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met Petra Edelmannova, the leader of the marginal right-wing National
Party, though he told reporters the talks had no particular goal. But is
there a chance the Civic Democrats could in some way link up with the
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The Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka paid a one-day visit to Prague on
Thursday - and praised Czech counterpart Jiri Paroubek's efforts at
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Current AffairsKlaus causes controversy with comments about multiculturalism, terror
President Vaclav Klaus is in hot water again after controversial comments
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