BUSY NEWS DAY IN GERMANY: Prominent German opposition politician Wolfgang Schäuble gives a detailed statement of the CDU/CSU position on Iraq, the UN, and the US.

Environmental Minister Juergen Trittin (Green) claims that the US is only concerned about "oil" and that the WMD-thing is a distraction.

The German parliament unites in pushing for a worldwide ban on all types of human cloning.

Motassadeq's sentencing sets off a flurry of commentary.

And that's just the Tagesspiegel!

More to follow. . .