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A Prague-based think-tank, the Program of Atlantic Security Studies (PASS), held a conference this week on the New Europe and the trans-Atlantic debate. Foreign policy issues that came to the fore were - first and foremost - new dialogue between the U.S. and Europe following the political rift over the war in Iraq. Jan Velinger attended part of the debate, and joins us in the studio to tell us how different foreign policy specialists expressed their views. Jan, what was your overall impression? More

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Russia has entered two official days of mourning for the dead - parents and children - killed in the bloody siege at the school in Beslan, North Ossetia. They had looked forward to a new school year, instead they were victims to the worst terrorist attack since 9/11 that has left Russia - and much of the world - reeling. Countries around the globe have already offered support, among them the Czech Republic, offering recuperative stays for children and families to overcome the trauma they experienced.  More

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Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, investigators laboured under the false belief that the suspected ringleader of the 9/11 hijacking, Mohamed Atta of Egypt, had twice travelled to Prague on urgent business in the spring of 2000, shortly before flying from the Czech capital to the United States to join up with his terrorist cell. In fact, two "Mohamed Attas" visited Prague within a few days of each other. More

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