February 08, 2012
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An award-winning new German film takes an unexpected look at the problem of far-right extremism, following the fictional story of a young woman lost in a world of violence and hatred. more...
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The race hasn't been held for years. But, this week, hopes are high in the Netherlands that the Elfstedentocht, or 11 Cities Tour -- an ice skating event covering 200 kilometers of frozen canals, lakes and rivers -- can be held for the first time since 1997. more...
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This May, Azerbaijan will be the focus of international media attention when it hosts the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Human rights advocates hope the event will also draw more attention to what many see as the country's abysmal protections for human rights. more...
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Utility executive Fritz Vahrenholt, outgoing head of the renewable energy company RWE Innogy, has written a book calling standard views of global warming into question. He hypothesizes that reduced solar activity could actually result in stable temperatures in coming decades. more...
February 07, 2012
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World War II ravaged the tiny island of Peleliu in 1944 as US and Japanese forces clashed in one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific campaign. Rusting tanks, wrecked aircraft and live shells strewn across the island continue to attract battlefield tourists to this beautiful but dangerous place. more...
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Europe remains in the grip of icy cold weather as a cold wave refuses to give way to warmer temperatures. Even as many are struggling to keep warm, the cold snap is nothing if not photogenic. more...
February 06, 2012
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It took a few years for the two to warm up to each other. But now, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy can't imagine life without the other. Particularly in the euro crisis. more...
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As President Bashar Assad continues his brutal efforts to maintain power, Syria's rebellion has turned into a full-fledged civil war. Conditions are dire, but the outnumbered rebels report making progress.
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At a prestigious annual foreign policy meeting in Munich this weekend, top diplomats, including Germany's Guido Westerwelle and Hillary Clinton, expressed scorn over moves by Beijing and Moscow to veto a UN resolution condemning violence in Syria. One top US senator accused China and Russia of being "on the wrong side of history."
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February 03, 2012
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Experts have tended to think of them as "losers." But new studies find that the average supporter of Hungary's far-right extremist Jobbik party are young and well-educated. What unites them is doubt in democratic institutions and belief in the justified use of violence. What's more, many of them inhabit a closed-off virtual world that nurtures their shared ideology. more...
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One year ago, Egyptians had just started to take to the streets en masse. The trigger for the revolution was provided by Internet activist Wael Ghonim. But he is not interested in provided a face to the political upheaval. more...
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It was a story too good to be true -- and it wasn't. In reality, the Tongan luger who supposedly shares a name with a German underwear company was rechristened as part of a guerrilla-marketing plot. But will that now shatter his Olympic dreams? more...
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Renewed violence in Egypt has highlighted the ongoing struggle for power in the country, with two more people killed since Wednesday's stadium tragedy. German editorialists argue the violence at the football match was just the latest manifestation of tensions between protesters and the powerful military.
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Below-freezing temperatures have cost more than 100 people their lives in Eastern Europe this week, many of them homeless. The frigid weather has also shut down schools, cut off traffic and caused power outages. more...
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Gerhard Richter is one of the world's most important contemporary artists. But he is also his own harshest critic. Recently surfaced photos show works of art that he destroyed half a century ago. Today, they would have been worth hundreds of millions of euros. more...
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