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Court frees German Kosovo bomb suspects
Crime

Court frees German Kosovo bomb suspects

An international court in Kosovo has freed three suspected German spies accused of bombing an EU office in the Balkan nation, and the men were flown back to Germany, reports said Saturday.
Left party MP backs off wikipedia.de ban
Internet

Left party MP backs off wikipedia.de ban

Lutz Heilmann, a German MP from the hard-line socialist Left party, has retracted his injunction against wikipedia.de after his legal action stirred up widespread criticism while the website was blocked over the weekend.
Duisburg mafia killers on trial in Italy
Crime

Duisburg mafia killers on trial in Italy

Fourteen people went on trial Wednesday in southern Italy for crimes relating to a bloody vendetta between two clans of the 'Ndrangheta mafia that led to a massacre last year in Duisburg, Germany.
Neo-Nazis face Jewish lawsuit for Obama slurs
US

Neo-Nazis face Jewish lawsuit for Obama slurs

A prominent Jewish group said on Monday it was reviewing legal options against a German neo-Nazi party for "racist" remarks calling Barack Obama's election as US president a "declaration of war" on "pure" nations.
'Cannibal from Rotenburg' loses appeal
Crime

'Cannibal from Rotenburg' loses appeal

Armin Meiwes, known as the "Cannibal from Rotenburg" for castrating, butchering and eating a Berlin man in 2001, has lost his final appeal to Germany's highest court for a murder conviction.