Acquittal: workers sat innocent 18 months in prison

The Landgericht Goettingen said the workers on Friday in a repeat process from the serious accusation of sexual abuse of a two-year-old boy released. The court followed the identically worded requests from prosecutor and defender. After the man at the end of April 2007 because of suspected abuse in custody have had the district Brunswick him to five years in prison. The Federal Court had revoked the verdict and the case for renewed negotiations referred to Göttingen.

That as long as he sat in custody, the man himself had to take responsibility, said the presiding judge in the sentencing justification. The 48-year-old had initially confessed to the police, the son of acquaintances to have mistreated. Therefore stand him for the detention suffered no compensation. Although the workers soon revoked, had the district Brunswick in its ruling based on that confession. The Göttingen judge came after the questioning of witnesses and experts to the conclusion that this confession was not plausible. Not the accused, but the father of the child's stepfather, the two-year-olds already often mistreated had come as a possible perpetrator.

Investigations against stepfather?

The then 25-year-old stepdaughter father had the boy in April 2007 for the friendly with him briefly left workers, cigarette because he get money and wanted change. The indictment was assumed that the 48-year-old child in the time sexually abused and beaten has. Lenses and traces of an expert's opinion that such an approach to the Vienenburg do not, however, speak against the perpetrator, said the presiding judge. Now the prosecutor is examining whether it violates the stepfather initiating an investigation.

Letter bomb: Twelve-year-old doctors operated optimistic

Six and a half hours a team of doctors on Friday the twelve years charlyne surgery - apparently with success. They had succeeded, the arm of the girl who on Wednesday in a bomb attack in Rudow was shredded, initially to rescue. So did the chance that the arm is maintained by 50 percent, said Andreas iron Schenk the Tagesspiegel. He is chief physician at the hospital accident Marzahn. Yet there is still life-threatening. "It could be dangerous toxins in the body distribute," he said. Meanwhile fahndet a large contingent of police continue to Peter John. The 32-year-old uncle of the girl is on Wednesday a bomb in the mailbox of the family have deposited. In addition, he is already in the morning detonating a sentence - a packet in which a jar stuck - on the car roof of his brother have made. This bomb is not lit. Only in the afternoon brought Father vivasalsa the lost piece to the police. Almost at the same time detonierte the mailbox, newspapers as the girl withdrew from the slot. Policemen guarding the victim in hospital. Even the parents are in Rudow under police protection. As reported, the police of "family disputes" as a motif. Peter John should be penalized and have felt stepchildren his sister and his brother's life that they led, have geneidet. John is in the police record because of fraud and theft. Already on Wednesday evening stormed a special Operations Command his apartment in Neukölln Reuter street. Even with one of his sisters and a house in the middle of the investigators searched for him. He is in a red BMW 3 Series (indicator B-NC 5479) on the way. Witnesses to the car, if they find it, do not touch. It could contain more explosives. Even the officials have arrested at a very cautious approach: They fear that John could ignite a bomb.

Closing with chalk!

The green blackboard with chalk dust and sopping sponge belong to the past. What happened in Britain and Finland have long course is now also pulls in the Berlin classroom. The primary school at the Bæk in Steglitz is the first state primary school, complete with the so-called whiteboards equipped.
Is written on this white wall panels with a pencil without color or even just with your finger.

In principle the blackboard like the latest Game Boy generation, which already everyday world is one of many children.
If a computer, you can pictures from the Internet directly on the slab beam and then, after a whim continue editing. The table Photos can be saved and, if necessary, a sick students are sent home. The panels can even be networked so that about two classes in different locations work together on a project can work.
Many private schools already have the interactive boards, but the government schools do not have the money for the new technology. The Bæk Elementary School, with the help of donations and sponsors to 140 000 euros collected to ensure that all classrooms needed. The school hopes that the teachers through the new boards are motivated to frequent the computer and the Internet in the teaching process. The student has to learn to make their presentations. Because that is precisely what their future in the workplace may be required.

Test flight in the disaster

So there is a flight every day somewhere in the world. An airline has a machine to another airline next, and before the handover is testing whether everything is in order. One to two hours in this rule, and after landing the paperwork is still regulated.

It should be even with the machine with the registration D-AXLA be an Airbus A320 of the German holiday airline XL Airways Germany. But the machine is on Thursday when landing at the airport Perpignan toppled into the sea. All seven occupants, including two German pilots, are probably died. The search for survivors had been on Friday, said the prefecture in Perpignan on Friday evening. There was no more hope for them. The flight data recorders have been located.

Why a routine flight to the disaster was all about puzzle now Beteiligten.Der Airbus was only three years old. The machine belonged to Air New Zealand, however, they in the past two years to XL Airways had rented. The lease would be on 1 December expired, it should be called a 30-month-check carried out, and when maintenance specialists EAS Industries in Perpignan. There was the Airbus in Air New Zealand colors umlackiert.

According to the French coastguard the machine is about seven kilometers off the coast toppled into the sea. On the exact circumstances there is conflicting information. An eye witness to have seen how the machine in aufschlug steep angle, another spoke of a belly landing. Aboard the plane were apparently in addition to the two German pilots four employees of Air New Zealand and one of the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, which oversaw the flight. I understand the pilots have not stopped emergency. The Airbus was based on current information available from the radar screen disappeared without that air traffic controllers were aware of difficulties. This indicates a very sudden problem or that the crew lost the orientation might have.

XL Airways for the crash is the second bad news within a few months. In September, its parent company, the British XL Leisure Group, pleitegegangen, and a while it looked as if the German airline would therefore fail. But nevertheless opted for XL Airways Germany and the French offshoot XL Airways France at least an interim solution opened, enabling the two airlines has been allowed to continue. They were assisted by a creditor of the XL Airways Group over the Icelandic investment bank Straumur-Burdaras. XL Airways Germany operates seven aircraft and flies on behalf of large tour operators like TUI and Öger Tours.

Air New Zealand, the accident triggered great consternation. The group still wanted to head on Friday along with relatives of the victims on their way to make southern France. For the airline is the 28th November to a true Unglückstag: 29 years ago toppled a DC-10 for a sightseeing flight in Antarctica from. In this worst crash so far the company had 257 people died. As the Airbus crashed into the Mediterranean yesterday, in New Zealand was also the 28th November arrived.

Last place for Frankfurt

Frankfurt taxi drivers no hurry reputation ahead - the introduction of "service-taxis" be the change 27th In November 2008 a nationwide taxi test of the German automobile club (ADAC) in Frankfurt has ten large cities, behind Hanover, Hamburg and Berlin, the last place. Has been examined the performance of the driver, the state of the taxis, deviations from the fastest route and the tariffs. In Frankfurt fell, according to the ADAC chairman of Hesse and Thuringia, Erhard Oehm, almost half of drivers through.

More than one third of drivers had language problems, many had not complied with traffic rules. Even with the topography, the Frankfurt taxi driver not shown outstanding performance: 40 percent of drivers would have the destination not immediately known, with every fourth trip were the drivers of the standard route of the taxi cooperative parity.
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Complaints about lack of helpfulness

In each city examined the tester - half men and women - five major routes such as from Central to a large hotel. Each route has sailed four times, twice during the day and twice at night. Most complaints were made in Frankfurt. On the route from the airport to Central Station about a driver exceeded significantly the maximum speed at all four trips on this route was the understanding with the driver because of his poor knowledge of German is difficult, in one case the taxi was filthy, in another case, the air conditioning does not work . Complains of the testers has been repeatedly discourtesy and lack of readiness to help the driver.


On the routes from the airport to Central Station and from Central Station to Hotel issued testers the note "good", which runs from downtown to the outskirts as well as from the outskirts to the center and from the opera to the restaurant but were only with the note "sufficient" evaluated.

Criteria for the Evaluation of drivers (40 per cent of the overall standings) were friendliness, respect the traffic rules, recommending restaurants and attractions. When the vehicle (20 percent) respected the testers visibility on the ticket, cleanliness and Seat belt instructions. The point "route loyalty and tariffs" (40 percent) saw before, the topography, tariff review and compliance with the standard route to consider. Frankfurt was tested on 12 June this year, the testers were the same as in other cities.

80 percent of drivers with immigrant background

The representatives of the Frankfurt taxi industry have the result of the tests recognized. "The tendency is true," said Thomas Grail, managing director of the German taxi and car rental association. The taxi industry needed drivers who had more than just local. Furthermore, the tests in the various different cities difficult. Grail spoke in favor of a new test after a certain time to introduce legally.

Thomas Schmidt, the chairman of the Taxi Association Frankfurt, spoke of a "disappointing result for Frankfurt." He also like his colleague Albert Schmidt, a board member of taxi Frankfurt, pointed out that in Frankfurt, with 80 percent very many drivers with immigrant background there. Many of them do not speak very good English. Another problem is that a driver an average of only five euros per hour and earn taxi ride for many who have no profession or lost their jobs had a lifeline impeded. It often brings to professional bills, a further qualification was in the taxi industry, such a qualification desirable, not easy to accomplish.

Now they want "from negative positives do, said Thomas Schmidt. The Frankfurt taxi industry to work together with the Department to order a quality offensive. Among other things, you have the higher-taxi service introduced a certified taxi with a certified driver. Both have special quality criteria.

An auditor of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt pointed out that according to the law in the driver's test only the local writing and orally, are expected to be queried. In Frankfurt Weights But since November the oral exam more than once in this way will ensure that the driver was somewhat circumspect in German might. The audit was now very difficult. Who they existed, could be without a navigator in Frankfurt taxi. Admittedly, there are many "Altfälle", ie taxi drivers, many years ago made their taxi test, but not continuously had driven a taxi. At some one had passed the development of Frankfurt.

The Media from Garmisch

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - A free guide has Zugwaggon on Friday morning in the county Garmisch-Partenkirchen made independently and as Media for small stir. The empty wagon trip of a regional train after train verselbstständigte claims in shunting station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and then rolled about 20 kilometers on the precipitous route to Ohlstadt. According to Deutsche Bahn AG was the route for about two hours for the trains blocked. No one was injured. Railway staff were barriers along the route closed and warnings durchgesagt. Railway and police are now looking at how it could come to the incident.

In the waltz step with the Federal President

From Anja Popovic; Barbara Janich 2800 guests, the decorations in the colors purple and gold, seven federal ministers and a ball, three-fourths of the clock started. Ursula Gobling, wife of the chairman of the Federal Werner Gößling press conference, has in Intercontinental Hotel yesterday evening with German President Horst Köhler and the 57th Emperor Waltz Federal Press Ball opened. Werner led Gobling Eva Luise Koehler on the floor. How is that if an all-dancing watch? "The first dance can I particularly enjoy, because there's so awful lot of space," said Eva Luise Koehler.