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| Compiled on March 20, 2013, 06:30 PM CET |
| BAILOUT CLASH Why Europe Must Play Hardball with Cyprus The Cypriot rejection on Tuesday night of the euro-zone bailout package for the country's ailing banks has triggered a power struggle between the island nation and the European Union. If Brussels gives in, future efforts to save the euro will be made more difficult. All hopes are now on Russia. |
| CYPRUS TURNS TO MOSCOW Scenarios for a Russian Role in the Bailout Cyprus on Tuesday rejected the terms of a bailout package offered by Brussels and is now turning to Moscow for help. Russian President Vladimir Putin may charge a very high price in exchange for aid for the nearly bankrupt euro-zone country. |
| BANKS ON THE BRINK ECB May Cut Emergency Funding to Cyprus After rejecting a euro-zone bailout deal on Tuesday night, Cyprus is now desperately searching for funding. Should aid not be found soon, the country's banks might remain closed until next week. Meanwhile, criticism of Germany's role in the fiasco is mounting in Nicosia and Berlin. |
| IRAQ'S MODEL CITY Kirkuk Thrives in Sea of Corruption and Violence Ten years after the US invasion, Iraq is still plagued by sectarian violence, poverty and corruption. The northern city of Kirkuk, however, has defied predictions to emerge as a model of inter-ethnic reconciliation and relatively efficient government. |
| IRAQ ANNIVERSARY 10 Lessons from America's 'Dumb War' A decade on, polls suggest that a majority of Americans view the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a mistake. Right or wrong, the war has immensely influenced how America sees itself, is seen and conducts itself on the global stage. |
| TEN YEARS AFTER THE IRAQ INVASION Baghdad Then and Now A decade after the invasion of Iraq, photographer Maya Alleruzzo visited some of Baghdad's best known sites and juxtaposed what she saw with images from the past decade. Where bombs once fell, residents now buy groceries. Where militias patrolled, campaign posters now hang. Yet peace is still a long way off. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN Iraq War Seen as 'Strategic Failure by Many' Germany opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and little has changed about that stance a decade later. German editorialists on Wednesday gauge the effects of the war on the global balance of power, and their conclusions aren't positive. |
| 'THROWN AWAY BY THE TON' EU Takes On Wasteful Fishing Methods Each day, fishermen throw away countless tons of unintentionally caught marine animals, many of them dead or dying. As the European Union prepares to ban the practice, biologists are developing methods of reducing what's known as by-catch. |
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