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Germany: No proof sprouts caused E. coli outbreak (AP)

Poly tunnels at a vegetable farm is seen in the Uelzen district, northern Germany, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Different kinds of sprouts from the organic farm in the greater Uelzen area, between the northern cities of Hamburg and Hannover, could be traced to infected persons in five different German states, Lower Saxony Agriculture Minister Gert Lindemann told reporters. The farm was shut down Sunday and all of its produce — including fresh herbs, fruits, flowers and potatoes_ was recalled. At least one of the farm's employees was also infected with the E.coli bacteria, the minister said. (AP Photo/dapd, Axel Heimken)AP – In a surprising U-turn, German officials said initial tests published Monday provided no evidence that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany were the cause of the country’s deadly E. coli outbreak.


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Germany: Sprouts likely cause of E. coli outbreak (AP)

German Health Minister Daniel Bahr puts on gloves and a mask during his visit at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Hospitals in northern Germany are being overwhelmed as they struggle to provide enough beds and medical care for patients stricken by an outbreak of E. coli, the German health minister admitted Sunday. (AP Photo/dapd, Focke Strangmann)AP – German agricultural authorities on Sunday identified locally grown beansprouts as the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened over 2,200 others in Europe.


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Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022 (AP)

FILE -- A March 15, 2011 file photo shows the nuclear plant of Neckarwestheim, southern Germany.  Germany's environment minister said MOnday May 30, 2011 that Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022.   (AP Photo/Michael Probst/file)AP – Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.


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Germany: Suspect admits targeting American troops (AP)

Flowers and a sign reading 'anger, grief, why' are put down at the site where a two US airmen have been killed in front of the Frankfurt, Germany, airport, Thursday, March 3, 2011. German federal prosecutors said Wednesday's attack on a busload of U.S. airmen that killed two and wounded two others at Frankfurt airport appears to have been motivated by Islamic extremism. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP – The suspect in the slaying of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport has confessed to targeting American military members, a German security official said Thursday as investigators probed what they considered a possible act of Islamic terrorism.


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APNewsBreak: Germany opens new Nazi investigation (AP)

AP – A German prosecutor told The Associated Press on Friday that he has opened a murder investigation against a key witness in the trial of John Demjanjuk on allegations the man may have been involved in mass killings at the Nazis’ Treblinka concentration camp.

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Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 33 (AP)

AP – A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said Sunday.

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Germany suspends passenger flights from Yemen (AP)

A picture taken from a document released by the Saudi Interior Ministry on November 1, 2010 shows Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Asiri, a Saudi bomb-maker believed to be working with al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing is a key suspect in the parcel bomb plot against the United States.<br />
REUTERS/Saudi Interior ministry/Handout (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP – Germany’s aviation authority says the country has extended its ban on cargo aircraft from Yemen to include passenger flights amid the current terrorist threat.


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