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| Compiled on August 06, 2013, 07:18 PM CET |
| NSA Aftermath German Firms Scramble to Boost Data Protection German companies have long suspected China and Russia of trying to steal their secrets. But the NSA scandal has turned their attention west, forcing them to worry about prying American eyes and to rapidly bolster security measures. |
| World from Berlin Erdogan's 'Political Show Trial' Turkey's mammoth five-year trial of 275 defendants in the alleged "Ergenekon" coup conspiracy failed to deliver convincing evidence. It will deepen divisions in Turkish society, write German commentators. |
| Justice in Hungary Neo-Nazis Get Life for Roma Murder Spree A court in Budapest sentenced three neo-Nazis to life in prison on Tuesday for a murder spree directed against Hungary's Roma minority in 2008 and 2009. Although the victims' families praise the decision, they criticize official foot-dragging in the investigation. |
| Tentative Steps Navigating Burma's Fragile Democracy Burma is slowly transitioning from military dictatorship to democracy, but the old elite still pulls the strings. As the country moves toward freedom, they increasingly find themselves confronted with victims of the old regime. |
| Halcyon Days Merkel's Party Unveils Cheerful Campaign Posters There's not much in the way of content in the conservative Christian Democratic Union's new campaign posters. The new CDU slogans -- "A Strong Economy," "Job Security," "More for Families" -- could as easily be used by the party's rivals, the Social Democrats. |
World Leader and ... Hausfrau It's the kind of brochure that might get feminists up in arms, putting an important woman in an apron and behind the stove as it figuratively does. But for "Teflon" Chancellor Angela Merkel, it's a calculated opportunity to show a softer, more personal side -- while at the same time quite possibly appealing to conservatives. The new brochure released Monday by Germany's Christian Democratic Union party portrays Merkel as both a world leader and a . Hausfrau |
| 'Spy Rings' in Germany A Baker's Ode to the NSA and Snowden Düsseldorf is awash in spy rings this week, with a local bakery chain trying leverage the NSA surveillance scandal into a marketing coup. The rings, of course, are good, old-fashioned American donuts, which share shelf space with Snowdy rolls and Insider muffins. |
| God's Bankers Church of England Wages War on Loan Sharks The UK's thriving payday loan sector is in hot holy water. The new head of the Church of England, an 11-year oil-industry veteran, is hoping to undercut the business by forging ties with credit unions to offer better interest rates to the poor. |
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