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Navratilova 'Defects' Again From 'Worse' Bush Regime

Tennis champ regains her Czech citizenship

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 12, 2008 6:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – Thirty years after defecting to the US, at the height of the Cold War, tennis ace Martina Navratilova has regained her Czech citizenship, the Independent reports. The racket star became a US citizen in 1981. She plans to retain her US citizenship as well but... Read full story »

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