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German court halts probe into Nazi massacre of 650 Italians

A German court said Monday it was scrapping a probe into 17 former Nazi SS soldiers, eight of whom are still alive, for their alleged part in the wartime massacre of 560 citizens in an Italian village. After a 10-year investigation, the court in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart…

German court orders artist not to kill puppies onstage

A German court has ordered an artist not to go through with plans to kill a pair of puppies as part of a performance, according to The Guardian. The unidentified German artist planned to strangle two puppies on stage and perform a funeral rite for them as a way of…

YouTube loses music clip copyright battle in German court

German court rules that YouTube must take down copyrighted music clips – a move which could lead to royalty payments YouTube must take down copyrighted clips of music, a German court has ruled, in a move that could be a step towards forcing it to pay large sums in royalties.…