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| Compiled on October 30, 2013, 06:37 PM CET |
| THE PENITANT WARLORD Atoning for 20,000 War Crimes For years, Joshua Milton Blahyi, better known as General Butt Naked, was one of Liberia's most feared warlords. Then he became a pastor. Today he visits the families of his victims to seek forgiveness for his sins. |
| TYMOSHENKO RELEASE Ukraine's Geopolitical Future Hangs on Deal EU negotiators have arrived in Ukraine to try to secure the release of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A successful agreement will pave the way for a free trade deal and unprecedented cooperation between the EU and Ukraine -- as well as a new rift with Russia. |
| NUCLEAR DIVERGENCE UK's New Reactor Spurs Debate in Germany The UK's decision to build a new nuclear power plant has thrown Germany's vow to shut down its own nuclear plants into relief. Critics argue Germany's decision was emotional, not practical -- others disagree. |
| SEX WORKERS UNITE Germany Gets First Prostitution Lobby Johanna Weber has founded Germany's first professional association for sex workers. She tells SPIEGEL ONLINE how she plans to fight for their rights -- and change the notion that all prostitutes are oppressed. |
| PUSHOVER PARTY Social Democrats Must Not Give Up on Europe In coalition negotiations, the center-left Social Democrats appear to have backed off on their demands to control the Finance Ministry. Relinquishing the post would mean letting Angela Merkel trample over them -- and abandoning their push to move Germany's Europe policy to the left. |
| KUNDUZ TRIAL New Scrutiny for Deadly Afghanistan Attack Four years ago, a German military officer ordered an attack in Afghanistan that killed at least 91 people, many of them civilians. Now that criminal charges against him have been dropped, a civil lawsuit is seeking more compensation for the families of some victims. |
| TALE OF TWO CITIES Exhibition Spotlights Berlin- Berlin and Vienna both played key roles in the transformative artistic period of the early 20th century. A new exhibition traces the cities' parallel development with show-stopping works from Gustav Klimt, Otto Dix and Egon Schiele. |
| PICTURE THIS Lovely Bones |
