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| Compiled on June 17, 2013, 06:40 PM CET |
| OVER THE RED LINE West Considers Entering the Syrian Quagmire The US may soon begin delivering weapons to the rebels in Syria. But the situation in the war-torn country is massively complicated with extremists seeking to take advantage of the situation on both sides. Could Western arms prolong the suffering? |
| INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE TURKI BIN FAISAL 'Saudi Arabia Wants Downfall of Assad' Saudi Arabia has long urged the West to arm the Syrian rebels as they battle forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. In an interview with SPIEGEL, he explains why. He also says Europe should change its strategy in nuclear negotiations with Iran. |
| 'HATEFUL' SPEECH IN ISTANBUL Erdogan Throws Fuel on Flames He cleared out Gezi Park with brutal violence, disparaged the protesters as terrorists and railed against the foreign media. After a brief conciliatory respite, Prime Minster Erdogan is inflaming the conflict in Turkey once more. But the protest movement shows no signs of backing down. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN Iranian Vote Sends Positive Message to World The election of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president has the potential to end the stalemate in the nation's nuclear dispute with the West, say German commentators. The West should seize the opportunity. |
| OBAMA'S SOFT TOTALITARIANISM Europe Must Protect Itself from America Is Barack Obama a friend? Revelations about his government's vast spying program call that assumption into doubt. The European Union must protect the Continent from America's reach for omnipotence. |
| BREAKING A TABOO German-Russian Relations Hit a Deep Chill The relationship between Berlin and Moscow has been strained for some time. But German President Joachim Gauck's recent public admonition of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin seems to have sunk the two countries into a new diplomatic ice age. |
| BATTLING THE FLOODS Ships Sunk to Plug Massive Dike Breach Three large barges were sunk over the weekend in a desperate effort to plug a massive breach in an Elbe River dike just east of Berlin. The operation became necessary due to continued flooding of several villages behind the break. It appears to have been successful. |
| THE GERMAN PRISM Berlin Wants to Spy Too The German government has been largely silent on revelations of US Internet spying. Berlin profits from the program and is pursuing similar plans. |
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