Gorleben, Germany - Fierce protests accompanied the arrival of a shipment of radioactive waste at a northern German warehouse early Tuesday, one day behind schedule, after thousands of anti-nuclear activists tried to hold up the convoy.

After more than 80 hours stopping and starting by train and truck, 11 containers with spent nuclear fuel from German nuclear power plants arrived at Gorleben in Lower Saxony state just after midnight.

Twice, protesters chained themselves to ingeniously designed concrete weights which had to be cut up, piece by piece, to release cuffs around the protesters' wrists without injuring them.

Berlin - German investor confidence rebounded from record lows with a key indicator released Tuesday posting a surprise increase in November amid government and central bank moves to shore up the economic outlook.

Drawn up by the Mannheim-based Centre for European Economic Research, the ZEW index rose to minus 53.5 rebounding from minus 63 in October amid signs that an element of calm has returned to global share markets after weeks of chaotic selling.

Frankfurt - Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who is on a private trip to Germany, visited the prison Tuesday where his senior aide Rose Kabuye is being held on suspicion of murder.

She was upbeat and ready to face French investigators, Kagame said after leaving the women's jail.

Kabuye was arrested Sunday as she arrived in Germany to prepare for Kagame's arrival the next day. He was invited to Germany by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange company and gave a lecture to German business people Monday evening. He did not meet German officials.

Hamburg - Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title chances are growing in the same way as the uncertainty about the future of captain Mark van Bommel at the club.

The Bild daily reiterated on Tuesday that van Bommel could be leaving when his contract expires after the season.

Talks between the Dutch midfielder and the club are set for December, but Kicker sports magazine also suggested this week that "the tendency at the club is towards departure."

Berlin - German investor confidence posted a surprise increase in November, a key indicator released Tuesday showed, with the survey representing a key test of sentiment in Europe's biggest economy amid the fallout from the world financial crisis.

Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund defender Robert Kovac has been banned for three Bundesliga matches over a post-game outburst at a referee, the German football federation DFB said on Tuesday.