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| Friday, January 3rd, 2014 | |
| 5:16 pm | Picture This: Sky High  |
| 5:05 pm | Coalition Row: Merkel Tries to Defuse 'Poverty Immigration' Debate  The debate over "poverty migration" to Germany has escalated inside Chancellor Merkel's governing coalition this week, prompting her to step in and seek to calm fears as Bulgarians and Romanians gain access to the European labor market. |
| 3:04 pm | Corporate Wake-Up Call: German Dads Demand Family Time  Family friendly policies in German business have been targeted at women in the past, but the tables are turning. Men are demanding more flexible working conditions in order to balance work and family burdens, forcing big changes in corporate culture. |
| 1:41 pm | Storming the Food Banks: Charities Struggle with Growing Demand  Food banks and soup kitchens in many German cities are having trouble keeping up with growing demand. Some are now abandoning their free food models in their effirts to continue helping the needy. |
| 1:09 pm | Conflict of Interest?: Ex-Merkel Deputy's Career Move Under Fire  News organizations are reporting that Angela Merkel's recently departed chief of staff may be heading to German national railway Deutsche Bahn. The move has sparked calls for a ban on government officials from moving to the private sector so quickly. |
| Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 | |
| 4:00 pm | Picture This: Flying Color  |
| 3:54 pm | Isolated in Brussels: Merkel Clashes with EU Commission  Even as the euro crisis grows less acute, Europe is stuck. The European Commission is resisting any loss of its power, and many member states are tired of German dominance. Opponents of Europe, including those in Merkel's camp, sense an opportunity. |
| 2:49 pm | 'Chance of a Century': International Investors Flock to Tehran  Since the West reached a landmark deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear program late last year, many Iranians are hoping for an end to sanctions. Western companies are also gearing up do big business. |
| 12:21 pm | 'This Perverse Angst': Draghi Defends Euro Rescue Policies  In an interview, ECB chief Mario Draghi, 66, defends his controversial euro rescue policies, saying Germans' fears have failed to materialize and that conditions in the euro zone are improving. |
| 10:51 am | Erdogan's Endgame: Corruption Scandal Threatens Turkish Leader  A corruption scandal is expanding into a government crisis in Turkey. The governing party is divided and the political future of Prime Minister Erdogan, with his despotic style of leadership, is in jeopardy. |
| Monday, December 30th, 2013 | |
| 4:37 pm | Picture This: Bear Watching  |
| 4:52 pm | March to The Top: Risky Opportunity for New Defense Minister  Ursula von der Leyen has clinched the defense ministry and positioned herself as potential heir to Chancellor Angela Merkel. She's the star of the new cabinet, but she also has formidable rival in Thomas de Maizière, whom she ousted to get her new job. |
| 3:51 pm | NSA's Secret Toolbox: Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every Need  The NSA has a secret unit that produces special equipment ranging from spyware for computers and cell phones to listening posts and USB sticks that work as bugging devices. Here are some excerpts from the intelligence agency's own catalog. |
| 3:21 pm | Interview With Pussy Riot Member: 'I Want Justice'  Pussy Riot activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova talks about her plans following her release from prison, what she has in common with former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and her five-year-old daughter's drawings. |
| 3:18 pm | Interactive Graphic: The NSA's Spy Catalog |
| Sunday, December 29th, 2013 | |
| 9:19 am | Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox  After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices. |
| 9:18 am | Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit The NSA's TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency's top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting. |
| 9:19 am | Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies though a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices. |
| Friday, December 27th, 2013 | |
| 1:03 pm | What's So Funny About Racism?: Germany's New Minority Comics A new generation of comedians with foreign roots are shining an irreverent light on the prejudices they encounter in Germany. But when it comes to the integration debate, do their brash, cliché-rife performances do more harm than good? |
| Monday, December 23rd, 2013 | |
| 5:14 pm | Picture This: Santa in the Holy Land  |