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US sees bleak prospects for elections in Iran

Iranian women cast their ballots at a polling station in the Shiite holy shrine of Massoumeh, the daughter of Reza, the eight Shiite Imam in Qom, 120 kms south of Tehran, 17 June 2005. (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

The upcoming elections in Iran are exuding little hope of a deal on Tehran's controversial nuclear program. On the contrary, Washington can expect a continuation of its long-standing difficulties with Iran.

US reaches out to Iranians with 'smart' sanctions

Data Protection

US data surveillance worries German expert

Network cable on a notebook

US security agencies have spied extensively on Internet service providers - a shocking revelation to many German users. Are we all CIA targets now? Thilo Weichert, a data protection commissioner in Germany, is concerned.

Obama: From transparency advocate to plumber-in-chief

United States

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 05: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) speaks as former aide Samantha Power (L), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (R) and incumbent National Security Adviser Tom Donilon (2nd R) react during a personnel announcement at the Rose Garden of the White House June 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama has nominated Rice to succeed Donilon to become the next National Security Adviser. Obama has also nominated Power to succeed Rice for her position to UN. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US security reshuffle

The nomination of two top security posts will not result in changes to US foreign policy.

Erdogan and Obama want Assad's ouster

Human Rights

Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer, poses for the camera in Dorset, UK (Photo: Reprieve/Pete Milson)

Guantanamo controversy

One lawyer for the Guantanamo inmates is hopeful after Barack Obama's pledge to close the facility.

How the CIA 'globalized torture'

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Homeless hotbed

    San Francisco is one of the cities in the US hit hardest by the economic crisis and its homeless rate is one of the highest in the country.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    There goes the neighborhood

    Described as "the worst neighborhood in the city," the Tenderloin District has become the center of drug dealing in San Francisco - just a few blocks away from wealthy neighborhoods and fancy stores in the heart of the city.

  • Bildergalerie : Die Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise in San Francisco

    San Francisco's dark side

    Harrowing hardship

    The pain and hardship are visible in this man's eyes. San Francisco's poor district offers little respite and little chance of escaping from the destitution.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Crime capital

    The statistics tell a bleak story: The Tenderloin district boasts the highest crime rate in San Francisco - three major crimes per hour.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Drug culture

    The great amount of drugs and drug use in the district is one of the reasons for the soaring crime rate in the district.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Helping the needy

    People with mental illnesses and disabilities are a big problem in the neighborhood. Free health clinics, shelters and social service centers work hard to improve their situation, but resources are far from enough to provide for the great number of desperate people on the streets of Tenderloin.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Wake-up call

    "I think America has to wake up, it cannot look like this - I feel very sorry for all the poor people here," says a passerby walking through the Tenderloin area.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Crime watch

    The police are struggling to rein in the rampant drug use and the accompanying wave of crime in the Tenderloin District.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Helping hand

    Community workers such as these who work for the Needle Exchange have their hands full providing support for Tenderloin District's many drug addicts.

  • San Francisco's dark side

    Sorry symbols

    The Tenderloin district in central San Francisco is blighted by poverty and crime. You can find homeless people everywhere in the district. While the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's wharf or the famous cable cars are symbolic for San Francisco, the fallout from the economic crisis shows a city far from what the brochures tell you.


    Author: Andreas Stahl, San Francisco | Editor : Rob Mudge

Syria

Risky military options for US in Syria

AFP EXCLUSIVE Syrian troops celebrate as they take control of the village of Western Dumayna, some seven kilometers north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr, on May 13, 2013. Syrian troops captured three villages in the strategic Qusayr area of Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told AFP. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

US senators continue to pressure the Obama administration to intervene directly in Syria's increasingly Balkanized civil war. But all the military options at Washington's disposal carry major risks.

Robert Fisk: 'Syrian war could go on for two, three years'

German start ups in California

In the hope of creating jobs at home, a German initiative opens the door to Silicon Valley.

Investment

Dollars on a US flag Photo: Arno Burgi dpa/lsn

Call for reform

Despite investments by US firms in Germany, questions remain about the country's attractiveness.

Trying to find the right policy for the crisis

Children and Families

Auf dem Bild: Medellin, Kolumbien: Pädagogik-Projekt der Don Bosco Schwestern und der Pädagogischen Hochschule Heidelberg für Straßenkinder. Theologie-Professor Hartwig Weber von der Universität Heidelberg im Gespräch mit einer schwangeren Prostituierten (14). Rechte. DW/Tobias Käufer

Colombian street kids

In Colombia's slums, a unique project is helping street kids cope better with their desperate lives.

Gold replaces coca for Colombian mafia

Finance

Los Angeles goes after Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank Büro in San Francisco Copyright: Max Pringle San Francisco, April 2013

Los Angeles is pursuing the so-called slumlord suit against Deutsche Bank for allegedly allowing foreclosed properties owned by the bank to deteriorate and evicting poor residents.

California and bust

Middle East

Obama's Middle East push must break the mold

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference in Jerusalem April 23, 2013. Israel suggested on Monday it would be patient before taking any military action against Iran's nuclear programme, saying during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel there was still time for other options. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been decoded. Both sides and the US know exactly what it takes to solve it. Now it is time for Barack Obama to show that he is not just going through the motions again.

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