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Tunisia: Friending and uploading a revolution
 In
one rough cell phone video, police fire on protestors in Tunis.
In another taken at a city hospital, doctors try desperately to
save a wounded protestor, his head wrapped in blood-soaked bandages.
In yet another, an angry funeral procession for a 'martyr' in the
northern city of Bizerte passes a saluting soldier.
These Jan.
13 videos, posted on sites such as Facebook, Youtube and Tunisian
protest group Nawaat.org chronicled a popular uprising as well as
fed it. And besides toppling the Arab world's first dictator in
decades, the 'Jasmine revolution' made history for another reason:
It was the world's first popular revolt whose success is widely
credited to social media. Read
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The Burqa Wars
 Burqa, niqab – loaded words in Europe these days – inspiring fear, revulsion and now even law. Belgium took the first steps toward banning these face-covering veils worn by Muslim women this spring. France followed soon after. Spurred on, lawmakers across the continent are considering similar measures as police and municipal officials take matters into their own hands: fining veiled women for driving (France), walking on the street (Italy) or barring them from public buildings (Spain). What is it about a piece of fabric that has caused such an uproar? Read
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Transportation
A gull-wing socialist
 Four
decades ago, Heinz Melkus built East Germany's only sports car.
Now his son and grandson are carrying on the tradition -- of what
may be the strangest car of its kind. Read
more
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Culture
The children's choo choo
 In
a forest just outside of Berlin, young Germans run a relic of the
former East Germany which has barely changed since the fall of the
Berlin Wall two decades ago. Read more
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Society
Obamamania, lost in translation
 A
German company's new line of frozen fried chicken called Obama Fingers
is sparking outrage on both sides of the Atlantic and inspiring
a new debate on racial stereotypes. Read more
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Travel
Offbeat Berlin: The top 10 quirkiest things to do in the German
capital
 Tired
of people telling you to go to Museum Island? Jessica Dorrance recommends
10 eccentric activities to do in the German capital that the guidebooks
won't tell you about. Read more
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Travel
Berlin's clandestine legacy
At the height of the Cold War, divided Berlin was a capital of espionage,
overrun with more than 8,000 spies, full of secret plots and counter-plots.
We check out the remnants of this furtive history that still mark
the city. Read more
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