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• Deutsche Bahn to seal huge rail deal with Qatar German rail operator Deutsche Bahn is set to sign a contract worth "billions of euros" to build railways in Qatar and Bahrain, a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn told AFP on Friday.
• Match-fixing ring rocks European football Some 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games may have manipulated in a huge match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.
• New climate change goals to cost Germany EUR 310 billion Germany's ambitious plans to fight climate change will cost Europe's largest economy €310 billion, Manager Magazin reported on Friday.
• Editorial feud erects artistic six-metre penis In a massive escalation of a long-standing editorial feud, the newspaper Die Tageszeitung has unveiled an artwork depicting the naked editor-in-chief of its right-wing rival Bild sporting a six-metre penis up the façade of its headquarters.
• Disabled woman fired for eating pâté meant for patients A disabled Hannover woman working at a nursing home has been fired after 18 years on the job for eating pâté intended for patients, daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Friday.
• France finds lost spy file on young Hitler Secret French intelligence service documents on the young Adolf Hitler have surfaced in the country's national archives, daily Le Monde reported on Friday.
• VW board approves Porsche takeover Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, said on Friday that its supervisory board had cleared the way for its planned takeover of Porsche.
• Von der Leyen moots expanded child subsidy for poor families German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen has proposed expanding a monthly child subsidy for low income parents, daily Passauer Neue Presse reported on Friday.
• Defence minister expects Karzai to take action NATO countries expect "more than just words" from Afghan President Hamid Karzai after he promised to combat corruption, German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said Thursday.
• Springlike highs expected for weekend Anyone planning a weekend outing will enjoy sunshine and springlike temperatures in the coming days as a high pressure system moves over the Alps and into central Germany, the DWD weather service reported on Friday.
• Chestnut tree kills pedestrian A 47-year-old Frankfurt woman died late on Thursday after a chestnut tree suddenly fell and crushed her, police reported.
• Axel Springer buys stake in Turkish media group German media giant Axel Springer said on Thursday it had agreed to buy a 29-percent stake in Turkey's biggest independent media group Dogan for €161 million ($239 million).
• Football match-fixing ring uncovered Police arrested several people in Germany and abroad Thursday in connection to a gambling ring affecting Europe's top football leagues.
• Germans likely to play Grinch this Christmas Germans are planning to play Grinch when it comes to buying gifts this Christmas, but they may have to splash out more for a tree.
• Turks: Germany must do more for integration The vast majority of Turkish immigrants in Germany think their adopted country should do more to accommodate them and nearly half of them feel unwelcome, according to a new study released on Thursday.