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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- Police recorded for the past year a dramatic increase in drug-related crime in Germany. The number of criminal cases recorded by police increased by 276,734 to its highest level in nine years. German cities Nuremberg, Mannheim, Cologne and Berlin are particularly affected.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Oskar Groening, accused of complicity in the murders of 300,000 Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1944, has shown remorse at the start of the probably last major Nazi trial in Germany. "For me, it is beyond all question that I have made myself morally complicit," he said, "I ask for forgiveness."

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Passengers of German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) have to expect cancellation of services and delays on Wednesday and Thursday due to the strikes of German train drivers union GDL. The walkout began on Tuesday afternoon in the freight transport sector. Enditem