Hundreds protested against the treaty on US radar base

Prague - While Condoleezza Rice was having dinner with some of the Czech lawmakers yesterday, hundreds of people attended a protest rally on the Wenceslas Square against signing the US radar base treaty in the Czech Republic. US Secretary of State Rice and her Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg signed the first part of the treaty yesterday around 3 pm. Demonstrators launched their march at 6 pm and went up to the Prague Castle where the official dinner ceremony was taking place. Read more: US and ČR sign missile defense treaty in Prague Protest organizers tried to pass a petition to Dr. Rice, but policemen refused to accept it and told them to hand it over to the US embassy in Prague. While passing through the streets of downtown Prague, the protesters cried slogans such as "Bush is a terrorist" or "Shame on our... [read full story]