THE DOOMED COSTA CONCORDIA
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A Maritime Disaster that Was Waiting to Happen
The Costa Concordia disaster, which has claimed at least 13 lives, has
shocked the world. But maritime experts say such a catastrophe was just
a matter of time. In recent years, the cruise industry has been building
ever-bigger ships in pursuit of profit -- and disregarding the dangers
the giant vessels pose. By SPIEGEL Staff
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Photo Gallery: The Drama of the Costa Concordia
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THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
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'Gingrich Would Be the Easier Opponent for Obama'
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich scored a surprising
victory over Mitt Romney in South Carolina on Saturday. But that is bad
news for the Republican Party, say German editorialists. Gingrich, they
argue, is deeply flawed, and he is exposing Romney's problems as well.
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MERKEL'S INCREASING ISOLATION
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Germany at Odds with Partners over Euro Crisis
Berlin has been unflinching it its efforts to both increase fiscal
discipline in the euro zone and to avoid throwing more money at the
European debt crisis. Increasingly, though, Germany's EU partners are
unwilling to play along. Chancellor Merkel now finds herself confronted
with powerful opponents. By SPIEGEL Staff
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Belgium's New Prime Minister: 'Europe Mustn't Just Focus on Austerity'
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BELGIUM'S NEW PRIME MINISTER
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'Europe Mustn't Just Focus on Austerity'
Belgium's new prime minister, Elio Di Rupo, met German Chancellor Angela
Merkel on Monday on his first official visit to Germany. In an interview
with SPIEGEL ONLINE, the Socialist voices doubts about German ideas for
solving the euro crisis, such as introducing balanced-budget laws across
the EU, and argues for more efforts to boost growth.
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'UNPRECEDENTED SANCTIONS'
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EU Agrees on Tough Oil Embargo Against Iran
European Union countries on Monday announced tough sanctions against
Iran in an effort to force negotiations over the country's nuclear
program. Not only will they impose a formal oil embargo against the
rogue nation on July 1, but they will also freeze the Iranian central
bank's EU accounts.
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INTERVIEW WITH LUXEMBOURG'S FOREIGN MINISTER
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'Hungary Should Have Voting Rights Withdrawn'
In a SPIEGEL interview, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn
fiercely criticizes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Parts of
Hungary's new constitution resemble a dictatorship, he says, suggesting
the country should be stripped of its EU voting rights for undermining
core democratic freedoms.
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NEW PROBE INTO 1967 KILLING
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Police Covered Up Truth Behind Infamous Student Shooting
The killing of West Berlin student Benno Ohnesorg by a police officer
changed the course of German history by triggering the 1968 protests.
Now research by prosecutors and by SPIEGEL has found that the fatal shot
probably wasn't fired in self-defense -- and that the police covered up
the truth.
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Photo Gallery: Probe Points to Police Cover-Up in Ohnesorg Shooting
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WILDLIFE EXPERTS ALARMED
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Stallone Action Movie Wakes Up Hibernating Bats
Thousands of bats hibernating in a Bulgarian cave have been woken up by
the filming of Hollywood action movie "The Expendables 2," wildlife
experts say. They complain that authorities shouldn't have
permitted shoot in one of Europe's top winter bat refuges, and warn
that many of the creatures are so confused that they may starve.
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Teutonic Safari: Spotting Rare Wild Animals in Germany
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Predators Good or Bad: A Country Struggles with the Return of the Wolf
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DELICATE OPERATION
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German Intelligence Watching Far-Left Politicians
More than one-third of the far-left Left Party's parliamentarians are
under observation by Germany's domestic intelligence agency, SPIEGEL has
learned. Much larger than previously thought, the operations cost nearly
400,000 euros a year. Critics worry it's disproportionate to
surveillance of the right-wing extremist NPD party.
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PICTURE THIS
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Mystic River
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