81.   EU farm officials already proposed banning pig exports from several German states.

82.   EU farm officials had already proposed banning pig exports from several German states.

83.   Even before the EU ban came into effect, three German states had already unilaterally banned imports of British beef.

84.   Employers have refused to accept a deal like one reached in Rhineland-Palatinate, the only German state where both sides have agreed on longer store hours.

85.   European Union experts debated Tuesday whether to ban exports of German pigs because of an outbreak of swine fever in four German states.

86.   Five people, including three children, were killed Sunday when fire engulfed a house in the eastern German state of Thuringia, police said.

87.   Four German states had gone ahead and imposed the bans unilaterally.

88.   Frankfurt Airport AG is owned by the German federal government, the German state of Hesse and the city of Frankfurt.

89.   Four people were seriously injured last month by an unknown assailant who fired shots at eight vehicles on highways in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

90.   German states and communities who come up with projects for the program will be providing the matching funds.