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German industrial production fell in July

AP — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:43:48 +0000

German industrial production fell 1.8 percent in July compartede with June, with the three main categories of output showing declines, the ministry of the economy said...

Canceled Muhammad novel finds new publisher

AP — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:00:48 +0000

A historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride that was pulled by Random House over concerns it would anger Muslims will be printed by another German publisher, the author said in an interview released...

German prosecutors charge 3 in terror plot

AP — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:47:35 +0000

Three men were charged Tuesday in connection with a foiled 2007 terrorist plot to attack U.S. and German targets in central Germany, the federal prosecutor’s office...

Bayreuth names Wagner half-sisters as codirectors

AP — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:10:18 +0000

The Bayreuth Festival board on Monday named half-sisters Katharina Wagner and Eva Wagner-Pasquier to replace their father at the helm of the German festival dedicated to the music of composer Richard...

Sale of Dresdner Bank to cost thousands of jobs

AP — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:07:58 +0000

Commerzbank’s purchase of German rival Dresdner Bank AG will cost thousands of jobs, but analysts said Monday it will benefit insurer Allianz SE, which agreed to sell Dresdner over the weekend in a 9.8 billion euros ($14.44 billion)...

1 German soldier killed in Afghan attack

AP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:04:13 +0000

Germany’s defense minister says one German soldier has been killed and another three injured in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Woman found guilty of murdering toddlers in Sweden

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:06:59 +0000

A Swedish court on Tuesday found a German woman guilty of murdering two toddlers and seriously injuring their mother in a rampage spurred by jealousy over an...

German consumer, business confidence ebbs

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:01:43 +0000

Consumer confidence in Europe’s biggest economy declined for a fourth month in a row, sliding to another five-year low as lower energy prices failed to bolster Germans’ likelihood of buying new goods, a report released Tuesday...

British, German activists deported from China

Shane — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:05:10 +0000

China on Monday deported a British woman and a German man who took part in a protest during the Olympic Games, officials said, hours after eight American activists were sent home during the closing...

Third ship hijacked in a day off Somalia

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:08:04 +0000

An official says pirates have seized a German ship off the coast of Somalia, the third hijacking in a day.