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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- The European Commission accuses Google of abusing its market power and therefore tightened the pressure against the U.S. Internet giant. The commission's anti-cartel authorities on Wednesday sent a "Statement of Objections" to Google. It is alleged that the company systematically favored its own price comparison service in its general search results pages.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The German Federal Public Prosecutor is investigating the possibility of German jihadists being involved in torturing hostages of the terrorist network Islamic State (IS). German jihadists have been reportedly worked as guards in prisons of IS, where the beheaded American, British and Japanese hostages were detained. Authorities decided to launch the investigation after a 27-year-old German, who was placed into various IS jails until June 2014, made detailed statements about his experience.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the German and European life insurance industry are facing a crisis. IMF said the life insurance industry in particular had to suffer severely from low interest rates. A quarter of the insurance companies in Europe can not maintain the required capital, if interest rates remain low. Enditem