------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'WE ARE FAIR GAME' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thousands of Egyptian Migrant Workers Flee Libya Fearing for their lives after being blamed for the uprising, Egyptian migrant workers are trying to get out of Libya and back to their homes in Egypt. They report being fired on by helicopters, and seeing mercenaries armed with rocket-propelled grenades roaming the streets. The border is open, but chaotic. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747266,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Libya Rises up Against Gadhafi http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-64996.html#ref=nlint Tripoli's Former Ambassador to India: 'We Libyans Must Be Allowed to Decide What We Want' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747300,00.html#ref=nlint Berlin's Tardy Response: German Leadership Caught Off Guard by Arab Revolution http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747319,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPRISING IN LIBYA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Survival Hinges on Tribal Solidarity' For decades, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi managed to balance the political influence of the country's tribal groups, often using the threat of reprisals. Now, however, he seems to be losing control. Libya expert Hanspeter Mattes predicts a return to an era of traditional strongmen. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747234,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Libya Rises up Against Gadhafi http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-64996.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BERLIN'S TARDY RESPONSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ German Leadership Caught Off Guard by Arab Revolution Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya: The Arab revolution has taken German and European foreign policy makers by surprise. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle have yet to adopt a clear stance on the crisis. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747319,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRIPOLI'S FORMER AMBASSADOR TO INDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'We Libyans Must Be Allowed to Decide What We Want' Ali al-Essawi began his week as Libya's ambassador to India. But on Monday he resigned in protest against the violence used by Moammar Gadhafi against demonstrators in his homeland. He spoke with SPIEGEL ONLINE about his fears that the catastrophe could grow and about the search for a new homeland. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747300,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Libya Rises up Against Gadhafi http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-64996.html#ref=nlint 'We Are Fair Game': Thousands of Egyptian Migrant Workers Flee Libya http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,747266,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIBYA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40 Years of Gadhafi http://www.spiegel.de/flash/flash-25349.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ECONOMIC BOOM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Poland Is Europe's New High-Flyer Poland, once a backward agricultural country, is quickly becoming an economic powerhouse in Central Europe. The Poles are strongly pro-European, and even their relationship with the Germans is no longer as tense as it was just a few years ago. Nowhere is the transformation easier to see than in Wroclaw. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,747244,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIFT IN GERMAN-ISRAELI ASSOCIATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ German Politicians Under Fire for Criticizing Israel A dispute is brewing in the German-Israeli Association over a fundamental question: How openly should German politicians be allowed to criticize the policies of the Jewish state? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,746932,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHNOLOGY PIONEER DAVID GELERNTER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Love Is Beyond Watson' What does Watson's Jeopardy victory tell us? Not much, says David Gelernter, the computer science pioneer and Yale professor. SPIEGEL spoke with Gelernter about the prospects of achieveing artifically-created consciousness and the belief that eternal life can be secured on a hard drive. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,747251,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUPER MARIO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Europe's Next Top Banker May Be Italian Axel Weber has taken himself out of the running, and the candidate from Finland has also withdrawn: That leaves an Italian, Mario Draghi, in line to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as head of the European Central Bank. A man from a deeply indebted EU nation may now be tasked with saving the euro. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,747127,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Merkel Is Protecting a Forger' Despite having apparently plagiarized much of his dissertation, German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg appears unlikely to fall. He has the backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel. And for her, say German commentators, popularity takes precedence over honesty and credibility. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,747264,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tee'd Up http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,747344,00.html#ref=nlint

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