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| Compiled on December 06, 2013, 05:39 PM CET |
| WOMAN AT THE WINDOW Judging Edward Snowden from Next Door Joyce Kinsey and Edward Snowden were neighbors. She observed him night and day. Now that he's gone, she is passing judgment on the former NSA contractor turned whistleblower. Like many Americans, Kinsey views the world from a narrow suburban perspective. |
| FRENCH PHILOSOPHER FINKIELKRAUT 'There Is a Clash of Civilizations' French society is under threat, argues philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in a controversial new book. The conservative spoke to SPIEGEL about what he sees as the failure of multiculturalism and the need for better integration of Muslim immigrants. |
| OBITUARY Nelson Mandela, Champion of Freedom With Nelson Mandela's passing, the world has lost one of the past century's great leaders, a man who fought oppression and spent decades in prison in his battle against apartheid. In the end, he was forced to watch as his successors jeopardized his life's work. |
| CLIMATE SUMMIT TRAP Capitalism's March toward Global Collapse The Warsaw conference demonstrated that the "climate summit" model is broken and, more importantly, that capitalism itself is driving us to the brink. Protests are not the solution -- it's time to fight the system using its own weapons. |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC French Intervention Risky for Hollande The Central African Republic is on the verge of collapse, as religious warfare threatens to devolve into genocide. Now French President François Hollande is sending 1,200 troops to end the violence -- but France runs the risk of becoming embroiled in complicated power struggles. |
| TIDAL SURGE Winter Storm 'Xaver' Batters Northern Europe A low-pressure system is bringing the worst flooding in decades to parts of Northern Europe, which is being pummeled by snow, rain and hurricane-force winds. At least three deaths have been reported. |
| PICTURE THIS Red Sky at Night |