Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 23 February 2011


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'WE ARE FAIR GAME'
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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

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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


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UPRISING IN LIBYA
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'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

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Photo Gallery: Libya Rises up Against Gadhafi
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-64996.html#ref=nlint


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BERLIN'S TARDY RESPONSE
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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

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TRIPOLI'S FORMER AMBASSADOR TO INDIA
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'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

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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


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LIBYA
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40 Years of Gadhafi


http://www.spiegel.de/flash/flash-25349.html#ref=nlint

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ECONOMIC BOOM
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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

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RIFT IN GERMAN-ISRAELI ASSOCIATION
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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

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TECHNOLOGY PIONEER DAVID GELERNTER
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'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

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SUPER MARIO
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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

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THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
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'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

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PICTURE THIS
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Tee'd Up


http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,747344,00.html#ref=nlint