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| Compiled on March 27, 2012, 06:22 PM CET |
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Obama's Over-Hasty Withdrawal
Iraq Is Neither Sovereign, Stable nor Self-Reliant This week, Baghdad will host its first Arab League summit since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The historical event marks Iraq's return to the international stage but diplomats will also focus on Iran's growing influence in the country. A few months after the US withdrawal, it is clear that -- despite Obama's claims -- Iraq is neither sovereign, stable nor self-reliant. |
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Georgian Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili
'I Am the Last Free Man in This Country' Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili has taken on President Mikheil Saakashvili by establishing an opposition movement. Many of his supporters were recently questioned in what Amnesty has called an intimidation attempt. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, Ivanishvili asks the West to drop its support for Saakashvili, who he claims wants to turn Georgia into a dictatorship. |
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Gender Quota Debate
'We Have to Rethink Our Entire Social Model' In a SPIEGEL interview, European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, 60, and German Family Minister Kristina Schröder, 34, discuss male dominance on executive floors and a potential gender quota. They disagree on whether a legally-binding quota is necessary, but both want to see more women in upper management. |
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Parties Reach Compromise
German Parliament to Get Greater Say in Euro Bailouts Under a compromise reached between the ruling parties and the opposition on Tuesday, Germany's parliament will decide on future measures to release billions of euros to bail out troubled EU member states. The deal fulfills a requirement for greater parliamentary powers stipulated by the country's highest court. |
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Somalia Mission Expands
EU To Target Pirates Up to Two Kilometers Inland Last week, the European Union agreed to expand its anti-piracy mission to include land-based targets in Somalia. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that air attacks up to two kilometers inland will be allowed. But an expansion of the mandate could face obstacles in Berlin, where opposition politicians warn that EU forces could get dragged into fighting on the ground. |
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The World From Berlin
Pirates Could 'Wind Up as Nokia' Instead of Apple Following its entry into a second state parliament in Germany, the Internet activist Pirate Party hopes to make it into national politics next year. But the young party still needs to develop its policies, critics say. German commentators on Tuesday explore the difficult trail ahead for the upstart party. |
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Abandoned in Fight Against Racism
Anti-Nazi Groups Struggle To Find Funding While Germany tentatively prepares a bid to ban the far-right NPD party, anti-racism groups complain that they are chronically underfunded and sometimes even face obstruction from the authorities. They say their fight to stop young people from becoming extremists is more important than getting rid of the NPD. |
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Body of Art
Nude Project Turns Heads in Cologne Two women bought world-famous art to the streets of Cologne on Monday in the form of body paintings sporting Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" and Egon Schiele's "Seated Woman With Bent Knee." Police forbade the women from walking around the German city's cathedral and main shopping district. |
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Picture This
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