Foreign Policy
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Belarus presidential candidate appears at Forum 2000
In Belarus this month allied opposition activists agreed on a single candidate to challenge the autocratic rule of President Alexander Lukashenko in next year's…
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Ahmed Hamza - Iraqi paediatrician learning modern heart defect diagnosis
Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Dr Ahmed Hamza, a 37-year-old paediatrician from the Iraqi city of Basra. He recently left his troubled homeland and his…
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Forum 2000 looks at 'Conflict and Coexistence'
Intended as a one-off meeting of intellectuals and activists from around the globe, the Forum 2000 conference has become a veritable Prague institution. Founded in 1996 by…
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FBI seizes "Pirate of Prague" Kozeny in Bahamas paradise
Viktor Kozeny, the so-called Pirate of Prague, is currently sitting in a police cell in his adopted home of the Bahamas, after being arrested by the FBI. On Thursday US…
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Borrowing the Devil's Bible
The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek was in Sweden this week, and he made a most unusual request. He surprised his host, Prime Minister Goran Persson, by asking to…
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Czech jobseekers often fall victim to bogus job agents in UK
The United Kingdom is one of only three old EU countries that opened their labour markets to the citizens of new member states after last year's enlargement. According to…
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No discussion of Iraq's "odious debt" to Czech Republic during Talabani visit
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was due to fly out of Prague on Wednesday, at the close of his three-day visit. During his time in Prague he met a host of senior Czech…
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Talabani to woo Czech firms for Iraqi reconstruction projects
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani began his European tour in Prague on Monday, holding talks with Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus at Prague Castle. Many were left scratching…
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Iraqi president in Prague, seeking closer ties
The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has begun a tour of Europe, and his first port of call is the Czech Republic. This country is an ally of Iraq's post-war regime, and…
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Czech scientists develop new antidotes to fight chemical attacks
The Czech government has reinforced Czech anti-chemical warfare forces based in Kuwait in order to support possible US-led military action against Iraq, should they get a…
