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| Compiled on August 02, 2013, 06:39 PM CET |
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Changing Times
Kohl Defends Plan to Halve Turkish Population After the discovery of previously unseen documents, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl has confirmed that in 1982, he had a plan to drastically reduce the number of Turks living in Germany. But according to a statement released by his office on Friday, the policy reflected wider debate at the time. |
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Last Call
Crisis Closes Pubs, Mainstay of Irish Society With high unemployment, a surge in emigration and rising beer prices, Irish pubs are getting pinched by the crisis, and some 1,500 have been forced to shut their doors. But one entrepreneur has found a novel way to keep patrons and hold his community together. |
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Tackling Hardship
Beating FIFA at Its Own Game in South Africa 'Amandla' is a relatively modest, German-run football school in a Cape Town township. But unlike many well-funded projects in South Africa sponsored by FIFA since the last World Cup, the camp changes the lives of thousands of children. |
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Unhealthy Obsession
Why Italy's Destiny Is Tied to Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi has been holding Italian politics hostage for 20 years. Now that the country's highest court has upheld his tax fraud conviction, it is surely time he left the political stage. But he probably won't, because Italy is hooked on the 'Silvio show.' |
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'A Political Decision'
Berlusconi Stays in Game Despite Ruling On Thursday, a court convicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a legally binding ruling for the first time. But it referred a decision on a ban on political office back to a lower court. For now, he will continue to play a major role in Italian politics. |
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World from Berlin
'Snowden Had No Other Choice' Edward Snowden has been granted asylum for one year in Russia in a move that threatens to further strain Russian-American relations. German editorialists warn that cooperation between the countries is essential for solving international crises. |
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Turbine Trouble
Ill Wind Blows for German Offshore Industry Only recently, the offshore wind industry was seen as an opportunity to regenerate Germany's coast. But amid changing political attitudes and spiraling costs, several companies are struggling to survive. Is the wind boom over before it even really began? |
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Campaign Fail
Thousands of Eco-Friendly Posters Ruined by Rain Attempts by Germany's main opposition party, the center-left Social Democrats, to close the gap on their competitors were once again hampered on Thursday when 8,000 supposedly eco-friendly campaign posters turned to pulp in the rain. |
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Grandma's House
German Boy Finds Mummy in Attic A 10-year-old German boy was playing in his grandmother's attic when he made a startling discovery: a sarcophagus holding a mummy that had lain undiscovered for decades. |
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Picture This
Ominous Mammatus |
