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Someone must have decided to kill old Lyubov Fedosova – how the Russians are hunting civilians with drones

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Die literarische Aufarbeitung des Brandanschlags 1989 in Chur

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He was considered an academic whizzkid: allegations against Cambridge professor

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Ariana Grande, the coolest princess of contemporary pop, is taking a break from the public eye

Rolling Stones: Sixty years of Satisfaction. And only a little bit tired

Targeting gold – the series of museum raids in France shows no sign of stopping

INTERVIEW – «The more progressive and cosmopolitan a social milieu imagines itself to be, the more readily it assumes the country to be conservative, regressive and right-wing»

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A BBC documentary makes serious accusations against the actor and musician Jared Leto

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Berlin of all places as exile: Why many great Eastern writers are moving their archives to the West

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