Germany stuns, europe shines in first-quarter gdp

By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Stunning German growth and a surge in France produced a defiantly healthy showing from Europe when estimates of economic growth for the first three months of 2008 were published on Thursday.European Expansion Beats Forecasts, Led by Germany (Update2) BloombergEuro zone Q1 growth 2.2 percent as inflation cools Houston ChronicleMarketWatch - Wall Street Journal - Forbes - International Herald Tribune