Best Columns - Europe
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How they see us: A racist nation of vigilantes
feature To Europeans, George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict is “not just troubling, but a travesty.”
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U.K.: Nation goes nuts for baby prince
feature The whole country is giddy with joy.
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The Diana inquest: Was it worth all the effort?
feature What a waste of time and money, said the London Daily Telegraph in an editorial. The inquest into the deaths of Diana, princess of Wales, and her companion, Dodi Fayed, took six months and cost British taxpayers upwards of $20 million. As for why the inqu
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Sorry, Hillary, but you’re not our hero
feature Hillary Clinton claims to have been instrumental in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. “I know. Don’t laugh,” said Lindy McDowell in the Belfast Telegraph. We’ve all been amazed at her sheer gall. Lord Trimble, who was leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
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Complicit in the horrors of the Nazis
feature Austrians are guilty of selective amnesia, said Egon Schwarz in the Zurich, Switzerland, Neue Z
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Austria: The monster who kept his daughter in a dungeon
feature The police are calling it the
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Don’t tell the Belgians, but we’re invading
feature Is it time for the Netherlands to annex Belgium?
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Italy: An iconic city is left to rot
feature Over the past few months, Naples has gradually disappeared under piles of garbage rotting away in the searing heat.
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Berlusconi and Sarkozy: Will the dynamic duo change Europe?
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Britain: A tussle with Russia over Shakespeare—and spies
feature The Russians are up in arms over a staid British cultural center that promotes Shakespeare, said Ben Macintyre in the London Times. The British Council is hardly a threatening institution. Founded in the 1930s to promote “British ideas about education, sc
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European Union: Should Tony Blair be president?
feature We could one day be calling Tony Blair by a new title
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Ugly American gray squirrels must die
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Turkey: Is a head scarf a symbol of freedom—or oppression?
feature Is Turkey going Islamist? asked Qatar’s The Peninsula in an editorial. The Islamist-leaning government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that it plans to change the constitution to allow women to wear Muslim head scarves while attending
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United Kingdom: A press conspiracy to protect Harry
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