More than 20 firefighters rescue U.S. student trapped inside giant vagina sculpture in GermanyIn the space of 24 hours last week, southern Germany witnessed two spectacular rescue operations.
German beermakers may be winning their battle to stop frackingExxonMobil test drilling makes brewers fear for their livelihoods, but others see fracking as alternative to coal and nuclear energy
Greenpeace loses more than $5 million in currency speculationEnvironmental group apologizes for record losses last year after employee lost campaign funds on international currency markets
Germany opens inquiry into claims NSA tapped Angela Merkel's phoneGermany's federal prosecutor has defied public expectations by opening an investigation into the alleged tapping of Angela Merkel's mobile phone by the US's National Security Agency (NSA).
Merkel pressed to confront Obama over NSA scandal prior to talksAngela Merkel should ask Barack Obama to destroy her NSA file when she meets the American president in Washington later this week, a leading German opposition politician has told the Guardian.
