A German appeals court on Monday confirmed a 15-year prison sentence handed to a woman for killing eight of her newborn babies in the country's worst post-war infanticide case.
Russia's parliament on Wednesday passed a law authorizing the return of six stained-glass church windows taken from Germany by Soviet forces during World War II, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
<b>A woman from the eastern German state Brandenburg told a court that isolation and alcoholism drove her to kill nine of her newborn babies over the years.</b>
A 37-year-old American light technician, John Y., could face up to 15 years in prison for raping a young Swedish woman at the Full Moon Festival in Brandenburg last July. Carolina A, a 21-year-old paralegal from Sweden, claimed she was raped under the stage while a band played.