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Russia: Not Ready for Obama

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nuclear, Strategic-Arms-Reduction-Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Moscow-Russia, Czech Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

As President Obama heads to Russia, stove-piping is blocking what could be a major multifaceted deal. The main negotiations in preparation for the president's visit are taking place in tightly controlled compartments.

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Holocaust Survivors, Jewish Groups Gather In Prague For Stolen Assets Conference

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide, Holocaust, Nazis, Holocaust Assets, Prague, Nazis Art, Holocaust Assets Prague, Czech Republic, Nazis Stolen Assets, World News

PRAGUE — Holocaust survivors, Jewish groups and experts gathered in Prague on Friday to assess efforts to return property and possessions stolen...

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Poland's Democracy Turns 20

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Poland, Poland Democracy, Polish Democracy, Germany, Czech Republic, Soviet Union, Donald Tusk, World News

GDANSK, Poland — European leaders on Thursday hailed Poland's first semi-free vote as an inspiration for movements that brought down regimes acr...

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Sex Trade Suffers From Global Recession

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Prostitution, Time Magazine, Czech Republic Sex Trade, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Czech Republic, Sex Trade, Prostitution Ring, Global Sex Trade, Advocacy, Global Financial Crisis, Hard Times Hit Sex Trade, Sex Traffic Recession, Sex Trade in Iran, Sex Trade Down, Hard Times Hit Global Sex Trade, World News

The international sex trade -- brothels, bath houses, escort services, etc. -- has taken a big hit from parsimonious clients tightening their belts th...

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Czech Pig Farm Site Seen As Affront To Roma Holocaust Victims

GlobalPost | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Holocaust, Foreign Affairs, The Holocaust, Europe, Roma, Advocacy, Czech Republic, World News

Bruce I. Konviser | Global Post LETY, Czech Republic -- In a small grassy clearing marked with boulders, dozens gathered last week to pay homage t...

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EU To Combat Latin American Drug Trade

Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

The European Union has agreed to expand its effort in combating drug trafficking and violence in Central and South America, reports AFP. The region i...

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The Golem Seeing Resurgence In Czech Republic

New York Times | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, The Golem, Judaism, Golem, Foreign Affairs, Old-New Synagogue, Prague, Advocacy, Czech Republic, World News

They say the Golem, a Jewish giant with glowing eyes and supernatural powers, is lurking once again in the attic of the Old-New Synagogue here....

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EU Seeking Energy Independence From Russia

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Prague, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Russia, Austria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Home News

The European Union and Turkey gave fresh political impetus on Friday to the ambitious Nabucco pipeline project, although key Central Asian gas supplie...

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David Duke, Former KKK Leader, Ordered To Leave Czech Republic

AP | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: David Duke Czech Republic, David Duke, Czech Republic, Prague-Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE — Czech authorities have released former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from detention and ordered him to leave the country. Police spok...

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David Duke, Former KKK Leader, Detained In Prague

AP | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Kkk, Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, David Duke Ku Klux Klan, David Duke Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Czech Republic, Europe, Central Europe, Holocaust Deniers, Holocaust Denial, World News

PRAGUE — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was detained by police in the Czech Republic on Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust. Po...

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Czech Republic: Economic Crisis Leaves Migrants With Few Options

GlobalPost | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, Czech Migrants, Prague, Migrants, Migrant Labor, Crech Republic, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE -- When the global demand for consumer goods tumbled, production and assembly line jobs here evaporated. The consequences for some migrants fro...

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David Duke Banned By Czech University From Giving Speech

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, David Duke Czech University, David Duke Czech Republic, David Duke Speech, David Duke, Advocacy, David Duke Speech Cancelled, Prague, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE — Prague's Charles University says it has banned a lecture by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Duke is planning a trip to the Czec...

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Michelle Obama Visits Jewish Cemetery In Prague

AP | ONDREJ HEJMA | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Jewish Cemetery, Michelle Obama Prague, Obama Prague, Michelle Obama Jewish Cemetery Prague, Prague-Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Politics News

PRAGUE — Michelle Obama's whirlwind tour of Prague turned into a love affair with a city and its people. "I'll be back," she said. Crowds of yo...

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Re-Setting the Geopolitical Table: How Obama's Big Trip Is Going

William Bradley | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Angela Merkel, Britain, Turkey, France, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Prague, Vladimir Putin, London, Gordon Brown, Nato, Barack Obama, Poland, Germany, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Czech Republic, Iraq, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ankara, Dmitri Medvedev, Anti-Missile Shield, G-20, World News

The G-20 went well. Not as well as advertised, which is par for most any political course, but much better than most of the Gs -- 7, 8, or 20.

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Czech PM: Obama Criticism Inspired By Rock Concert

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Czech Road to Hell Ac/Dc, Czech Pm Ac/Dc, Mirek Topolanek, Czech Pm, Czech Pm Road to Hell, Czech Republic, Politics News

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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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, US Military, Sco, World Cup, Afghanistan, Drug War, Ignoramus, Dalai Lama, Pakistan, North Korea, Mexico, Iran, Drugs, Tibet, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, War on Drugs, Taliban, South Africa, g20, Barack Obama, Pyongyang, Lisbon Treaty, Missile Launch, Chinese Military, American Journalists, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ali Larijani, China, Czech Republic, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: A Failed Mexican State? Facts: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Mexico and committed more ...

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Czech Government Topples, Leaving Global Warming Denier President Vaclav Klaus Stranded

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 04.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Copenhagen, Czech Republic, Home News

As you also point out: "Faced with the worst financial crisis in a century, Czech President Vaclav Klaus lambasted the bailout of European banks as i...

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Czech Government Ousted For First Time In History; Another Economic Casualty

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, EU Presidency, President Vaclav Klaus, Obama Europe, Eastern Europe, European Union, Obama Prague Visit, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Obama Europe Trip, Czech Republic, Global Financial Crisis, Czech Government, Czech, Czech Government Falls, Chech Government Falls After the Economic Crisis, World News

PRAGUE — The Czech government collapsed Tuesday after losing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over its handling of the economic crisis. It wa...

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Climate Deniers Gather In Times Square

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: International Conference on Climate Change, Climate Change, Harrison Schmitt, Climate Skeptics, Vaclav Klaus, Green Politics, Eu, Czech Republic, Green News

This week, more than 600 people have gathered in New York for the International Conference on Climate Change. But it may not be what you think -- it's...

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For Czechs, a Far Reach to Afghanistan

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Radio Free Europe, Slovakia, Berkat, Afghanistan, World Bank, Nato, European Union, People in Need, Ngos, Czech Republic, World News

As impressive as the Czech Republic's meteoric rise to a stable and thriving country has been, equally noteworthy is how, as Czechs have risen upward, they've reached outward as well.

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Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Czech Presidency of EU, Brussels, President Vaclav Klaus, Eu President, European Union, European Parliament, Soviet Union, Czech President, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Eu, President Criticizes EU, Czech Republic, World News

BRUSSELS — The Czech Republic's leader has long been one of the most strident critics of the European Union, blasting the bloc with withering at...

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Castration: Czech Solution For Sex Offenders

Time | Leo Cendrowicz | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sex Offenders, Human Rights, Castration, Council of Europe, Human Rights Watch, Czech Republic, World News

A doctor makes an incision in a man's scrotal sack and, deftly wielding his scalpel, quickly removes both testicles. In the Czech Republic that simple...

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Major American-Jewish Organizations may no Longer Back Turkey in Congress

Harut Sassounian | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Adl, Olmert, Washington DC, Anti-Semitic, Congress, American-Jewish Organizations, Armenian Genocide, Britain, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, France, Synagogue, Gaza, Gul, Jacob Isaacson, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International, Israel, Crimes Against Humanity, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Spain, Abraham Foxaman, Anti-Defamation League, Czech Republic, Izmir, Logoglu, World News

American-Jewish organizations, which had for years supported Turkey's agenda on the Armenian Genocide in the U.S. Congress, were incensed by Turkish condemnations of Israel.

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

David Paul Appell | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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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Sarkozy Attacks Czech Refusal To Fly EU Flag

Telegraph | Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Posted 01.16.2009 | World

Read More: Czech Republic, Eu President, Vaclav Klaus, France, Sarkozy Eu, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

The French president sided with federalist Euro-MPs who are engaged in a bitter feud with Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president and a Eurosceptic. Seni...

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