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| Compiled on June 07, 2013, 06:24 PM CET |
| GENDER POLITICS RETURN Germany's Rebellious New Feminists Daring, young and self-assured, feminists have reclaimed social discourse in Germany in a big way. But along with activists' successes have come fresh ideological conflicts. |
| DANGER IN 3-D The Rapid Spread of Printable Pistols A student from Texas has invented a plastic pistol that anyone can make with a 3-D printer. It is undetectable by metal detectors and capable of killing. And it is spreading unchecked across the continents. |
| WARMING WORLD It's Time to Give Up the 2 Degree Target Limiting global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius, as called for by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has become patently unrealistic. Political will is lacking, and emissions continue to increase. The target needs to be revised. |
| GAY RIGHTS Government to Expedite Same-Sex Tax Law On Thursday, Germany's high court ruled that tax benefits available to heterosexual married couples must be extended to gay pairs as well. Merkel's conservatives say they will quickly comply. But the party is still opposed to additional rights for same-sex unions. |
| DITCHING TRANSPARENCY Germany's Pirates Batten Down Hatches Germany's Pirate Party gained unexpected popularity by championing transparency, but then it was used to expose scandals and wage war within the party. Now it has opted for hard-nosed media handlers and internal muzzles. |
| EUROPE SUBMERGED Floods Head for Hungary, Eastern Germany The dramatic flooding that has engulfed parts of Central Europe this week is moving north and east. Hungary, the Czech Republic and Northern Germany are bracing for peak water levels as those in other areas begin to survey the fall-out. |
| 'LIKE A GHOST TOWN' High Water Devastates Deggendorf Parts of the Bavarian town of Deggendorf have been completely submerged in this week's flood. SPIEGEL ONLINE joined rescue workers on a nighttime patrol. |
| INTERIOR MINISTER Germany to Deport 'Poverty Immigrants' German communities have complained for years about Romanians and Bulgarians immigrating to abuse the country's social welfare system. On Friday, the interior minister promised tougher measures, including expulsions and travel bans. |
| RIGHT-WING TERROR Neo-Nazi's Mother Sheds Light on His Disappearance The murderous neo-Nazi group National Socialist Underground vanished from sight in 1998. On Thursday, the mother of one of the group's members told investigators her version of the events leading up to her son's disappearance. |
| WORLD FROM BERLIN Equal Tax Breaks for Gays 'In Spirit of Zeitgeist' Germany's high court has ruled that same-sex couples must be given tax breaks equal to those received by their heterosexual counterparts. The move has been widely hailed on German editorial pages, but there is some dissent. |
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