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| Compiled on November 05, 2013, 06:18 PM CET |
| MUNICH DISCOVERY Masterpieces Found Among Nazi Art Trove While searching a Munich apartment, police stumbled upon a historic discovery: nearly 1,500 paintings, including modern art seized by the Nazis and numerous unknown masterpieces by artists such as Picasso, Dix and Matisse. |
| ET TU, UK? Anger Grows over British Spying in Berlin First it was the US -- and now it turns out the UK might have been spying from its embassy in Berlin, too. Officials at Germany's Foreign Ministry responded Tuesday by inviting Britain's ambassador for a lecture. |
| 75 YEARS LATER How the World Shrugged Off Kristallnacht In the days surrounding Nov. 9, 1938, the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages. To mark the incident's 75th anniversary, an exhibition in Berlin gathers previously unknown reports by foreign diplomats, revealing how the shocking events prompted little more than hollow condemnation. |
| ECONOMIC DOGHOUSE Complaints about German Exports Unfounded The US government and European Commission are complaining bitterly about Germany's hefty trade surplus and export orientation. But such criticism fails to consider how much the country's partners benefit from its competitive strength. |
| MERKEL SPYING It's 'Unlikely' White House Didn't Know President Obama has claimed he didn't know the US was spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel. SPIEGEL asks White House security veteran Michael Allen about whether that's possible -- and how the NSA sets its priorities in the first place. |
| COALITION TALKS Parties Take On Rent Hikes and Dual Citizenship Coalition negotiations between German Chancellor Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats are beginning to yield results. The parties agreed Monday night to plan for capping rent hikes, with dual citizenship and a tougher prostitution law on the agenda for this week. |
| FREE PRESS? Editor Laments 'Retrogressive' Government Action The Guardian has played a key role in exposing the intelligence agency excesses revealed in documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden. Editor Alan Rusbridger discusses his work and the mounting pressure by the British government to silence the leaks. |
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