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| Compiled on February 23, 2012, 06:13 PM CET |
| TAKING A STAND AGAINST NEO-NAZI TERROR Merkel Asks Victims' Relatives for Forgiveness At a memorial event for the victims of the neo-Nazi terror cell on Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked their relatives for forgiveness for investigators' wrongful suspicions about the victims and their families. She called on Germany not to forget. "Indifference has a devastating effect," she said. |
| CATS AND CAMPER VANS The Bizarrely Normal Life of the Neo-Nazi Terror Cell The neo-Nazi terror cell of Uwe Böhnhardt, Beate Zschäpe and Uwe Mundlos managed to hide from the police for almost 14 years. But between murders, attacks and bank robberies, the trio led a surprisingly normal life. They kept cats, played computer games and even went on vacation several times together. By SPIEGEL Staff. |
| A CENTURY ON FILM How Kodak Succumbed to the Digital Age The most important moments of the 20th century were captured on Kodak film. But the once-dominant American company could not compete in the digital age. Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy has left the company's remaining employees with uncertain futures. |
| COMMEMORATING NEO-NAZI TERROR VICTIMS A Daughter Pays Tribute to Her Murdered Father Semiya Simsek was 14 years old when members of a neo-Nazi terror cell executed her father at his flower stand in broad daylight. Her speech at Thursday's national commemoration ceremony in Berlin is the only one by a relative of the cell's victims. It is also her last public appearance in Germany -- she is emigrating to Turkey later this year. |
| SYRIA'S 'SREBRENICA' Situation Grows Increasingly Grim in Rebel Stronghold of Homs Two foreign journalists died in a Syrian government shelling on Wednesday while reporting from the rebel stronghold of Homs. Hounded by snipers and hunger, activists are comparing the bombardment to genocide and begging the West for help. |
| CAIRO'S RED DEVILS From Football Fans to Revolutionary Heroes Hard-core fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly football club have played a leading role in contesting authorities both during and since Egypt's revolution. Though they have powerful enemies and many have died in recent violence, they refuse to be cowed. |
| PRESSURE TO BOOST 'FIREWALL' Germany Isolated over Resistance to Expanding Euro Bailout Ahead of a meeting of G-20 finance ministers in Mexico City, Germany remains adamant in its opposition to an expansion of the permanent euro rescue fund. The IMF and European Commission are concerned that the current size of the European Stability Mechanism won't be enough to quiet markets. |
| THE WORLD FROM BERLIN 'Iranian Regime Will Make No Concessions' Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency had been hoping to be allowed access to a suspicious facility southeast of Tehran, but the visit was pronounced a failure. German editorialists nevertheless argue that, despite Iranian obstinancy, negotiations remain the best option available. |
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