Drop in number of road deaths in Germany Wiesbaden. The Federal Statistics Office has announced that there has been a drop in the number of road deaths in Germany in the first few months of this year, compared to the same period last year. In contrast to this, however, the number of those injured has risen. Less risks from donated blood Bonn. Health Minister Seehofer believes that people are now much less at risk from donated blood than previously.
Cabinet agrees new social housing law Bonn.
The Regional Court at Freiburg has sentenced a man from the former Yugoslavia to five years and three months imprisonment for taking of hostages. The man, who is 35 years old, had threatened five social workers with a molotov cocktail and taken them hostage in an attempt to force them to allow him to see his son. Federal Government condemns female circumcision Bonn. The Ministry for Women said that an estimated 115 million girls and women have had their genitals mutilated in this way. Stuttgart reaches DFB league cup final Osnabrueck.