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German girl locked up for years by Bosnian couple: police

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:00:32 +0200

A German girl has been rescued by Bosnian police after allegedly being held captive by a couple for eight years during which she was forced to eat pig feed and pull a...

Bosnian police arrest couple over girl's 8-year 'slavery'

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:00:30 +0200

A Bosnian couple enslaved a young German girl whom they tortured and kept locked up for eight years, police said on Sunday.A neighbour who raised the alarm told AFP he...

Bosnian police arrest couple over girl's 8-year 'slavery'

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:24 +0200

A Bosnian couple enslaved a young German girl whom they tortured and kept locked up for eight years, police said on Sunday.A neighbour who raised the alarm told AFP he...

Nazi camp replica recalls Heydrich killing in Prague

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:00:29 +0200

A replica of a Nazi concentration camp opened in central Prague on Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary of the killing of top Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich by Czech paratroopers...

Bosnian police arrest couple over girl's 8-year 'slavery'

Sun, 27 May 2012 10:00:24 +0200

A Bosnian couple enslaved a young German girl whom they tortured and kept locked up for eight years, police said on Sunday.A neighbour who raised the alarm told AFP he...

Bosnian police arrest couple over girl's 8-year 'slavery'

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:30 +0200

Police have arrested a Bosnian couple for allegedly enslaving a 19-year-old German woman and keeping her locked up for the past eight years, public television reported...

German port Wilhelmshaven readies to take on Rotterdam

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:30 +0200

The small town of Wilhelmshaven on Germany's North Sea coast, with its population of only 81,000, is already the country's largest naval base.But with its new...

EADS head says helicopter cracks not comparable to A380 woes

Sun, 27 May 2012 01:00:30 +0200

The head of European aerospace giant EADS said that cracks found in one of its most popular Eurocopter models were a minor glitch and not comparable to problems found on some...

Top Nazi war criminal dies at 90

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:00:39 +0200

A Nazi war criminal who escaped from a Dutch jail after the war and evaded all attempts by the Netherlands to get him back has died at the age of 90 in Germany, a hospital source...

Germany 'appalled' by Syria killings

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:00:38 +0200

Germany's foreign minister said Saturday he was "horrified" by reports that more than 90 people had been massacred in a Syrian town, and said those responsible must be...