Czechs Mark 15th Anniversary of Uprising
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Evoking decades of repressive rule, Czechs took to the streets for concerts and speeches by former dissidents Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communism.
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BERLIN: Germany marked the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Tuesday with fond memories of that dayâs euphoric celebrations and somber ceremonies in honor of those killed in a desperate dash for freedom.
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Admirers of late president Slobodan Milosevic marked the first anniversary of his death with wreaths and speeches on Saturday, even as Serbia continues to grapple with consequences of his ruinous rule.
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Germany marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday, but many of its people aren't in the mood for celebration.
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Germans marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday, with high unemployment in the formerly communist east and a sense that the nation has not yet fully reunited.
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The Czech prime minister told a summit of 15 European leaders Friday that a planned missile defense system, parts of which the United States wants to base in the Czech Republic and Poland, is vital to Europe's security.
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President George W. Bush Tuesday marked the 15th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, calling it World Freedom Day.
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THE VELVET Generation, the young students and activists who demonstrated in Slovakia's squares in 1989, are now in their mid-thirties, and they have learned a thing or two about revolution.
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Ukraine marked the second anniversary of  its "Orange Revolution" with a minimum of fanfare on Wednesday,  with voters disillusioned by what they see as the failure of  its quarrelling leaders to bring about real change.
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Tens of thousands of people gathered on Tuesday for an anti-government rally in the Hungarian capital, a national holiday here to mark the 51st anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising.
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MOSCOW: Russia celebrated a holiday on Sunday that under the Julian calendar was in October, that commemorates the beginnings of a state that no longer exists.
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Poland will always remember Soviet soldiers who liberated Warsaw 60 years ago, Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski told RIA Novosti in an interview on Monday.
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Bells gently tolled as Ukrainian and foreign dignitaries on Wednesday commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of Jews at the Babi Yar ravine, placing flower-encircled candles at the foot of a giant monument to the tens of thousands of victims.
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Parisians mark the 60th anniversary of the French capital's liberation from the Nazis.
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Politics: 9 September 2004, Thursday. Celebrations across the country marked the 60th anniversary since the communist take-over in Bulgaria as Parliament condemned it in a declaration, backed by all but the ...
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Waving a Czech flag, a marcher flashes a V-sign in Prague, Czech Republic, on Wednesday during a demonstration commemorating the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.Keys are jingled in Prague during ...
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After the dual destructions wrought by the Holocaust and communism, Eastern European Jewish communal life was little more than a memory 15 years ago.