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| Compiled on March 07, 2013, 06:09 PM CET |
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Real Estate Locusts
Developers Cash in on Europe's Poorest International financial investors have spent billions to gobble up cheap real estate in Berlin. But a look at Scharnweberstrasse 111 shows how they and their ruthless middlemen are exploiting immigrants from Southeastern Europe to make profits. |
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America's New Mommy Wars
An Elitist Assault on Working Women? Two high-profile working mothers in America claim they aren't setting off the 2013 version of the "mommy wars." But, in light of their recent actions, it's hard to view the perspectives of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer any other way. |
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Storming the Corridors of Power
A Manifesto for Working Women Silicon Valley executive Sheryl Sandberg has written a new book in which she calls upon women to storm the corridors of power. The senior Facebook manager has unleashed a new debate about feminism and female ambition that is likely to spread beyond the United States. |
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World from Berlin
'Venezuela Faces Difficult Times' Venezuela is mourning the passing of President Hugo Chávez this week, but what does the future hold for the country? German commentators say it would do well to avoid another charismatic autocrat like Chávez. |
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Encumbered Lumber
Europe Seeks Hard Line on Illegal Logging Until recently, European companies could import illegally felled lumber with no fear of prosecution. New EU regulations are meant to take a tougher stance, but individual member states still write most of their own rules. Critics say Germany is falling short. |
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Jail Sentence
Court Convicts Scandal Maestro Berlusconi An Italian court on Thursday sentenced Italy's Silvio Berlusconi to one year in prison. While the former prime minister will appeal the verdict in the case involving the illegal publication of a wiretapped phone call transcript, it's just one of a handful against him being heard this month. |
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Göring's List
Should Israel Honor a Leading Nazi's Brother? Leading Nazi Hermann Göring was instrumental to Hitler's reign of terror, but research suggests his brother Albert saved the lives of dozens of Jews. Israel must now decide whether he deserves to be honored as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations." |
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Bickering and Brawls
Up a Creek, Pirate Party Looks for a Paddle Germany's Pirate Party, only recently celebrated as the hottest new political movement in the country, has plunged into a never-ending series of petty spats and outright brawls. Now, another party leader has resigned. |
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Aka-Aki
Left Behind by the Berlin Start-Up Boom Everyone wants to talk about the start-up boom in Berlin, particularly with Chancellor Angela Merkel visiting promising new firms on Thursday. But for every success, there are numerous failures, including the award-winning Aka-Aki. |
