Germany requires a new form of military service to meet its growing defence needs, a leading general has said. Harald Gante, a top lieutenant general in the German Army, told dpa in comments released on Sunday that the country's armed forces - known collectively as the Bundeswehr - cannot rely solely on volunteers to fulfil their list of tasks. "All the additional tasks that we have to deal with today in the area of homeland security, and national and alliance defence, will not work without sign