51.   German prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating new cases of German businessmen suspected of smuggling or trying to smuggle weapons material to Libya.

52.   Germany has prosecuted German businessmen for conducting such sales to Iraq on behalf of private companies.

53.   Gunmen kidnapped a German businessman who has lived in Colombia for nearly two decades, police said Monday.

54.   In addition to diplomatic relations, they discussed the case of German businessman Helmut Hofer.

55.   Iran denied Sunday that an appeals court upheld a death sentence a day earlier for a German businessman convicted of having sex with a Muslim woman.

56.   Iran denied Sunday that an appeals court upheld a death sentence on a German businessman convicted of having a sexual relationship with a Muslim woman.

57.   Iranian-German relations were strained during the two-year ordeal involving German businessman Helmut Hofer.

58.   Iranian police have re-arrested a German businessman who was condemned to death for illicit sex and later released on bail, a judicial spokesman said Sunday.

59.   Iranian judges have ordered retrials for a German businessman and an Iranian journalist who were condemned to death, state-run media reported Wednesday.

60.   Iranian police have re-arrested a German businessman who had been released on bail in April, a judicial spokesman said Sunday.