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Interview with Saudi Prince Turki Bin Faisal Al Saud: 'We Try To Learn from Our Mistakes'

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In a SPIEGEL interview, Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud discusses Saudi Arabia's push for modernity, its role in the Yemeni civil war, anti-Iranian sentiment and the human rights situation in the Gulf's powerful but conservative monarchy. Interview Conducted By Bernhard Zand more...[ Comment ]

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Risky DeterrenceEurope Prepares Plan To Fight Human-Traffickers

As the refugee crisis continues to unfold, the EU may seek a UN mandate authorizing the use of military force against migrants seeking to illegally enter Europe via the Mediterranean. But skepticism of the plans in Brussels is widespread. By Horand Knaup, Christoph Schult, Gordon Repinski and Ann-Katrin Müller more... [ Comment ]

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SPIEGEL Migration Debate'One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times'

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with SPIEGEL editors to debate German and EU migration policies in light of the recent mass deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler more... [ Comment ]

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Syria's MercenariesThe Afghans Fighting Assad's War

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and is forced to rely on mercenaries in his ongoing battle against rebels. Many of his foreign fighters come from Afghanistan -- men like Murad, who is now being held in Aleppo as a prisoner-of-war. By Christoph Reuter more...[ Comment ]

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Former German NFL Player'American Football Is Like a Nuclear Explosion'

Patrick Venzke was the first German national in the NFL, but he says he paid a high price both physically and psychologically. His case raises questions not only about the neurological problems linked with American football but also about a culture he describes as Darwinism run riot. Interview Conducted By Maik Großekathöfer and Sara Peschke more...[ Comment ]

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Clear-Cutting RomaniaLogging Threatens One of Europe's Last Virgin Forests

One of Europe's most beautiful forest areas is disappearing piece by piece in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. Some of the logging is illegal. The wood is then sold to make flooring or heating pellets that are sold in Germany and other countries. By Nils Klawitter more... [ Comment ]

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Skeletons of the PastHelping Europe's War Dead Find a Final Resting Place

With excavations of Europe's killing fields still unearthing the mortal remains of thousands of fallen soldiers, World War II still isn't over for the people who find them, identify them and give them a proper burial. By Alexander Smoltczyk more... [ Comment ]

05/07/2015 from Inglenda2: A human-being dies for his country. A reason for sadness for the family, but whatever nation,... more...

The Day of the CenturyHow Germans Experienced End of WWII

In a multimedia special with historic videos, photos and interviews with witnesses, SPIEGEL ONLINE documents the end of World War II on May 8, 1945, showing the suffering and upheaval experienced across Europe and Germany. more...

America's Willing HelperIntelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place

Germany's latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country's foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly including economic espionage, against European targets and yet it did nothing to stop it. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [ Comment ]

05/07/2015 from anushkamittal1295: I have 2 questions. 1. How could the BND spy on Chancellery communication without the Chancellery...more...

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