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Der Spiegel

Crime

The Colombian Coke Sub

A former pilot of miniature cocaine-smuggling submarines tells his story.

Alexander Bühler Der Spiegel Dec 2010 10min Permalink

A Protocol of Barbarity

400,000 Wiki-leaked reports that confirm the minute-by-minute misadventures of a “military at war with its own inner demons” in the unforgiving terrain of Iraq.

Spiegel Staff Der Spiegel Oct 2010 35min Permalink

Trapping the Lord of War

Full six-part series on the rise and fall of Viktor Bout, the most notorious arms dealer of the modern era.

Spiegel Staff Der Spiegel Oct 2010 20min Permalink

History Politics World

Germany's Unlikely Diplomatic Triumph

A behind-the-scenes account of the tense negotiations, involving Gorbachev, Kohl, Bush, and Thatcher, that led from the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall to a reunified Germany. (Translated from German.)

Klaus Wiegrefe Der Spiegel Sep 2010 40min Permalink

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