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| Compiled on September 20, 2013, 08:15 PM CET |
| LIVE COVERAGE Join Us As Germany Votes on Sunday SPIEGEL ONLINE International will provide live reporting on Germany's national election on Sunday starting at 5 p.m. CET (4 p.m. London, 11 a.m. New York, 8 a.m. San Francisco). Join us for the country's most authoritative coverage. |
| DEMOCRACY'S DROPOUTS The Quixotic Rise of German Non-Voters With the help of intellectuals and celebrities, not voting has recently become de rigueur in Germany. But declining voter turnout harms democratic legitimacy, bolsters the power of those who prompted discontent and could sway Sunday's election. |
| BELGACOM ATTACK Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms Firm A cyber attack on Belgacom raised considerable attention last week. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden and seen by SPIEGEL indicate that Britain's GCHQ intelligence agency was responsible for the attack. |
| CYBER ATTACK Belgians Angered by British Spying The hacking attack by Britain's GCHQ intelligence service on Belgian telecoms provider Belgacom has angered politicians in the country. Belgium plays host to the EU's top institutions as well as NATO, and Prime Minister Elio di Rupo is considering diplomatic retaliation. |
| DAUGHTERS FOR SALE India's Child Slavery Scourge Millions of Indian children work as slaves in factories, brothels or in the homes of families. Out of poverty and desperation, parents sell their daughters, and human traffickers wait at train stations for runaways and scour for orphans in monsoon-ravaged villages. |
| EURO BAILOUT FUND Germans Pay Less Than Their Neighbors A new study shows that Germany contributes less per person to the permanent euro bailout fund than residents of several other countries in the European Union. Luxembourg, Holland and Ireland are among the nations paying more per capita. |
| TENSIONS HIGH Last-Minute Poll Shows Close German Race On the eve of election weekend in Germany, the governing coalition has a narrow lead of just 1 percent, according to a last-minute poll. The upshot? The outcome of the election is anyone's guess. |
| SECRET CODE Music Score May Lead to Nazi Gold After some initial digs, a Dutch filmmaker believes he may have found the site of buried Nazi treasure long rumored to exist. He was led to the Bavarian town of Mittenwald after cracking a code believed to be hidden in a music score. |
| UMBRELLA SECURITY Mini-Drone Incident Shows Police Failings The agency responsible for Chancellor Angela Merkel's security further sullied its reputation by failing to act last week when a drone circled above the audience at a campaign event in Dresden. The officers thought umbrellas would protect the audience. |
| THE 'COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE' How Discovering the Americas Transformed the World Columbus' arrival in the Americas sparked the globalization of animals, plants and microbes. A recent book takes a closer look at how items from the New World, such as potatoes, guano and rubber, quickly and radically transformed the rest of the planet. |
| PICTURE THIS No Sleep Till Election Day |