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Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Sabine Lisicki and give title holder Czech Republic an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Germany in the first round of the Fed Cup on Sunday.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Sabine Lisicki and give title holder Czech Republic an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Germany in the first round of the Fed Cup on Sunday.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, on a visit to the Middle East and Israel, has warned against any unilateralism in the pursuit of peace talks in the region.

German soul artist Xavier Naidoo was part of a late 90s movement encouraging artists to return to the German language in pop. Performing in various formations, he is an enduring presence in the charts.

German director Wim Wenders has traveled many a dusty road. He's charting a new path into another dimension with his new, Academy Award nominated film, "Pina."

Germany, holding up better than its eurozone partners in the current debt crisis, is battling the increasingly widespread phenomenon of "burnout" which it says is costing its economy billions of euros (dollars) each year.

BERLIN ? One of the best things about the high school season is the latter half of the basketball schedule.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) -- Results Saturday from the Fed Cup World Group first-round tie between Germany and the Czech Republic on the indoor hard-court at Porsche Arena: Czech Republic 2, Germany 0 Singles Iveta Benesova , Czech Republic, def. Sabine Lisicki , Germany, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Petra Kvitova , Czech Republic, def. Julia Goerges , Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.

Fed Cup first round scores between Germany and Czech Republic in Stuttgart on Saturday (* denotes new result)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed regret Saturday that Chinese police blocked a human rights lawyer from meeting her and said the Communist government should have the confidence to allow dissent.