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| Compiled on July 22, 2013, 06:50 PM CET |
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'Key Partners'
The Secret Link Between Germany and the NSA Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly said she knew nothing about American surveillance activities in Germany. But documents seen by SPIEGEL show that German intelligence cooperates closely with the NSA and even uses spy software provided by the US. By SPIEGEL |
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Berlin and the NSA
Questions Mount for Merkel's Chief of Staff Revelations that German intelligence services have been using US spying software could create problems for Angela Merkel and her chief of staff, who is responsible for coordinating the agencies. Opposition politicians are demanding answers. |
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EU Terror List
Hezbollah Unlikely to Feel Sanctions EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday to put the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on the bloc's list of terrorist groups. But sanctions will have little impact on the "Party of God," which has long since become Lebanon's most powerful political force. |
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Postwar Impressions
Looking Anew at 1950s Europe GI babies, Parisian nightclub dancers and a hobbled Hitler lookalike: The images taken by US Army photographer Bill Perlmutter are a fascinating look into postwar Europe. |
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Clipped Wings
Berlin Struggles to Certify Military Transport Plane German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière, in trouble over the costly cancellation of the Euro Hawk drone, faces a potentially even greater problem. Certification for the A400M military transport plane is behind schedule and plagued by legal pitfalls. |
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Luxury Revamp
Party To End for Mallorca's Boozy German Tourists Sangria in buckets, beer by the liter and bratwurst on every corner. Mallorca's main beach is a boozy colony of German budget tourists. But plans are afoot to turn it into a luxury resort for rich visitors from China and Dubai. Alarm bells are ringing in Germany. |
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Roll Over Dracula
'Vampire Cemetery' Found in Poland A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead. |
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Deadliest Catch
Dutch Tourist Reels in Anti-Tank Weapon A Dutch tourist fishing in eastern Germany reeled in an unusual catch this weekend -- a World War II anti-tank bazooka. A bomb squad removed it without anyone getting injured. |
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