diff --git a/resources/recipes/welt.recipe b/resources/recipes/welt.recipe
index b1bf20235d..4c90853c82 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/welt.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/welt.recipe
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ class weltDe(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = 'Oliver Niesner'
     use_embedded_content   = False
     timefmt = ' [%d %b %Y]'
-    max_articles_per_feed = 15 # reduced to this value to prevent too many articles (suggested by Gregory Riker
+    max_articles_per_feed = 15
+    linearize_tables = True
     no_stylesheets = True
     remove_stylesheets = True
     remove_javascript = True
-    language = 'de'
     encoding = 'iso-8859-1'
+    BasicNewsRecipe.summary_length = 200
 
 
     remove_tags = [dict(id='jumplinks'),
@@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ class weltDe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 		   dict(id='servicesBox'),
 		   dict(id='toggleAdvancedSearch'),
 		   dict(id='mainNav'),
-		   dict(id='ratingBox5136466_1'),
-		   dict(id='ratingBox5136466_2'),
 		   dict(id='articleInlineMediaBox0'),
 		   dict(id='sectionSponsor'),
+		   dict(id='sprucharea'),
+		   dict(id='xmsg_recommendEmail'),
+		   dict(id='xmsg_recommendSms'),
+		   dict(id='xmsg_comment'),
+		   dict(id='additionalNavWrapper'),
+		   dict(id='imagebox'),
 		   #dict(id=''),
                    dict(name='span'),
 		   dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'printURL'}),
@@ -65,10 +70,21 @@ class weltDe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 		   dict(name='ul', attrs={'class':'optionsSubNav clear'}),
 		   dict(name='li', attrs={'class':'next'}),
 		   dict(name='li', attrs={'class':'prev'}),
+		   dict(name='li', attrs={'class':'last'}),
+		   dict(name='table', attrs={'class':'textGallery'}),
 		   dict(name='li', attrs={'class':'active'})]
 
     remove_tags_after = [dict(id='tw_link_widget')]
 
+    extra_css = '''
+                    h2{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; color: #003399;}
+                    a{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style:italic;}
+                    .dachzeile p{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; }
+                    h1{ font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;  font-size:x-large; font-weight:bold;}
+                    .artikelTeaser{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight:bold; }
+                    body{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; }
+                    .photo {font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; color: #666666;}                 '''
+
     feeds =  [ ('Politik', 'http://welt.de/politik/?service=Rss'),
 	       ('Deutsche Dinge', 'http://www.welt.de/deutsche-dinge/?service=Rss'),
 	       ('Wirtschaft', 'http://welt.de/wirtschaft/?service=Rss'),
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/reflow.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/reflow.py
index 53be9a23de..72ca7f0d1c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/reflow.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/reflow.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class HorizontalBox(object):
     def append(self, t):
         self.texts.append(t)
 
-    def sort(self):
+    def sort(self, left_margin, right_margin):
         self.texts.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.left, y.left))
         self.top, self.bottom = sys.maxint, 0
         for t in self.texts:
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ class HorizontalBox(object):
             self.bottom = max(self.bottom, t.bottom)
         self.left = self.texts[0].left
         self.right = self.texts[-1].right
+        self.gaps = []
+        for i, t in enumerate(self.texts[1:]):
+            gap = Interval(self.texts[i].right, t.left)
+            if gap.width > 3:
+                self.gaps.append(gap)
+        left = Interval(left_margin, self.texts[0].left)
+        if left.width > 3:
+            self.gaps.insert(0, left)
+        right = Interval(self.texts[-1].right, right_margin)
+        if right.width > 3:
+            self.gaps.append(right)
+
+    def has_intersection_with(self, gap):
+        for g in self.gaps:
+            if g.intersection(gap):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def identify_columns(self, column_gaps):
+        self.number_of_columns = len(column_gaps) + 1
+
 
 class Page(object):
 
@@ -138,19 +159,24 @@ class Page(object):
 
 
         for hb in self.horizontal_boxes:
-            hb.sort()
+            hb.sort(self.left_margin, self.right_margin)
 
         self.horizontal_boxes.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.bottom, y.bottom))
 
     def identify_columns(self):
 
         def neighborhood(i):
-            if i == 0:
-                return self.horizontal_boxes[1:3]
-            return (self.horizontal_boxes[i-1], self.horizontal_boxes[i+1])
+            if i == len(self.horizontal_boxes)-1:
+                return self.horizontal_boxes[i-2:i]
+            if i == len(self.horizontal_boxes)-2:
+                return (self.horizontal_boxes[i-1], self.horizontal_boxes[i+1])
+            return self.horizontal_boxes[i+1], self.horizontal_boxes[i+2]
 
         for i, hbox in enumerate(self.horizontal_boxes):
-            pass
+            n1, n2 = neighborhood(i)
+            for gap in hbox.gaps:
+                gap.is_column_gap =  n1.has_intersection_with(gap) and \
+                    n2.has_intersection_with(gap)