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August 31, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, former Russian and Soviet President, dies at 91

I met General Secretary, later President Gorbachev, several times. He wouldn't have remembered me. I was one of the dweebs in the corner - with…
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August 25, 2022

US National Archive sharing classified docs from Mar-a-Lago with FBI and Intelligence community

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/23/politics/national-archives-classified-docs/index.html
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August 24, 2022

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/23/tech/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-security/index.html
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August 17, 2022

William Ruto: Kenya’s new President-elect

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/16/africa/william-ruto-kenya-profile-intl/index.html
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August 17, 2022

Gen. Wesley Clark: Possible ways for Ukraine to win against Russia

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-wesley-clark-interview-weapons/31871969.html
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August 11, 2022

Wizz Air restarting flights to Russia

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/wizz-air-russia-flights-ukraine/index.html
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In MemoriamIn memoriumNews
March 23, 2022

In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright

Left to right: Madeleine Albright, Tom Dine, Marc S Ellenbogen, "Madeleine Albright was a superb stateswoman. A role model. Tough. Smart. And didn't suffer fools…
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March 22, 2022

In Memoriam: Eduard Kukan

Eduard, I should have written this 6 weeks ago (how time flies). Then came Ukraine. We were supposed to meet the day you died. On my…
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April 25, 2021

In Memoriam: Doc. Ing. Ivan M. Havel, CSc., Ph.D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRb6cmCX0hQ To say I am pained at the death of Ivan Havel - a hero, a scientist, a Zeitgeist and my friend - doesn't begin…
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Event
August 30, 2020

28th August 2020 Castle Blatná Concert

Unfortunately, a storm front caused an eagerly-awaited open-air concert to be cancelled, on Friday 28th August, in the courtyard of Blatná castle, featuring the Czech…
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