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The World from Berlin: 'Dear God, Let's Get it Over With'

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:04:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Sep. 22 - DPA A pope protester awaits the pontiff's arrival on Thursday. The pope's visit to Germany this week promises to be difficult. Abuse scandals among priests worldwide have dimmed enthusiasm for the leader of the Catholic Church, even in his homeland, and

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Seeking Safety in Turkey: Syrian Refugees Describe Horrors of Assad Crackdown

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Hasnain Kazim - Jun. 18 (News Report) - Syrian President Bashar Assad is driving away his own people, say refugees who have fled into Turkey. Eyewitnesses describe executions, random violence and bodies in the streets. But despite the exiles' suffering, many Turks are suspicious of their motives for crossing the border.

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The World from Berlin: 'The US Shouldn't Play with Its Credibility'

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Charles Hawley - Apr. 20 (News Analysis) - Europe has long been concerned about the role ratings agencies have played in the euro-zone debt crisis. Now, though, the US has become the target. German commentators say that, even if Standard & Poor's is right to doubt US reliability, the agencies have become too powerful.

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Saying Goodbye to Nuclear: Merkel Takes First Steps toward a Future of Renewables - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Apr. 15 (News) - When Angela Merkel declared a moratorium on nuclear energy after the recent disaster in Japan, critics accused her of playing politics. Now she appears to be serious. A national summit in Berlin has laid out a six-point plan to move Germany away from nuclear power.

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Scrapped Euro Coin Scam Costs Bundesbank Millions

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Mar. 31 (News) - German prosecutors have uncovered a 6 million euro scam involving reconstituted euro coins that had been sold to China as scrap metal. One and two euro coins were then brought back to Germany, some via Lufthansa airline employees, and traded in at the central bank.

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The World from Berlin: Hamburg Election Result Is a 'Political Tsunami' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:52:40 -0800

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Protests in Egypt: ElBaradei Under House Arrest as Demonstrations Rock Cairo

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Der Spiegel - By Yassin Musharbash - Jan. 28 (News) - Mass protests in Egypt continued to spread on Friday, with police breaking up demonstrations with tear gas and force. Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has also been detained and President Hosni Mubarak has said he will address his people on Friday night.

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Concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood: Israel Fears Regime Change in Egypt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Der Spiegel - By Gil Yaron - Jan. 28 (News) - Israel is watching developments in Egypt with concern. The government is standing by autocratic Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, out of fear that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood could take power and start supplying arms to Hamas.

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The Cost of Success: Life in Beijing's Cellars

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Der Spiegel - By Andreas Lorenz - Dec. 26 (Special Report) - As speculators and increasing demand drive up Beijing's real estate prices, those who cannot afford the rent are going underground -- literally. Hundreds of cellars and air-raid shelters are being rented out as living spaces in the Chinese capital.

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Sea Level Could Rise in South, Fall in North

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Der Spiegel - By Gerald Traufetter - Dec. 02 (News Analysis) - Climate change is expected to cause sea levels to rise -- at least in some parts of the world. Elsewhere, the level of the ocean will actually fall. Scientists are trying to get a better picture of the complex phenomenon, which also depends on a host of natural factors.

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A Superpower's View of the World

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Der Spiegel - Nov. 28 (News Analysis) - 251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret embassy reports from around the world, show how the US seeks to safeguard its influence around the world. It is nothing short of a political meltdown for US foreign policy.

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Villagers Defend Kosovar Refugee: A Roma Teen's Fight to Stay in Germany

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Antje Windmann - Nov. 05 (Special Report) - Elvis Berishaj didn't want to make this journey into the past. He was afraid, even, to come here. But this is his only chance to be allowed to live in Germany. Approximately 12,000 Kosovar Roma are facing deportation in Germany, nearly half of them under the age of 18. The German government and the Republic of Kosovo signed an agreement this April regulating, among other things, the return of civil war refugees to the Balkan state. Amnesty International has criticized the treaty, saying that more than 90 percent of Roma in Kosovo are unemployed, that their access to education and healthcare is restricted and that most of them live in camps outside the cities.

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'Obama Has Turned Out to Be an Utter Disaster'

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Hans Hoyng, Marc Hujer, Karl Rove - Oct. 19 (Interview) - Karl Rove was one of President George W. Bush's closest advisers. SPIEGEL spoke with the political analyst about the widespread anger against Barack Obama and the prospects of Tea Party success in the coming midterm elections.

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Dreams of 2008: Obama's Lost Magic - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Klaus Brinkbäumer - Oct. 19 (Special Report) - Two years on from his historic election victory, US President Barack Obama is trying to recover his lost magic as defeat for the Democrats looms in the midterm elections. But he is no longer the man he used to be, and his window of opportunity has passed.

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Copenhagen Repeat?: Failure Looms for Global Biodiversity Conference

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Christoph Seidler - Oct. 18 (News) - The world is gathered in Japan this week in an effort to put an end to the extinction of plant and animal species across the globe. But while everyone agrees that biodiversity is important, the conference may fail anyway -- partially because the Americans don't seem interested.

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The Specter of Protectionism: World Faces New Wave of Currency Wars - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By SPIEGEL Staff - Oct. 05 (News) - An American bill imposing punitive tarifs on countries that undervalue their currencies is set to unleash a new trade war between the US and China. But in fact the whole global currency system is in a state of jeopardy. As confidence in the dollar drops, private investors are putting their faith in gold.

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Trans-Atlantic Gap: Study Finds Growing EU Skepticism of Afghanistan War - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Sep. 16 (Special Report) - Back when President George W. Bush was in the White House, it seemed as though Americans and Europeans couldn't agree on much of anything. A new survey shows that, when it comes to the world's hotspots, not much has changed under Barack Obama.

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Power Struggle in Egypt

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - Sep. 15 (News Report) - For years, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has used manipulated elections to remain in power. But a new challenge from former International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei may threaten his grip on leadership. He has now called for a boycott of approaching parliamentary elections.

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Islamophobe's Past in Germany

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Yassin Musharbash, Dominik Peters - Sep. 08 (Special Report) - US fundamentalist pastor Terry Jones, who wants to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, ran a church in the western German city of Cologne until last year when members of the congregation expelled him. Former members have spoken of his hate-filled sermons and insistence on "blind obedience."

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Life in Baghdad's Slums: Fighting to Survive in Sadr City

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Ulrike Putz - Sep. 01 (News) - Iraq's poorest people live on trash heaps, sleep amongst the rats and drink polluted water. In the country with the world's third largest oil reserves, a million people live in misery, despite the fact that the US has spent $53 billion on the country's reconstruction efforts.

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The Dangers of Agricultural Speculation: 'Price Increases Are Costing Millions of People their Health' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Joachim Von Braun - Aug. 26 (Interview) - Financial speculators have discovered agricultural commodities, and the result has been skyrocketing prices for wheat, barley and other grains. SPIEGEL spoke with agricultural economist Joachim von Braun about how to curb such speculation and the dangers for the world's poor.

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Entering a Death Spiral?: Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Corinna Jessen - Aug. 18 (Special Report) - The austerity measures that were supposed to fix Greece's problems are dragging down the country's economy. Stores are closing, tax revenues are falling and unemployment has hit an unbelievable 70 percent in some places. Frustrated workers are threatening to strike back.

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Restoring the Paradise that Saddam Destroyed

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Samiha Shafy - Aug. 05 (Special Report) - Alwash is fighting for a marsh which Biblical scholars believe is the site of the Garden of Eden, and which some describe as the cradle of civilization. The Mesopotamians settled in the fertile region in the fifth century B.C., and within a few centuries it had become the site of an advanced Sumerian civilization. Scholars believe that cuneiform was invented in the region, as were literature, mathematics, metallurgy, ceramics and the sailboat.

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The Afghanistan Protocol

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Matthias Gebauer, John Goetz, Hans Hoyng, Susanne Koelbl, Marcel Rosenbach, Gregor Peter Schmitz - Jul. 25 (Special Report) - In an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been leaked. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents. The war logs expose the true scale of the Western military deployment -- and the problems beleaguering Germany's Bundeswehr in the Hindu Kush.

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European Dream of Desert Energy Takes Shape

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Cordula Meyer - May. 27 (Special Report) - The solar towers at the Solúcar plant, which is owned by the Spanish Abengoa group, are the most futuristic system the solar industry can offer today. Scientists love this technology, because it is capable of converting so much solar heat into electricity. Solúcar is a prototype of sorts for Desertec, the 21st century's energy production mega-project. The bold concept is designed to provide Europe with clean, renewable energy in the form of solar power from the Sahara. It has the capacity to avert the energy crisis and stop climate change, while simultaneously combating poverty in Africa.

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