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Europe's Hopeful Over Obama -- But Fretful About Its Own New President

David Paul Appell | Posted 01.01.2009 | World

Read More: European Union, Europe Obama, Czech Republic Obama, Europe, Czech President, Czech Republic Prime Minister, Czech Republic, Sarkozy, Mirek Topolanek, Vaclav Klaus, Nicolas Sarkozy, Topolanek, Klaus, Lisbon Treaty, Europe Allies, Russia, Europe Russia, Russia Europe, Prague, Eu, World News
David Paul Appell

The Euro-presidency is admittedly a largely ceremonial job, and what can be accomplished in just six months is fairly limited. So why then should Americans care?

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Sarkozy Attacks Czech Refusal To Fly EU Flag

Telegraph | Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Posted 12.16.2008 | World

Read More: Czech Republic, Eu President, Vaclav Klaus, France, Sarkozy Eu, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

The French president sided with federalist Euro-MPs who are engaged in a bitter feud with Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president and a Eurosceptic. Seni...

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Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler, France, Suv, Cars, Spain, Prague, Ford, London, Madrid, Liverpool, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brussels, Zaragoza, Asia, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic, Berlin, Saabs, Renault Nissan, Member of Parliament, Gm, Volvo, British, Angela Merkel, Jeep, Japan, Europe, Opel, China, Antwerp, Business News
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

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GM/Chrysler Merger - 70,000 Idled

Steve Parker | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Slovakia, Hemi Hybrids, Chrysler, Dodge Viper, Norway, Cars, Spain, Ford, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Chevrolet General Manager Ed Pepper, Ford Escape Hybrid, SEMA Show, Los Angeles Auto Show, Cerberus Capital Management, Daewoo Lacetti, General Motors, Greece, Robert Nardelli, Hybrid Cars, Finland, Mercury Milan Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrids, Portugal, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Detroit One, Chrysler CEO, Czech Republic, Kurt Busch, Bob Nardelli, National Legal and Policy Center, Ford Fusion Hybrid, GM Chrysler Deal, Detroit Three, GM Chrysler Merger, Daewoo, Chevrolet Cruze, Gmac, Peter Flaherty, South Korea, Roger Penske, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Nlpc, Business News
Steve Parker

It wasn't hard to predict the demise of the "Hemi hybrid," but the end came a lot faster than expected. They should have given them a full year of production before, literally, pulling the plug.

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Czech Republic Prime Minister Smashes Reporter's Head Against The Wall (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Czech Republic, Video, Reporter Gets Smacked, Czech Republic Prime Minister Hits Journalist, Czech Republic Prime Minister, Media News

The prime minister of the Czech Republic was not having it when a reporter with a video camera interrupted him as the prime minister was pushing his b...

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Venezuela, Britain, Tunisia, Opec, Missile Shield, Iran, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Qatar, Ukraine, Arctic, Boris Johnson, Libya, Energy Future, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Germany, Petro Rush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Oil, Dmitry Medvedev, Iraq, Israel, John McCain, Natural Gas, John F. Kennedy, Joe Biden, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Poland, Politics News
William Bradley

If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Bbc, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Alaska, Joe Biden, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Belgium, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Czech Republic, Voting, Voting Problems, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

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New Pentagon Report Slams Missile Defense Agency

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Poland, Missile Defense, Czech Republic, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

The study says that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA)'s rush to deploy something, anything, has come at the expense of research and careful development of weapons that work.

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"Unbearable Lightness" Author Kundera Informed On Western Spy, Document Shows

AP | ONDREJ HEJMA | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Milan Kundera, Czech Republic, Ussr, Spies, Authors, Literature, Foreign Affairs, Media News

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A document written by the Czech Communist police claims that Milan Kundera _ author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Bei...

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For U.S. Security, Next Administration Will Have To Repair Relationship With Russia

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Russia, John McCain, Bush Administration, Poland, Russian Army, War, Czech Republic, Georgia, South Ossetia, Election 2008, Russia Georgia War, Barack Obama, Home News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

The Obama administration will need to completely overhaul US foreign policy to include de facto recognition of Russia's legitimate security needs and recognition of Russia's sphere of influence, including South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Georgia.

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Gates: NATO Must Share Cost Of Growing Afghan Army

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan, Nato, Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, Czech Republic, Home News

LONDON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday at the conclusion of a NATO meeting he notified the allies that they will be expected to sha...

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Full Spectrum Dominance

The Real News | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan, Poland, Brzezinski, Russia Georgia War, Czech Republic, George W. Bush, Politics News
The Real News

Exit "evil" Iran and a phantom Al Qaeda enter the remixed Evil Empire, Russia -- a superpower complete with nuclear weapons.

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The Geopolitics of Georgia

The Real News | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Poland, South Ossetia, Vladimir Putin, Georgia, Russia Georgia War, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Czech Republic, Politics News
The Real News

A strong supporter for the Republic of Georgia, the United States has been making efforts to bring them into N.A.T.O. but this latest attack may have done more damage than anticipated.

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McCain Bungles Czech Republic, Again (w/ video from NH)

Mike Caulfield | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Gaffe, John McCain, Czech Republic, McCain Cold War, McCain Gaffe, Mccain, McCain New Hampshire, Mccain New Hampshire Gaffe, McCain Czechoslovakia, Home News
Mike Caulfield

"And as you know, the Czech Republic and Slovakia split years ago, and from time to time some of us misstate and Czechoslovakia, when the fact is, it's the Czech Republic..."

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Rachel Weiner

McCain Explains His Repeated Czechoslovakia Gaffes (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Czech Republic, Video, John McCain Czechoslovakia, Mccain Gaffes, Czechoslovakia Mccain, Politics News

McCain said "Czechoslovakia" instead of the "Czech Republic" at another town hall today. But this time, he caught himself and offered a bit of self-mo...

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Czech Mate

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, u.s. Foreign Policy, U.S. Missiles, Bush Foreign Policy, Anti-Missile Base, Czech Republic, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

The Czech people and Congress have already blocked Bush's rush to deploy an anti-missile technology that does not work against a threat that does not exist.

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The View from Prague, Part 2 - Missile Defense

Jeremy Zogby | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Missile Defense, Prague, Czech Republic, Poland, Politics News
Jeremy Zogby

In the months Bush has left in office he can solve at least one key issue: the controversy over building a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland.

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My Dual Citizenship: Why Did the Media Get It So Wrong?

Martina Navratilova | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Citizenship, Martina Navratilova, Women's Tennis, Dual Citizenship, U.S. Citizenship, Martina, Tennis, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Media News
Martina Navratilova

I live here, I vote here, I pay my taxes here and yes, I do my jury duty. Any reports stating I am leaving and most of all, denouncing my American citizenship, are simply not true.

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