant memory. Some 33 million euros ($35 million) in public money have been pumped into the school over the past few years and the widow of former German president Johannes Rau is a patron. Violence is down sharply and a gleaming new event hall houses art exhibitions and...
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