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A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials said Thursday. Complete Story...
Rafael Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic next month.
The Obama administration hopes the Czech Republic will play an important role in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan, a top American official said Monday.
Senior U.S. and Czech defense officials held talks Friday to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.
A charter designed to transform the 27 countries and half a billion people of the European Union into a more unified and powerful global player has passed its last major hurdle and looks set to become law within weeks.
The European Union's stalled reform treaty overcame a crucial hurdle Thursday after EU leaders agreed to last-minute demands from the Czech Republic in return for the country's ratification of the ambitious deal.
Farmers sprayed milk onto fields across the Czech Republic on Thursday to protest low prices.
Vice President Joe Biden made significant strides during a trip to Central Europe this week in relieving anxieties the Obama administration stirred up last month when it scrapped a Bush-era plan for missile defense.
Nebraska is considering additional and different background checks for job applicants at state prisons after the state discovered it had hired as a guard a man wanted in the Czech Republic on drug and fraud allegations.
World champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea captured the Trophee Bompard on Saturday, winning the free skate with a flawless performance to finish ahead of Japanese skaters Mao Asada and Yukari Nakano.
The top two seeded players of the Generali Ladies lost Saturday, leaving Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic to play for the title.
A 57-year-old jockey rode Tiumen to victory at the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase in the Czech Republic.
Poland's president approved the European Union reform treaty on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the Czech Republic as the only nation yet to sign off on the agreement designed to sharpen EU decision-making and increase its influence.
The Davis Cup final between Spain and the Czech Republic in December will be played in either Valencia or Barcelona.
The Czech Republic rallied to beat Costa Rica 3-2 at the Under-20 World Cup on Saturday, but Costa Rica still reached the knockout stage on goal difference, eliminating the United States.
Rafael Nadal has recovered from an abdominal injury and made himself available for Spain's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic in December.
Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a low-key pilgrimage to the fiercely secular Czech Republic on Monday, reaching out to nonbelievers and calling on an increasingly diverse Europe to embrace Christian teachings.
Pope Benedict XVI is going to the heart of central Europe 20 years after the fall of communism ended restrictions on religion. But what he will find is a Czech Republic where nearly half the population professes to be nonbelievers.
The Czech Republic reached its first Davis Cup final in 29 years Saturday after securing an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Croatia by winning the doubles.
Radek Stepanek overcame a record 78 aces to defeat Ivo Karlovic in five sets in one of the longest matches in tennis history on Friday, when the Czech Republic took a 2-0 lead over Croatia in the Davis Cup semifinals.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a U.S. decision to shelve plans for a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland "is a positive step."
Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.
Elena Dementieva's U.S. Open tuneup was an overwhelming success.
EU reform treaty passes last test - agreement creates a President of EuropeThe president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, has signed the EU's Lisbon Treaty, the final step in the charter's ratification. The treaty was drawn up to streamline decision-making in the EU, and is a watered-down version of a draft EU constitution rejected four years ago. …
Biden seeks to calm allies over Russian resetVice President Joe Biden is traveling to Central Europe to reassure leaders who are nervous that the Obama administration's courting of Russia means a reduced commitment to their security.
Debacle in Moscow by Charles Krauthammer"About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had waited a few years, h …
Uphill Fight for Pope Among Secular Czechs As Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Czech Republic on Saturday on a three-day pilgrimage aimed at battling against the forces of secularism, religious leaders warned that he faced a daunting challenge in a nation of mostly natural-born skeptics
Mark Helprin: Obama and the Politics of Concession During last year's campaign, Sen. Joe Biden famously remarked that, if his ticket won, it wouldn't be long before "the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy" on foreign affairs.
EDITORIAL: Worst foreign policy ever. Wednesday, September 23, 2009Tomorrow, President Obama will chair a special nuclear-disarmament meeting by the United Nations Security Council. The White House bills this as a historic first, but it is typical of Mr. Obama's emphasis on style over substance.
Envisioning A World Without America - An Iranian mullah once said "a world without America and Zionism" was a real possibility. Our sellout of Eastern Europe and missile defense brings that dream closer to reality. It would take only one warhead.
Will Obama harness his potential in Europe". . .In Europe, President Obama is still the most popular American leader in recent memory. Yet he has failed to capitalize on this popularity, in part because he has failed to use it.
The Ballistic Missile Defense Decision -- Russia, the US, Poland, Israel and Iran"From the Russian point of view, the gesture is welcome but insufficient. They are not going to solve a major strategic problem for the United States simply in return for moving the BMD.
Scientists track meteor from sky to Australian desertWest Australian scientists have used photos of 'fireballs' in the night sky to track down a rare meteorite which is expected to provide clues into the turbulent origins of the universe.
Our Missile-Defense Race Against Iran - WSJ.comPerhaps the most surprising thing about the Obama administration's decision last Thursday to scrap missile-defense deployments in Poland and the Czech Republic is that it was so long in coming.
Obama cedes Eastern Europe to Putin and A'jadLast week Obama canceled American missile defense plans for Poland and the Czech Republic, leaving Eastern Europe at the tender mercies of Putin and Ahmadinejad.
How Obama Flubbed His Missile Message. by Gerald Posner. September 18, 2009 | 12:39amAn interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, at age 81. Scrapping missile defense was the right thing to do, says former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski—but how the U.S. conveyed the decision to its Eastern European allies couldn't have been worse.
Views from Czech Republic: Klaus: Radar withdrawal won't harm Czech-US relations President Václav Klaus is convinced that the US decision to withdraw from the planned anti-missile radar on Czech soil does not mean a cooling of relations between the two countries, he said Thursday.
A new defense plan for Iranian missiles bruises some European friends -- and brings smiles to Moscow.". . .It may be, as the Pentagon says, that its new plan will provide better protection more quickly from the threat of Iranian missiles. And that, after all, is the point of this project. Mr.
US 'to cut missile defence plan'The Wall Street Journal reported: "The US will base its decision on a determination that Iran's long-range missile program has not progressed as rapidly as previously estimated, reducing the threat to the continental US and major European capitals, according to current and former …
U.S. to Scrap Eastern European "Missile Shield" Bases Washington will scrap plans to put anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic and is looking at alternatives including Israel and Turkey, a Polish newspaper reported Aug. 27, citing U.S. officials.
Cold War Heroes Beg Obama Not to Scrap Missile DefenseCold War heroes Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel, along with 20 other European leaders and intellectuals, have written an open letter to Barack Obama pleading with him not to cave in to Russia and give up on missile defense.
Obama says U.S. missile shield set to counter Iran, not Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire"U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with a prominent Russian newspaper that the planned deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe was intended to counter Iran, not Russia."
Pirate parties parade through Prague, ParisAfter the electoral success of Sweden's Pirate Party earlier this month, Pirate Parties are a-popping in Europe. The newest ones have appeared in France and the Czech Republic over the last few weeks.
Czech Jewish cemetery desecrated A Jewish cemetery has been desecrated in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, members of the community there said Tuesday.
6 drown as floods hit Czech Republic, AustriaAt least six people have drowned in flooding that has hit the eastern Czech Republic after heavy rains, officials said Thursday.
Free boob jobs offered to nurses at Prague clinicAN understaffed Prague clinic has signed up nurses by offering boob jobs, liposuction and tummy tucks as a bonus.
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