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Populist Provocation
Germany Mulls Ban on Showing Hate Film A populist group in Germany wants to publicly show the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," which is stoking a violent backlash across the Muslim world. Officials are reviewing whether they could ban the action, sparking a delicate debate over free speech and public order. |
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The World from Berlin
Ban on Film Would Be a 'Victory for Extremists' Germany is considering forbidding a far-right party from publicly screening the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" in Berlin in November. But editorialists in the country say a ban would be wrong because it would play into the hands of extremists on all sides. |
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German Interior Minister on Anti-Islam Film
'They Are Recklessly Pouring Oil on the Fire' In a SPIEGEL interview, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich talks about the failures of Germany's intelligence agencies in relation to the neo-Nazi terror cell, a possible attempt to ban the far-right NPD party and attempts by German right-wingers to provoke Muslims by showing "Innocence of Muslims." |
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Information Mustn't Be Free
Pirate Party Member Insists on Copyright for Book Encouraging free sharing of files on the Internet, including copyrighted material, is an official platform of Germany's Pirate Party. This week, however, a senior member of the party has been policing illegal downloads of a book she published through a subsidiary of Random House. Will the party continue to promote its "information must be free" line? |
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Mega Defense Merger
EADS-BAE Plans Put Merkel Under Pressure The planned merger of British defense contractor BAE Systems with aircraft maker EADS is putting Germany's chancellor under pressure. If Merkel consents to the deal, she will jeopardize jobs in the high-tech industry. But if she refuses, she will endanger the future of the aerospace giant. By SPIEGEL Staff |
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The 10 Percent
Gap Between Rich and Poor Grows in Germany More than half of Germany's privately-owned assets are held by the country's richest 10 percent. Meanwhile, less than one percent is owned by the bottom 50 percent of households, according to a new German government report on the growing gap between rich and poor. |
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Too Dangerous to Defuse
Experts Detonate WWII Bomb in Germany Bomb disposal specialists conducted a controlled explosion of a British World War II aerial bomb found in the town of Viersen on Monday night, damaging buildings in the second such incident in Germany in three weeks. Experts warn that thousands of unexploded bombs still lurking in the ground are becoming more unstable and dangerous to defuse. |
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Germany's Thwarted Statesman
Wolfgang Schäuble Turns 70 He was a confidant of Helmut Kohl, almost became chancellor and was struck down by a gunman's bullet. Not many German politicians can look back on a life and a career as dramatic as that of Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister who turned 70 on Tuesday. Here's a critical appraisal of an exceptional politician. |
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Picture This
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