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Topic: Vaclav Havel
PRA99111703 - 17 NOVEMBER 1999 - PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: About 1,000 Czech students march through central Prague, November 17, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution which ended decades of communist rule. Many world leaders from 1989, including George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and Margaret Thatcher, are currently in Prague to receive awards from Czech President Vaclav Havel for their roles in bringing down the Iron Curtain jr/sg/Sean Gallup UPI
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Atlantic Eye: Scenes from Denver and U.S. politics
DENVER, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. presidential election season and political conventions are bizarre animals. Europeans and non-Americans in general marvel at and are intimidated by the frenetic activity, a mixture of glitz and shtick. It is loud. It is crazy -- what can only be described as typical Americana.
Israel marks 60th anniversary
JERUSALEM, May 8 (UPI) -- Military flyovers, bunting and pioneers recalling the founding of Israel marked the country's 60th anniversary celebration Thursday.
Atlantic Eye: A communist-apologist wins
HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus barely won a second five-year term from Parliament on the weekend. In a tough contest, Klaus was given a run for his money by US/Czech academic Jan Svejnar. Only after the third round -- and after a three-week delay -- did Klaus secure victory. Klaus should have been unceremoniously dumped.
Atlantic Eye: U.S. elections
TORONTO, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- No U.S. presidential primary in recent memory has been watched overseas more closely than the 2008 contest. It has also brought out large numbers of previously unregistered U.S. citizens who live outside the United States to vote. Here are comments from some ranking individuals.
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Former Czech president hospitalized
WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Former Czech President Vaclav Havel was hospitalized with a heart problem, his spokesman said Sunday.
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UPI Almanac for Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007.
Atlantic Eye: Lomeiko turns a new leaf
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- He accompanied Gorbachev through Glasnost and Perestroika. His eloquent – if sometimes evasive – answers during the famous press conferences of the 80’s became a hallmark of U.S.-Soviet rapprochement. Last week, this zeitgeist - Dr. Vladimir Lomeiko - celebrated his 70th birthday.
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