Berlin - As a boycott by German dairy farmers entered a second week, pickets remained around many milk plants and German supermarkets said Tuesday that supplies of some fresh-milk products were becoming tighter.

The protests against the falling price of milk in Europe have taken a harder edge, with police dragging away picketers from milk plants late Monday north of Hamburg.

Conservative farm leaders have denounced radical farmers for going beyond the law by mounting pickets.

Tractors remained parked across access roads to several major plants Tuesday, preventing supplies arriving from farmers who have ignored the strike and preventing packed milk, butter and yoghurt moving out to shops.

Berlin  - Germany may act alone to rescue Iraqi Christians if fellow European Union nations continue to refuse a joint welcome to the refugees, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel's top adviser o

Frankfurt  - Surging oil prices and growing inflation fears have hit German car sales, with figures released Tuesday showing a big slump last month in new registrations in Europe's biggest auto mar

Nuremberg, Germany  - In what was billed as merger of equals, two European market-information companies, GfK and Turner Nelson Sofres (TNS), said Tuesday they would form the second-biggest company

Berlin (dpa) - International troops are likely to remain in Afghanistan for at least five and possibly 10 years, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung indicated Tuesday.

Berlin - Two women drowned overnight in the south-western German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after heavy rains struck the region, police said Tuesday.