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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- German train drivers' union GDL has announced they will have strikes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. German train drivers demand a 5 percent rise in payment and a reduction of one working hour per week.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Monday rescue operations in the Mediterranean would be "greatly improved". After the death of hundreds of Africans in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean on April 18, the European Union unveiled a 10-point action plan.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin that everything would be done to prevent more migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea in the wake of the latest tragedy in which hundreds of people are feared dead in the Mediterranean. She also called to intensify the fight against human trafficking. Enditem