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From Prison to Jihad: Islamists Seek Supporters among German Inmates

Bert Bostelmann/ DER SPIEGEL

Radical Islamists have found a new place for recruiting fresh followers: German prisons. In some jails, Muslim chaplains are successfully promoting a more moderate approach to the faith, but many more of them are needed. By Lisa Schnell more... [ Comment ]

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War in South Sudan The World's Youngest State Faces Failure

It was only three years ago that South Sudan celebrated its newfound independence from Sudan. Now, a civil war is tearing the young state apart amid reports of war crimes and ethnic cleansing. At the heart of the conflict is oil and corruption. By Bartholomäus Grill in Juba, South Sudan more... [ Comment ]

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Fighting Google Europe Eyes Digital Agenda to Better Compete with the US

Jean-Claude Juncker, the next head of the European Commission, plans to implement a new digital strategy for the Continent. Europe, he believes, needs to become better equipped to defend itself from the US and Asia. By Frank Dohmen and Christoph Pauly more... [ Comment ]

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More Money Please A New Plan to Boost Europe's Straggling Investments

The euro crisis may have eased recently, but companies and countries in the common currency zone still aren't investing enough to fuel growth. The best solution, a Berlin economics institute argues, is to establish an EU-wide investment fund. By Christian Reiermann more... [ Comment ]

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Foreign Minister Zebari 'Iraq Is Facing a Mortal Threat'

In an interview, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, warns that his country is threatened with collapse under the pressure posed by ISIS terrorists. But, he says, it isn't a civil war yet. Interview Conducted By Bernhard Zand more... [ Comment ]

The Road to Mosul: Searching for the Real ISIS

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The Road to Mosul Searching for the Real ISIS

Fault lines in Iraq are widening as ISIS advances: Even as the Shiite government in Baghdad digs it its heels, the country's Sunnis are losing their faith in a single nation and the Kurds are hoping for independence. But what is ISIS, really? By Christoph Reuter more... [ Comment ]

Foreign Minister Zebari: 'Iraq Is Facing a Mortal Threat'

06/30/2014 from broremann: the Sunni will get independence and the rag-tag army isis will melt away as will their fabled... more...

Obama Advisor John Podesta 'Every Country Has a History of Going Over the Line'

Instead of a no-spy deal, the US has begun a Cyber Dialogue with Germany. In a SPIEGEL interview, John Podesta, a special advisor to President Barack Obama, speaks of the balance between alliances and security and says that changes are being made to NSA espionage practices. Interview Conducted by Susanne Koelbl and Marcel Rosenbach more... [ Comment ]

06/30/2014 from peskyvera: You know the saying...fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me? Well, Germany...still... more...

America's Marijuana Revolution Ganjapreneurs Hit the Jackpot

Since the legalization of marijuana in two US states in January, entrepreneurs and investors have been seeing green. Observers believe the industry will grow rapidly and may even rival the Dot.Com boom of the 1990s. By Anne Seith in Denver, Colorado more... [ Comment ]

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07/01/2014 from spon-facebook-10000160913: When I saw that statement, it certainly reminded me of the dot.com days and it will likely end as... more...

Part of the West? 'German Leftists Have Still Not Understood Putin'

Many in Germany would like to see their country strive for equidistance between the West and Russia. In an interview, German historian Heinrich August Winkler harshly criticizes that stance and explains how some Germans have romanticized Putin. By Christiane Hoffmann and René Pfister more... [ Comment ]

06/30/2014 from clinesteron: Mockingbird 06 has it exactly right. The US is a power for evil, death and destruction as far as... more...

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