The recent developments in Iran`s nuclear program prove the need for Anti-Missile air defense system, to protect Europe from a possible attack. German Defense Minister, Franz Josef Jung, told Rioters, in a recent interview.

The German Federal Statistical Office released a report that shows that the German birthrate has declined by 4% between 2005 and 2004, with the number of births at 690 thousand, the lowest number of German births since World War II and the lowest birthrate in Europe today

First prize for best excuse for not turning up at work must surely go to a young woman in Germany

German Economy Minister, Michael Glos, said he expected that the country`s growth forecast will be raised again in January

Six men suspected of belonging to a terrorist group, who allegedly planned to plant an explosive device on a passenger jet during the summers World Cup soccer championship

A 20-year-old former student at the Scholl secondary school in Emsdetten, northern Germany, entered the school masked, strapped with explosives and armed with a machine gun

An exhibition on loan from the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. opened in the Federal Republic of Germany on Thursday, at the same building that once served as a printing house for posters promoting Nazi racial policies.

In a sign that Lebanon might be unhappy with Germany?s pledge to send troops to the country in order to help enforce a cease-fire and UN resolutions between Lebanon-based terrorist group Hizballah and the State of Israel to the south, Lebanese officials criticized the comments of German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend.

For decades, Germany has had to depend on rabbis trained outside of the country - either in England, Israel or the United States for example - because the country`s last Jewish seminary was shut down by Nazis in 1942 and one was not re-opened for long after the end of the war.

The audience watching Germany`s match against San Marino on Wednesday could not believe the performance he was watching, and neither could the players from San Marino. Germany scored no less than 13 goals during the game, and became the team to score the most goals in a single game in the history of the European Championship.

Instead of a ground contingent, Germany is pledging naval support to help prevent the smuggling of arms into the country for the Hizballah terrorist group via a sea route. Speculation had been that while Germany would not send troops to Lebanon`s south, Berlin might be willing to send troops to help secure the border with Syria - also to prevent arms smuggling.

There is a lot of criticism in the world of soccer about the match that settles whose number three and whose number four in World Cup.

Very few are the people in the industrialized world who haven?t heard about the World Cup, which finishes today, July 9, in a match between France and Italy. Some soccer-minded pranksters in the German capital of Berlin thought it?d be pretty funny to place cement filled soccer balls around the city and invite unwitting innocents to kick them ? likely resulting in physical injury.

Cities throughout Germany?s many states saw an influx of tourists, and euros, for the many competitions which have been held since the tournament began on June 9. Some cities, such as Munich, have used the opportunity to update their infrastructure or even the nature of the industries in their area.

There were so many good things said about Argentina. About how the South American former world champions finally shows skills that could take it to the very end, but apparently that was enough.

This was supposed to be a walk in the park for Argentina, especially after the brilliant performance the South American team gave against Serbia & Montenegro during World Cup`s first stage, but Mexico was determined to make it to the quarterfinals.

Germany gave its best performance in the tournament as of yet and sent Sweden home hurting. Sweden on the other hand gave their weakest performance and was not able to answer Germany`s constant attacks.

That`s it. The last round of World Cup`s groups stage is here and the we have the final word regarding Group A. Germany won Ecuador 3 ? 0 on Tuesday and became the winner of Group A with 9 points.

England secured its place as winner of group B and managed to avoid a titans`clash with Germany in the next round by drawing a tie with Sweden on Tuesday.

Germany just could not believe it was happening to its players. After more than six brilliant attacks and amazing goal making situations, the Germans were not able to make the crucial goal happen.

It did not take too long for peace to be disturbed, with German hooligans battling with police on Wednesday just before their team`s game against Poland.

After so much anticipation and four long years, FIFA World Cup is finally here! More than 1 billion people were watching the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica on Friday, and boy what a game that was! The favorite Germany gave a brilliant performance beating the Central American team 4-2.

Rabbi Marvin Hier of the German Jewish community is planning to push for a total ban on the Iranian president from visiting Germany during the 2006 World Cup this summer where the Iranian national team will be playing due to anti-semetic remarks he has made.

FIFA World Cup 2006 is here and German authorities are concerned that celebrations will be interrupted by soccer hooligans. Germany brought foreign police officers that specialize in tracking soccer hooligans and deployed them across Germany.

England national soccer team has set foot in Germany this week and started their final perpetrations for their opening Group B match on Saturday.

Less than a week before the opening matches of FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany on June 9, news come from world champions Brazil that their Barcelona defender start, Edmilson, has suffered an injury to his right knee and won`t be able to play for Brazil in Germany.

FIFA World Cup is the number one soccer event in the world, and like any other sporting event of its magnitude, requires special preparations.

Sports authorities in Germany are not the only ones preparing for the upcoming World Cup. Judicial officials have comprised a list of fines that will be used as the guidelines for rulings against misbehaved soccer fans during the tournament.

After all the coaches of the participating teams named their 23-man teams for the 2006 World Cup it`s time for conformations. All players most undergo strict physical exams in order to qualify to play at the FIFA World Cup in Germany.

With FIFA 2006 World Cup just around the corner, authorities in Germany are establishing a closed security area for the duration of the tournament and bring tens of thousands of border soldiers to join border controls in securing the event.