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Britain: Pope’s visit generates reverence and revulsion
feature Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff to make a state visit to Britain.
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Europe: Hungary’s tide of toxic sludge
feature Hungary’s worst environmental disaster was set off when the wall of a storage reservoir containing liquid waste from an aluminum processing plant collapsed, disgorging nearly 1 million cubic meters of highly corrosive red mud.
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Northern Ireland: Refusing to let the terrorists win
feature Both of the main parties in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government condemned the murders of two British soldiers and one police officer by IRA splinter groups.
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Norway: Refusing to give in to hatred
feature Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians streamed to Oslo to hold hands and place flowers in commemoration of the people killed by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.
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France: An Italian name for a Sarkozy baby
feature Marine Le Pen, the head of the National Front, professes to be offended that Carla Bruni has called the child Giulia, saying it should have been called Julie, said Hela Khamarou at Le Nouvel Observateur.
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Germany: Is Amazon breaking labor laws?
feature Amazon is running what amounts to a labor camp right here in Germany.
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Germany: A tragedy ends the Love Parade
feature Twenty people were crushed to death and more than 500 injured when panic broke out at the Love Parade festival in Duisberg.
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United Kingdom: Why unpaid workfare isn't slavery
feature The Twitterverse is upset about a new program that gives people on the dole the experience of working for a few hours a week without pay, said Christina Patterson at The Independent.
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Turkey: Exposing a shadowy cabal of nationalists
feature Turkey has put some of its most prominent citizens on trial for allegedly belonging to a secret cabal of ultranationalists—known as Ergenekon—that has been undermining the country’s democracy for decades.
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Poland: Jail time for wearing a Che shirt?
feature Last week, the government amended the penal code to outlaw the display of communist symbols, said Marek Domagalski in Rzeczpospolita.
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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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Germany: A pig is worse than a cow
feature If you’re in traffic and you call that bicyclist who swerved in front of you a “dumb cow,” you could face a fine of up to 300 euros, said Silvia Meixner at Die Welt.
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Italy: Has Berlusconi finally gone too far?
feature The wife of the 73-year-old Italian prime minister touched off a scandal when she revealed her husband's relationship with an 18-year-old aspiring model.
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France: Taxing the Internet to support the arts
feature President Sarkozy is considering levying a tax on Internet ad revenue earned by Google, Yahoo, and other major web companies in order to fund arts programs.
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