Major news item in leading German newspapers

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

Junge Welt

-- German federal defense forces plan to expand presence in Mali, a west African country. The number of German soldiers will increase from 650 now to 1000 at most, and helicopters will come into use, according to a defense ministry spokesperson.

Neues Deutschland

-- Nuclear power companies in Germany are scheduled to pay about 23 billion euros to the government, and the government will take responsibilities for nuclear waste disposal, according to a new bill on nuclear phaseout presented by Germany's governing coalition parties and the Green party.

Der Tagesspiegel

-- One suspect for attacking a woman at the subway station Hermannstrasse in Berlin late November has been arrested. The suspect's accomplice kicked the woman down from the station's stairs brutally and escaped, the surveillance video showed. Enditem