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Fringes tugging at Central Europe: Discontent reigns as Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia struggle with their post-communist transformation.

Article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Article date: March 18, 2007

Byline: Tom Hundley

Mar. 18--BUDAPEST, Hungary -- When British Holocaust denier David Irving is the honored guest at your National Day celebrations, you know something nasty is brewing in the body politic. But there was Irving, fresh from serving his jail sentence in Austria, firing up a large crowd in Budapest's Heroes' Square last week on the 159th anniversary of the 1848 Revolution, the upheaval that brought Hungary its first taste of independence from the Habsburg emperors. He was invited to speak by the ...

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