Petra Hinz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2005. It was revealed on Tuesday that she never studied law or even finished school, and had fabricated significant parts of her CV.
A new survey has found that 49 percent of Germans think Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle should resign. Westerwelle has come under increasing pressure from within his own Free Democratic Party (FDP).
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of controversial Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa following Friday's revelations about his alleged sexual abuse of children.
