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Ireland: Why nobody really loves Dublin
feature “Most of our citizens can’t stand Dublin, and that includes many Dubliners.”
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U.K.: A nation divided over Margaret Thatcher
feature The former prime minister was and remains the most divisive political figure in modern British history.
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United Kingdom: When it’s okay to sleep with a student
feature Do you believe that a female teacher sleeping with a male student is as bad as a male teacher sleeping with a girl? asked Barbara Ellen in The Observer.
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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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United Kingdom: Tabloid journalism gone wild
feature Are the Guardian, the BBC, and The Labor Party milking the scandal over the sleazy reporting tactics of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World?
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United Kingdom: Who failed a murdered girl?
feature In a “horrific honor killing,” a Muslim couple murdered their 17-year-old daughter for refusing a forced marriage in Pakistan.
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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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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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Germany: Is Amazon breaking labor laws?
feature Amazon is running what amounts to a labor camp right here in Germany.
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Behind the crackdown on the Roma
feature Italians have finally lost patience with the half-million migrants from Romania who now live among them, said Julius M
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Britain: Now a land of immigrants
feature In England, more than 11 percent of the general population is now foreign born.
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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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