Former West Berlin policeman Karl Heinz Kurras, soon on trial for weapons possession, gained infamy after his shooting of a student led to the 1968 youth riots. But his work for the Stasi secret service could shed light on Germany's secretive past.
South-east Asia is still counting its dead after a string of natural disasters stretching from Indonesia to Samoa and the Philippines. Also in our weekly round-up of the news in Asia: China celebrates the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic.
The week in Asia focuses on China and what is left of Mao's legacy in the society, follows the campaign in China against the h1n1 flu and tries to understand how economic growth affects environment in Indonesia
A French court is due to decide later September the future of the Lambert Hotel, an architectural treasure of the 17th century in Paris, caught in a legal battle over the renovation of France's historical landmarks.
The Lambert Hotel, an architectural treasure of the 17th century located on Saint-Louis island in Paris, stands at the centre of a legal battle over renovating France's historical landmarks.
On Tuesday, ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland were marred by spats between Russia and Eastern European states over their respective roles in the conflict. Is history being rewritten?
Sixty-six years after his birth to a French mother and a German officer, Daniel Rouxel has finally won his battle to obtain German citizenship, becoming the first "Son of a Boche" to benefit from a recent agreement between the two countries.
Harry Patch, the last surviving World War I veteran to have fought in the trenches of Europe, has died at the age of 111 in the south-west of England. Patch fought in the 1917 battle of Passchendaele, which left 500,000 soldiers dead.
