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Arts Sports

An American Surfer Goes Rogue to Claim the Baltic Sea's "Last Wave"

One man’s quest to ride the strangest wave.

Jessica Camille Aguirre Deadspin Dec 2018 15min Permalink

Crime World

Terror in Berlin: How the Attack Has Changed the Country

A 48-hour reconstruction of the Breitscheidplatz Attack and the political response.

Der Spiegel Dec 2016 25min Permalink

Arts

"It's Not So Easy Writing About Nothing"

Attending a meeting of the Continental Drift Club in Berlin.

Patti Smith The Guardian Sep 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

European Soccer's Master of Match-Fixing

How a longtime gambling addict and a small band of his cronies manipulated both the game and betting exchanges from a tiny Berlin cafe, going as far as buying ownerships of teams in order to insure their failure.

Drake Bennett Businessweek Mar 2013 15min 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