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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took ill Sunday evening, forcing him to announce the cancellation of a trip to Germany just nine hours before he and six other ministers were scheduled to fly to Berlin. Some three hours after he delivered...

John Demjanjuk war crimes trial to start in Munich The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp, is set to begin in Munich. Mr Demjanjuk, who is 89 and...

Whether in a wheelchair or on his own two feet, John Demjanjuk will enter Munich District Court on November 30 to stand trial for World War II-era crimes against humanity. He is charged as an accessory to the murder of...

Four first-year eligible players, Tim Brown, Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith and Aeneas Williams, also are among the semifinalists announced today by the Hall of Fame's Selection Committee. The other 21 nominees on the committee's list of nominees have been semifinalists...

Per Mertesacker bags tying goal in extra time for 2-2 draw against defending champion Wolfsburg

Natalie Geisenberger has led a German 1-2-3 sweep at a women's luge World Cup race, and world champion Erin Hamlin of the U.S. finished ninth. Geisenberger set a track record in her first run on Saturday and finished in a...

In what has been a week of headaches for Merkel, her own colleagues from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are leading the brinkmanship amid fears their states� budgets will be blown out by the drop in tax revenue. The...

K�hler kills controversial internet child pornography law Published: 28 Nov 09 17:01 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091128-23585.html President Horst K�hler has hammered another nail in the coffin of the former government�s controversial law to block child pornography...