July 13, 2010
A Despicable Legacy
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 13 (UPI) -- They just won't go away. Twenty years after the fall of communism, much Central Europe's economy, politics and…
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May 23, 2010
Adam Michnik’s Poland
Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2010 - The files in his office are piled high, strewn about in a professorial but orderly way. On his wall…
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May 3, 2010
Brunner is the best for Ohio
Columbus, Ohio, May 3, 2010 -- Super Saver won the 136th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. The three year old was not the odds on favorite.…
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March 21, 2010
Corruption — ah corruption
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, March 21 (UPI) -- "You must continue to write about corruption," the young man says to me in the tram, holding his…
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February 9, 2010
One by one they just fade away
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Soviet Union's Vladimir Lomeiko. The Czech Republic's Vojtech Cepl. The United States of America's Norbert Auerbach. Now,…
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January 21, 2010
As the Cookies Crumble
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Well, well, well -- who would have thought! Who would have thought indeed! Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko --…
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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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December 23, 2009
Norbert Auerbach’s Century
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- They were expropriated for being Jewish by the Germans. They were expropriated for being German by the Communist…
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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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