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January 7, 2010

Lollygagging Around

VIENNA, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Frankly, Mr. President, I have had enough of your blathering. And I was not even remotely a supporter of the…
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Atlantic Eye
December 7, 2009

Cold War Milestones and Passages

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Last month I made pit stops in Morocco, Spain, Germany and Hungary. Those stops brought with them intense…
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November 23, 2009

Palestinian Hope and Dignity

TANGIER, Morocco, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Dr. Rafiq Hussini doesn't mix words. He can't afford to. Caught between Hamas, Israel and his own Fatah, he…
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November 16, 2009

Velvet Revolution Redux

CHICAGO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- "Yes, Marc, I have received the news of Vladimir Lomeiko's untimely death," Boris Pankin, the last Soviet foreign minister, wrote…
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November 2, 2009

20 days to 20 years

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- On Nov. 17, 1989, students all over Czechoslovakia demonstrated against the Communist regime. On the afternoon of Nov.…
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Atlantic Eye
October 15, 2009

Uniting Europe’s Democracies

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Europe's democracies are a strange lot. As the European Union, they are experts at economic soft power. Politically,…
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Atlantic Eye
September 30, 2009

Sochi, Sochi tyomnie nochi

SOCHI, Russia, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- In Sochi, politics and corruption converge on history. Even during Soviet times Sochi was the "baksheesh capital" of the…
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September 10, 2009

Latvia’s Arduous Pilgrimage

RIGA, Latvia, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Oskars Kastens, parliamentarian and until 2008 minister for social integration, represents a generation of youngish, competent and energetic Latvian…
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Atlantic Eye
August 24, 2009

Linked by the Cold War’s End

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Big Dipper accompanied me the entire way from Weinheim, Germany, to Prague -- a six-hour drive down…
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