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| Compiled on April 25, 2013, 06:11 PM CET |
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Brazil's Heart of Darkness
Notorious Rebel-Killer May Finally Face Justice Like a character out of the film "Apocalypse Now," Colonel Sebastião de Moura allegedly hunted, tortured and killed rebels without remorse during Brazil's military dictatorship. Now, almost 40 years later, he is likely to face charges. |
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Rental Disobedience
Resident Groups Combat Spike in Evictions Skyrocketing rents in many German cities are pitting residents against real estate developers and landlords. The recent death of an elderly woman forced out of her apartment has emboldened alliances to protest evictions with sit-ins. |
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Flat-Rate Fiasco
Telekom Plan to Limit DSL Worries Berlin German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom sparked controversy this week with plans to curtail flat-rate DSL speeds once certain data thresholds are reached. Customers, Internet advocates and the German government are all concerned. |
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Interior Minister
Boston Points to 'Dangerous Phenomenon' The Boston terrorist attack has more than just Americans worried. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich discusses the deadly event, calls for increased video surveillance and warns of future attacks by other lone wolves. |
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Historian Götz Aly
Victims of Nazi Euthanasia 'Have Been Forgotten' German historian Götz Aly is an expert on euthanasia during the Nazi era. In a SPIEGEL interview, he discusses why many accepted the murder of the handicapped and mentally ill, and how his own daughter has shaped his views on how the disabled should be treated today. |
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'Perpetuating Blight'
Deutsche Bank 'Slumlord' Case Going to Trial Is Deutsche Bank one of the biggest "slumlords" in Los Angeles? The city thinks so, and has brought a lawsuit against the German banking giant that is headed to court now that a dismissal bid was rejected. |
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Oversexed Education
First-Graders Shown Explicit Sex-Ed Book Many might think that 6-year-olds aren't ready to discuss issues like putting on condoms or achieving orgasm. Among them are the irate parents of first-graders at a Berlin elementary school that used a sex-ed book with explicit text and revealing illustrations. |
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Closed, but Clean
Scrubbing Empty Berlin Airport Costs 160,000 Euros a Month The opening of Berlin's new international airport has been delayed four times and residents still haven't been given a new opening date. As technical problems plague the project, monthly maintenance costs are mounting. |
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Picture This
Electric Sheep |
