Tens of thousands of workers took to the Berlin streets this week to vent their anger, frustration and fears.

ECONOMIST: German politics

But the passage of the French bill has rekindled nationalist anger, and with it fears of reprisal among Turkey's tiny ethnic Armenian community.

ECONOMIST: Turkey, France and Armenia

They chronicle their daily lives, fears, frustration, anger and just normal day-to-day existence in a broken city.

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The American administration also sees Mr Arafat as an obstacle to progress, but fears that his forcible removal would escalate violence and cause huge anger in the Arab world.

ECONOMIST: Yasser Arafat under threat