BBC: German Education Minister Annette Schavan has resigned after a university stripped her of her doctorate for plagiarism.
Duesseldorf's Heinrich Heine University voted last Tuesday to remove her doctorate following a review.
Ms Schavan, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, insisted she would still fight the university's ruling. » | Saturday,, February 09, 2013
DIE WELT: Bildungsministerin Annette Schavan tritt zurück: Die in der Plagiatsaffäre unter Druck geratene Bundesbildungsministerin Annette Schavan stellt ihr Amt zur Verfügung. Sie verkündete ihre Entscheidung gemeinsam mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. » | AFP/ks | Samstag, 09. Februar 2013
