Der Spiegel (Germany)

Poland is often praised as being the economic miracle of post-Cold War Eastern Europe. Despite the noble efforts of many, though, the changes haven't done much to help many children from going hungry.

Just in the time for the Olympics, the Chinese government has proved itself to be a pioneer as well as a top exporter in cutting-edge online censorship methods. And Western firms still give Beijing their active support.

Hitler was confident of winning World War II and planned to give Berlin a monumental makeover by 1950. A group in Berlin has collected records about his 'Germania' vision -- and plans to lead tours through what's left of the old construction site. By Michael Scott Moore in Berlin

Fidel Castro was the face of the revolution, now he leaves behind a difficult legacy. Despite its successes in education, Cuba is plagued by a serious economic crisis. By Knut Henkel

An 11-year-old child bride sits next to her 40-year-old fiance. For UNICEF, this was the Photo of the Year. Dutch writer Leon de Winter laments the perversity of this wedding picture and the frightening relativism of the West.

A unique traveling Holocaust exhibition sets off on a six-month journey Friday. The 'Train of Commemoration,' which is dedicated to the Nazi deportation of children and young people, will visit 30 cities between Frankfurt and its final destination of Auschwitz.

It took two decades and a second cornerstone laying ceremony, but on Friday, construction at the 'Topography of Terror' got underway. The site is to document the headquarters of the SS and the Gestapo.

The Interior Ministry of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is taking a new tack in the fight against homegrown terrorism. It's using a comic book -- complete with colorful images and "youthful" language -- to battle nasty jihadism. By Yassin Musharbash

The German government has come out in defense of former US Vice President Al Gore, who was named the 2007 Nobel Prize winner for his work on climate change education on Friday. Germany's Environment Ministry says a few errors in the film is no reason not to show it in schools.

Legendary Argentinian guerrilla fighter Ernesto "Che" Guevara was shot dead in Bolivia 40 years ago.

Will the headscarf ban at Turkish universities soon be lifted? Prime Minister Erdogan is taking on one of his countries most contentious issues.

WELLNESS UNDER THE SWASTIKA
Brochures and posters from before World War II give an eerie, uncanny glimpse of everyday life in Fascist Germany. Nazis, of course, didn't think of themselves as monsters.

US students are having a hard time in Germany, as they find themselves having to justify Washington policy from day to day.

A forgotten monument to Hitler's ideology has emerged from a 70-year time warp -- a castle built in the 1930s to train a new Nazi elite. Vacated by the Belgian army last year, it sheds light on the systematic brainwashing that churned out a generation of fanatics. Now it's being spruced up to teach visitors about the perils of indoctrination. By David Crossland in Vogelsang, western Germany

One doubts whether the ancients went through quite as much effort to arrive at its list of the world's seven wonders. The monuments, from the Colossus of Rhodes to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, were all huddled around the Mediterranean Sea. And the list was compiled by a handful of scholars at the Museum of Alexandria.