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SPIEGEL International Is humanity's obsession with lists really all about questions of life and death?
Source: www.spiegel.de
Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to SPIEGEL about the place lists hold in the history of culture, the ways we try to avoid thinking about death and why Google is dangerous for young people.
SPIEGEL International Why would someone like Andre Agassi excel at a thing he claims to hate so much?
SPIEGEL Interview with Andre Agassi: 'I Really Hated Tennis' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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Tennis legend Andre Agassi recently published "Open," a no-holds-barred memoir of growing up to become a reluctant champion. In an interview with SPIEGEL, Agassi speaks about how his father forced ...
SPIEGEL International How SPIEGEL reported on the Berlin Wall back in 1989.
From the Archives: 'Let the People Out' -- The Night the Wall Fell as Witnessed by SPIEGEL - SPIEGEL
Source: www.spiegel.de
Crying policemen. Stinking traffic jams of East German Trabis on the posh streets of West Berlin. Strangers falling into each others' arms. The night of Nov. 9, 1989 was unforgettable. A look into the SPIEGEL archives brings the historic day to life.
SPIEGEL International Berlin kicks off celebrations to mark 20 years since the fall of the Wall
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Germany is celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday with a series of events, including ceremonial domino toppling, concerts and fireworks. As Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to ...
SPIEGEL International World leaders will gather in Berlin on Monday to celebrate the fall of the Wall, but should the focus be on Poland instead?
SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Lech Walesa: 'It's Good that Gorbachev Was a Weak Politician' - SPIEGE
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The world is looking to Berlin as the city celebrates 20 years since the fall of the Wall. But in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Lech Walesa, the man who led Solidarnosc, says that the collapse of communism ...
SPIEGEL International Will Deutschland ever get over its crush on "the Hoff"?
Our Bad: Germany Still Looking for Freedom from David Hasselhoff - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - Internati
Source: www.spiegel.de
For years, the world has mocked Germany for its love affair with David Hasselhoff. And, for years, Germans have been hoping that the world would forgive and forget. But now that MTV has invited "the ...
SPIEGEL International What has been the fate of the point where the Berlin Wall was first breached?
Source: www.spiegel.de
The former border crossing at Bornholmer Strasse may have been the spot where the Iron Curtain cracked wide open, but 20 years on there is little in this drab corner of East Berlin to indicate its historic significance. ...
SPIEGEL International How much do you know about Germany's "Mr. Westerwave the Outside Minister"?
Westerwelle 'Plucks Chicken With Press Speaker': Germans Poke Fun at Their New Foreign Minister - SP
Source: www.spiegel.de
At his first press conference, Germany's new foreign minister insisted that he be asked questions in German, not English. The incident led to serious debate about what skills a foreign minister should have. But it has also resulted in a whole lot of jokes at Guido Westerwelle's expense.
Zoo Loves Me, Zoo Loves Me Not: Picky Penguin Gets Her Man Back - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - Internatio
Source: www.spiegel.de
It's a common tale: Man meets penguin, penguin meets man, they fall in love. A German zoo has witnessed a bittersweet love affair between two very unequal partners.
SPIEGEL International Is there still hope for a global climate deal in Copenhagen in December?
Source: www.spiegel.de
In a SPIEGEL interview, former US vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, 61, discusses Barack Obama's environmental policies, the endless push by lobbyists to derail reforms and his hopes for a global deal at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month.
The Story of 'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor - SPIEGEL ON
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In September 2007, Israeli fighter jets destroyed a mysterious complex in the Syrian desert. The incident could have led to war, but it was hushed up by all sides. Was it a nuclear plant and who gave the orders for the strike?
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The Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean could disappear by the end of the century. Global warming threatens to raise sea levels, submerging the low-lying archipelago. Newly-elected President Mohamed Nasheed has therefore set himself the task of holding back the tide of climate change.
SPIEGEL International Who is really to thank for the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Source: www.spiegel.de
Everyone remembers the iconic images from the dramatic breaching of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. But the groundwork was laid elsewhere. The fate of Germany and the rest of Europe was decided in Warsaw, Budapest and Moscow.
SPIEGEL International Did Obama give Las Vegas a bad rap?
Source: www.spiegel.de
The financial crisis has mauled Las Vegas like no other city. What was once the land of luxury and excess is now the home of empty houses and broken dreams. While the city and its investors keep hoping for a turnaround, others see long, lean years ahead.
SPIEGEL International Are Merkel and Obama shirking their global responsibilities on climate change?
Source: www.spiegel.de
Angela Merkel is blocking aid commitments for climate protection and risking the failure of a global deal in Copenhagen. The chancellor is squandering an opportunity to demonstrate European leadership and show Barack Obama what it really means to be a "citizen of the world."
