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                    [Title] => President pelted on Velvet Revolution anniversary
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Celebrations on yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution felt more like an uprising against the current Czech president.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-18 05:43:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1436331 [AuthorName] => Karel Janicek [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392056 [Title] => A Czech photo exhibit on year 1989 at Instituto Cervantes [Summary] =>

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of a historic year, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and Instituto Cervantes mount a photo exhibit titled “1989 as Seen by Photographers” at the Gallery of Instituto Cervantes.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20141117/Czech-photo-exhibit-Instituto-Cervantes.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 762097 [Title] => Another pitch for federalism, otherwise... [Summary] =>

By now, all the media outlets have already finished doing their ranking of the biggest stories of the year 2011 and my vote for the top story goes to the death of world’s number one terrorist Osama bin Laden.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 629911 [Title] => Free film screenings at FEU [Summary] =>

Far Eastern University (FEU), through its President’s Committee on Culture, presents FEUlikulahan 3, a three-day film festival which aims to promote appreciation of independent, homegrown and foreign films among FEU students and the public.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 524166 [Title] => Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago [Summary] =>

Thousands marched through the Czech capital yesterday in commemoration of a student protest 20 years ago that grew into the human tidal wave sweeping away the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-18 02:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 6904 [Title] => US-Iranians 'reveal' links to US democracy drive [Summary] =>

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran yesterday defied US outrage to broadcast a television programme in which two US-Iranians jailed since May on charges of harming national security "revealed" their links to a US democracy drive.

Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh said in separate interviews that they had contacts with US institutions whose ultimate aim was to bring about change in the Islamic republic.
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