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...Malangi inspired the design of Australia's first dollar note, the genre hasn't always been a license to print money. When Maningrida barks were presented in Sydney in the early '70s, they were derided as "rubbish." It's taken European eyes to turn them into fine-art gold. Czech artist and anthropologist Karel Kupka began amassing barks in the '50s, and his collection will feature in the African and Oceanic art museum opening at Quai Branly, Paris, in 2006. Meanwhile, a Mawurndjul survey is planned for Basel's Museum der Kulturen next year...
...Odds of former Czech President Vaclav Havel winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year, according to betting website Centrebet...
Jakub Scholtz ’08, who is from the Czech Republic, said that he was surprised that Summers seemed so casual and charismatic in his speech...
...broke up briefly with rebels staging a 24-hour boycott at week's end: rebel leaders accused Khartoum of a hand in the deaths of dozens of civilians even as negotiations took place. Khartoum remained confident that it would not face sanctions. - By Simon Robinson By a Whistle CZECH REPUBLIC The coalition government of new Prime Minister Stanislav Gross survived a mandatory vote of confidence in parliament, winning by just 101 votes to 99. Gross replaced fellow Social Democrat Vladimír Spidla, who resigned in June following the party's poor performance in European elections. Gross...
...country and doesn't speak the language, but the Greeks count Pappas as one of their own. His great-grandfather left Athens for the U.S. in the early 1900s. THE COMPETITION He's the 2003 world champion but struggling to stay in top form. Roman Sebrle, a Czech, will be one of his top rivals in this two-day, 10-event contest that includes running, jumping and throwing...