Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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A VICTIM OF ITS OWN SUCCESS
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Berlin Drowns in Tourist Hordes and Rising Rents
Berlin is struggling to maintain its identity as its popularity soars.
Budget tourists are flocking to the German capital, eager to sample the
famous nightlife, while Scandinavian investors are snapping up cheap
real estate. Residents are protesting, but the gentrification juggernaut
seems unstoppable.

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Photo Gallery: Berlin, No Longer Poor or Sexy?
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WAVE OF HATE
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Anti-Roma Protests Turn Violent in the Czech Republic
For weeks there have been riots between Czech locals and newly settled
Roma in northern Bohemia. What started as a series of brutal but
isolated fights has grown into a popular movement in small towns along
the eastern German border. Right-wing extremists have fanned the hatred.

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MERKEL UNDER PRESSURE
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Could the SPD Really Say No to a Grand Coalition?
Germany's ruling coalition of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and
the FDP is under increasing pressure as the euro chaos continues. Some
in the chancellor's party are now contemplating a return to the grand
coalition with the Social Democrats. The SPD aren't keen, but could
they say no?

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DANES SWING LEFT
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Denmark To Get First Female Prime Minister
Danes awoke to a change of power on Friday after election results showed
a narrow loss for the long-ruling center-right government. The country's
new center-left leader will be the first woman prime minister
in Danish history, but Helle Thorning-Schmidt faces difficult coalition
talks ahead.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,786652,00.html#ref=nlint

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NEANDERTHALS VS HUMANS?
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German Scientists Bring Fossils into the Computer Age
Researchers in Leipzig are compiling a ground-breaking digital
archive of artefacts from around the world. Created to
contrast Neanderthals with modern man, the archive could revolutionize
their field -- which is exactly why many oppose it.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,784921,00.html#ref=nlint

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DEVELOPMENT AID FOR AFRICA
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'The Problems Don't Disappear with Sacks of Rice'
Does aid to Africa do more harm than help? In a SPIEGEL interview,
Zambian author and economist Dambisa Moyo explains how Western efforts
have stalled real progress in Africa for the last 40 years and why it
should be stopped. Africans, she argues, need to finally take
responsibility for themselves.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,786465,00.html#ref=nlint

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SIXTY YEARS OF GERMANY'S BEATE UHSE
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When Sexual Liberation Arrived By Mail
In the 1950s, Germany was a place where many women were terrified of
getting pregnant and kept woefully ignorant about sexual matters. One
dauntless woman changed that almost single-handedly. The empire of Beate
Uhse started small as a mail-order provider of sex-education brochures.
But it grew to become the world's largest seller of sex toys.

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Photo Gallery: From Sex-Ed Pamphlets to Sex Toys
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INTERVIEW WITH POLISH FINANCE MINISTER
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'There Is No Choice But to Go Forward' with Euro
Polish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski has described proposals for
tighter economic policy coordination in the euro zone as "stale." In a
SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, the former economics professor pleads for a
true European economic government and warns that the common currency
will fail without reforms.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,785502,00.html#ref=nlint

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THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
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'Lip Service Is No Longer Sufficient for the Palestinians'
The Palestinian Authority may push for full membership at the United
Nations on Sept. 23, but they still face a long road ahead. German
commentators offer mixed views on what this action might mean. Most,
though, agree that maintaining the status quo is not an option.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,786684,00.html#ref=nlint

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PICTURE THIS
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Ship Shape


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