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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, January 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Turkey has launched an offensive against the Islamic State (IS). The Turkish army said it had killed 200 fighters in Syria and Iraq in response to the attack in Istanbul.

Die Welt:

-- The German economy grew by 1.7 percent in 2015, the strongest rate of expansion in four years, official data showed on Thursday.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia has presented a 15-point package of measures as response to the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne. Enditem