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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- Evidence of a violence-prone Lebanese, who is said to have procured machine and automatic guns for purposes of resale, triggered the warning of a terrorist threat in German city Bremen, said German prosecutor and interior minister Ulrich Maeurer on Sunday. However, no weapons were found during searches on Saturday night.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- German car producer BMW Group plans to create more than 8,000 jobs this year globally. BMW and other German car producers benefit from the global increase in demand for vehicles.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The governments of Portugal and Spain responded with outrage and protests on Sunday to the charge of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras said on Saturday that Spain and Portugal have formed "an axis of powers" which attempted to lead the whole negotiations (between Greece and the euro zone) to the brink for obvious political reasons. Enditem