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German Parliament extends Holocaust pensions

David Rising · June 5, 2014 4:36 pm

This image made from AP video shot on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 shows an ambulance carrying the body of a staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who was killed by armed men near the city of Sirte, which is around 550 kilometers (340 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya. ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord said in a statement on the organization's website Thursday, June 5, 2014 that Michael Greub, a 42-year-old Swiss national, was killed when the men attacked his car after he left a meeting.(AP Photo via AP video)

Red Cross: Staffer killed by armed men in Libya

David Rising · June 5, 2014 10:06 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Germany investigates alleged NSA Merkel phone tap

David Rising · June 4, 2014 5:37 pm

FILE - In this July 4, 2008 file photo, Morten Messerschmidt of the Danish People's Party helps his girlfriend Dot Wessmann with har costume before she goes on stage at in the amusement park 'Bakken', north of Copenhagen, Denmark . When the Danish People's Party MEP Morten Messerschmidt isn't living in Brussels, he calls the Bakken amusement park north of Copenhagen his home. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jan Unger) DENMARK OUT

Eclectic mix makes up new European Parliament

David Rising · May 27, 2014 3:54 pm

Eichmann’s Israeli interrogator reburied in Berlin

David Rising · May 23, 2014 2:45 pm

APNewsBreak: US Nazi suspect case moves ahead

David Rising · May 23, 2014 12:14 am

German probe finds 20 former death camp guards

David Rising · May 20, 2014 1:13 pm

German factory orders drop unexpectedly

David Rising · May 7, 2014 9:21 am

ESA successfully launches new monitoring satellite

David Rising · April 4, 2014 2:08 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pauses as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German Cabinet approves national minimum wage

David Rising · April 2, 2014 12:05 pm

Widespread flight cancellations in German strikes

David Rising · March 27, 2014 1:35 pm

Merkel: Russia risks huge consequences in Ukraine

David Rising · March 13, 2014 5:49 am