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| Compiled on November 27, 2012, 06:27 PM CET |
| REORGANIZING A VAST ARCHIVE Holocaust Tracing Service Still Reuniting Families The International Tracing Service, set up after World War II to help survivors of Nazi Germany find their families, is being turned into a historical archive that will help convey the scale and the suffering of the Holocaust to coming generations. Its vast vault of files is still helping to reunite survivors -- and has just given Wilhelm Thiem his identity back. |
| FORMER ARAB LEAGUE HEAD AMR MOUSSA 'Egypt Has Never Been in Such a Critical State' Thousands of protesters again took to the streets of Cairo on Tuesday in protest against far-reaching new powers President Mohammed Morsi has reserved for himself. Former Arab League General Secretary Amr Moussa told SPIEGEL ONLINE that the democratic process in his country is in grave danger. |
| SIFTING THROUGH THE FALLOUT Death Hangs over the Gaza Strip after the Fighting More than 160 people died in the eight-day Gaza war. And though the fighting may have stopped, the dead and the nightmares remain. Survivors and victims' families say they want revenge. |
| 'THE KILLING HAS TO STOP' A Visit to the Home of Former Hostage Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit, who spent more than five years in the hands of Hamas kidnappers, harbors no thoughts of revenge toward the Islamist group. And his father, who is beginning a political career, says that Israel needs to negotiate. |
| EU INITIATIVE Berlin Seeks to Stop Weapons Smuggling into Gaza Germany wants the European Union to help monitor the borders of the Gaza Strip and prevent weapons smuggling, according to media reports. Part of the plan calls for the EU to resume a mission at the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and Gaza, and to help equip Egyptian border guards. |
| BANKRUPTCY AVERTED Europe Agrees on New Aid Package For Greece Euro-zone finance ministers finally reached a deal to avert a Greek bankruptcy on Monday night, agreeing to the release of the next installment of credit and launching a package of measures to reduce the country's debt. But they shied away from a debt haircut, the only move that could solve the Greek dilemma in the long term. |
| THE WORLD FROM BERLIN 'EU's Catalonian Headache Has Not Disappeared' Regional elections in Catalonia over the weekend left the Spanish region's push for indepedence in a state of suspended animation. A majority of voters support secession, but cannot decide which party is best equipped to govern the state. German commentators say that the confusion is not good for Spain or Catalonia. |
| SPARKING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT German Christmas Markets Open for 2012 Season Between 3 billion and 5 billion euros are spent each year at Germany's traditional Christmas markets, which date back to the Middle Ages. But business aside, 'tis the season to be jolly -- and out in the cold clutching a hot cup of mulled wine. |
| PICTURE THIS Don't Cry Over It |
