Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) picked a new leader, Stanislaw Tillich, 49, to head the party in Saxony state Saturday, making his succession to the state premiership in the coming week a certainty.
Tillich is to replace Georg Milbradt, 63, who announced last month his retirement as the state's budget troubles mounted. Eleven of Germany's 16 state premiers belong to the CDU or its CSU Bavarian sister party.
Kamen, Germany - A highway collision, in which a line of vehicles exploded into flame and five people were killed, closed one carriageway of a major east-west German autobahn for about 18 hours, p
Cologne, Germany - Toyota's financial services arm, which lends to buyers of Toyota cars, says it has increased its German business 4 per cent in the past year and would this year mark 20 years of
Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) picked a new leader, Stanislaw Tillich, 49, to head the party in Saxony state Saturday, making his succession to the state premiership in the coming week a certainty.
Bamberg, Germany - Germany's main far-right group, 
