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| Compiled on July 05, 2013, 06:38 PM CET |
| MADE IN BANGLADESH Greed, Globalization and the Dhaka Tragedy On April 24, a textile factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing over 1,100. A government investigator has presented his results to SPIEGEL. They tell a harrowing story of a disaster caused by greed and the pressures of globalization. |
| SPYING SCANDAL What's the Fuss about US Surveillance? Having experienced two dictatorships with notoriously effective intelligence systems, Germans are furious about NSA eavesdropping. Now they want to put even stricter rules in place -- but without paying the necessary price. |
| HORTICULTURAL HATE The Mystery of the Forest Swastikas Over 20 years ago, a landscaper in eastern Germany discovered a formation of trees in a forest in the shape of a swastika. Since then, a number of other forest swastikas have been found in Germany and beyond, but the mystery of their origins persist. |
| LADIES FIRST German Universities Edit Out Gender Bias This week, the second German university in a month's time decided to banish generic masculine forms of titles like "professor" from all official documents. They will be replaced with the feminine form, a decision that has reignited an old gender equality debate. |
| GHOSTS OF THE NSA Relics of Cold War Spying Dot Germany The National Security Agency has long been active in Germany, though much of its spying was conducted against the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Today, former listening stations and other facilities dot the German landscape. |
| 'PEPPER SPRAY IS OUR PERFUME' Football Fans Challenge Erdogan The fans of Besiktas have long been known as some of the most passionate in Turkey. One fan group was also instrumental in boosting the June protests against Prime Minister Erdogan. It isn't the first time they have taken to the streets. |
| SPYING SURVEY Trust in US at Lowest Level Since Bush Ongoing revelations about the NSA spying scandal have pushed German trust in the US to its lowest level since the presidency of George W. Bush. A new survey also finds that Germans want Chancellor Merkel to stand up to Washington. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN 'The Army Had No Choice' in Egypt What comes next in Egypt? With large Muslim Brotherhood protests expected for Friday, continued violence is certainly one possibility. Still, German commentators largely agree that the military coup was not to be avoided. |
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