BERBERA The residents of Berbera, a Somali port in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, call 62-year-old Jurgen Kantner 'the mad German sailor.' On June 23 last year, Kantner and his wife Sabine Merz ...

Fame, curiosity, adventure, discovery: none of the traditional motivations for exploration moved him. Out of work and luck in the Great Depression, the 25-year-old seems simply to have dropped his ...

Berlin (AFP) – After moving halfway around the world to New Zealand from Frankfurt, rugby-mad German Anton Segner is on the path to the All Blacks having already worn the coveted black jersey for the ...

A prince dismissed by his own family as a "mad old man" has emerged as a central figure in an alleged plot to overthrow the German government. He was arrested along with other alleged plotters – ...

Berlin (AFP) – After moving halfway around the world to New Zealand from Frankfurt, rugby-mad German Anton Segner is on the path to the All Blacks having already worn the coveted black jersey for the ...