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| Compiled on July 16, 2013, 06:57 PM CET |
| 'ANYTHING BUT HUMANE' Tibetan Exposes China from the Inside A high-ranking Communist Party official has written a book exposing the crimes of the Chinese against Tibetans. His fellow party members still don't suspect that he has defected to the opposition. |
| EGYPT IN TURMOIL Salafists Gain Strength amid Political Chaos After the death last Monday of more than 50 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, Egypt has become all but ungovernable. The new unity government in Cairo is already crumbling, and now it's the ultra-conservative Salafists who stand to benefit. |
| PRESSURE ON MERKEL German Spying Debate Goes to Parliament As word spread that Edward Snowden has sought temporary asylum in Moscow, Germany's interior minister faced questioning in parliament on Tuesday over what the country knew about NSA spying. The opposition isn't satisfied with his answers. |
| THE CHANCELLOR AND THE NSA Merkel Has Abandoned the Germans Incredible revelations are coming to light in the biggest spying scandal in history. And what is the German government doing? Chancellor Merkel kept silent for weeks, and then she said nothing. Her challenger in the September election, Peer Steinbrück, is correct when he says she violated her oath of office. |
| NSA SNOOPING The War on Terror Is America's Mania The NSA spying scandal shows that America's pursuit of terrorists has turned into a mania. Spying on citizens is as monstrous and unlawful as Guantanamo Bay and drone warfare. The German government's response has been woefully weak. |
| NSA JOKE US Military Intervene over Facebook Event As a joke, a German man recently invited some friends for a walk around a top secret NSA facility. But the Facebook invitation soon had German federal police knocking at his door. They had been alerted by the American authorities. |
| SWISS BANK LEAKER 'Money Is Easy to Hide' It was the most spectacular bank data leak of recent years: In 2008, former HSBC employee Hervé Falciani disappeared with the information of some 130,000 customers. He tells SPIEGEL he wants to help Europe hunt down its tax dodgers and expose a broken system. |
| BUSHIDO BALLYHOO When Hip-Hop and German Politics Collide German rap star Bushido is known for being provocative. But a new song with lyrics about murdering German politicians has triggered outrage in Berlin. The hip-hop artist may soon find himself in trouble with the law as a result. |
| 'IRREPLACEABLE LOSS' Luther Pamphlets Swiped from Museum Three elaborately printed pamphlets containing writings by church reformer Martin Luther have been stolen from a small museum in Eisenach. Historians say the theft of the leaflets, worth about 60,000 euros, is a blow to Europe's cultural memory. |
| PRAGUE HOG Board Runs Wild in Czech City For two hours on Sunday, a wild boar terrorized pedestrians and police alike in Prague, Czech Republic. CCTV video released by police shows a hog running amok. |
| PICTURE THIS Monk at Play |
