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| Compiled on October 25, 2012, 06:34 PM CET |
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A Visit to Google Land
The Intransparent Methods of an Internet Giant Google has long insisted that it is "not a conventional company." An increasing number of users, competitors and advertisers are starting to doubt that claim. As the intransparent search engine giant expands its offerings, companies that stand in the way claim they are being made to suffer. Anti-trust agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are listening. By SPIEGEL Staff |
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The World from Berlin
'Euro-Zone Plans to Fix Greece Have Failed' Greece says it has been granted an extra two years to meet austerity targets. The EU and IMF deny it. According to press reports, Athens needs an extra 20 billion euros in aid. It is difficult to determine exactly what might come next for the country, but commentators say it is clear that Europe is at a crossroads. |
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More than Just a Game
New Football League Helps Heal Afghanistan The players were cast on television, and they play in a stadium that was once the site of public executions. Afghanistan's first football league is supposed to help bring peace to the country, but some players are risking their lives. |
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Stemming the Tide
A New Wave of Stores Keep German Villages Alive German villages are slowly dwindling and residents are suffering as they lose places to meet and shop within walking distance of their homes. Now concerned villagers are trying to stabilize bleeding populations by opening their own small community stores to keep village life alive. |
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Sinking Ship
Voters Growing Disillusioned with Germany's Pirate Party As national elections approach next year, Germany's Pirate Party can't explain what its positions really are. Its representatives in state parliaments prefer to focus on technical issues and themselves, while party leaders are withdrawing from the forefront. Voters, in the meantime, are turning away from the party. |
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A Surge of Serbs and Macedonians
Germany Seeks to Halt Influx of Balkan Asylum Seekers With a massive surge in asylum applications from people of the Roma minority from Serbia and Macedonia, Germany's interior minister is calling for new rules to expedite processing these cases. Although many come to the EU for better economic opportunities, they also face racial discrimination at home, advocacy groups say. |
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Phallic Fall
Males Nudes Get Due in Two Major Exhibitions Nude portraiture is commonplace in the museum world -- at least when it comes to women. But two major exhibitions this autumn in Vienna and Linz, Austria, are aiming to offset some reverse gender discrimination by focusing on works that feature nude males instead. They are already becoming a magnet for controversy. |
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Pumping Iron
Soviet-Era Fitness Still Going Strong in Kiev In Kiev, some sports nuts prefer to use salvaged tank chains and tires instead of barbells to beef up. At a unique open-air fitness park in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, body builders are still getting pumped up Soviet-style. A new photography book documents their efforts. |
