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EU Christians Czech Castro By Mark D. Tooley FrontPageMagazine.com | August 24, 2006 Although Western mainline church officials have refused to criticize Fidel Castro for decades, some East European Christians are now speaking out. The head of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic is directly challenging the head of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches over his criticisms of America's anti-Castro policy. "From our own experiences churches in Central and Eastern Europe are aware of what it means to live under a repressive totalitarian regime of the type, which, according to our opinion, exists in Cuba," gently...

Czech politicians exchange blows Czech Health Minister David Rath has been in a punch-up with his right-wing rival, Miroslav Macek, during a meeting of disgruntled dentists in Prague. Mr Macek, a presidential adviser and former deputy PM who is also a dentist, broke off an address to slap Mr Rath hard on the back of the head. Mr Rath responded by calling him a coward and the two men traded blows. This rare case of violence in Czech politics comes two weeks before highly anticipated parliamentary elections. The meeting of dentists, at which Mr Macek was moderator, took place at...