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Denmark begins German border passport checks

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:32:06 +0100

Denmark will begin "temporary' passport checks on the German-Danish border, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Monday.

Driver 'froze' as train hurtled towards bus

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:13:42 +0200

School children whose bus was crushed under a train on Wednesday on the outskirts of Hamburg say that the hero of the hour was not the bus driver, but a 13-year-old boy.

Institute to end 'monkey torture' programme

Mon, 04 May 2015 13:38:21 +0200

After graphic pictures emerged of distressed and unconscious monkeys bleeding from the head at the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, the world-renowned research centre announced on Sunday that it will close its primate research programme.

Court rejects teacher's suit against student for 'rabbit terrorism'

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:34:00 +0200

A German court on Tuesday threw out the case of a schoolteacher against a pupil who allegedly tormented her by scrawling pictures of rabbits on the blackboard to aggravate her rabbit phobia.

FDP dismisses donation accusations

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:29:00 +0100

The Free Democratic Party (FDP) has dismissed a call made by the Left party for a ban on donations to political parties by private companies, following accusations that the FDP was bribable.

Duisburg high school closed after attack threat

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:02:00 +0200

A high school in Duisburg will be closed on Monday after its director received a threatening email, police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia reported.

Health insurance sold patient data illegally

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:05:00 +0200

Public health insurance companies may have sold personal patient information to private insurers, German federal commissioner for data protection Peter Schaar told daily Bild on Wednesday.

Report: Libya training was payback to Qaddafi

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0200

According to a newspaper report, the alleged secret training of Libyan security forces by German police could have been in return for Tripoli's help in a Philippine hostage crisis.