| SPIEGEL ONLINE | INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER |
| Compiled on August 23, 2013, 06:53 PM CET |
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Stepping Up
US Experts Want More Leadership from Germany Germans aren't the only ones with interests at stake in next month's election. The US is watching too -- and Washington is hoping that, once the campaign is history, Germany will show more leadership on global issues. |
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Limbo No More
German Poles to Vote in Upcoming Election A decision by Germany's high court means that Poles with German ancestry can now take part in September's general election via absentee ballot. For many members of the minority group, the change is of huge symbolic importance. |
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Germany v. France
Berlin Flexes Diplomatic Muscles on Syria Germany has urged caution in response to French calls for the use of force in Syria. Its stance is more than a mere aversion to military intervention, however. The country is quietly asserting itself and fleshing out its foreign policy. |
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ThyssenKrupp Under Fire
'We Won't Be Pressured' Debt-plagued German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp has been struggling with shrinking equity capital and having difficulty selling off unprofitable mills. CEO Heinrich Hiesinger explains how he plans to prevent the breakup of the company. |
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Germany's Architectural Atrocities Germany is famous for its architectural transgressions. But according to a historian who has compiled a photo collection celebrating the country's ugliest edifices, it's time we learn to embrace them. |
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Golden Calves
Farmers Hungry for Luxury Beef Wagyu beef is the most expensive meat in the world, fetching prices of up to 600 euros per kilogram ($1,760 per pound). Long found exclusively in Japan, the wagyu breed is now spreading across the globe. And German farmers are after a piece of the pie. |
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Stasi File
Searching for Scandal in Steinbrück's Past To dispel insinuations by a conservative daily, chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück made his Stasi file public this week. It turns out East Germany's feared secret police couldn't dig up much dirt on the politician. |
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World from Berlin
NSU Crime Spree Report Finds 'Devastating' Errors Nineteen months in the making, a panel of German parliamentarians across the political spectrum have released their report on a series of right-wing murders that authorities failed to detect for years. German media say the findings show surprising unanimity, but lack the legislative power to effect real change. |
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Siege Mentality
Experts Pan IPCC's Climate Report Strategy A draft of the next UN review of scientific studies on climate change has been leaked, and it's not the first time. Now, a growing number of experts are criticizing the the organization's secretetive approach to the reports. |
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