OVER-REACTION??? ARE YOU NUKING FUTS!!!
SPIEGEL INTERNATIONAL
| THE WORLD FROM BERLIN
Violence in Israel ‘Plays into the Hands of Hamas’ Wednesday’s bomb attack in Jerusalem, which killed one woman and injured 30 other people, seems to signal a new wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians after two years of relative calm. German commentators say that an overreaction by Israel would only help extremists. Historian Tom Segev on the Arab Revolutions: ‘The Ideal Opportunity to Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’ |
| PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS
EU Bailout Looms as Portugal Government Collapses Portugal’s Prime Minister Jose Socrates has resigned after the country’s parliament rejected his latest package of austerity measures. His move makes it more likely that the cash-strapped nation will have to ask the European Union for a bailout. SPIEGEL 360: The Euro Crisis |
SETBACK FOR FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS
Paris and Berlin at Odds over Libya Operation
While France has eagerly taken a leading role in the operation against Moammar Gadhafi, Angela Merkel’s government has been adamant that the German military will not participate. The two positions are causing a rift in Franco-German relations.
FAIRYTALES OF THE APOCALYPSE
Hayao Miyazaki’s Prophetic Whimsy
Japanese popular culture has always seemed strange to the West: hysterical, garish and manic. Now the culture of artificiality is proving to be a grim predictor of a gruesome reality. Hayao Miyazaki’s recent film “Ponyo,” about a catastrophic wave, suddenly seems prophetic since the events of March 11.
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