------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUNG, WIRED AND ANGRY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Revised Portrait of Hungary's Right-Wing Extremists Though largely ignored by the national media, Hungary's right-wing extremist Jobbik party operates within a surprisingly well-developed and self-sustained online universe. What's more, recent studies have found that the party's supporters aren't the "losers" that many experts thought they were. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,813243,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: A Portrait of the Average Jobbik Support http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78211.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOT SO COOL RUNNING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Will Underwear Scam Kill Tongan's Olympic Dreams? It was a story too good to be true -- and it wasn't. In reality, Tongan luger Bruno Banani, who supposedly shares a name with a German underwear company, was rechristened as part of a guerrilla-marketing plot. But will that now shatter his Olympic dreams? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,812975,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: The Bruno Banani Naming Hoax http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78162.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE UNWILLING REVOLUTIONARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Egyptian Activist Wael Ghonim's Quest for Peace One year ago, Egyptian Internet activist Wael Ghonim quickly became the face of the uprising. But he was never comfortable with the role and would still prefer to retreat into the crowd. The digital world is his comfort zone. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,812884,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Egypt's Revolutionary Trigger http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78213.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RISING DEATH TOLL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No End in Sight for European Deep Freeze Frigid temperatures and snowfall have swept across Europe over the last week, with well over 100 people having died due to the cold, most of them homeless. The dangerous weather is expected to continue. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,813132,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Deadly Cold Snap Grips Europe http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78188.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HIS OWN HARSHEST CRITIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A New Look at Works Destroyed by Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter is one of the world's most important contemporary artists. But he is also his own harshest critic. Recently surfaced photos show works of art that he destroyed half a century ago. Today, they would have been worth hundreds of millions of euros. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,812515,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: The Lost Works of Gerhard Richter http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78149.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHARIA IN GERMANY? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Politician Blasted for Support of Islamic Law Does Sharia have a place in Germany? The interior minister of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate thinks it could, particularly in civil cases relating to marriage and divorce. But criticism of his comments has been fierce. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,813148,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAR CRIMES RULING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Human Rights Take a Back Seat to Sovereignty An international court ruled on Friday that Germany cannot be held liable for paying reparations to the descendents of victims of a massacre perpetrated during World War II in Italy. The verdict has implications far beyond Nazi-era war crimes, and was welcomed by countries far and wide. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,813226,00.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FROM BERLIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Riot in Egypt 'Had Nothing To Do with Football' With two more people killed since Wednesday's stadium tragedy in Port Said, renewed violence in Egypt has highlighted the ongoing struggle for power there. German editorialists say the violence at the football match was just the latest manifestation of tensions between protesters and the powerful military. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,813170,00.html#ref=nlint -------------------- Photo Gallery: Protests Return to Egypt http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-78195.html#ref=nlint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PICTURE THIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Different Strokes http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,813262,00.html#ref=nlint

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