SPIEGEL ONLINE - INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER Compiled on Friday, January 14, 2011, 06:18 PM CET This mail includes the latest edition of the SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL newsletter. For daily insights on Europe and the world, visit http://www.spiegel.de/international#ref=nlint If you are unable to click on any of the links below, please copy and paste the address into your Web browser's address bar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IT TAKES A VILLAGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Roma Community Fights Against the Odds The village of Alsózentmárton is at the very margins of Europe, one of the last places in Hungary before the Croation border. And all its people are Roma, among the most marginalized in the EU. But a church-run project there aims to break the cycle of social exclusion and educational disadvantage. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,738724,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: A Roma Village Fights Poverty and Exclusion http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-62717.html#ref=nlint The Right Wing and the Roma: EU Presidency a Test for Tolerance in Hungary http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,737283,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHINA GOES SHOPPING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How Beijing Plans to Turn the Chinese into Consumers Exports fueled the initial stages of China's ongoing economic boom. Now, however, the government in Beijing is placing a greater emphasis on domestic consumption. The Chinese middle class, it would seem, are more than happy to toe the line. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739501,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: China Goes Shopping http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63547.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AS VIOLENT PROTESTS SPREAD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tunisian President Dissolves Government The autocratic president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, has unexpectedly fired his government amid rising popular unrest. There are reports of gunfire and teargas in the capital, and British tour operator Thomas Cook has announced the evacuation of thousands of tourists. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739622,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Revolt Against Ben Ali http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63555.html#ref=nlint The World from Berlin: 'Tunisia Has Become North Africa's Belarus' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,739534,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Tunisia Has Become North Africa's Belarus' An unexpected conciliatory speech by Tunisia's president has brought attention to lethal and ongoing street protests in the repressive North African state. German commentators argue for caution, but say the protesters need to be heard. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,739534,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Revolt Against Ben Ali http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63555.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A LIFELINE FOR NABUCCO? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EU Cuts New Gas Deal with Azerbaijan The European Union on Thursday signed a major gas deal with Azerbaijan, part of the bloc's efforts to wean itself from dependency on energy from Russia. Many hope the deal will save the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline project -- but Azerbaijan holds the trump card. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,739552,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAZI DEATH MARCHES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Book Details German Citizens' Role in End of War Killings More than 250,000 concentration camp prisoners died in death marches shortly before the end of World War II. Many of them were murdered by German civilians. A new book tries to answer the question why. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,739518,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'STARFISH, DAISIES AND RAYING PURPLE FORMS' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oliver Sacks on the Wonder of Sight In a SPIEGEL interview, New York neurologist and author Oliver Sacks discusses his new book, "The Mind's Eye," which explores how creative people compensate for their sight disorders or blindness. He also discusses his own "face blindness," which makes it difficult to recognize people. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739184,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: The Mind's Eye http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63481.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ROMAN HOLIDAY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A New Tax on Tourists in the Eternal City Trips to Rome have just grown more expensive after the city introduced a tourist tax on Jan. 1. The charge is meant to help improve the town's creaky infrastructure, but some Romans worry it could ward off visitors. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,739510,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Rome's New Tourist Tax http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63550.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPIEGEL PUB QUIZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Lost Penguin and a Dominatrix 2011 promises to be a bumper year for weirdness if this keeps up. Wolves, penguins, a cross-eyed opossum and a wayward sex slave have all found their way into the headlines so far. If you think you know why, grab some left over bubbly, pull up a chair and see how well you do in this year's inaugural SPIEGEL Pub Quiz. http://www1.spiegel.de/active/quiztool/fcgi/quiztool.fcgi?id=57790#ref=nlint -------------------- Another Round? The SPIEGEL Pub Quiz Archive http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,k-7252,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mud Medley http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,739616,00.html#ref=nlint
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