Berlin - German officials are drafting legislation to imprison men for up to 10 years if they obtain sexual services from women forced into prostitution, according to the news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday.

A Justice Ministry spokesman confirmed to Deutsche Presse-Agentur that a discussion document about the bill was under review, but gave no details.

He said the parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition had agreed to clamp down on prostitution by duress.

Regular prostitution is legal in Germany, with cities zoning land for brothels. Prostitutes appear on TV and pay income tax.

Moenchengladbach, Germany  - The Dalai Lama appealed Saturday for Chinese authorities to introduce reforms in Tibet.

Wolfsburg, Germany  -  A plan by Volkswagen to set up a US car plant to

Berlin  -  A "Book of the Berlin Wall" to be issued this year is to tell the life stories of

Manila - German construction equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson has opened a factory just outside the Philippine capital, a government statement said Saturday.

Cologne, Germany  - The ladies who meet regularly in a museum cafe in Cologne skip the gossip and get straight down to haiku, an ultra-brief poetry style that has spread from Japan around the globe