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| Compiled on May 17, 2013, 06:52 PM CET |
| LIVING BY THE NUMBERS Big Data Knows What Your Future Holds Forget Big Brother. Companies and countries are discovering that algorithms programmed to scour vast quantities of data can be much more powerful. They can predict your next purchase, forecast car thefts and maybe even help cure cancer. But there is a down side. |
| BEUYS BIOGRAPHY Book Accuses Artist of Close Ties to Nazis For decades, Joseph Beuys has been exalted as a heroic icon of postwar avant-garde German art. But a new biography accuses him of having been a serial liar who never completely emancipated himself from the views of Nazism and a bizarre cult. |
| INSUFFICIENT EFFORTS Report Faults Cyprus on Money Laundering A recent inquiry suggests that Cyprus isn't doing enough to combat money laundering, a precondition for obtaining a bailout package. The banks know little about their customers and are ill-equipped to identify suspicious transactions. |
| BEATEN, BULLIED, BADGERED EU Study Finds Widespread Homophobia in Europe Harassed at work and the doctor's office, bullied and assaulted in public: The gay, bisexual and transgender community is still widely discriminated against in Europe. In an new EU survey, the most comprehensive to date, more than 90,000 participants report on the extent of their harassment. |
| COVETED COVES Emir's Greek Isle Purchase Inspires Hope Despite the country's crippling financial crisis, residents of the Greek island of Ithaca have found new hope after the Emir of Qatar bought a nearby island for his summer retreat. The purchase has sparked a rush on local real estate and could bring new development. |
| PROTESTING PINK Barbie Dreamhouse Gets Fiery Welcome in Berlin For some, it's a dream in pink. For others, it's a monument to misogyny. The Barbie Dreamhouse opened its doors in Berlin on Thursday, and demonstrators and journalists were out in force. Femen also made an appearance -- to burn Barbie on the cross. |
| CRISIS OF FRIENDSHIP Split Persists Between Berlin and Paris As a further sign that all is not well in the Franco-German motor of Europe, the two countries will not issue a joint statement ahead of the next EU summit as Berlin had hoped. The development comes as France slips further into economic malaise. |
| NEO-NAZI TRIAL Excrement Smeared on Lawyer's Office Door Excrement and urine have been splattered on the Munich office of a lawyer representing plaintiffs in Germany's biggest neo-Nazi trial. Police suspect far-right extremists were behind the incident, just one of several apparently intended to intimidate anti-racist and immigrant groups as the trial gets underway. |
| TRAFFIC STOPPER Mini Hot Rod Hits German Roads The mini hot rod looks like an outsize toy, and its Hamburg-based creators still can't quite believe it's street legal. It offers drivers as much fun as can be had behind a steering wheel, and a bit of discomfort is a small price to pay. |
| DESIGN CRIMES Exhibit Celebrates Bad Taste Through the Years Proving that bad taste never goes out of fashion, an exhibition opened in Hamburg this week that romps through decades of aesthetic atrocities, showcasing hideous design from the early 20th century to the present. |
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