Vaclav Havel returns to original vocation with staging of first new play in 20 years
                   
iht.com     May 20, 2008            

It's been an eagerly anticipated comeback. The first new work in 20 years by Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution and went on to become its president, is having its world premiere on Thursday at Prague's Archa Theater. "Leaving" is about the leader of... [read full story]                    


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Warsaw Pact occupation of Czechoslovakia: 40 years later

motls.blogspot.com     14 hrs ago   1 related          

Video 1: Pictures mostly from Prague. The sound features (otherwise patriotic) radio hosts who are telling the people that it makes no sense to resist physically because the invaders are far too strong - a theme about...                    

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New in paperback: Week of Aug. 18 - roanoke.com

roanoke.com     Aug 19, 2008          

"The Best Of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship," by Sara James and Ginger Mauney. (Harper, $14.95.) The subjects of this lively dual memoir speak in alternating chapters, describing a closeness...                    

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Czech govt to send aid to Georgia

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ČR supports Georgia´s territorial integrity Prague - The Czech Republic will donate an aid of CZK 150 million (EUR 6 million) to Georgia in order to help the Caucasian republic stricken by a recent humanitarian crisis. Czech PM...                    

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VIDEO: Georgia - a new Cold War?

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Aug 20 - Forty years ago Soviet tanks moved into Prague; with Russian tanks in Georgia now some fear a new Cold War. The United States has seen initial signs that Russia is withdrawing some of its forces from Georgia but US...                    

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