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| Compiled on April 03, 2015, 11:01 PM CET |
| PROXY WAR IN YEMEN Saudi Arabia and Iran Vie for Regional Supremacy A Saudi Arabia-led coalition continues to bombard Yemen in an effort to stop the advance of an Iran-backed Shiite militia there. The conflict is becoming a proxy war for regional supremacy. The risks to the House of Saud are great. |
| THE PERSIAN PARADOX Iran Is Much More Modern Than You Think People in the West tend to have a monolithic view of Iran. But there's a lot more to the country than the mullah-led theocracy, and it often gets ignored. And national pride is alive and well. |
| INTERVIEW WITH IRAQI PRIME MINISTER AL-ABADI 'The Liberation of Tikrit Is Very Encouraging' In a SPIEGEL interview, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, 62, discusses his disappointment over delayed American support in Baghdad's battle against the Islamic State and why it remains so difficult to prevail over the terrorist organization. |
| TASHKENT'S SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA Scandal Shakes Uzbekistan's Ruling Family Germany's closest ally in Central Asia is a brutal dictator. Islam Karimov has ruled Uzbekistan with an iron fist for a quarter-century. Now, Shakespearean plotting within his own family is raising questions about who will succeed the 77-year-old leader. |
| THE PEOPLE PAY, CORPORATIONS CASH IN Problems Plague EU Medical Research Initiative The EU spends billions in subsidies on pharmaceutical research, with funds going to the Innovative Medicines Initiative, an alliance of corporations and universities with the aim of developing new drugs. Its record has been disastrous. |
