Berlin - German unemployment fell in June, data released Tuesday showed, with the numbers out of work dropping by a seasonally unadjusted 123,000 to 3.16 million.

Berlin - Ground staff targeted German carrier Lufthansa with brief warning strikes in support of a pay demand Tuesday.

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Berlin - German leaders will be happy to meet the presumptive Democratic nominee for the US presidency, Barack Obama, when he visits Germany this summer, government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said in Berlin Monday.

Wilhelm said no precise date had been fixed yet for the Obama visit, although Berlin was aware of Senator Obama's announcement that he intended to visit Europe and meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Zwickau, Germany - A minibus carrying 11 Polish tourists home from a holiday in Italy crashed on a German highway Monday, killing three of the passengers, police in Saxony state said.