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Security scare at Munich airport, man flees

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Parts of Munich airport were sealed on Wednesday after a laptop tested positive for explosives and its owner fled into a secured area, police said. Authorities seized the computer as the man passed through security at the German airport at around 3:30 ...

Charlton salutes fellow Munich survivor Scanlon

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

Manchester United great Bobby Charlton paid tribute to Albert Scanlon on Wednesday after the death of his fellow Munich air disaster survivor at the age of 74. Scanlon, one of the 'Busby Babes' who earned their nickname for being trained up through ...

Man United's 'Busby Babe' Scanlon dies aged 74

AFP European Edition 48 days ago

Former Manchester United player Albert Scanlon, one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster, has died aged 74, the club said on Wednesday. Scanlon, who was one of the 'Busby Babes' earning their nickname for being trained up through the youth ...

'Nazi guard' Demjanjuk hearing postponed: court

AFP Global Edition 69 days ago

John Demjanjuk, 89, accused by Holocaust survivors of playing up his illness in his war crimes trial, has an infection and thus no hearing will take place on Wednesday, the court said. "At the start of the hearing, the presiding judge announced ...

Klinsmann rules out Bundesliga return

AFP Global Edition 69 days ago

Former Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann has ruled out coaching a Bundesliga side again and has brushed off reports that linked him to Rafael Benitez's job at Premier League side Liverpool. Klinsmann was sacked as coach of Bayern Munich earlier this year after ...

'Nazi guard' Demjanjuk trial begins in Germany

AFP Global Edition 71 days ago

Germany placed John Demjanjuk in the dock Monday over charges that he herded thousands of people to death at a Nazi camp during World War II at the start of the 89-year-old's Holocaust trial. Demjanjuk is charged with assisting in the murder ...

Demjanjuk war crimes trial to open

AFP Global Edition 71 days ago

Germany is on Monday staging what is likely to be the last major Holocaust trial, placing 89-year-old John Demjanjuk in the dock over charges that he herded thousands of people to death at a Nazi camp. Demjanjuk is charged with assisting in ...

Demjanjuk faces landmark Nazi death camp trial

AFP Global Edition 72 days ago

Eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk stands trial in Germany Monday accused of herding 27,900 Jews to their deaths as a Nazi camp guard, in what will likely be the last major case of its kind. The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk is expected to be pushed into ...

Van Gaal's delight as Bayern keep dream alive

AFP Global Edition 76 days ago

Under-fire Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal admitted he was a relieved man after the German giants kept their Champions League dream alive with a crucial 1-0 win over Maccabi Haifa. Croatia striker Ivica Olic's second-half strike breathed life into Bayern's fading ...

German charged over WWII massacre: prosecutors

AFP Global Edition 84 days ago

German prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 90-year-old alleged former member of Hitler's SS with 58 counts of murder over a massacre of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II. The man, who has not been named, is accused ...

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