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Rodi Garganico (Italy), Jan 26 – Italian police have sealed off an illegal archaeological dig and recovered 108 stolen artefacts dating back more than 2,000 years.

Berlin, Jan 25 – Bayer Leverkusen has regained a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a comfortable 3-0 win at Hoffenheim.

Berlin, Jan 25 – Parents of a child who plays computer games excessively should limit computer use but not issue blanket condemnations, a social education worker advised.

Brussels, Jan 22 – Ministers of the European Union (EU) and secretary of the US Homeland Security have discussed ways to enhance transatlantic aviation security following the recent attempt to blow up an Amsterdam-Detroit flight on Christmas Day.

Athens, Jan 19 – Greece has cancelled an order for about eight million batches of the vaccine against swine flu, local media said citing the government sources.

Frankfurt, Jan 17 – Despite uncertainties that still plague the world’s home-textile industry with low demand and high unemployment in many traditional markets, India dominated the ongoing four-day Heimtextil fair in Frankfurt – the world’s largest fair for home textiles and furnishing products – by presenting the world’s biggest exhibitor contingent.

Munich, Jan 16 – Bayern Munich moved to the top of the Bundesliga for the first time in a year courtesy a 2-0 victory over Hoffenheim as the German league returned from its winter break.

Athens, Jan 16 – A powerful explosion went off at the Ministry of Press and Information in Athens Saturday, causing extensive damage but no injuries, reports said.

Hamburg, Jan 13 – The small German company RUF, which specialises in conversions of high-powered sports cars, has built what it calls the first Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) running purely on zero-emission electric power and based on the Porsche Cayenne.

Berlin, Jan 13 – The German economy shrunk by 4.8 percent last year as the global financial crisis engulfed Europe’s economic powerhouse, the nation’s statistics office is forecast to say Wednesday.