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| Compiled on November 06, 2013, 06:46 PM CET |
| NO TRAINING, NO WORK Unemployment Rising Despite More Jobs Although there are more jobs than ever before, unemployment continues to rise in Germany. Many long-term unemployed are looking for work again, but their lack of qualifications means they hardly stand a chance in a highly specialized industrial society. |
| PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES The Falling-Out of Camus and Sartre Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, two of the most important minds of the 20th century, were closely entwined throughout their careers. On the centenary of Camus' birth, SPIEGEL looks back at their famous friendship and the ideological feud that ultimately unraveled it. |
| KRISTALLNACHT Germany Remembers a Grim Anniversary Nov. 9 marks the 75th anniversary of the Nazi regime's "Kristallnacht" pogrom. To memorialize the event, organizers are experimenting with new and sometimes odd methods -- including broken window decals and Twitter dispatches. |
| NUCLEAR ARSENAL US To Turn Old Bombs Into All-Purpose Weapons The US wants to modernize nuclear bombs stationed in Europe in a way many experts call the equivalent of creating a new weapon. Critics believe the move violates pledges by President Obama he would not develop new nukes. |
| SEMICOLON STRIFE Russia Rejects Court Hearing Over Punctuation Greenpeace activists have languished in a Russian jail for weeks after attempting to board a Gazprom oil rig. The Netherlands, where the activists' ship was registered, has called on the Hamburg-based international marine tribunal to intervene. |
| MUNICH FIND Allies Briefly Confiscated Art after WWII New details continue to emerge following the astounding discovery of more than 1,400 valuable paintings in a Munich apartment. Some of the works, including unknown masterpieces by Dix and Chagall, were reportedly confiscated by the Allies after World War II and then returned to the collector in 1950. |
| CONTENTMENT RANKING Northern Germans Are the Happiest According to a new report, the divide in happiness between people in the former East and West Germany is growing. Though experts don't know why, residents of the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein are the most content, while the saddest live in economically depressed Brandenburg. |
| PICTURE THIS Jetman Over Japan |
