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German inspectors find glycerine in Italian wine

Koblenz, Germany - German inspectors have seized nearly 3 million litres of wine from Italy and Spain in the past year because it contained added glycerine, a food-safety agency said Friday.

German consumer prices hit 3 per cent fuelling inflation fears

German consumer prices hit 3 per cent fuelling inflation fearsBerlin  - German inflation hit three per cent in May, the nation's statistics office confirmed Friday, amid growing concerns about the threat posed to the world economy by surging consumer prices.

The release of the latest inflation data for Europe's biggest economy came as part of the buildup to next month's Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Japan where resurgent inflationary pressures are likely to be a key item on the agenda.

Surging oil and food prices are also the key theme at a G8 finance ministers' meeting in Japan Friday.

Interest limited in German auction of rare Dalai Lama stamp

German- Dalai LamaBerlin - Interest was limited in the auction in the German city o

Four years for depressed German landlord who blew up his pub

Jurist, 44, set to take over Germany's top judicial postBerlin - A German court Thursday handed down a four-year jail term to a depressed landlord in the southern town of Bolsterlang who tried to blow himself up in his pub late one night last year.

The court dropped three charges of attempted murder, ruling the man had been so depressed, and so drunk, that he did not comprehend the danger to three other people in the house at the time.

The explosion, caused after the 65-year-old man opened an 11- kilogram propane bottle, wrecked the house, forcing its subsequent demolition.

Brighten up your home with flowers and plants this summer

Hamburg  - It's nearly summer, and flowers and plants are coming out, but not just on balconies and in gardens.

Germany's Siemens to supply Iraq with equipments for electricity

Baghdad - Iraq's deputy electricity minister said on Wednesday that leading German company Siemens will provide Iraq with equipment to strengthen its power grid.

Iraq has agreed with Siemens that the company will share in the building of a total of 16 power plants with a capacity ranging from 160 to 270 megawatts, Salam Kazaz told the Iraqi al-Sabah newspaper.

He said that the power plants were aimed at strengthening the country's power network with 3,250 megawatts of power within two years.

"The deals will be sealed with Siemens after the consent of the prime minister's office," Kazaz said.

The negotiations with the German company are taking place in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

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