Germany mulls ban on screening of anti-Islam film

Authorities in Germany are considering whether to ban the public screening of a film about Islam's Prophet Muhammad that has led to furious protests by Muslims worldwide, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.

Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022

Germany's ruling coalition said on Monday it will shut down all the country's nuclear power plants by 2022. The decision, prompted by Japan's nuclear disaster, will make Germany the first major industrialized nation to go nuclear-free in years.
It also completes a remarkable about-face for Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right government, which only late last year had pushed through a plan to extend the life span of the country's 17 reactors -- with the last scheduled to go offline in 2036.

2 US airmen killed in Frankfurt airport shooting

Germany - Two U.S. airmen were killed and two others were wounded at Frankfurt airport when a man opened fire on them at close range with a handgun, the first such attack on American forces in Germany in a quarter century.