Marcus L. Endicott wrote:
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> From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
>
> >Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 08:05:05 -0500 (CDT)
> >From: Peter Durcansky <dudlo@poboxes.com>
>
> >RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 1, No. 130, Part II, 2 October 1997
> >
> > A selection from the RFE/RL Newsline
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> >KLAUS FAVORS ABOLITION OF LAW BANNING NOMADIC LIFESTYLE.
> >Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus told CTK on 1. October he favors a
> >Communist Party proposal to repeal a 1958 law banning people
> >from leading a nomadic way of life. The law, when passed was
> >aimed primarily at the country's Roma population to ensure that
> >they could no longer travel about the country in caravans. He
> >says this is the first time the government had unconditionally
> >agreed with a proposal from the Communists. Meanwhile, a member
> >of the Canadian Council for Immigration and Refugees is in the
> >Czech Republic on a two week fact-finding mission on the
> >situation of Roma.
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