1.   Also on Friday, Russian officials denied a report in a German newspaper suggesting that the Kursk was struck by a missile from the cruiser Peter the Great.

2.   Although now a American citizen, Seles is a Hungarian from Serb-dominated Yugoslavia, a country whose people have been demonized in some German newspapers.

3.   An unusual want ad appeared in several German newspapers recently.

4.   Both would be far overshadowed by the Deutsche-Dresdner colossus, and German newspapers were already carrying unconfirmed reports that Commerzbank had become a takeover target.

5.   A German newspaper reporter who said she was with Rugova at his home in Pristina after the NATO bombing began said Rugova was a hostage of Serb forces.

6.   A German newspaper reported Saturday that the body believed to be that of Shpigun had been found near the village of Duba-yurt, in the Argun gorge.

7.   A report in the German newspaper Bild, said on Sunday that Germany will announce Thursday that the number of unemployed rose to a new postwar record last month.

8.   A report in the German newspaper Bild, by contrast, suggested Germany will announce Thursday that the number of unemployed rose last month.

9.   A spokesman for Yeltsin refused to confirm or deny the German newspaper report.

10.   All weekend long, the Starr report dominated the front page of every German newspaper and television talk show.