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| Compiled on November 05, 2012, 06:47 PM CET |
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Divided States of America
Notes on the Decline of a Great Nation The United States is frittering away its role as a model for the rest of the world. The political system is plagued by an absurd level of hatred, the economy is stagnating and the infrastructure is falling into a miserable state of disrepair. On this election eve, many Americans are losing faith in their country's future. |
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SPIEGEL Interview with Madeleine Albright
Romney Has a 'Shallow Understanding of Foreign Policy' Madeleine Albright, 75, served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton. In an interview with SPIEGEL, she explains why the US remains an "indispensable nation," says that President Barack Obama needs another term in office and accuses his challenger Mitt Romney of "demagogical campaigning." |
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Destroyed by Total Capitalism
America Has Already Lost Tuesday's Election Germans see the US election as a battle between the good Obama and the evil Romney. But this is a mistake. Regardless of who wins the election on Tuesday, total capitalism is America's true ruler, and it has the power to destroy the country. |
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Bailing Out Oligarchs
EU Aid for Cyprus A Political Minefield for Merkel The EU is likely to bail out the banks of tiny member state Cyprus with 10 billion euros of credit. But a secret German intelligence report reveals that the main beneficiaries of the aid would be rich Russians who have invested illegal money there. It's a big dilemma for Chancellor Angela Merkel. |
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The World From Berlin
Neo-Nazi Killings 'A Poisoned Thorn' in Germany's Side One year after German authorities accidentally discovered that neo-Nazi terrorists were behind the shootings of 10 mainly Turkish immigrants between 2000 and 2007, media commentators say the country doesn't just need to revamp its security services -- it needs to combat widespread racism. |
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Contaminated Aquifers
Radioactive Water Threatens Middle East The Middle East and North Africa suffer from water shortages and pump millions of liters a day from ancient aquifers. But the water contains high levels of naturally-occurring radioactive contamination. Experts fear this will increase the cancer risk for millions of people. |
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Intrigue in Lebanon
Was Murdered Intelligence Chief a Hero or Double Agent? In mid-October, a massive car bomb killed Wissam al-Hassan in downtown Beirut. The intelligence chief was buried as a hero and praised by the West for his help in investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Or was he a double agent, possibly also active sometimes for the Syrians? |
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Cruelty and War in Afghanistan
US Soldier Goes on Trial for 'Kandahar Massacre' Robert Bales stands accused of having murdered 16 people in cold blood last spring in Afghanistan. But his defense attorney plans to put the entire war in the dock with him. Mohammed Wazir, who lost six children in the massacre, wants to see Bales hang. |
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Picture This
On the Bright Side |
