BERLIN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Germans need to be aware of and fight anti-Semitism on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Chancellor Angela Merkel says.

LONDON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The West's will to continue fighting in Afghanistan is wavering and reluctance to send troops into tough war zones is rising, a NATO military chief says.

KLAGENFURT, Austria, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Thousands of people attended a memorial service Saturday for right-wing Austrian leader Jorg Haider, who died in a car crash last weekend, officials said.

BERLIN, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A German official says President Horst Kohler and Parliament members approved a bank bailout plan Friday worth more than $674 billion.

BERLIN, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Germany's Left Party has nominated television actor Peter Sodann for the country's presidency in a bid to raise its profile, political analysts say.

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- German doctors say they have performed the world's first successful double-arm transplant.

BERLIN, July 19 (UPI) -- Germans are essentially homebodies who generally don't stray too far from their birthplaces, a survey indicates.

PARIS, June 14 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called Ireland's rejection of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty a call to rethink the way Europe is being constructed.

BRUSSELS, June 9 (UPI) -- More women than men are joining the workforce in Europe but the wage gap between women and men persists, an EU Commission study showed.