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| Compiled on May 02, 2013, 06:26 PM CET |
| GROWING ANTI-SEMITISM Jewish World Congress Takes on Hungary In symbolic protest of growing anti-Semitism in Hungary, the World Jewish Congress will meet in Budapest this weekend. This has angered Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who plans to address the assembly about the criticism. But no amount of talk can erase the fact that right-wing extremism is on the rise there. |
| FROM PLAYBOY TO RADICAL Imran Khan Takes on Pakistan's Old Guard Cricket world champion and former playboy Imran Khan found his way to Islam through a mystic. Now he wants to become Pakistan's prime minister and free his country of corruption and the Americans. |
| LESS IS MORE Rogue Economists Champion Prosperity without Growth For years, economists have posited that prosperity requires growth, with environmental damage as the regrettable but unavoidable consequence. A growing number of critics are now challenging this equation, though, calling for a radical revamping of the economic system. |
| COMBATTING THE CRISIS ECB Cuts Interest Rates to Record Low The European Central Bank cut interest rates on Thursday to a record low of 0.5 percent in an effort to combat the deepening recession across the euro zone. |
| HUNGRY FOR VICTORY The Secrets of FC Bayern Munich's Success FC Bayern Munich already holds this year's German league title, and its drubbing of FC Barcelona puts the European championship just a match away. What makes this year's team so much more dominant than all its other star-studded predecessors? |
| POWERFUL ENEMIES Kremlin Targets Russian Facebook Clone Russia's successful Facebook clone VKontakte has long been a thorn in the Kremlin's side. Now, Moscow appears to be increasing pressure on the company, and CEO Pavel Durov has left the country. |
| GNOME CITY How Garden Kitsch Saved a Polish Town A flourishing garden gnome industry spared an entire region around the town of Nowa Sól in western Poland from economic ruin. With the decorations now out of style, the industry is branching out to plastic tigers, dinosaurs and even churros. |
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