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Police in southern Germany say an officer was suspended from duty after allegedly having sex in a Catholic church during a service.

So far, studies of this kind on ancestral members of our own species have been hampered by scientists' inability to distinguish the ancient DNA from modern-day human DNA contamination.

Mutations are the raw material of evolution. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen, Germany, and Indiana University in Bloomington have now been able to measure for the first time directly the speed with which new mutations occur in plants.

NORWICH, Vermont - Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of the anti-Nazi resistance in World War II, has died at the age of 98, her son said.

The eurozone's new year heralds a debt crisis that has alarm bells ringing and markets tracking government plans to tame the growing shortfall.

A jet headed for Spain's Canary Islands veered off the runway at Dortmund airport in western Germany on Sunday, but no one was injured, authorities said.

Trevira, the German fibre manufacturer which formerly belonged to the Reliance Group of India, is being relaunched with new investors, insolvency administrator Werner Schneider said Monday.

Under controversial new legislation, German employers must now submit data on their workers to a central information storage hub, affecting as many as 40 million employees throughout the country.

Various forms of music do indeed have a peak season, and the inspired, sentimentally crisp coupling of groups led by Norway's singer/songwriter Silje Nergaard and German drummer Wolfgang Haffner provided a near perfect backdrop for this region's initial holiday season snowfall.

Germany began far too late with its search for Nazi war criminals, according to the man responsible for bringing them to justice.

Heart patients with a dangerous rapid heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia often get implantable cardiac defibrillators to help control the condition, and a new study suggests that they will have fewer recurrences of the abnormality if they undergo a procedure called catheter ablation before they receive the device.

DNA that is left in the remains of long-dead plants, animals, or humans allows a direct look into the history of evolution.

Patients with episodes of ventricular tachycardia are at high risk of repeat VT, ventricular fibrillation, and death.

In a strong statement to the press on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the actions of Iran's state security services "unacceptable." She called on them to "avoid any further escalation of the violence and to pursue political dialogue to peacefully settle internally disputed matters," and also to respect their commitment to the ...

Paris jazzed up the Eiffel Tower with a multicolored, disco-style light display as the world basked in New Year's festivities with hopes that 2010 and beyond will bring more peace and prosperity.

"It is questionable whether we will be able to keep this title this year," economist Volker Treier told the German news agency DAPD.

Radical change : In time the birds could become different species due to human feeding.

Susan Boyle performs during the 3rd semi final of the TV show 'Das Supertalent' on December 12, 2009 in Cologne, Germany.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said her priorities for 2010 include winning support for further regulation of global financial markets and avoiding a credit squeeze for companies in Germany.

German State of Hessen U.S. Office for Economic Development will participate in the CES International in Las Vegas, NV; January 7-10, 2010 hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association .