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'I'll have a proper BBQ' A CRAZED teenage gunman who massacred ten pupils and three teachers yesterday chillingly warned a chatroom partner he would have a "proper barbecue" at his former school.

Heribert Rech, interior minister of the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, said a 17-year-old had chatted with gunman Tim Kretschmer in an online chatroom the night before the brutal rampage.&l

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German economy now in recession Germany has entered a recession after government figures showed that Europe’s largest economy contracted by 0.5% in the third quarter.

This is the second consecutive quarter that the economy has shrunk after a 0.4% contraction in the second quarter.

The fall in economic output, driven by falls in exports, was greater than many analysts had expected.
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Con man posts himself out of prison in giant FedEx box A con man has posted himself out of a German prison in a giant FedEx box.

Turkish jaildbird Yasar Bayrak, 37, has been on the run since November 10, authorities said.

He also goes by the names Ibrahim Yasin, 42, and Hans Lang, 42.

German police believe he may have already created a new identity for himself and have released his photo in a de

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Workers

Lufthansa workers set to strike Union workers at German airline Lufthansa are set to strike after a pay dispute. The stoppage will affect both domestic and international flights.

The Verdi public sector union called the strike after 90.7% of its members, including ground and cabin workers, backed a walk-out starting on Monday.

The union wants a pay rise of 9.8%, while the airline is offering

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Life & Health

Cult death student's family in court The family of a student who died from head wounds after being lured to Germany by an extreme Right-wing sect will this week present fresh evidence about his death to the High Court in a bid to obtain a new inquest.A perfunctory investigation by police in Wiesbaden claimed Jeremiah Duggan, 22, killed himself by running on to a highway where he was hit by two cars.The new evidence includes reports b

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Berlin Resurrects Vanished Wall with GPS Guide Visitors to Berlin are often disappointed that so little of the infamous Wall still exists. The city has launched a multimedia guide tracing the path of the Cold War barrier complete with eyewitness accounts of shootings, escapes and the everyday agony of life in its shadow.

The new Mauerguide, a mini-computer equipped with GPS navigation, traces the path of the Berlin Wall and

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Fetish Fashion Goes Underground Berlin fashion labels took to the underground this Thursday as part of the brand-new Berlin Fashion Week. The German capital may not be competing with Paris just yet when it comes to haute couture -- but its designers certainly know how to turn out a fetish outfit.

Berlin is a city where anything goes. So when a gang of models with piercings, tattoos, vibrant wigs and shaved hea