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the United Nations. As government ministers arrived for a cabinet meeting,
they were greeted by Greenpeace activists lying in body bags and holding
tattered flags of the United Nations. I was on the scene and spoke to Jan
Haverkamp, the director of Greenpeace's campaigns in the Czech Republic.
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on Tuesday - a one-day trip to Slovakia. President Klaus spent the day in
talks with his Slovak counterpart Rudolf Schuster and other senior Slovak
officials, talks which were overshadowed by the looming conflict in Iraq.
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Current AffairsCzech government sits on fence over Iraq
The Czech Republic's National Security Council held a special meeting on
Monday evening to decide how to proceed over Iraq. The result was a
non-committal stance: the country's political leaders agreed to wait until
war actually breaks out before adopting a position. Rob Cameron explains
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Press ReviewPress Review
As it does newspapers all over the world, one issue dominates the front
pages of all the Czech dailies: the prospect of a war with Iraq. The
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