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Police officers stand in front of a court where 21 year old Arid Uka is on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Uka is accused of killing two US airmen at the airport of Frankfurt last March. The 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed Wednesday to the killing, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Shooting suspect admits killing US airmen

FRANKFURT, Germany — A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed Wednesday to killing two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport, saying in emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee Palace, in Paris Tuesday Aug. 16, 2011. The leaders of Germany and France met Tuesday to discuss Europe's debt crisis as new figures show their economies stalled even before the latest bout of turmoil struck financial markets. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

Merkel, Sarkozy meet as euro economy stalls

PARIS — A marked slowdown in European economic growth is overshadowing a meeting Tuesday between the leaders of Germany and France aimed at getting the eurozone's 17 countries to work closer together to dig Europe out of its debt crisis.

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