LG-Nortel, the Nortel and LG Electronics joint venture, announced what is believed to be the first videophone that allows visual monitoring through a remote Wi-Fi camera link. The new videophone will be showcased at CeBIT 2007, being held March 15-21 in Hannover, Germany

Germany's constitutional court has rejected a request by two lawmakers to prevent the deployment of German fighter jets in Afghanistan to support NATO forces there.

Germany's Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today his country will not be "blackmailed" by terrorists demanding the withdrawal of German troops from Afghanistan.

The Nigerian Times International calls for a law to punish rumour mongers as the man that was rumoured to be dead, Alhaji Umar Shehu Yar'Adua, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), returned to Nigeria from Germany yesterday.

Presidential Candidate Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is Alive!
On the phone with his associates this afternoon he said, "I wish to thank all my supporters for their well wishes, and want to assure them I'm quite fine and will be back on the campaign trail shortly."

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan quickly to resolve the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.

Germany's foreign minister has criticized the United States for failing to include Russia in discussions about a proposed missile defense system in Europe.

German prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 13 people in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev visits Berlin today for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

German lawmakers are urging the federal government, which currently holds the European Union's rotating Presidency, to press for free and fair presidential polls in Turkmenistan in February, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is headed to Germany, after a tour of the Middle East aimed at rallying support for the new U.S. plan for Iraq.

Ford this month is launching 'Ford Individual,' a program that allows customers to personalise their new cars by selecting from an enhanced range of features and equipment that complement standard trim levels.