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| Compiled on January 18, 2013, 07:49 PM CET |
| SNAKES AND LADDERS Investment Banking on the Brink For decades, investment bankers have held the key to untold riches -- but now they're being laid off by the tens of thousands. As the crisis forces the industry to search for a new identity, is it ready to mend its ways? |
| WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOM German Firms Scramble to Meet Quotas An EU quota passed in November has German companies scrambling to find women to sit on their supervisory boards. Many gains have already been made, but some wonder whether the focus should be on diversity rather than women. |
| EUROPE'S CHALLENGE A Terrorist Homeland in North Africa Dozens of hostages have reportedly been killed after Algerian forces attempted a rescue operation at a natural gas complex overtaken by Islamist gunmen. The incident demonstrates the brutality and determination with which militant Islamists in North Africa operate, just a short plane ride south of European soil. |
| GERMANY'S MAGIC EIGHT BALL Lower Saxony Vote Set to Shake Up National Race Voters in the state of Lower Saxony are heading to the polls on Sunday in a neck-and-neck vote that has profound implications for general elections later this year. The center-left Social Democrats are particularly apprehensive. |
| INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE CHURCH Can Neanderthals Be Brought Back from the Dead? In a SPIEGEL interview, synthetic biology expert George Church of Harvard University explains how DNA will become the building material of the future -- one that can help create virus-resistant human beings and possibly bring back lost species like the Neanderthal. |
| MIXED MESSAGES Poll Shows Growing Support for Europe in UK Excerpts of British Prime Minister David Cameron's postponed speech show that he would have focused on "increasing" frustration in his country over the EU. But the comments come as a new report indicates that support for Europe in Britain is growing. |
| POW COMFORT Life Inside Nazi-Germany's Model Camp Many Nazi prisoner-of-war camps were notorious for their forced labor and deadly conditions. Yet a collection of photos that mysteriously turned up in southern France tells the story of a seemingly relaxed prison camp in Bavaria, once touted by the Nazis to show their supposed respect for human rights. |
| DATA PROTECTION All You Need to Know about the EU Privacy Debate The European Union is seeking to increase the private sphere of its citizens by strengthening data protection laws for the web. Large Internet firms and lobbyists are fighting the plans. Here's an overview of the debate in Brussels. |
| FISH INVASION Monster Catfish Taking Over German Rivers The enormous wels catfish is rapidly expanding in German waters. The fish can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh over 300 pounds, making recreational fishermen excited about the prospects of catching one. While biologists aren't yet calling the fish pests, they are puzzled by the boom. |
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