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| Compiled on October 24, 2012, 06:27 PM CET |
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Two More Years for Athens?
Report Says Greece Will Get More Time A German newspaper on Wednesday is reporting that Greece's creditors will grant the heavily indebted country two more years to meet its budget targets. Despite high-level denials, momentum appears to be growing for such a delay, which would necessitate further aid to Athens. |
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Microsoft Development Head
'The Whole Room Will Be the Computer' With Windows 8, its own tablet and a new smartphone system, Microsoft has launched an offensive against Apple and Google. The company's development director Craig Mundie tells SPIEGEL ONLINE what went wrong at the IT giant in the past, and how it plans to catch up with its competitors. |
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Legendary Bonn Restaurant Shuts
Where Leaders Shaped the World over Schnitzel A merry Boris Yeltsin dived under the table here. John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle, Mikhail Gorbachev -- you name them, they've all dined at Maternus, an unlikely VIP restaurant that served local dishes in Bonn, the West German capital. Its closure this week is awakening memories of its Cold War heyday, and of Bonn's forgotten role in shaping the nation. |
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Calling All Hipsters
Leipzig Is the New Berlin Berlin used to be Germany's hippest city, but the once scruffy capital has long since succumbed to gentrification. The latest city to attract the creative class is the former East German industrial seat of Leipzig. Moving in by the thousands, they are lured by the euphoric buzz of cheap rent and youthful ingenuity. |
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A Monument to the Porajmos
Sinti and Roma Holocaust Victims Remembered in Berlin Berlin is home to several monuments to Germany's dark past. On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel helped inaugurate another one, this one dedicated to the Sinti and Roma murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. With persecution of the minority on the rise, its unveiling could hardly have been more timely. |
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Documenting the Holocaust
Auschwitz Photographer Wilhelm Brasse Dies The photographer who took pictures of tens of thousands of Auschwitz prisoners during World War II died on Tuesday. Almost seven decades after the end of the war, Wilhelm Brasse's pictures preserve the memory of Holocaust victims. |
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The World from Berlin
Germany 'Will Not Be Able to Ignore EU's Call' to Mali It appears increasingly likely that the European Union will participate in a military training and support mission in the African country of Mali, parts of which are succumbing to Islamist extremists and threaten to become another Somalia. German editorialists argue Berlin will have to play a role. |
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The Dream Lives On
Knut Immortalized with Bronze Statue in Berlin Zoo Berlin's famed Knut was officially immortalized on Wednesday with a bronze statue in the city's zoo. Though the cuddly polar bear won't be forgotten anytime soon, the memorial keeps the dream alive for future generations. |
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Picture This
Sacred Swirl |
