Karel Schwarzenberg, Renegade Czech Prince and Politician, Dies at 85

Karel Schwarzenberg, Renegade Czech Prince and Politician, Dies at 85 – Canada Boosts

Karel Schwarzenberg, a Czech prince who twice served as his nation’s international minister, performed a key function in the Velvet Revolution and quietly subverted aristocratic expectations, died shortly after midnight on Nov. 12 in a Vienna hospital. He was 85. His loss of life was confirmed by the Czech Overseas Ministry and by his daughter,…

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San Francisco's effort to clean up its tattered image suffers a blow after a Czech news crew is robbed of camera equipment during APEC Summit

San Francisco’s effort to clean up its tattered image suffers a blow after a Czech news crew is robbed of camera equipment during APEC Summit – Canada Boosts

San Francisco’s push to make use of a significant worldwide convention to reverse its picture as a metropolis in decline is getting off to a rocky begin.   A Czech journalist and his digital camera crew had been robbed at gunpoint Sunday night by three armed assailants, in response to a press release from the…

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