Hannover, Germany  -

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Berlin- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski handed out school-leaving certificates at the German town of Loecknitz on the border with Poland Saturday.

The school, which conducts classes in both languages, has existed since 1995 and currently has 421 pupils.

"The River Oder marking the German-Polish border no longer has a dividing function," Steinmeier said after talking to the pupils, as well as the residents from both communities.

Berlin - Two engineers employed by a German construction firm have been abducted and are being held in Nigeria, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Berlin Saturday.

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday she was hoping for new movement in the Middle East peace process from the pending launch of a Mediterranean Union between members of the European Union and other littoral states.

A resolution of the Middle East conflict would bring stability to the region, Merkel said in her weekly broadcast.

"Naturally we will talk in Paris about reaching a two-state solution creating a Jewish state for Israel and a Palestinian state, and about who can make a contribution to his aim," she said.