Munich  - Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann will be without France midfielder Franch Ribery for Saturday's visit to VfB Stuttgart, the club said Friday.

Ribery, 25, injured a shoulder in Wednesday's 3-2 Champions League win at Olympique Lyon and was unable to train Friday.

Klinsmann can, however, call again on Brazilians Lucio (flu) in defence and Ze Roberto (muscular problems) in midfield in Bayern's bid to end the year top of the Bundesliga for the first time this season.

New Delhi - Members of the Pakistan militant group blamed for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai are residing in Germany, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Friday.

Schaeuble, who is on a visit to New Delhi, said the group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, had no organizational infrastructure in Germany, but individual members were living there.

The minister said there was no evidence to show the group was plotting attacks in Germany.

Wiesbaden, Germany - As cars become safer, Germany's road toll this year is set to sink to its lowest level since cars came into widespread use early in the 20th century, statistics Friday showed.

Using data for the year so far, government statisticians estimate 4,800 people will be killed this year in German car accidents.

The German road toll peaked at 21,000 four decades ago in 1970, but even back in the 1930s the toll was higher than today. In 1938, there were 7,354 road deaths, although Germany then did cover a larger territory than now.

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Berlin - Tensions grew Thursday within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition over plans to spur growth in Europe's biggest economy in the face of the global economic slowdown.

A leading member of Merkel's conservative bloc roundly lashed out at German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck over his criticism of Britain's attempt to limit the fallout from the economic downturn by boosting public spending.