gay

Gays get red (and green) light in Munich

Munich's versions of the gay couples introduced on Vienna traffic lights during the Eurovision song contest have arrived, just in time for Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride) this weekend.

Police

Five pupils injured in school chemistry experiment

Five pupils at a school in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate suffered burns in a chemistry experiment they had been practising all week.

US

US to expel alleged Nazi death camp guard

The United States has begun moves to expel an 84-year-old man alleged to have been a top guard in several Nazi concentration camps in Germany, the US Justice Department said Friday.

church

Jewish council calls Williamson's apology a 'third-class regret'

Bishop Richard Williamson has apologized for his denial of the Holocaust, Catholic news agency <i>Zenit</i> reported late on Thursday, but Germany’s Central Council of Jews in Germany rejected the statement.