Berlin  - German factory orders fell again in May, the Ministry of Economics and Technology said Friday, dragged down by a sharp drop in domestic demand.

After slumping by 1.7 per cent in April, German industrial orders slipped by a price-and-seasonally adjusted 0.9 per cent in May, adding to expectations that Europe's biggest economy could slow as the year unfolds.

Economists had predicted the data, which is considered to be a key if volatile economic indicator, to clock up a modest 0.6 per cent gain in May.

"Industry orders in the last six months have significantly fallen from what was a high base," the economics ministry said releasing the latest data.

Hanover, Germany - Volkswagen said Friday it was abandoning plans to introduce a light pick-up truck in Europe.

Dresden, Germany - Senior officials in the German city of Dresden rejected on Friday a deadline fro

Beirut - A German judicial team has met with Jihad Hamad, a prime suspect in the failed 2006 attempt to bomb trains in Germany, in the presence of a Lebanese judge, judicial sources said Friday.

"Jihad Hamad was questioned on Thursday night by a Lebanese prosecutor in the presence of a German judicial team," the lawyer of Hamad, Fawaz Zakriyeh told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Zakariyeh, who was present at the questioning along with his client, told dpa the questions focused on "links between Hamad and Youssed al-Hajj Deeb," who is currently held in Germany.

Berlin- Germany, where angry dairy farmers recently poured milk down drains for 10 d

Dusseldorf- Five more German municipal incinerators were given regulatory clearance Thursday to burn imported refuse from the southern Italian city of Naples, where uncleared garbage has triggered a political crisis.

German incinerator operators, mostly public-owned, have agreed to destroy 160,000 tons of the trash for an undisclosed price. Hamburg is currently burning 3,000 tons per week after it has been carried north by rail.

The most populous German state, North Rhine Westphalia, is to take 69,500 tons from Campania, the Italian region that includes Naples.