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Siemens chairman under pressure to resign
Heinrich von Pierer, one of Germany’s top business figureheads, is coming under mounting pressure from other members of Siemens’ supervisory board to resign from his post as chairman.
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Let’s hear it for Britain’s slandered transport system

The UK has fewer areas as neglected as the rail lines north of Paris, and try driving into Munich at the end of a busy holiday, writes Robert Wright
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How Big Brother can improve your life
Free us from this slavery overload

Today’s human trafficking is not the same. Think of it as the foothold organised crime has claimed in global migration, writes Christopher Caldwell
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Extracts from the red notebooks

For nearly 30 years, Matthew Engel has kept notebooks of quotes and quirky facts that spoke to him about life. But when his young son died of cancer, they took on another meaning.
Spotlight: José Ramos-Horta
East Timor’s president has a mission: peace and sustainable development