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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: Justice and Rights, Elections, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Government, Bill Clinton, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care, Medicare
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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: Government, Bill Clinton, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care, National Government
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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, Woodrow Wilson, Folklore and Mythology
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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, Woodrow Wilson, Museums, Human Interest
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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, Republican Party, White House, Cornell University, Republican National Conventions
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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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