Apple Inc.'s iPhone will be sold by Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile division in Germany in November, company officials said Wednesday.

Germany crushed Argentina with 11-0 on the FIFA Women's World Cup opening game in China. The women's national soccer team of Germany won confidently in the FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Germany and Argentina are both in Group A. The game was played in Shanghai.

More than 200,000 ducks would be slaughtered at two farms in Bavaria to avoid bird flu spreading. The head of Bavaria's state office for health and food safety, Volker Hingst, said the slaughter was "a purely precautionary measure," taken after "laboratory indications of H5N1" were found. The birds were not visibly sick, he said.

German authorities say they have arrested three suspected Islamic terrorists for allegedly plotting bomb attacks on Frankfurt airport and a U.S. military base in Ramstein. Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said the threat had been "imminent."

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Beijing for talks with the Chinese leadership on bilateral ties and issues of common concern, this year also marks the 35th anniversary of Germany-China diplomatic ties.

Two Africans were attacked by right-wing extremists last weekend in Mainz, in western Germany, local authorities said on Saturday, the same night as a brutal mob assault on eight Indians in the country's former communist east.

Chancellor Angela Merkel vigorously defended Germany's politically contentious troop deployment in Afghanistan, a day after one of two Germans kidnapped there was found dead.

One of the two German engineers taken hostage in Afghanistan July 18 is alive but in critical condition, German ZDF TV channel reported Monday. It said it was in contact with the hostage by phone Sunday, adding that the body of the second hostage, killed Friday, would be repatriated soon.

Afghan and international forces have initiated an attempt to rescue 23 South Korean hostages their pro-Taleban captors have threatened to kill within hours.

Germany's foreign ministry said Saturday it had no substantial evidence confirming executions of two German hostages held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan.

A purported Taliban spokesman said today that the group has killed two German hostages it had been holding in Afghanistan since July 18, while an Afghan offical said one is still alive.