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United Kingdom: A new face in British politics
feature With the help of voters aching for change, Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is challenging the usual trajectory of British politics.
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Poland: An unfathomable loss
feature When President Lech Kaczynski’s plane crashed in western Russia, Poland lost not only its president but also many of the nation's top leaders.
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Turkey: The enduring resonance of Gallipoli
feature In my studies in Australia, I’ve come to realize that Australians see the Battle of Gallipoli as the birth of their nation, the event that distinguished them from the British, said Shirin Yasar in Today’s Zaman.
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Europe: What the ash cloud can teach us
feature One lesson Europe learned while beset by a cloud of ash is that its business leaders are more resourceful than its politicians.
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Britain: Did Scotland Yard collude with a tabloid?
feature In 2006, Scotland Yard had evidence indicating that reporters at News of the World had illegally accessed hundreds of private phone messages and used them as fodder for stories.
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United Kingdom: WMD conspiracy theory lives on
feature Many still have doubts about the suicide of David Kelly, the weapons expert who disputed the British government's claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction that posed an imminent threat.
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Britain: How one TV show warped an entire culture
feature Big Brother, Britain’s first voyeuristic reality-TV show about a houseful of misfits, comes to an end this week after an 11-year run.
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Germany: A breakthrough for the Turkish minority
feature Cem Özdemir, who is of Turkish descent, broke through racial barriers in Germany when he was elected co-chair of the Green Party.
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Germany: The return of Nazi salutes and slogans
feature German demonstrations in support of the Palestinians in Gaza are growing increasingly anti-Semitic—and the police are doing nothing, said Alex Feuerherdt in Jungle World.
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How Spike Lee offended the Italians
feature In his latest film, Miracle at St. Anna, Lee’s pursuit of justice for African-American soldiers led him to do injustice to the Italian resistance, said Franz Haas in the Neue
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Germany: Embarrassed by a German pope
feature Germans feel betrayed by Pope Benedict XVI, who recently lifted the excommunication of Holocaust denier Richard Williamson.
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Britain: Is classism worse than racism?
feature Communities Secretary John Denham touched off a national debate when he said that class is a bigger factor than race in determining who succeeds in society.
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Europe: Painting Amanda Knox as a sex-crazed killer
feature After a trial that lasted for months, Amanda Knox, 22, an American college student studying in Italy, was convicted in Italy of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
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Denmark: Revenge for the caricatures of Mohammed
feature Kurt Westergaard, the artist whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed caused riots across the Muslim world in 2006, was baby-sitting his granddaughter when a Somali man armed with an axe and a knife burst into his home.
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