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| Compiled on September 14, 2012, 05:57 PM CET |
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Muhammad Video Protests
Protesters Set Fire to German Embassy in Sudan Angry protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum attacked the German Embassy on Friday, setting fire to parts of the building. They also tore down the German flag and raised an Islamist banner. The violence was part of a wave of protests against an anti-Islam film across the Muslim world. |
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The World from Berlin
'Obama's Middle East Policy Is in Ruins' US embassies in the Muslim world were on high alert Friday following days of violent protests against an anti-Islam film. Germany, too, closed several embassies in fear of attacks. Some German commentators argue that the violence shows that Obama's Middle East policies have failed. |
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Power in the Pacific
Stronger Chinese Navy Worries Neighbors and US China and the US seem to be on a collision course in the Pacific. Beijing is significantly bolstering its navy, and Washington is shifting its military focus to Asia-Pacific Region. Many fear it could alter the balance of power in a region rich in oil and crucial for global trade. |
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German Economy Minister Philipp Rösler
'Vietnam Is a Part of My Life' German Economy Minister Philipp Rösler was left outside a Catholic orphanage during the Vietnam War and later taken to Germany where he was adopted. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he talked about his feelings about his upcoming visit to the country of his birth as a member of the German government. |
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Doubts about Draghi
ECB Head Offers to Defend Himself in Bundestag To ease worries among some of his biggest critics, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has made the unusual offer to defend his decisions to Germany's parliament. Many Germans distrust Draghi, who wants to fight the euro crisis with unlimited bond purchases. |
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Berlin's Culture War
Debate Pits Modern Art against Old Masters All summer long, a heated debate has simmered in Berlin over the future of its world-famous collection of Old Masters paintings. The city wants to move the Gemäldegalerie to make room for a modern art museum that would rival MOMA. Critics say it will cause at least half of one of Europe's most important art collections to be put in storage for years. |
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Master Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena
'I Smell with My Brain' Jean-Claude Ellena is one of the world's best-known perfumers. In a SPIEGEL interview, he discusses how he designs new scents, why people like certain smells and what stinks about being a "nose." |
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A Night under Concrete
Albanian Tourism Project Puts Beds in Bunkers The Balkan country of Albania has hundreds of thousands of disused communist-era bunkers and a booming tourist industry. Now a joint German-Albanian project has put the two things together -- and is converting a bunker into a backpacker hostel. |
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Picture This
Lord of the Gourd |
