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President Vladimir Putin has proposed that Russia and the US jointly use an existing radar station in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan as a way to resolve their dispute over the planned US missile shield in eastern Europe. George W. Bush called it an "interesting proposal." Is the ice breaki

Hamburg Archbishop Werner Thissen, the delegate of Christian charity Misereor at the German Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke to SPIEGEL ONLINE about the gross flaws in Western foreign aid to developing countries.

In an embarrassing moment for German security authorities, Greenpeace protesters drive rubber boats into the restricted area in front of the Heiligendamm resort where the G-8 summit is being held.

The peaceful blockades by anti G-8 demonstrators at the summit in Heiligendamm have allayed fears of mass violence stoked by last Saturday's riot in Rostock, and have won praise in the German media. Also, commentators say America is starting to budge on global warming.