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From Munich to Beslan, hostage rescues turn deadly
Algeria said Saturday that at least 19 hostages and 29 militants have died in a standoff between Islamists who stormed a natural gas plant deep in the ...
Germany balks at bailing out Cyprus
When it came to helping out Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Germany grudgingly went along with its European partners and backed hundreds of billions in ...
Dutchman gets backing to be next Eurogroup chief
The outgoing chairman of the Eurogroup, the regular meetings of the 17 eurozone finance ministers, endorsed Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem ...
Police receive 90 tips on Berlin tunnel raid
German police say they have received dozens of tips after releasing images of the 45-meter (150-foot) tunnel dug by robbers into the safe deposit room ...
Regional vote to offer clues to Merkel future
Chancellor Angela Merkel is riding high in polls as she seeks a third term at the head of Europe's biggest economy. But a major state election this ...
Mother of Poland's Kaczynski twins dies at 86
Jadwiga Kaczynska, the mother of the late President Lech Kaczynski and his identical twin brother Jaroslaw — an unusual political duo who shaped ...
British princesses run red light in Mini adventure
Two British royals on a Mini adventure drove through a red light Thursday on a promotional spin near the German capital's Brandenburg Gate.
Glance: Surgical slips rare but costly
A lawyer in Germany claims surgeons left up to 16 objects in her client's body after an operation for prostate cancer. She is seeking €80,000 ...
AP Interview: Posters seized by Nazis being sold
Seized by the Nazis in 1938 from a Jewish man on the orders of Hitler's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, then held behind the Iron Curtain in ...
Germany to bring home gold stored in US, France
In what sounds like the setup for a stylish Hollywood heist movie, Germany is transferring nearly 700 tons of gold bars worth $36 billion from Paris ...
Berlin airport CEO fired after delays to opening
The chief executive of Berlin's airports was fired Wednesday following a decision to delay yet again the opening of the German capital's new hub, a ...
Oil slips as Germany cuts 2013 growth forecast
Oil prices slipped closer to $93 a barrel Wednesday, as Germany cut its 2013 growth forecast. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for February ...
Germany more than halves 2013 growth forecast
The German government on Wednesday more than halved its economic growth forecast for this year to just 0.4 percent, evidence that the financial crisis ...
Mitsubishi invests $770m in German offshore wind
Japan's Mitsubishi is investing €576 million ($770 million) in developing German offshore wind farms. Netherlands-based grid operator Tennet said ...
Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
Japan's benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen's slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors ...
German economy shrank in Q4 in face of euro crisis
Germany's economy has fallen victim to economic problems hitting the rest of the eurozone and shrank in the fourth quarter of 2012, preliminary ...
A look at what countries are contributing to Mali
Here's a look at what countries are providing to help Mali's battle against armed Islamic extremists who have occupied the country's north since March
Report: Germany to repatriate gold from US, France
Germany's central bank will repatriate some of its massive gold reserves stored in vaults in the United States and in France, a business daily ...
2 alleged Russian spies on trial in Germany
Dead letter drops. Fake papers with cover stories to match. Secret orders by radio from Moscow. The accusations read like something out of the Cold ...
Germany's Air Berlin to cut 1 in 10 jobs
Loss-making German carrier Air Berlin says it will cut about one in ten jobs over this and next year. Germany's second-largest airline said Tuesday ...
Software company SAP says Q4 sales up 12 pct
Business software provider SAP AG says sales rose 12 percent in the fourth quarter thanks to strong results from Asia. Revenues rose to €5.02 billion ...
Oil slips below $94 on lower growth in Germany
The price of oil slipped below $94 a barrel Tuesday due to concerns about weakening economic growth in Germany and expectations of a rise in U.S.
German 2012 borrowing lower than expected
Germany's Finance Ministry says the country's new borrowing in 2012 was lower than expected thanks to a stable economy and low unemployment. It said ...
Germany: Robbers dig 100-foot tunnel to raid bank
German police say robbers dug a 30-meter (100-foot) tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank and escaped with their haul, setting a fire as ...
Germany, Greek opposition clash on austerity
Germany's finance minister and Greece's leftist opposition leader clashed Monday over the austerity program attached to Athens' international bailout ...