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| Compiled on December 20, 2012, 06:25 PM CET |
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Drifting Apart
Summit Underscores EU Tensions with Russia Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso have little affection for one another. Despite flourishing economic ties, Russia and the EU are drifting apart politically -- and neither side knows what to do about it. |
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'Much Worse than Greece'
IMF Demands Partial Default for Cyprus Euro-zone member state Cyprus badly needs a bailout, but the International Monetary Fund is demanding a debt haircut first, according to media reports. The resulting standoff with Europe has delayed the country's badly needed aid package. To ward off insolvency, Nicosia has raided the pension funds of state-owned companies. |
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'Unworthy of the EU'
New Report Blasts Greek Treatment of Migrants Greece's treatment of migrants and asylum seekers is so appalling that it has become a humanitarian crisis, Amnesty International charges in a new report. It cites squalid conditions at refugee facilities and authorities who are doing little to combat the problem. |
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The Language of Violence
A Seed of Destruction in the Middle East Israel is currently ignoring criticism from the West as it continues to pursue its settlement policies in the Palestinian Territories. It is also unlikely to reverse course anytime soon. Prospects for a two-state solution are getting dimmer. |
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Two Magical Centuries
How the Grimms Cast a Spell on the World Exactly 200 years ago, the Grimm brothers published the first edition of their fairy tales. Many of the originals were brutal and there was no lack of blood, gore and carnality. But thanks to a bit of clean-up work, they have gone on to enrapture people around the world. What is the secret to their success? |
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Hidden Treasure
Otto Dix Murals Discovered in Artist's Former Home Workers uncovered six murals by German painter Otto Dix behind a bookshelf in the artist's former home during renovations on Wednesday. The house is being turned into a museum dedicated to the painter and it now finds itself one attraction richer as it prepares for its reopening to the public in June. |
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Harnessing the Internet
The German Porn King's Revolutionary Model When German national Fabian Thylmann was arrested, he became known as the king of the porn industry. His sex company operates like a modern corporation, silently and digitally. He has become a major presence on the Internet, much like Amazon and Wikipedia. |
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Nazis in Italy
War Crimes Report Estimates 165 Murders Per Day Some 165 murders a day. That is the horrifying conclusion reached by an historical commission assigned the task of exploring the full extent of Nazi war crimes committed in Italy in World War II. The identity of many of the murderers has long been known, but to this day little has been done to bring them to justice. |
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Suspicion of Collusion
Authorities Raid Deutsche Bank Again Prosecutors in Frankfurt raided Deutsche Bank headquarters yet again this week. It marks the second time in a fortnight that the mighty German financial institution has received an unwanted visit from the police. This time the focus is on suspicions of witness collusion in connection with a scandal that could cost the bank as much as 1.5 billion euros. |
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