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| Compiled on February 06, 2013, 07:32 PM CET |
| RED OBSESSIONS Film Business Moves from Hollywood to Asia The movie industry is increasingly shifting toward Asia, especially China, striking fear in the hearts of Hollywood studio executives. The two cultures are about to clash at the Berlin International Film Festival, which opens with the Chinese epic film "The Grandmaster" by Wong Kar-wai. |
| BERLINALE 2013 Film Fest Spotlights Women and Eastern Europe The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival kicks off on Thursday with a martial arts epic from Hong Kong. The festival's director says this year's selection pays particularly close attention to women, indigenous peoples and life in Eastern Europe. |
| THE WORLD FROM BERLIN 'The Chancellor Will Have To Reshuffle Her Cabinet' On Tuesday, a committee at the University of Düsseldorf announced Education Minister Annette Schavan had plagiarized passages of her doctoral thesis over 30 years ago and that her Ph.d. title was deemed invalid. German commentators say the Merkel confidant has little choice but to resign. |
| PLAGIARISM ACCUSATIONS Merkel's Education Minister Has Ph.D. Title Revoked German Education Minister Annette Schavan has long been dogged by accusations that she had plagiarized parts of her Ph.D. thesis. Now, the University of Düsseldorf has revoked her degree. She may be forced to resign from Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet. |
| MEXICAN PRESIDENT PEÑA NIETO 'We Have to Crush the Mafia' Enrique Peña Nieto took over as Mexico's president in December. In a SPIEGEL interview, he discusses his plans to fight poverty and drug violence and why Europe should take advantage of his country's economic boom. |
| BLACK BLOC Egypt's Opposition Gets More Radical Protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood are becoming increasingly violent. One factor behind this is the founding of the "Black Bloc," a loosely organized group of activists that is not afraid to clash with the government. |
| IN-OUT DEBATE What Britain Really Gets From EU Membership As European leaders get ready to negotiate the EU budget at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, Britain is debating whether membership in the bloc makes any economic sense. Perhaps surprisingly, it's virtually impossible to find hard proof of any net benefit. |
| CORE OR PERIPHERY? Poland's Battle Over Embracing the Euro Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Polish business community want to boost competitiveness by introducing the euro. However, the opposition and a majority of Poles believe the country's independence and stability could suffer. |
| THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE TERRORIST When Sartre Met RAF Leader Andreas Baader Jean-Paul Sartre's meeting with RAF leader Andreas Baader was long considered to be one of the philosopher's great missteps. A transcript of the meeting, which has only now been released, shows the Nobel laureate actually wanted to persuade him to stop murdering people. |
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