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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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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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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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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