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German police search home of war crimes suspect

Germany FlagDortmund, Germany - Police searched the home of an 89-year-old German alleged to have massacred an estimated 60 Jewish prisoners in Austria near the end of World War II, prosecutors said Wednesday.

A statement said the investigators were studying a number of documents seized from the home of the man in the west German city of Duisburg.

The man, who has not been indicted, declined to answer questions posed by the investigators, the statement said.

He is alleged to have been among a detail of Hitler's private army, the Waffen SS, said to have gunned down the 60 Hungarian Jewish slave labourers on March 29, 1945.

Gladbach goes down despite man-advantage in Borussia derby

Dortmund, Germany  - Borussia Moenchengladbach was defeated 2-1 at home by its local rival Borussia Dortmund Friday night despite nearly one hour of playing with a man advantage.

The win keeps Dortmund in sixth place in the German Bundesliga and in the hunt for a UEFA Cup spot after 17 matches. Moenchengladbach has lost four straight and will end the year in last place.

Dortmund's Mohamed Zidan struck first for the visitors on the 35th minute. But three minutes later Tamas Hajnal was sent off for a second yellow-card foul.

The advantage was not enough for Moenchengladbach before a home crowd of 79,000 fans. Substitute Nuri Sahin eased Dortmund supporters' minds with an insurance goal in the 56th minute.

Borussia Dortmund extend contract with Lee

Dortmund, Germany  - Borussia Dortmund have extended the contract of South Korean left-back Lee Young-Pyo for another season with an option to keep him for a further year, the German Bundesliga clu

Germany investigates war crimes suspect found in phone book

Germany MapDortmund, Germany - German prosecutors are studying war crimes allegations against an 89-year-old man alleged to have massacred an estimated 60 Jewish prisoners in Austria near the end of the Second World War, they said Thursday.

An Austrian university student interested in the March 29, 1945 atrocity knew the names of a trio of Waffen SS members said to have gunned down the group of Hungarian Jewish slave labourers.

The student located the 89-year-old by simply looking up his name in a German telephone directory. The student's professor, Walter Manoschek, then conducted a series of interviews with the man.

Boost office productivity by turning off e-mail alert

Dortmund, Germany - Twenty-first century office workers are so preoccupied with their e-mail accounts that do not have enough time for their actual job, according to Germany's Federal Institute for

Black gold and moors - Germany's Nordhorn region

Dortmund, Germany - The town of Nordhorn in north-western Germany is set amidst a landscape of charming farmhouses and old oak trees. But occasionally, modern technology is visible in the form of crude oil pumps scattered across the land.

Motorists holidaying in the region will experience the old and the new travelling around Nordhorn and anyone with a little more time on their hands can drive across the border to the Netherlands to experience van Gogh country.

Oil pumps are one of the region's main features. Visitors can find out more about them with the help of the new electronic Dynamic Audio Geo Information System for Tourists (DAGIT) which consists of a small computer attached to a car's radio.

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