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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to cut its key interest rate for the first time in European history to zero percent.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- EU interior ministers believed that the criticism of organizations dealing with human rights and refugee aid to parts of the planned agreement with Turkey on refugees was exaggerated and unjustified.

Der Tagesspiegel:

-- The United Nations' human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein voiced alarm on Thursday over a draft deal between the EU and Turkey that could see "illegal" collective expulsions of migrants from Greece to Turkey. Endit