------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADAM'S WAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Good Boy and the 'Kill Team' Six years after the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, American soldiers are once again being held accountable for alleged war crimes in court. The "kill team" is accused of killing civilians for pure fun and of degrading their victims by taking trophy photos. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754141,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: 'Terrible Things Are Happening Here' http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-66296.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'YES WE KAHN' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMF Boss May Challenge Sarkozy for French Presidency The head of the International Monetary Fund is currently the front-runner in next year's French presidential election. But Dominique Strauss-Kahn is keeping coy about his plans. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754218,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the Trail of Holocaust Organizer Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann was the chief organizer behind the Nazi mass murder of Europe's Jews. Following the end of the war, he found refuge in a village in northern Germany before ultimately escaping to Argentina. Documents unknown until now show that he could have been captured earlier than he was -- if West Germany had been interested. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,754133,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-66293.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Voluntary Gender Quotas 'Only Half the Battle' Germany's largest firms agreed on Wednesday to increase the tiny proportion of women in top business jobs in the country. But their promise was not enough for those who want legally mandated quotas. German commentators are divided over which approach is best. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,754261,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPERTS WRANGLE WITH TOKYO GOVERNMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How Safe Is Safe in Japan? Japanese nuclear watchdogs have now joined the chorus of international experts calling for the evacuation zone surrounding the stricken nuclear power plants in northeastern Japan to be expanded -- but the government is refusing to budge. Meanwhile the EU debates what sorts of food to ban. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754270,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMERICANS IN CUBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ German Photos Capture Pre-Castro Tourism Legendary German photographer Heinrich Heidersberger worked on a cruise ship, the MS Atlantic, in 1954. He took thousands of pictures of Americans sailing from New York to Havana -- something Americans haven't been allowed to do for almost 50 years. The pictures are now on display in Hamburg. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,754242,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: On Board the MS Atlantic http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-66304.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRECIOUS METAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scrapped Euro Coin Scam Costs Bundesbank Millions German prosecutors have uncovered a 6 million euro scam involving reconstituted euro coins that had been sold to China as scrap metal. One and two euro coins were then brought back to Germany, some via Lufthansa airline employees, and traded in at the central bank. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,754238,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lego Dream Wedding http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,754286,00.html#ref=nlint
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