Immigration: A report published by the Federal Intelligence Service BND lists the various different ways in which people are smuggled into the country by organised bands.

A German mercenary is planting bombs for the KLA. One of the bomb attacks is being dealt with by the UN Security Council.

“It Goes Very Deep”

Interview with Jürgen Habermas on China’s hesitant opening towards the West, the touchy issue of human rights and the Communist Party’s fear of a destabilisation of its power:

“In the Internet age, once Beijing had liberalised the economy, there was no longer any way of controlling people’s minds. Even if the leadership wanted to, it couldn’t prevent discussions about human rights, democracy and public politics. … The Chinese can rightly expect the West not to behave in a colonial manner. We should view them as the heirs of a culture that was for a long time superior to the European culture. … A tough Communist power elite is in command in Beijing, which does not want to endanger its own position. At the same time, Chinese politicians expect the West not to view it just as a future competitor, as the threat of the 21st century. They are afraid of political isolation in the world and they want others to work together with them.”

“The Major’s Duty”

Contemporary history: Holocaust survivors have traced an officer of the Wehrmacht who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during the Second World War – much like Oskar Schindler. After lengthy research in the archives, his forgotten story has now been brought to public attention: a few days ago the file about him went on display at Jerusalem’s Yad va-Shem memorial.

Mobile phone crisis: The manufacturers of mobiles are laying off staff, the corporate business plans are being changed.

“Spirits in the First Light of Dawn”

Psychiatry: Some people encounter copies of themselves. The ghostly figures turn up out of the blue. Now brain researchers are trying to solve the mystery of these hallucinations. The experts believe that the hallucinations revolving around one’s own figure are often caused by psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, depression or hysteria. But contrary to previous assumptions, organic disorders and brain lesions probably also help to bring about the ghostly doubles.

“The Faun of Havana”

Cuba: In his “Dirty Havana Trilogy”, Cuban writer Pedro Juan Gutiérrez describes the shadier sides of the Cuban revolution. He does so in such a macho and politically incorrect way, that no German publisher has dared touch him yet.

“Blessing for the Sea Serpent”

Expeditions: A group of droll adventurers has set out amid a lot of media bustle to catch the Loch Ness monster with the aid of a giant fish trap. Local protectors of the monster feel they pose a threat to their legendary beast. The head of the Swedish team, Jan-Ove Sundberg, has named the expedition that set to work in Scotland last week “Operation Cleansweep”, and it is his 15th attempt within the past 25 years to get in touch with all manner of monsters. In the Norwegian Lake Seljordsvatnet the veteran monster hunter sought the sea serpent “Selma”, in Ireland he hunted “Achilles” which walks on two legs, and in the Swedish Lake Storsjon he looked for the monster “Storsie”. “Our equipment is ideal,” he says confidently. “If our team doesn’t find anything, then there isn’t anything down there.” Even the locals, experienced in the Nessie business, find this sort of thing a bit thick! The highlanders actually like their monster – it’s fun, brings tourists to the lake and guarantees a healthy income for the people. But they don’t like strangers interfering – particularly as Sundberg is considered to be crazy.