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Treasure Map: The NSA Breach of Telekom and Other German Firms

According to top-secret documents from the NSA and the British agency GCHQ, the intelligence agencies are seeking to map the entire Internet, including end-user devices. In pursuing that goal, they have broken into networks belonging to Deutsche Telekom. By Andy Müller-Maguhn, Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Michael Sontheimer more... [ Video | Comment ]

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Europe's Deadly Borders An Inside Look at EU's Shameful Immigration Policy

Along the frontiers between Spain and Morocco, Greece and Turkey and Hungary and Serbia, the EU is deploying brutal methods to keep out undesired refugees. Many risk everything for a future in Europe and their odysseys too often end in death. By Maximilian Popp more... [ Comment ]

09/11/2014 from abtavares: we shouldn't have borders? is this what you you're trying to say? more...

'Snow! Snow! Get Moving!' The Lethal Lure of Mont Blanc

Every year, some 30,000 people attempt to climb Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, and a shocking number die on the mountain. The reason, say locals, is overcrowding, foolhardiness and a lack of respect for the White Lady. By Lukas Eberle and Victoria Weidemann more... [ Comment ]

Photo Gallery: The White Lady's Siren Song

09/11/2014 from dtechba: Instead of providing age appropriate challenges for his kids to train them for stepping up to adult... more...

V for Victoria Catalans Want Independence Too

Catalonia wants to join Scotland in holding an independence referendum. But the Spanish constitution doesn't allow for secession. Nationalists in Barcelona are prepared to push the vote through anyway. By Helene Zuber more... [ Comment ]

09/11/2014 from Karl: I am living in Catalonia and I don't feel Spanish, and I want to vote to decide our future. Nothing... more...

Michael Ignatieff Interview 'Those Fighting Islamic State Are the Lesser Evil'

In an interview, Harvard professor and UN advisor Michael Ignatieff discusses his concept of the responsibility to protect civilian populations threatened by genocide, German weapons deliveries to the Kurds in Iraq and the idea of a deal with Assad to bring peace to Syria. Interview Conducted By Erich Follath more... [ Comment ]

Islamist Influx: Several Radicalized Ex-German Soldiers in Iraq

09/11/2014 from dtechba: Pesky in his usual lack of facts forgets that the Middle east was relativel civilized long before... more...

'His Father Had Lied to Us' German Doctor Shares Harrowing Ebola Encounter

After the discovery of Ebola at the only children's hospital in Sierra Leone, nurses and doctors alike fled. German physician Werner Strahl of the aid organzation Cap Anamur, who stayed behind to provide care amidst the chaos, shares his story. Compiled from an Interview by Katrin Elger more... [ Comment ]

Gateway to Hell: The Threat of Ebola Grows Worse

09/11/2014 from kraichgau12: so you only can comment on the english page in english,nice touch for the internationalismn back... more...

Gateway to Hell The Threat of Ebola Grows Worse

With Ebola spreading rapidly in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa, international organizations fear the number of infections could exceed 20,000. Experts are calling for the industrialized world to do more to help stop the virus. By Katrin Elger, Veronika Hackenbroch, Horand Knaup, Gordon Repinski and Samiha Shafy more... [ Comment ]

Photo Gallery: An 'International Rescue Call' for Africa

09/10/2014 from Newspeak: Although the efforts could be larger, especially from the military of western states, I do not... more...

Putin's New Russia What the Future May Hold for Eastern Ukraine

The fragile cease-fire in Ukraine appears to be holding, but President Vladimir Putin still has the upper hand. Increasingly, it looks like he intends to establish a Russian protectorate in eastern Ukraine. By Benjamin Bidder, Markus Feldenkirchen, Marc Hujer and Matthias Schepp more... [ Comment ]

Photo Gallery: Violence in Eastern Ukraine

09/10/2014 from BTraven: It 's remarkable that journalists always find so called experts who confirm their long hold... more...

Hipster Village Berlin Nightlife Grows Up

For a decade, Bar 25 was one of Berlin's wildest clubs. Now, its founders want to create a new development on the site. It is to cater to former clubbers and preserve an element of 1990s Berlin. But the hurdles are high. By Philipp Oehmke more... [ Comment ]

09/05/2014 from nsmith: Good Luck! They've got about as much a chance of making this happen, as re-building the... more...

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