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Muslim Brotherhood to face Egypt's old guard

The first round votes have been counted. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate Morsi and former Prime Minister Shafiq face off in a run-off election. Revolutionary and liberal groups will have a tough choice to make.

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Business

Finance Watch keeps an eye on markets

Elected government representatives, whether in Europe or elsewhere, appear to have a hard time - or possibly even little interest - in keeping financial markets in check, but a small NGO has set out to change that.

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Culture

Euphoria for Sweden in Eurovision 2012

Swedish singer Loreen stormed to victory with 372 points in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, with Russia and Serbia occupying second and third place. The German Roman Lob reached a respectable eighth.

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Germany

Schools work to cope with threat of shootings

A 14-year-old went on a shooting spree this week in a school in Bavaria. Fortunately, no one was harmed, but bringing violence under control and preventing school rampages is a daunting daily task for police.

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Germany

Energy switchover leaves unanswered questions

A year ago, the German government announced its plans for an energy switchover. The country's biggest post-war infrastructure project is taking shape, but there is still plenty of resistance to it.

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Germany

Salafists and right-wingers fight it out

A radical German-born Islamist has called on Muslims to kill German politicians. The threats are aimed at the far-right party Pro NRW, a regional right-wing group in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Germany

Nearly a million new immigrants in Germany

Germany has been looking for skilled workers, and last year saw the highest rate of immigration in more than 15 years. More and more people are coming from crisis-wracked EU countries.

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Globalization

Turning brain drain into brain gain

Clever minds can usually find a job, and if jobs are poorly paid, many try their luck abroad. To prevent poor countries from losing out, some experts support the idea of circular migration.

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Germany

Critically endangered eel gets a helping hand

As endangered as the African elephant, the pygmy hippopotamus or the panda bear, European eels may be about to disappear forever. To help save the species, German rivers are being restocked.

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Germany

Ex-minister denies influencing far-right inquiry

Former Bavarian interior minister, Günther Beckstein, has strongly denied trying to influence a police investigation into a series of murders committed by the far-right NSU group.

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World

Nationalism on the rise in southeastern Europe

Populism and nationalism offer dangerously simple answers to complicated issues and win voters' support in economically trying times. Recent polls in Greece as well as across southeast Europe are examples of the trend.

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Prague remembers Nazi past with replica death camp

Czech and Slovak groups are marking the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, one of Hitler's top officers, by constructing a replica of a Nazi concentration camp in Prague.

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Pubs run dry in crisis-ridden Ireland

Ireland will hold a referendum on the fiscal compact in late May. But Dublin could fail. Many Irish have lost hope. The crisis is even threatening the pubs, the traditional centers of social life in Ireland.

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Could Ukrainian hooligans hamper EURO 2012?

EU politicians plan to boycott this summer's soccer championships in Poland and Ukraine over the latter's treatment of opposition members. But how will Ukrainian hooligans react to the influx of foreign visitors?

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