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Auschwitz
evidence
 Documents
surface, then vanish
BERLIN
-Before
the Nazis fled Auschwitz in January 1945, they destroyed most of
the incriminating documents relating to their operation of the death
camp, in which over a million people perished. Yet, it now seems
a small number of surviving documents may have resurfaced only to
disappear again...Read
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Hungary's
protests
 Constitution
seen as threat to democracy
BUDAPEST - Karoly
Meszaros is a Budapest taxi driver who always voted socialist until
he heard some leftist lawmakers talking about stealing money from
the public, as he drove them to parliament one day. "They talked
about money in such a stomach-churning way that I stopped voting
for them," he said...Read
more
Egypt
awakening
 Coptic
Christians fear Islamist rise
ABO KORKAS - In
a sparse, gray room with little but two pictures of Jesus on the
walls, Mona Hanna sits on the floor, remembering a night nine months
ago when her house was set on fire by Muslim men brandishing guns
and knives. Living in a nation marked by ongoing bouts of sectarian
violence and no government protection, Ms. Hanna fears for the future
of her town...Read
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Italy
tragedy
 Five
more bodies found on cruise ship
ROME
- Five
more bodies were found on the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia
on Tuesday as officials released a recording of the captain making
excuses to a Coast Guard official who repeatedly orders him to get
back to his crippled ship. Divers located the latest victims, all
of them adults wearing life jackets, in the rear of the ship near
an emergency evacuation point, said Italian Coast Guard Cmdr. Cosimo
Nicastro...Read
more
Uzbek
Islamists
 Radical
group recruiting in Europe
BERLIN - German
prosecutors last week charged an Afghani man with recruiting for
the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) - a case that underscores
how the Central Asian radical group has become an international
jihadist movement with links to the Taliban and al Qaeda...Read
more
Italians
target rich
 In
Italy, the poor drive Ferraris
ROME
- Italian
Prime Minister Mario Monti has said from the beginning of his seven-week
tenure that the government's efforts to pay down its massive debts
would include across-the-board pain that would impact everyone equally.
But he didn't get much attention until he started targeting Italy's
super rich...Read
more
German
president scandal
 No
prosecution yet of Christian Wulff
BRITAIN
- Another
day, another revelation about German President Christian Wulff's
private finances. The latest focuses on the allegedly-favorable
deal his wife Bettina received when she leased a car last December.
Yet despite the almost never-ending revelations, the president has
also had good news this week...Read
more
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Our pick
Trial put
new charter under the spotlight
CASABLANCA
- In
a packed courtroom, Mouad Belrhouat, 24, an anti-monarchist
rapper who performs as El-Haqed, or The Spiteful, was
convicted last Thursday of assault and sentenced to
prison and a fine. On the surface, a banal enough affair,
the fine was a modest 500 dirhams, or $57, and Mr. Belrhouat
was immediately freed.
But for many observers the proceedings were more a trial
and conviction of Moroccan justice - and, by extension
of the country's new Constitution, which guarantees
the independence of the judiciary...Read
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The
ARA blog
 Moving
on:
The lure of freelancing abroad
One
reporter quits her newspaper job in London and heads
for the freelance life in Berlin with some trepidation
and a lot of excitement...Read
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Editorial Calendar
Jan. 23
People's Assembly
holds its first session since it was dissolved following
the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Cairo
Jan.
26
Progress supply
ship for International Space Station to be launched,
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Jan.
29
First stage of
voting for Egypt's upper house of parliament, the
Shura Council, Cairo
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