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Czech president under fire after blocking academic who is a gay rights activist
Associated PressPRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist. In what is normally a...Tags: Civil Rights, Prague (Czech Republic), Justice and Rights, Education, Gay Rights
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Sceptical Czechs may be pushed to change tone on euro
ReutersBy Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, April 25 (Reuters) - When Czech President Milos Zeman said last week his country could join the euro by 2018, he met with little more than a shrug from the country's other political leaders who have shied away from setting a date....Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Baltic Region, Petr Necas, Government, Market and Exchange
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Obama's love of big government
WASHINGTON — The media herd is stunned to discover that Barack Obama is a man of the left. After 699 teleprompted presidential speeches, the commentariat was apparently still oblivious. Until last week's inaugural address, that is. Where has...
Tags: Medicare, Health Care Reform (2009), Government, Social Security, Ronald Reagan
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Inaugural address confirms Obama's liberal ambitions
WASHINGTON - The media herd is stunned to discover that Barack Obama is a man of the left. After 699 teleprompted presidential speeches, the commentariat was apparently still oblivious. Until Monday's inaugural address, that is. Where has everyone been...
Tags: Medicare, Health Care Reform (2009), Social Security, Government, Ronald Reagan
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Controversial Czech alcohol ban, spurred by poisonings, to continue
World NowAuthorities in the Czech Republic have outlawed hard liquor sales after at least 23 deaths from bootleg alcohol poisoning, stirring the ire of bar and restaurant owners in the tourism-dependent country and raising fears that the ban will only drive more... -
Polasek legacy: Sculptor's democracy statue returns to Prague
When about a dozen Central Floridians attend a Czech national celebration Wednesday in Prague, they will be watching a piece of history set right — and the conclusion of a saga that encompasses two world wars, communist occupation, defiant...Tags: Sculpture, Google Inc., Madeleine Albright, Nazi Party, Winter Park
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Pomp and ceremony as Polasek statue unveiled in Prague
In an email, Debbie Komanski, executive director of Winter Park's Albin Polasek Museum, checked in from the festivities in Prague, Czech Republic.
Komanski and other officials of the Polasek Foundation, which oversees the museum, flew to Prague to attend...Tags: Sculpture, Madeleine Albright, Nazi Party, Winter Park, News Agency
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Former State GOP Chairman Chris DePino Plays Harmonica At Presidential Palace In Prague For Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus
When Chris DePino was the Republican state chairman in 1996, he donned his train conductor's hat and played the harmonica at the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
Since then, the former state legislator from New Haven has taken his act on...Tags: North Branford, Prague (Czech Republic), Republican National Conventions, Republican Party, White House
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Czech President Vaclav Klaus steals expensive pen from poor, quake-stricken Chile
Top of the TicketLight-fingered president caught slipping fancy pen into his coat pocket with only hundreds watching....
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