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Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8

wtop.com     6 hrs ago   24 related          

U.S. senators Joe Lieberman, left, and Lindsey Graham, denounce Russian actions in Georgia during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2008. The senators came to Warsaw after what they described as a mission of solidarity...                    

Remembering 1968

sun.com     6 hrs ago   1 related          

Hi all, Today is the 4oth anniversary of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces (USSR, Poland, Hungary, E.Germany, Bulgaria). Many Czechs lost their lives during the invasion, and the Czechs' taste of...                    

P. Dubček: People cannot be blamed for their leaders

aktualne.centrum.cz     6 hrs ago          

Bratislava - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw troops´ invasion which was to put an end to the so-called "Prague Spring" reform process that was under way in the country. The 1968 year's turbulent events are...                    

Topolánek welcomes Polish-US treaty on missile defence base

praguemonitor.com     6 hrs ago   1 related          

By ČTK / Published 21 August 2008 Prague, Aug 20 (CTK) - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek welcomed the fact that the United States and Poland Wednesday signed a treaty on the stationing of a part of the U.S. missile defence...                    

Editorial: In praise of ... immortal memory

guardian.co.uk     21 hrs ago   1 related          

Forty years ago today the world woke up to one of those events which will not be forgotten. An early Soviet winter destroyed the Prague Spring. The process was coldly one-sided and in brutal contrast to the cautious experiments...                    

Rice says Russian missile shield reaction 'bizarre'

kyivpost.com     12 hrs ago   2 related          

WARSAW, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday that Russia's reaction to the U.S.-Polish missile shield agreement "borders on the bizarre" but denied Washington wanted a confrontation with...                    

PKN Orlen may sack CEO Heydel in Sept-report

finanznachrichten.de     12 hrs ago          

WARSAW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Poland's largest oil company, PKN Orlen , may dismiss Chief Executive Wojciech Heydel and replace him with his state-appointed deputy, newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Thursday, without...                    

AmRest offers $9 mln to boost Sfinks stake

finanznachrichten.de     12 hrs ago          

WARSAW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Polish restaurant operator AmRest has offered 20.2 million zlotys ($9 million) for 11.2 percent of smaller rival Sfinks to boost its stake to 25.5 percent, the company said in a...                    

NBC Universal Global Networks Establishes Operations in Poland to Support Channel's Growth

finanznachrichten.de     12 hrs ago          

Colin McLeod, Managing Director, CEE, NBC Universal Global Networks, today unveiled the opening of a Warsaw based office for Global Networks and recruitment of key positions. NBCU Global Networks will establish direct...                    

Soviets Attacked Czechs' 'Virus Of Freedom' In '68

npr.org     16 hrs ago   7 related          

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET Prague residents carry a Czechoslovak flag and throw burning torches in an attempt to stop a Soviet tank during the Aug. 21, 1968, invasion by the Warsaw Pact...                    

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