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Man sues to end alimony over ex's Facebook snaps

A man in Munich asked a judge to relieve him of the duty to pay alimony when he saw pictures on Facebook indicating his former wife was in a relationship – but the court wasn't convinced.

shooting

'Car sniper' sentenced to 9 and a half years' jail

A man who shot at random passing cars in western Germany has been sentenced to nine and a half years' jail after being convicted of 14 counts of attempted murder.

drugs

Man drugs girlfriend to keep playing videogames

A court fined a 23-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia after he admitted to giving his girlfriend a sedative so that he could keep playing video games with a friend.

History

Auschwitz 'cook' faces murder complicity charge

German prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz with complicity to murder.

adoption

High court strengthens gay adoption rights

Germany took another step towards equal rights for gay couples on Tuesday, after the country's highest court ruled those in a civil partnership have the right to adopt their partner's adopted children.

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British woman dead after German doctor botches operation

An elderly British woman died after a German surgeon working as a locum botched an operation on her hip, severing an artery, British media reported on Wednesday.

Crime

Mafia trial for Duisburg slayings starts in Italy

Forty-three defendants went on trial this week from both sides of a deadly Italian mafia feud that led to last year's slayings of six clan members in Duisburg.