Mirek Topolanek

Mirek Topolanek, Czech Politician, Quits Over Gay, Jewish Comments

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRAGUE — Derogatory comments by the Czech Republic's former prime minister about Jews, gays and the Catholic Church led Thursday to his resignat...

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Czech PM: Obama Criticism Inspired By Rock Concert

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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The prime minister of the Czech Republic says it could have been his taste for the rock group AC/DC -- not his study of economics -- that inspired him...

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EU presidency: US stimulus is 'the road to hell'

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of rece...

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Europe's Hopeful Over Obama -- But Fretful About Its Own New President

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Paul Appell

The Euro-presidency is admittedly a largely ceremonial job, and what can be accomplished in just six months is fairly limited. So why then should Americans care?

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