Daily Bulletin | 20.12.2012, 19:30 UTC

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Daily Bulletin 20.12.2012 | 19:30 UTC News Russia Putin addresses media, expresses concern about Syria Russian President Vladimir Putin has held his first annual news conference since returning to the presidency. In his speech he said his main concern about Syria is the country itself, not President Bashar Assad. Opinion: Putin's 'disappointing' state of the nation address Diplomacy Hollande recognizes France's 'brutal' colonization of Algeria French President Hollande has made a speech to the Algerian parliament during a trip aimed at improving relations between France and its former colony. Their shared history has been a long-standing source of tension. Hollande looks to the future UN Mali mandate inches closer Egypt Egypt's chief prosecutor withdraws resignation Egypt's chief public prosecutor, Talaat Abdullah, has withdrawn his resignation. The move comes just days after he resigned in the face of protests by prosecutors and judges demanding that he step down. Egypt's constitutional vote remains in limbo Court Cases German federal court bans mass genetic testing A German court has ruled that evidence from mass genetic testing cannot be used when searching for or prosecuting an offender. DNA results can only be used against the participants of the testing and not their relatives. Bundeswehr De Maiziere visits German troops serving in Kosovo German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere has used a visit to Pristina to praise the efforts of Bundeswehr soldiers to reduce tensions in Kosovo. This was his third visit to the troops as defense minister. Diplomacy S. Korea's pres-elect pledges 'new era' on Korean peninsula South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-Hye has promised a serious stance on security issues while pledging "trust based diplomacy" with North Korea. This comes a week after a successful North Korean rocket launch. Court Cases New raid on Deutsche Bank headquarters The offices of German banking giant Deutsche Bank have been raided for the second time in just over a week. The latest raids are connected to the collapse of the Munich-based Kirch media group. Business Mergers IntercontinentalExchange set to purchase NYSE Euronext Wall Street is set to see the emergence of the world's biggest stock-market company after IntercontinentalExchange announced a deal to purchase New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Regulators still need to approve the deal. EU blocks Deutsche Börse-NYSE Euronext deal Newsletters More DW German-Jewish Cultural Heritage Join DW as we uncover traces of German-Jewish cultural heritage all around the world. DW's reporters travel from Chicago to Shanghai to find German-Jewish immigrants and retell their stories. More DW Those Germans Punctual and unfashionable, orderly and up-tight–there are lots of clichés about Germans. DW will throw all that into question with the multimedia special "Those Germans" starting November 21.   Unsubscribe   Personal Data   Feedback   Imprint © Deutsche Welle 2012