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German Woman Jailed For Killing Five Of Her Children
A German court sentenced a woman to life in jail on Thursday for killing five of her six children, in a case prosecutors described as particularly "malicious".
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German Court Ends Diesel Case Against Volkswagen CEO, Chairman
A German court said on Wednesday it was ending proceedings against the chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen AG after the carmaker agreed to pay a fine of 9 million euros ($9.9 million) over the diesel emissions scandal.
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German Couple Jailed For Pimping Young Son Online
A German court handed down lengthy jail sentences Tuesday to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online, in a shocking case that raised pointed questions about the competence of child protection services.
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German Teens Convicted For Terror Attack On Sikh temple
A German court on Tuesday sentenced three teenage boys to up to seven years in juvenile detention over a terror attack on a wedding at that badly wounded a Sikh priest.
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Facebook Wins German Case vs Syrian Refugee Over Selfie With Angela Merkel
Facebook clinched victory on Tuesday in a German court case brought by a Syrian refugee whose selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel had made him the target of racist trolls.
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Fake Germanwings Victim Relative Convicted In Germany
A German court on Wednesday gave a woman a year's suspended jail sentence for posing as the cousin of a victim in last year's Germanwings plane crash and obtaining compensation offered by the airline.
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Turkey Angered By German Ban On Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Speech
Turkey today condemned a German court decision banning President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing his supporters by video link at a rally in Cologne.
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German Court Restarts Trial After Judge Repeatedly Nods Off
A German court had to restart the trial of two men suspected of robbing a grocery store because a judge kept nodding off during the proceedings.
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German Court Rejects Turkey President Erdogan Bid For Injunction Against Media CEO
A German court today rejected a request by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a preliminary injunction preventing the head of German publisher Axel Springer repeating a derogatory term.
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German Court Suspends Trial Of Ill Ex-Auschwitz Medic, 95
A German court today suspended the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke for aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz after the 95-year-old failed to attend over health problems.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Holocaust-Denying 'Nazi Grandma' Gets 10 Months in Jail
A German court has sentenced an 87-year-old grandmother to 10 months in jail for Holocaust denial after a trial in which she insisted that Auschwitz was "not historically proven" to be a death camp.
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German Court Backs Lufthansa Crew Strike
A German court late Tuesday gave the green light for Lufthansa's cabin staff to continue their strike, in what is set to be the worst industrial action in the history of the country's biggest airline.
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German Court Sentences two Rwandan Hutu Rebels to Long Jail Terms
A German court on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany.
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German Court to Try 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A former Nazi death camp officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" goes on trial in Germany Tuesday, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors and victims' relatives expected in the courtroom.
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German Woman Jailed For Killing Five Of Her Children
A German court sentenced a woman to life in jail on Thursday for killing five of her six children, in a case prosecutors described as particularly "malicious".
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German Court Ends Diesel Case Against Volkswagen CEO, Chairman
A German court said on Wednesday it was ending proceedings against the chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen AG after the carmaker agreed to pay a fine of 9 million euros ($9.9 million) over the diesel emissions scandal.
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German Couple Jailed For Pimping Young Son Online
A German court handed down lengthy jail sentences Tuesday to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online, in a shocking case that raised pointed questions about the competence of child protection services.
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German Teens Convicted For Terror Attack On Sikh temple
A German court on Tuesday sentenced three teenage boys to up to seven years in juvenile detention over a terror attack on a wedding at that badly wounded a Sikh priest.
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Facebook Wins German Case vs Syrian Refugee Over Selfie With Angela Merkel
Facebook clinched victory on Tuesday in a German court case brought by a Syrian refugee whose selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel had made him the target of racist trolls.
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Fake Germanwings Victim Relative Convicted In Germany
A German court on Wednesday gave a woman a year's suspended jail sentence for posing as the cousin of a victim in last year's Germanwings plane crash and obtaining compensation offered by the airline.
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Turkey Angered By German Ban On Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Speech
Turkey today condemned a German court decision banning President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing his supporters by video link at a rally in Cologne.
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German Court Restarts Trial After Judge Repeatedly Nods Off
A German court had to restart the trial of two men suspected of robbing a grocery store because a judge kept nodding off during the proceedings.
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German Court Rejects Turkey President Erdogan Bid For Injunction Against Media CEO
A German court today rejected a request by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a preliminary injunction preventing the head of German publisher Axel Springer repeating a derogatory term.
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German Court Suspends Trial Of Ill Ex-Auschwitz Medic, 95
A German court today suspended the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke for aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz after the 95-year-old failed to attend over health problems.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Holocaust-Denying 'Nazi Grandma' Gets 10 Months in Jail
A German court has sentenced an 87-year-old grandmother to 10 months in jail for Holocaust denial after a trial in which she insisted that Auschwitz was "not historically proven" to be a death camp.
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German Court Backs Lufthansa Crew Strike
A German court late Tuesday gave the green light for Lufthansa's cabin staff to continue their strike, in what is set to be the worst industrial action in the history of the country's biggest airline.
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German Court Sentences two Rwandan Hutu Rebels to Long Jail Terms
A German court on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany.
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German Court to Try 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'
A former Nazi death camp officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" goes on trial in Germany Tuesday, with almost 70 Holocaust survivors and victims' relatives expected in the courtroom.
