SPIEGEL ONLINE - INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER Compiled on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 06:35 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IRAN'S CHIEF NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'We Have to Be Constantly on Guard' The general secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, talks to SPIEGEL about allegations that Israel assassinated nuclear scientists in Tehran, the dangers of waging cyber warfare against Iran's nuclear facilities and the West's false expectations for upcoming negotiations in Istanbul. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739945,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Israel's Shadowy War on Iran: Mossad Zeros in on Tehran's Nuclear Program http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739883,00.html#ref=nlint An Eye for an Eye: The Anatomy of Mossad's Dubai Operation http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,739908,00.html#ref=nlint SPIEGEL 360: Our Full Coverage of Iran http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/iran/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A PRECEDENT OR A FARCE? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Court Faces Daunting Hurdles in Hamburg Pirate Trial A Hamburg court is trying to make sense of a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia last April. But even as many hope the trial will produce a precedent for Europe's approach to high seas crime, the court can't even figure out how old the suspects are. The challenges to justice are immense. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,740122,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AFTER THE FALL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tunisians Bask in Newfound Freedom With the dictatorship gone, Tunisians can finally say what they think. Many are optimistic that, after decades of living under an autocratic cleptocracy, the future is bright. But the new government in Tunis has gotten off to a rocky start. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,740227,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: In the Villas of the Cleptocrats http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63681.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Tunisia's Incomplete Revolution' The new government installed in Tunisia on Monday may already be falling apart. Four ministers have resigned in protest over the lack of sweeping changes at the top. German commentators say the West's response to the instability in Tunisia has been little more than "empty rhetoric." http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,740119,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Unrest Continues in Tunisia http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63666.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'INTENSIFIED STRESSES' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ European Commission Prepares Expansion of Rescue Fund Under plans now being considered, the euro rescue fund will be dramatically increased. The Luxembourg-based body would also be given the power to buy bonds from beleaguered euro-zone countries and provide aid to crippled banks. Resistance in Berlin to the plans isn't as great as is it is being portrayed. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,740113,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ STAINED GLASS RESISTANCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Portrait of Hitler Discovered in French Church Window A stained glass window in a small church has caused a sensation in France. Unveiled in 1941, it depicts Adolf Hitler executing a saint who symbolizes the Jewish people. Local priests have praised the work as a brave act of resistance against the Nazi occupiers. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,740138,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Adolf Hitler: Germany's Long Shadow http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/adolf_hitler/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LOVE PARADE DISASTER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prosecutors Investigate 16 over Deadly Event Twenty-one people died at the Love Parade rave music event in Duisburg, Germany last July. Six months later, prosecutors say they have launched investigations into 16 people including a police officer, city officials and workers at the event's private organizer -- in possible manslaughter and negligence charges. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,740219,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UNWANTED VOLUNTEERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Germany Launches Campaign to Keep Nazis from Infiltrating Sports Clubs The German government launched a campaign on Tuesday to stop neo-Nazis from infiltrating sports clubs. Researchers say it is a growing problem, and that right-wing extremists are volunteering as coaches and club officials to foment racism and recruit new members. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,740206,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE RUBY SCANDAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fresh Embarrassment for Berlusconi Investigations into the sexual affairs of Silvio Berlusconi are creating more and more embarrassment for the Italian leader. The then-underage Ruby and several other young women are alleged to have prostituted themselves for Berlusconi and his friends. The insulted prime minister is defending himself. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,740130,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BLACK OUT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ German Police Pick up Drunken Owl An owl that had evidently drunk too much Schnapps from two discarded bottles was so inebriated that it got picked up by police. The bird will be released once it has sobered up. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,740157,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ High Water Table http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,740178,00.html#ref=nlint
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