Councillor Leonhardt found dead

Düsseldorf -
Quiet it is in the corridors of City Hall. The shock is almost palpable.
Suddenly and unexpectedly order and Transport Minister Werner Leonhardt on Friday morning has died at his home in Rösrath.
His wife found him lifeless on the floor of the bathroom. He probably died of a sudden heart failure. Tragic: In the night he was again Grandpa made.
"I am deeply shocked," said Mayor Dirk Elbers. "It's disbelief, words fail me," said FDP faction leader Manfred Neuenhaus. From the camp of political opponents only dismay is heard - and respect.
"Leo was a staunch conservative. Even if we were not of one mind - he was always straightforward and reliable, "says Günter Karen Young (Green). Rules Committee Chairman Martin Volkenrath (SPD): "I fell off my chair when I heard it. His death breaks a gap, he has made his job very well. "
Leonhardt was in 1996 became Head of Department. Specializing in crime prevention. His passion was the sport. "He will be missed," said CEO Peter Fortuna Frymuth.

On poster against university fees, in real life at private university

Berlin / Duisburg - "education should not depend on the account of the parents. Therefore I choose SPD. "This award shines currently in Germany a pretty young woman of thousands election posters. The SPD-advertising now ensures vertebrae.
For the woman who speaks out against tuition fees since studied, even in an expensive private university. Jennifer M. (23), Young Socialists and SPD member local election candidate in Duisburg-visited since 2006, the European Business College in Düsseldorf.
The cost for a month (!) Event Management course amount to 590 Euro, as the university confirmed to EXPRESS. Power for the normal period of three years, which also indicates on its website for Jennifer M., 21 240 €. There are also other charges, such as for enrollment or 2000 € for one semester abroad.
Political opponents accuse the SPD of credibility. FDP deputy chief Cornelia Pieper for EXPRESS: "It's like when a vegetarian does advertising for a steak house. Who should the SPD really think now, that does not make them red, red and green? "
In the SPD, however the charge is dismissed as "nonsense". "Since in NRW black-ruled yellow, there are tuition fees. It is absurd for someone to construct a reproach, that he is untrustworthy, even if he pays his studies and also against tuition fees. "People assume that Jennifer M. had even worked for the tuition fees.
As of Monday, it is heard, the SPD wants to hang by the way new posters.

Bribery scandal at MAN

Munich - Because of suspicion of bribery payments frees prosecutors in Munich, Germany in promoting business premises of the engineering and commercial vehicle group MANdurchsucht.
 had been affected areas of MAN AG, the MANNutzfahrzeuge AG, dreiBeschuldigten MAN Truck & Bus Germany GmbH and 39Niederlassungen of society and the private homes of, told the prosecutor I amDienstag Munich in Munich.
   There is a suspicion there is a system to promote Absatzesvon trucks and buses from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, which had branches in Einkäuferermöglicht denVerkäufern commission payments.
The action lasted expected to bisMittwoch, said prosecutor Anton Winkler: DieStaatsanwaltschaft nähereEinzelheiten likely will announce in the coming days. "
   MAN announced it go in the actions for the years 2002 bis2005. In Germany alone, in the opinion should therefore derStaatsanwaltschaft hidden commission payments in the amount vonrund one million euros and several million euros in Auslandgeflossen be.
The company gave an assurance to the want of enlightenment Staatsanwaltschaftbei support the allegations.

Who is allowed to the Chancellor table?

Berlin -
The black and yellow post-Poker - now he's really going on, although staffing issues are resolved first ever officially at the end of coalition negotiations.
On Tuesday will FDP leader Guido Westerwelle first time be elected to political groups to be likely to later Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor.
Union and liberals want to not talk about publicly post, but at least leaked out that the FDP will try to place five ministers at the government table. Thanks to the spectacular electoral success, the liberals are bursting with confidence.
After EXPRESS information, the FDP, the biggest opportunities on the Foreign ministries, finance, justice, education and environment. The CSU should be governed by their crash (minus 6.6 percentage points satisfied) with only two ministries. Who is allowed to Merkel's cabinet table?
EXPRESS shows the currently most probable constellation - Just click through the gallery!

Two nuclear-powered boats collide in the Atlantic

London - A spectacular accident in the Atlantic: In the ocean collided two nuclear submarines, as reported in several British media. Also, the respective defense ministries have confirmed the incident now.
Both the British HMS Vanguard "and the French" Le Triomphant "can be loaded with 16 nuclear missiles and a multiple of nuclear warheads. How accurate are the ships were equipped to collision time is not known.
Actually, both were diving vessels (each 150 meters long) equipped with advanced sonar equipment - the collision at low speed, but not prevent this.
An effect of nuclear safety have it but gave no time like "The Sun" writes, citing a senior military.
After the collision is the "Triomphant" continued his own journey towards Brest, while said to have been the "HMS Vanguard" dragged into its home port of Faslane in Scotland. gave details of injuries among the 240 sailors not.

Japanese naval intercepts U.S. missile

Tokyo -
War-test maneuvers in the Atlantic. The Japanese navy has successfully intercepted one fired from a US-based medium-range missile and destroyed. It was already the third such test.
The reason for the military gimmick: Japan has invested in a missile defense system after North Korea had fired in 1998 in a test a long-range missile over northern Japan of time.
Now, U.S. forces fired off a test missile from a base on the islands belonging to Hawaiian island of Kauai.
The Japanese destroyer Myoko, "acknowledging the bullet and fired an SM-3 interceptor. 160 km above the Pacific Ocean triggered the test warhead of the rocket.
The SM-3 recognized the warhead and hit him. When the maneuver took place remained secret.

Thus right-wing extremists disguise themselves as "cool"

Berlin - sports, music, fun and friendships. What are children and young people aged 13 years and most of all and absorb like sponges to use Nazi groups nationwide to win the trust of teenagers, to deceive critical parents.
 Black clothes, no brand matters: Fascist comradeships contrary view from the white-shirts-and-girls-clean image of the HDJ as leftists, even though they are militant Nazis.
Bomber jackets and combat boots says dropout Anna ( "At 13 I came into the scene") in the alternative "TAZ" are frowned upon by cadres, because "even we, as women if we do not look like cliché-Nazis to find a lot more encouragement . If we citizens of newspapers distributed and coming along nicely, the popularity was much greater. "
Free CDs, distributed on school grounds, repackage right ideas in rock music for party purposes. Information on tables, white Michael New of the job against right-wing extremism and violence in Brunswick, stand next to Nazi slogans people "who look like you and me".
There are barbecue for everyone, Christmas with homemade cakes, pastries with swastikas. That would burp adults - not children.
Remember you more if it is begun to marginalize others (the "does not come with, which is a foreigner"), the teacher added: "Parents should look and listen carefully to prevent rather than particular." Even if only ever spoken against the state ( "Democracy is bad"), caution is required.