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Hikers run in the storm on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Storm disrupts travel in Germany; man killed by falling tree

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German broadcaster ZDF's Istanbul bureau chief Joerg Brase poses for photographs in Istanbul, Sunday, March 10, 2019. Brase and Thomas Seibert of Tagesspiegel were stripped of their press credentials to work in Turkey and had left the country. They have called the government's move an attempt to silence international media and German officials have criticised Turkey's refusal to renew their accreditations. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

German journalists say Turkey trying to silence foreigners

By FRANK JORDANS and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS - Associated Press

Berlin police searches a forest in Kummersdorf, Germany, on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Hundreds of police officers are searching for a girl who went missing in Berlin last month, in a case that has distressed the country. German news agency dpa reported that 100 officers were sifting through a forest 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of the capital on Friday. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

Search for missing Berlin girl has Germany distressed

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Venezuelan Congress President Juan Guaido, an opposition leader who declared himself interim president, speaks during a rally demanding the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, next to his wife Fabiana Rosales in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 4, 2019. The United States and about 50 other countries recognize Guaido as the rightful president of Venezuela, while Maduro says he is the target of a U.S.-backed coup plot (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

German minister: Envoys helped prevent Guaido arrest

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Bayern's Thomas Mueller jumps for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bayern takes swipe at Germany coach over dropped players

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In this Feb. 22, 2017, photo, men walk past a German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard tank with a &quot;sold&quot; sign on it at the International Defense Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Germany will extend its current sanctions on arms sales to Saudi Arabia until the end of this month. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday the ban was extended “in regard to the development in Yemen.” (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) **FILE**

Germany extends Saudi Arabia arms sales ban

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Germany: Head of Merkel’s party defends ‘3rd sex’ comment

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Bayern's Serge Gnabry celebrates after he scored his side's 4th goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany striker Serge Gnabry extends contract at Bayern

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FILE -- In this Dec. 20, 2016 photo former German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, attends a reception on the occasion of his 80th birthday in Berlin, Germany. Kinkel died on Monday, March 4, 2019 in the age of 82 years. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

Former German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel dies at 82

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2005 file photo, German and US flags flap in the wind in front of the castle in Mainz, Germany, ahead of the meeting between US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will meet here. A new survey released Monday March 4, 2019, shows Americans and Germans differ widely on their assessments of the state of relations between the two countries, but hold very similar views on international issues, including their support for NATO. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Americans, Germans hold opposite views of nations’ relations

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2004 file photo, conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn, conducts the 15th symphony concert during the Lucerne Festival in the concert hall in Lucerne, Switzerland. Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, died in his Manhattan home, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. He was 89. (Urs FlueelerKEYSTONE via AP, File)

Andre Previn, Oscar-winning composer, has died at 89

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17, 2007, file photo, magician Jan Rouven Fuechtener presents the Floating Virgin during the dress rehearsal of a German TV show in Riesa, eastern Germany. Fuechtener, a former Las Vegas Strip illusion show headliner, is expected to face at least 24 years in prison following a failed effort to withdraw his guilty plea in a federal child pornography case. Fuechtener is a German citizen who performed under the name Jan Rouven at the Tropicana hotel-casino. His show closed following his arrest in March 2016. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)

Ex-Vegas headliner faints at 20-year sentence in porn case

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Macron, Merkel hold talks on Brexit and other EU issues

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In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Victory for Olympic athletes in Germany to promote sponsors

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This Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, file photo shows the sign at the entrance to the headquarters of Sig Sauer, a gun manufacturer based in Newington, N.H. Three former executives of German gun-maker Sig Sauer have gone on trial in Germany on suspicion of illegally selling firearms to Colombia by funneling them through a U.S. sister company. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane, file)

Germany: Ex-Sig Sauer executives on trial over Colombia sale

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Campaign group Attac loses German tax case

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Emergency service helicopters work to ferry rescue search workers to the scene of an avalanche which buried a group of skiers Saturday, in Reutte, Austria, Sunday Feb. 24, 2019. Austrian authorities say a German man is still missing after an avalanche buried a group of skiers, killing one and injuring a second. (Extremwetter &amp; News TV via AP)

Rescuers search for missing skier after Austrian avalanche

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint news conference with the President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel offers Juncker solidarity in Hungary spat

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German police detain 2 in alleged Islamic extremist plot

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German parliament President Wolfgang Schaeuble, center left at the speakers desk, delivers his opening speech during a remembrance session of the parliament Bundestag to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Germany: Far-right rebuked over ‘natural selection’ comment

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