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'I've Derailed!'
Excess Speed Suspected in Spanish Rail Disaster Was the driver of the train that derailed in Spain on Wednesday night going too fast? Eyewitness accounts, a video of the deadly crash and statements from the driver himself suggest he was. Why did safety systems fail to prevent the disaster? |
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Pining for Beirut
How I Made Hezbollah's Blacklist Over the last half-century, Beirut has gone from the being the "Switzerland of the Middle East" to a country plagued by instability. In a personal account, SPIEGEL reporter Erich Follath explains his difficult relationship with Hezbollah and his love of Beirut. |
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Mazar-e-Sharif Suicides
Poisonous Freedom for Afghan Women Women in Mazar-e-Sharif have straddled the worlds between Western freedoms and conservative traditions for a decade. As the Taliban gains strength and the West pulls out, Afghanistan's most liberal city is being plagued by a rash of suicides. |
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Egyptian Politician
'The Brotherhood Knows the End Is Coming' Egypt has been shaken by daily clashes since the recent coup. In an interview, leftist Egyptian politician Mamduoh Habashi explains why the military intervention was good for the country and his belief that the Muslim Brotherhood is on its way out. |
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Pizza with a Neo-Nazi
Witness Describes 'Friendly' Neighbor A former neighbor of the main defendant in the trial of Germany's murderous neo-Nazi terrorist cell has described her as a friendly woman who would stop by for drinks and even once brought a pizza. The witness also admitted to having a Hitler portrait. |
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One Euro Job
German Rail Scraps Refugee Work Project Deutsche Bahn has canceled a controversial project at a train station in southern Germany. On Monday, asylum seekers began assisting passengers with their luggage for €1.05 per hour, the federally mandated maximum. On Thursday, the refugees were disappointed to be out of a job. |
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Broad-Minded?
London Mayor Spurs Berlin Public Sex Debate London Mayor Boris Johnson gave Berlin high praise in a recent column, hailing the city's means-tested fines for public sex. A local official now says that having lower penalties for welfare recipients "divides society." |
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Bad Boy in Bayreuth
Wagner's Ring Gets a Brash Reboot Firebrand director Frank Castorf presents his version of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" this week at Germany's most important opera festival. The production is meant to salvage the shaky reputation of the festival's artistic directors. But is it doomed for disaster? |
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Picture This
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