Officials in Germany's western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War II era bomb discovered in the Rhine river.

City officials said on

The Bundesliga referee, who attempted to commit suicide on Saturday morning just hours before he was scheduled to officiate a German league game, is stable in a Cologne hospital and out of danger.

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Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment maker, is to launch a shoe costing one dollar a pair in India, boss Herbert Hainer said, despite the failure of a similar venture in Bangladesh.

He told th

Chinese and Russian firms are the most likely to pay bribes while operating abroad, and the most corrupt sectors are public works contracts and construction, according to Transparency International's

Bayern Munich's Germany defender Jerome Boateng was on Monday banned for the next two German league games after he was sent off in the Bundesliga leaders' shock defeat at Hanover on Sunday.

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Deep divisions between France and Germany mean they will make scant progress on strengthening the euro zone bailout fund at a summit on Sunday, in a sign that Europe's leaders are still some way from

Billionaire investor George Soros and some 100 former European dignitaries Wednesday published an open letter warning that the eurozone debt crisis could bring down the global financial system.

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A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can find in her fridge -- milk.

Anke Domaske, 28, has developed a fabri

The young Pope Benedict XVI never fell in love with a girl, his brother said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Georg Ratzinger, 87, who is a priest, also said that the pontiff should not hesita

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious coalition faced another stinging electoral setback on Sunday as voters trooped to the polls in state elections in Berlin.

The colourful Social Democrat may