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| Compiled on January 02, 2013, 06:23 PM CET |
| PROSPECTS FOR 2013 German Economy Faces Year of Uncertainty Will 2013 be an "unlucky 13" for the German economy? Will the country face a recession, or will it succeed in defying the crisis? There is much to suggest that there won't be any major economic setback. The mood on the markets is currently one of cautious optimism. |
| UNKNOWN BUT UNAVOIDABLE The Secret Ways of Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Almost a third of the planet is thought to be using its products and yet few know much about the highly secretive Chinese telecommunication equipment company Huawei. Should customers be concerned about the company founder's military background or the security vulnerabilities of its products? |
| UNLIMITED IMPOSSIBILITIES Republican Blockade Paralyzes America The US has managed to avoid plunging off the fiscal cliff -- for now. But the compromise is not meant to last and Washington will once again be faced with tough budgetary negotiations in several weeks. Much of the blame lies with a Republican Party that refuses to budge. |
| ONE MAN, THREE LIVES The Munich Olympics and the CIA's New Informant Willi Voss started as a petty criminal in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley. Before long, though, he found himself helping the PLO, even playing a minor role in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack. He went on to become a valuable CIA informant, and has now written a book about his life in the shadows. By SPIEGEL Staff |
| SQUEEZED OUT Rocketing Rents Become Election Issue in Germany The exploding costs and dwindling supply of urban housing are slowly pushing Germans of average means out of the cities. As September's national election approaches, politicians are jockeying to find viable solutions to a problem they helped create. |
| THE WORLD FROM BERLIN Today's American Politics a 'Tiresome Farce' Barack Obama's announcement that a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" has been reached was hailed as a victory for the Democratic president. German editorialists, however, are less certain. They warn that the bitter political wrangling in Washingon is likely to damage the country in the long term. |
| MONKEY BUSINESS Kidogo the Gorilla Amazes with Tightrope Act Zoo gorillas have earned a reputation for doing a whole lot of nothing, often just sitting against a tree for hours at a time. But Kidogo, a silverback in the Krefeld Zoo, has earned sudden fame for his penchant for performing a number of tricks, including tightrope walking. |
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