KÃ¶hler Stokes Fires of East-West Discontent
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German President Horst KÃ¶hler has caused tension between the eastern and western regions by saying that it is unlikely the former East will ever have the same living and employment standards as the rest of the country.
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Chinese gamers react angrily to a Japanese video game they say besmirches the heroine of a classic Chinese novel.  Whether it does or not, this latest cross-cultural tiff does nothing to help the historically lousy relations between these two Asian nations.
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In the Mideast hierarchy of hatred, the collaborator occupies a place of particular, perhaps ultimate, dishonor. In a region where ancient tribal ties have flourished amid satellite television and the World
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VIENNA -- A gathering of Holocaust deniers in Iran touched off a firestorm of indignation across Europe, where many countries have made it a crime to publicly disavow the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland
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The Malaysian government's plans to reduce the number of Eurasian faces in advertisements have triggered outrage among models and presenters in the multicultural country.
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Editorial writers throughout the Middle East have reacted with revulsion at the loss of life in the Russian town of Beslan, accusing the attackers of tarnishing and distorting the image of Islam.
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By Mark Landler and John Markoff John Markoff reported from San Francisco. Steven Lee Myers contributed reporting from Moscow.
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The gains made by parties of the extreme right and left in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday spark much negative comment in regional and national papers.
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Yoshiaki Murakami has become a lightening rod for public ire at JapanÂs tilt toward American-style capitalism.
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In a Chroncle editorial titled "The Jews", Trinity senior Philip Kurian has created a global uproar.  The editorial complains that Jews are, as a community of special interest, stifling free speech.  The response of the Jewish community to this oped has been to stifle free speech.
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An international design competition for a new tower in St. Petersburg has drawn protests from critics who say the project will kill the city.
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The shoe tariff come at a time of profoundly mixed feelings in Europe about the rise of Asian economies.
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There&#39;s plenty to blame for the rise of extremists in Germany: Ex-communists, unemployment and social reforms all had their turn.
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A furor in Turkey ignited by the title of a Christian spiritual leader on a U.S. embassy invitation has underscored concerns about the largely Muslim country's treatment of minorities two weeks before the European Union decides whether to open membership talks with Ankara.
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A project to build a cultural complex in Hong Kong has become the center of a bitter local and international debate in the last few weeks.
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Thursday's papers focus on the escalating row between Georgia and Russia, an anti-swastika ban in Germany and ex-Czech leader Havel's 70th birthday.