------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EU Bailout Looms as Portugal Government Collapses Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates has resigned after the country's parliament rejected his latest package of austerity measures. His move makes it more likely that the cash-strapped nation will have to ask the European Union for a bailout. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,752857,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- SPIEGEL 360: The Euro Crisis http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/euro_crisis/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLVING THE EURO CRISIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'At Some Point, People Will Speculate against Germany' European leaders are gathered in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a long-term solution to the euro's problems. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with German government advisor Lars Feld about the dangers posed by Greece, the fragility of European banks and why Germany must begin paying down its debt. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,753023,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Prime Minister Resigns: EU Bailout Looms as Portugal Government Collapses http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,752857,00.html#ref=nlint SPIEGEL 360: The Euro Crisis http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/euro_crisis/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SETBACK FOR FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paris and Berlin at Odds over Libya Operation While France has eagerly taken a leading role in the operation against Moammar Gadhafi, Angela Merkel's government has been adamant that the German military will not participate. The two positions are causing a rift in Franco-German relations. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,752992,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LETTER FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fukushima May Spell Failure for Merkel in Sunday Vote Things couldn't get much worse for Chancellor Merkel. Or could they? Her party stands to lose power in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg for the first time in 60 years this Sunday. And if it does, she will largely have only herself to blame. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,752778,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMERICA'S ATOMIC TIME BOMB ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks The disaster at Fukushima has raised questions around the world about nuclear safety. But contamination is much worse in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The former plutonium plant in Hanford, Washington is one of the most contaminated places on earth, and still decades from being cleaned up. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752944,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: The Western Hemisphere's Most Contaminated Nuclear Site http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-66076.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAIRYTALES OF THE APOCALYPSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hayao Miyazaki's Prophetic Whimsy Japanese popular culture has always seemed strange to the West: hysterical, garish and manic. Now the culture of artificiality is proving to be a grim predictor of a gruesome reality. Hayao Miyazaki's recent film "Ponyo," about a catastrophic wave, suddenly seems prophetic since the events of March 11. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,752710,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'THIS REACTOR MODEL IS NO GOOD' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documents Show Politburo Skepticism of Chernobyl Lies and deception were commonplace in the Soviet nuclear industry. Now Kremlin records which have been obtained by SPIEGEL reveal that Russian experts already had their doubts about the Chernobyl reactor before the 1986 disaster. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,752696,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- A Quarter Century of Suffering: Fukushima Strikes Close to Home for Chernobyl Victims http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752688,00.html#ref=nlint SPIEGEL 360: Chernobyl - 20 Years Later http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/nuclear_power/#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Violence in Israel 'Plays into the Hands of Hamas' Wednesday's bomb attack in Jerusalem, which killed one woman and injured 30 other people, seems to signal a new wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians after two years of relative calm. German commentators say that an overreaction by Israel would only help extremists. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752961,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Historian Tom Segev on the Arab Revolutions: 'The Ideal Opportunity to Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,749503,00.html#ref=nlint Protesters Defeat Mubarak: The West Loses Its Favorite Tyrant http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,745104,00.html#ref=nlint Rift in German-Israeli Association: German Politicians Under Fire for Criticizing Israel http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,746932,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUCLEAR MORATORIUM A CAMPAIGN TACTIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merkel Cabinet Colleague Spills the Atomic Beans Economics Minister Rainer Brüderle has said that the snap decision to temporarily shut down seven nuclear reactors in Germany in the wake of the disaster in Fukushima was motivated by campaign tactics ahead of state elections this weekend. The claim threatens to rob Chancellor Merkel of what little credibility she had left. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,752943,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MURDER IN AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Court Sentences 'Kill Team' Soldier to 24 Years in Prison An American soldier has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a military tribunal after pleading guilty to murdering innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Jeremy Morlock admitted to being part of a gruesome "kill team," and is testifying against his fellow soldiers as part of a plea bargain. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752918,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reincarnation? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752998,00.html#ref=nlint
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