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  • August 2008

    • Bush Watches US Top Czechs in Basketball

      Associated Press  |  Aug 9, 08 5:29 PM CDT

      Bush Watches US Top Czechs in Basketball

      (AP) - With President Bush and the first family looking on, the United States women's basketball team began its quest for a fourth-straight gold medal with a rout of the Czech Republic. Diana Taurasi scored 13 of her 17 points in the first half to lead the US to the 97-57 victory in the opener tonight. The Americans got off to a slow start, trailing 13-2 after giving up layup after layup to the feisty Czech team. More »

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      basketball  • George W. Bush  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games  • women's basketball  • Czech Republic

  • July 2008

    • Russia Bristles at Landmark US-Czech Deal

      Reuters  |  Jul 8, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Russia Bristles at Landmark US-Czech Deal

      (Newser) - Russia today blasted a landmark deal between the US and Czech Republic with rhetoric reminiscent of the Cold War. After Czech officials agreed to let the US use its territory for a missile-defense system, Moscow threatened military retaliation, Reuters reports. The Kremlin views the deployment of the system in former Soviet territory as a hostile action, though the US insists it is intended to block missiles from rogue nations such as Iran. More »

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      Russia  • Condoleezza Rice  • Europe  • Moscow  • Czech Republic  • missile defense shield

  • June 2008

    • Cannibal Family Ate Boy's Flesh

      Sun (UK)  |  Jun 20, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Cannibal Family Ate Boy's Flesh

      (Newser) - A family of Czech cannibals is on trial for hacking off pieces of a 7-year-old boy who survived the ghoulish abuse, the Sun reports. The horror unraveled last year when a neighbor’s baby monitor picked up images of the chained-up boy meant to be seen by the boy's mother. More »

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      torture  • child abuse  • cult  • Czech Republic  • Cannibal

  • May 2008

    • Vivaldi Opera Revived 278 Years Later

      BBC  |  May 4, 08 5:57 PM CDT

      Vivaldi Opera Revived 278 Years Later

      (Newser) - A long-lost opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi has resurfaced nearly 280 years after its Prague premiere, BBC reports. Argippo , a tale of love and deception set in an Indian maharaja’s court, was first performed in 1730 but vanished soon after, leaving only a libretto. But that was enough for a Czech musician to start hunting around Europe for the rest. More »

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      music  • Germany  • classical music  • opera  • Czech Republic  • Prague  • preservation  • aria  • Antonio Vivaldi

  • March 2008

    • Navratilova 'Defects' Again From 'Worse' Bush Regime

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 12, 08 6:53 AM CDT

      Navratilova 'Defects' Again From 'Worse' Bush Regime

      (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 she had some harsh criticism for her adopted homeland's current administration,  comparing it unfavorably to the Communist regime she fled. More »

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      tennis  • Cold War  • US Open (tennis)  • Czech Republic  • defection

    • Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

      Forbes  |  Mar 2, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

      (Newser) - The ever-pricier euro is sending determined travelers east, past the Eiffel Tower, to overlooked treasures like Prague's Old Town Square. Check out cheaper, Eastern European must-sees as recommended by Forbes : Peterhof State Museum-Reserve, St. Petersburg, Russia: These palaces and 18th-century gardens rival those of Versailles. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Plitvice Lakes, Croatia: Nature lovers can camp among 16 lakes, a dozen waterfalls, and 140 species of birds. More »

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      list  • Russia  • travel  • Europe  • Ukraine  • Poland  • Eastern Europe  • Czech Republic  • Albania  • Bulgaria  • Croatia  • cheap travel  • Hungary  • Slovenia

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • Meth Use Spreading in Europe

      New York Times  |  Nov 23, 07 9:02 AM CST

      Meth Use Spreading in Europe

      (Newser) - Methamphetamine use appears to be on the rise across Central Europe, following an explosion in the number of small home meth labs in the Czech Republic. Czech authorities have raided 416 methamphetamine labs this year—up from 19 in 2000, reports the New York Times . UN officials worry that the labs, using the pseudoephedrine found in common cold medications, are moving product throughout the European Union. More »

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      drugs  • Czech Republic  • methamphetamine

    • Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 9:15 AM CST

      Protesters Thwart Neo-Nazi Rally in Prague

      (Newser) - Neo-Nazis marching on the anniversary of the infamous 1938 Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht ran into a wall of more than 1,000 counter-protesters bearing the Star of David in Prague's old Jewish quarter yesterday, the BBC reports. Czech police had earlier detained some of the skinheads, members of the Young Nationalist Democrats, who were armed with batons and homemade Molotov cocktails. More »

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      Nazi  • Holocaust  • Czech Republic  • Neo-Nazi  • Prague  • Kristallnacht

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