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jihad

Top lawyers probing 200 German Syria fighters

Germany's chief prosecutor is investigating around 200 people who have travelled to Syria to fight in the civil war there, the Justice Minister confirmed on Wednesday.

Driving

Majority of public back Autobahn speed limit

A new survey published on Thursday shows that a majority of Germans are in favour of speed limits on the Autobahn – the country's highways which until now have been famously limit-free.

fitness

Not forever young, but a champion at 85

Long-distance runner Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel has broken so many world records she's stopped counting. And at the age of 85 she's not lowering her sights.

offbeat

Interior minister's car stolen in Dresden

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière’s private car has been stolen in the eastern city of Dresden, police confirmed on Thursday.

Crime

Homemade bomb found in teen school attacker’s room

Investigators have found a homemade bomb in the room of a 16-year-old girl who planned to torch her school and attacked another student with a knife near Bonn, the website of magazine <i>Focus</i> reported on Tuesday.

Russia

Putin returns to old KGB stomping ground

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Germany Friday to a mixed bag: frosty talks in Berlin over the gas crisis and a medal in Dresden where he served as a KGB officer in the 1980s.