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| Compiled on September 28, 2012, 06:35 PM CET |
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The New Germans
Immigrant Children's Complicated Search for Identity One thing unites Khuê Pham, Özlem Topçu and Alice Bota: They are German citizens and the children of migrants in a country that has long struggled to define its relationship with foreigners. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, they describe the alienation of being first-generation Germans, but also their new role as their home becomes more cosmopolitan. |
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Book Excerpt from 'We New Germans'
My Home, No Home As children of immigrants, many second-generation Germans have trouble feeling at home in the country. When they travel to the countries of their parents' origin, they may have an understanding of the culture, but they still feel alien. In a modern, globalized world, is the idea of calling a place "home" even fitting? It's time for a new approach. |
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Merkel's Challenger
Does Peer Steinbrück Have the Stuff to Be Chancellor? The Social Democrats have finally ended the suspense, choosing former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück as their candidate to unseat Angela Merkel in next year's general elections. Though widely credited with helping lead Germany through the financial crisis, he can be abrasive. Does he stand a chance? |
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SPD Picks a Candidate
Steinbrück to Challenge Merkel for Chancellery After months of speculation, Germany's Social Democrats have finally settled on former German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück to run against the chancellor in 2013 general elections. Analysts say he could prove dangerous to Merkel. |
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Election in Georgia
A Battle between Dictators and Dreamers Parliamentary elections in the small Caucasus nation of Georgia will be held on Monday. President Saakashvili is waging a desperate effort against rivals who accuse him of behaving like a dictator. But he says his billionaire main opponent is nothing but a straw man for Putin. |
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Theme Park Scandal
German State Governor Expected to Resign Friday Rhineland-Palatinate Governor Kurt Beck is expected to step down on Friday evening, according to media reports. The veteran Social Democratic politician has been under pressure because of a theme park debacle that has cost the state hundreds of millions of euros. |
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Strategy Stalls
Daimler Struggles to Regain Its Spark A look at Daimler's bottom line for 2011 gives the impression of a thriving company. But it recently lowered its 2012 earning forecast and is trailing BMW, its main German competitor, in almost all categories. Can the CEO's plan to put the company back in pole position really work? |
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US Futurologist Michio Kaku
'Eternal Life Does Not Violate the Laws of Physics' In his best-selling book "Physics of the Future," American professor Michio Kaku lays out his vision for the world in 2100. Kaku, the son of Japanese immigrants, spoke to SPIEGEL about a future in which toilets will have health monitoring sensors and contact lenses will be connected to the Internet. |
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Celebrating the Father of Reunification
Merkel Pays Tribute to Predecessor Kohl Campaign finance scandal? Bitterness with his former party? None of that mattered on Thursday night as gathered dignitaries celebrated the life's work of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Berlin. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who used Kohl's fall as a stepping stone for her own career, held the keynote address. |
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Cheap Food, Sick Children
Stomach Bug Sweeps German Schools Nearly 7,000 schoolchildren across eastern Germany are suffering from an uncomfortable gastrointestinal illness thought to be triggered by contaminated school lunches. Authorities are expected to announce the results of lab tests on Friday, and a number of schools are staying shut as a precautionary measure. |
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Nature Photo Contest for Kids
Through the Eyes of Young Environmentalists The spectacular images entered by children for a nature photography competition is proof positive that young people around the world share an awareness of the need to look after their environment -- and that sometimes, amateurs can do a job just as well as professionals. |
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Expressionist Ecstasy
Remembering 20th Century Art's Color Revolution The Folkwang Museum is hosting a show of work that juxtaposes French Fauvism with similar movements across Europe. Politically, the Continent might have been deeply divided in the early 20th century, but the exhibition in Essen provides ample evidence that its artists had much in common. |
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