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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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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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August 11, 2009

My Suggested Price-Tags

MALMO, Sweden, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. economic bailout is for the birds. Meanwhile, the United States continues to spend $16 billion per month…
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July 27, 2009

One Small Step To Bulgaria

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 27 (UPI) -- It might be true. I take Bulgarians seriously. It could just as well be my Andy Warhol moment. On Friday,…
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July 22, 2009

Monsoon season in Ostrava

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, July 22 (UPI) -- Nineteen years after communism's demise, the Czech Republic is mostly a model of success. Still, many in the…
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July 3, 2009

A forthright Gen. Wes Clark

OXFORD, England, July 3 (UPI) -- Gen. Wesley Clark has served the United States with honor for 45 years -- 38 of them in the…
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June 23, 2009

Leadership springing from evil

TEREZIN, Czech Republic, June 30 (UPI) -- Leadership comes in many forms. Often it springs from a crisis -- often from evil. Normal people become…
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June 19, 2009

1969, 1989, 2009

BURY ST. EDMUNDS, England, June 19 (UPI) -- I lie on the sofa watching the student demonstrations in Iran, dozing in and out, recovering from…
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June 1, 2009

Global vignettes poles apart

BUCHAREST, Romania, June 1 (UPI) -- My cigarette in hand, I glimpsed what I thought was a U.S. Army Combat Uniform. After security, I saw…
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