Bundesbank to raise interest rates Frankfurt. It is reported that the decision to raise the rates was taken at the most recent meeting of the bank's central committee. Still no change in employment trends Bonn. The national employers' confederation has announced in its half-year report that it does not expect any change in the trend on the employment market during 1997, as in previous years. An average of 4.2 million unemployed is expected for the year.
Police have suspects in money courier murder case Halle.
The police have announced that they have two suspects in the case of the murder of two money couriers. The suspects are a 27 year old double murderer from the Ruhr area and his wife. Escaped sect members in Santiago de Chile Santiago de Chile. It is thought that the two members of the Colonia Dignidad sect that fled the sect's settlement might know where the sect's leader, Paul Schaefer, is hiding. The two men are at present at the German deputy ambassador's private house, which the police have surrounded with a large presence, probably in order to protect the men.