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End of Cheap Money
Can the World Handle Higher Interest Rates? For the last five years, the world's leading central banks have been combatting the crisis with extremely low interest rates and vast bond purchases. Now the American Fed is breaking ranks, as it cautiously suggests a change in its policy -- sending the markets into turmoil. |
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Prepping for POTUS
Berlin Ramps Up Security for Obama Visit Sealed manhole covers, closed streets and snipers on the rooftops: Berlin is already preparing for US President Barack Obama's visit next week. Security is to be extremely tight and thousands of police will be on duty. |
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Prism Revelation
EU Weakened Data Protection at US Request Top European officials are demanding more information about the controversial US Internet surveillance program known as Prism. But new information has revealed that the EU weakened privacy regulations in early 2012 following intense US lobbying. |
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Exiled Economic Advisor
'Putin Is Afraid of the Public' In a SPIEGEL interview, prominent Russian economist and former government advisor Sergei Guriev discusses the Kremlin's retaliation campaign against the opposition and why he recently fled to France. |
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Adiós Alemania
Many Immigrants Leave Germany within a Year Is Germany a dreamland for immigrants? Not entirely. According to a new OECD study, more than half the Greeks and Spaniards who come to Germany leave within a year. |
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Syrian Refugees
Making Sense of War through Art A centuries-old stable just outside Beirut has become a refuge for young Syrian artists fleeing violence back home. It offers an insight into how Syria's creative class has become alienated from an uprising that many once supported. |
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Tunisian Feminist Leader
'Femen, Please Leave Us Alone' European Femen activists have been sentenced to four months in prison for their topless protest in the Tunisian capital last month. Now the country's opposition leader, herself a respected feminist, is asking Femen to leave, calling their actions counterproductive. |
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Culture Wars
French 'Exception' Threatens Trade Deal This week, EU member states are expected to give the green light on talks for a wide-reaching trans-Atlantic free-trade agreement. But French demands for films and culture to be exempted from negotiations could stall or derail the plan. |
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British Girls in the Third Reich
'We Had the Time of Our Lives' In the 1930s, many English families sent their daughters to finishing school in Nazi Germany. Rachel Johnson, sister of the London mayor, interviewed several for her most recent book. She told SPIEGEL ONLINE about Britain's enthusiasm for Hitler's Reich. |
