BERLIN (Reuters) - A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.

Germany rejected General Motor's plea for targeted aid for German car factories. A government plan to subsidize car sales also unraveled, suggesting that Berlin had not yet reached a final decision on auto industry aid.

Political extremism could result if managers with high incomes do not curb capitalism's excesses, Germany's finance minister said. Berlin is working on a law to limit executives' compensation, according to one report.

The remains of a crew member on a Halifax bomber were recently found at the crash site in southeast Berlin. Flight engineer John Bremner will be laid to rest in Berlin later this month.

BERLIN, (AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives licked their wounds Monday after historic losses in a Bavarian state election, as German voters continue to abandon major parties a year ahead of the national poll.

BERLIN (AP) -- Haile Gebrselassie broke his own marathon world record on Sunday, becoming the first runner to finish under 2 hours, 4 minutes....

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police boarded a Dutch airliner at Cologne airport on Friday and arrested two men suspected of planning to take part in terrorist attacks.

BERLIN (AFP) - German police commandos arrested two Somali-born terror suspects on a KLM aircraft Friday who media reports said had links to a group behind a foiled 2007 plot to attack US interests.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Half a century after the drug thalidomide was launched, three German victims have started a hunger strike in a church to back their demand for an increase in their compensation payments.

BERLIN, Sep 23 (IPS) - A new report by Transparency International (TI)
lashes out at some of the world's poorest countries for an
"ongoing humanitarian disaster", and deplores the
wealthiest for not doing enough to stem graft.