Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 3 January 2011


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SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH GAZPROM CHIEF ALEXEI MILLER
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'We Are Only Serving Our Customers' Demand for Russian Gas'
Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller, 48, discusses the controversial link
between oil and gas prices, the question of whether new pipelines to
Europe can ever be profitable and his company's international image as
the long arm of the Kremlin.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,737443,00.html#ref=nlint

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RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM
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The Village Where the Neo-Nazis Rule
Hitler salutes in the street and firing practice in the forest:
Neo-Nazis have taken over an entire village in Germany, and authorities
appear to have given up efforts to combat the problem. The place has
come to symbolize the far right's growing influence in parts of the
former communist east.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,737471,00.html#ref=nlint

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COMPETING VISIONS
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France and Germany Split over Plans for European Economic Government
Both France and Germany want an economic government for Europe. The only
problem is they have completely different things in mind. The conflict
threatens to derail any chances of progress.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,737423,00.html#ref=nlint

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THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
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'Violent Attacks Could Soon Return to Egypt'
Global leaders have condemned the deadly New Year's Day attack outside a
Coptic Christian Church in Egypt that killed 21 people. On Monday,
German editorialists call for greater protection for religious
minorities living in the Arab country -- and warn further attacks may be
imminent.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,737493,00.html#ref=nlint

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Photo Gallery: Egypt's Christians under Attack
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63191.html#ref=nlint


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NAKED BODIES AND A NEW MESSIAH
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Green Groups Try to Sex Up Climate Change 
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere keeps going up and up,
but public interest in climate change is sinking. Environmentalists are
trying to come up with new ways to make the issue sexy. But shock
tactics can backfire all too easily.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,737451,00.html#ref=nlint

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Photo Gallery: Sexing Up Climate Change
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63186.html#ref=nlint

SPIEGEL 360: Our Complete Climate Change Coverage
http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/climate_change/#ref=nlint


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DRAMA AT GERMAN ZOO
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Escaped Penguin Ends Up in Lion Enclosure
A little penguin intent on seeing the world strolled out of her
ice-covered pool and ended up in the lion enclosure of the Münster Zoo
in western Germany. Zookeepers armed with herrings tried to rescue her
in a race against time, as the big cats dozed nearby.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,737560,00.html#ref=nlint

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VON HAGENS HAS PARKINSON'S
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'Dr. Death' Wants to Exhibit His Own Corpse
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist famous for his "Body Worlds"
shows of preserved corpses, has told a German newspaper that he is
suffering from Parkinson's disease. He is preparing to become an exhibit
himself, he said.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,737461,00.html#ref=nlint

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SHIP BUILDING OR SERVICES?
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Booming German Employment Masks Shrinking Industry
Last year a record 40.4 million people were employed in Germany.
However, behind the strong figures lurks a worrying structural change.
Industry, the traditional motor of the German economy, is seeing its
importance dwindle.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,737554,00.html#ref=nlint

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PICTURE THIS
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Airborne Express


http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,737565,00.html#ref=nlint