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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, January 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are major news items in leading German newspapers on Wednesday.

Die Welt:

-- In an address to a gathering commemorating victims of the Paris attacks, German President Joachim Gauck has called upon the people in Germany to show courage and stand up against violence and xenophobia.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The Contact Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) moves into focus after a planned summit meeting over Ukraine was postponed. A spokesman of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said talks between Kiev and the pro-independence insurgents in eastern Ukraine must take place immediately.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the parliamentary fraction of the Union party insist on the introduction of a data retention law in Germany. Enditem