BERLIN - The German press was united in its disgust after some Greek demonstrators dressed in Nazi uniforms and flew swastikas to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Athens. "Germany does not deserve THAT," screamed mass-circulation daily Bild. "Merkel's visit was intended as a goodwill gesture, but it is doubtful that her quiet expressions of sympathy were heard by the demonstrators," said the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily. AFP
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's gold mine owners and unions representing picketing workers reached a deal to end months of industrial unrest that has curbed production of the precious metal. The Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) agreed to a series of pay rises that will now be put to striking workers for approval. AFP
PARIS - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a rare magazine interview that he is tired of being hunted by the media and begged to be left alone. "I no longer have public duties, I am not a candidate for anything. I have never been convicted in this country or any other," said Strauss-Kahn. "Nothing justifies the fact I have become the target of a media hunt, which sometimes ends up resembling a manhunt." Reuters