How to Explain Guttenberg's About-Face?
'Der Spiegel': The Children of Sodom and Gomorrah
How Europe's Discarded Computers Are Poisoning Africa's Kids
People in the West throw away millions of old computers every year. Hundreds of thousands of them end up in Africa, where children try to eke out a living by selling the scrap. But the toxic elements in the waste are slowly poisoning them. By Clemens Höges more...
der Spiegel: Urban Greenhouses
Zany Vision or Critical Solution?
Urban Greenhouses Aim to Help Cities Combat Climate Change
With its massive glass dome, the Plantagon Greenhouse wouldn't look out of place in a sci-fi movie. And if all goes smoothly, one may soon crop up in a city near you. In these days of global warming, its creators argue, it's not a question of if it will become reality but, rather, when. By Jess Smee more...
Germany: Ther German Forced to Become a Turk
Victim of Immigration Policy
The German Forced to Become a Turk
Mohammad Eke was born and grew up in the German city of Essen. Until authorities found out that his parents had entered the country illegally, Germany was his home. Then Eke was deported to Turkey, even though he'd never visited the country and didn't speak the language. It's just another run-of-the-mill case of German immigration policy in action. By Jochen-Martin Gutsch more...
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