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| Compiled on January 25, 2013, 06:41 PM CET |
| RAPE TRAGEDY IN INDIA Dreams of 'the Fearless One' The case has shaken India and shocked the world. Relatives and friends describe the fate of the 23-year-old woman who was raped in mid-December in New Delhi and died. |
| 'CREDIBLE DETERRENCE' Germany Plans to Deploy Armed Drones A document obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates the German government is preparing to procure armed drones for foreign combat. Opposition politicians are outraged by the development and note that the use of weapons-equipped unmanned aircraft is legally dubious and possibly unethical. |
| TAKE OUT THE N-WORD It's Time to Remove Racism from Children's Books SPIEGEL reporter Dialika Neufeld has a German mother and a Senegalese father. In an essay, she recalls the discrimination she experienced as a child and argues it is correct for publishers to remove deeply offensive language, such as the N-word, from children's books because it perpetuates racist stereotypes. |
| GERMAN ARTIST GEORG BASELITZ 'My Paintings are Battles' German painter Georg Baselitz has made a name for himself -- and a fortune -- by being provocative. In a SPIEGEL interview, he stays true to form by bashing Germans and their museums and saying that the best artists have less talent and can't be women. |
| THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER Virus Hunters Try to Catch Diplomatic Time Bomb For five years now, the Red October computer virus has embarked on a new brand of espionage, stealing emails and other encrypted classified documents undetected from diplomats around the world. Though the virus may now be in hibernation, it's designed so that it can strike again at anytime. |
| IMPROVING HEALTH Banks Wean Themselves from ECB Support European banks are planning to pay back cheap loans provided by the European Central Bank ahead of schedule, at the end of January. The move suggests that Europe's financial sector is slowly recovering. |
| ESM CHIEF ON EURO CRISIS 'The Mood in Germany Is Often Very Aggressive' As head of the ESM permanent bailout fund, Klaus Regling is in charge of preventing a collapse of the euro. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he discusses German worries over bailouts, the debate over aid for Cyprus and personal attacks against him. |
| THE RESOURCE RACE China Dips Toes in Arctic Waters China is hungry for natural resources, and the Arctic is home to a wealth of them. Growing alarm about its ambitions has led Beijing to take a softer approach, stressing exploration and research over exploitation. |
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