Dusseldorf - Germany are aiming to take another step towards the 2010 World Cup with qualifying round wins against Liechtenstein and Wales despite some injury concerns.

Forward Miroslav Klose, midfielder Torsten Frings and defender Arne Freidrich are not fit to play while there are doubts around midfielder Piotr Trochowski and goalkeeper Rene Adler.

But coach Joachim Loew insisted on Monday that "we have players to replace them."

Dusseldorf, Germany  - The loss of accidentally deleted computer files can be a catastrophe. Yet "deleted" files are not always really gone from your computer. In many cases they can still be recovered, even if no backup was ever created. An attempt at using special data recovery software to fix the problem is usually a good, first step.

A study by the data recovery company Kroll Ontrack shows that defective hardware is responsible for more than half the cases involving data loss.

"One in four is attributable to user error, though," explains Stephanie Hennig from Kroll Ontrack. That includes the accidental deletion of files.

Dusseldorf - Germany is to try three men from April 22 on charges of belonging to a terrorist gang, conspiring to murder and preparing a crime with explosives, more than 18 months after police nabbed the trio, a court spokesman said Wednesday in Dusseldorf.

The homegrown "terrorists" included two Germans who converted to Islam, Fritz Gelowicz and Daniel Schneider. The other accused, Adem Yilmaz, has Turkish citizenship. A police armed offenders squad arrested them in September 2007 after months of observation.

Dusseldorf, Germany  - Norway snatched a rare 1-0 win over Germany in a friendly international in Dusseldorf on Wednesday.

It was the second successive home defeat by Germany who had been beaten 2-1 by England in Berlin in November.

Christian Grindheim scored from close range in the 63rd minute to get a new spell in charge by coach Egil Olsen off to a winning start.

Norway, who were without a win in 2008, were full value for their first victory against Germany since the 1936 Olympics.

Dusseldorf - Defender Andreas Beck and midfielder Mesut Ozil are set to win their first caps for Germany in Wednesday's friendly international against Norway in Dusseldorf.

Assistant coach Hansi Flick said Monday Hoffenheim right-back Beck, 21, and 20-year-old Werder Bremen midfielder Ozil would play some part in the game.

"We have called up Andi Beck and Mesut Ozil to see how they perform. We plan to play both of them," he said.

Dusseldorf - The boom times of high-digit growth for German football may have come to an end with the advent of the global financial crisis but the Bundesliga looks better prepared than most to weather the financial storm.

"Football must realise that the business can no longer reckon with growth," said German Football League (DFL) vice-president Peter Peters, even though the effects of the economic slowdown have yet to fully hit many of the country's top clubs.