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French President Francois Hollande, right, gestures next to Sigmar Gabriel, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, SPD, left, in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

CCTV footage from the scene ruled out other people being on the bridge, as the coroner records a verdict of suicide A pilot who suspected his partner was a member of the Bulgarian mafia jumped to his death from a motorway bridge, an inquest heard.

She was born Sept. 23, 1935 in Wild Horse Creek, Okla. to the late Marvin and Matilda Pearl Heath Foster.

Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce and Angeline Jolie have been named among the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, in a new Forbes magazine poll.

Embassy calls efforts of German Green Party to label products from West Bank "another try to negatively single out Israel." BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an ... (more)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, left, as they walk away after a group photo was taken during an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the end of the year.

A previously unpublished picture depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel wearing a commnunist uniform has been printed by one of the country's biggest tabloids.

Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

To some he will never be more than a narcissist, an antisemite and a misogynist.

A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some... An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political ... (more)

The Federal Republic of Germany is still counting on a peaceful resolution of the West Philippine Sea issue as it calls on China to "create trust in the region." Briefing the Asia Pacific journalists who participated in this year's fellowship of Internationale Journalisten Programme , Jrn Rohde, head of the East Asia Division of the Federal Foreign ... (more)

Seven people have been injured in clashes between workers and security personnel at Lanxess AG's chrome unit amid a wildcat strike over pay.

CNN iReporter Brenton Leete took these unbelievable photos of the EF-4 tornado on the ground in Moore, OK on Monday, May 20, 2013.

JAPANESE star chef Miki Nozawa was killed on the German holiday island of Sylt following an alleged dispute with two disgruntled guests about a dish of fried noodles.

Fraunhofer researchers in Germany have come up with a new method of adding omega-3 fatty acids to sausages, to allow German consumers to continue eating their favourite foods, but with the main nutritional benefit of fish.

Justin Bieber's pet Capuchin monkey "Mally" sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany, April 2, 2013.

The number one councilor will represent the Philippines as the country's lone representative to participate in an international leadership training seminar on May 25 until June 7 sponsored by the German government and FNF Neuman Foundation.

The "blue jeans" color morph of the strawberry poison dart frog, Oophaga pumilio , from Costa Rica.