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Central Oklahoma continued to experience dozens of aftershocks Sunday, nearly 24 hours since the state's strongest earthquake since 1952 was felt throughout the region.

Voters in the Czech Republic went to the polls to elect a new parliament that will replace the caretaker government that has been in charge since last year.

My name is Anne Feeley. I am an American, a mother, a feminist, a baker, a wife, an atheist and a liberal Democrat. I am also a brain cancer survivor and an activist for brain cancer research and patient care.

When people ask me about the scariest situation I've ever been in, I think back to a taxi ride I took to the Moscow airport in the early '90s. A no-neck guy who looked like a classic Russian mafia thug picked me up in a beat-up old car and drove for an hour down puddle-filled alleys and past derelict apartment buildings. All I could think about were those movie scenes where the good guy is taken down to the riverbank to be shot. Instead, the no-neck pulled up to the airport, shook my hand, and said, "Have a good fly."

Prague has not been nicknamed "Zlata Praha" or "Golden Prague" for no good reason. The well-deserved eponym is a tribute to this city that mixes architecture, history, art and beauty like no other.

Petra Nemcova is a former Victoria's Secret supermodel-turned-philanthropist.

A fire in the air traffic control tower at the Prague airport caused it to shut down and suspend or divert flights for several hours Saturday, a spokeswoman said.

When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I always discussed with my most trusted friends what it might be like to live in a free world. We were locked behind the Iron Curtain and none of us believed we would live to see the fall of the communist dictatorship. My father used to say: "Every dictatorship will fall one day because it is inhuman, it is not natural. But communism is here for a long haul. We are not going to see it in our life times." Thank God, we were all wrong.

Fireworks and rock 'n' roll echoed across central Prague on Tuesday as thousands of marchers commemorated the 20th anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution" that toppled Communist rule.

"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" has more than a few jaw-dropping scenes.

From its colorful Old Town square to sumptuous Art Nouveau facades, Prague offers plenty to see and do. But if you're willing to leave the city and explore the nearby Bohemian countryside, you'll be rewarded with extraordinary scenery, moving sights and one bone-chilling church.

My hotel room is still dark when the phone rings. "It's pretty rainy out there," Ken Wong says. He sounds practically gleeful about this turn of events.

Another day, another castle. But no one's complaining.

PEOPLE has the first look at "Part of the List," in which the R&B star unexpectedly runs into an ex

The R&B star offers PEOPLE a glimpse at the making of his new video

It was another eventful Sunday, beginning with an early-morning wake-up call for the traveling President Obama.

It was another eventful Sunday, beginning with an early-morning wake-up call for the traveling President Obama.

There's nothing like a little time travel to get the day started.

The Czech playwright-turned-president-turned -playwright turns a jaundiced eye on his 'Velvet Revolution'

Remember the romance of Prague in the early nineties -- the faded façades, the atmospheric bars, the thrill of discovering a secret city? During the summer, when you're elbow-to-elbow with beer-swilling tourists in the Old Town, those halcyon days seem far away. But fairy-tale Prague is there, especially if you visit in winter, when the crowds have dispersed.

A Russian plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Prague Thursday after an apparently intoxicated passenger threatened to detonate a bomb, officials said.

The city once known for really dreary food -- from meat to potatoes and back -- has learned to lighten up. Even vegetarians can have a fulfilling experience.

Heavy snow across northern and central areas of Europe continued to cause problems for travelers on Friday with dangerous conditions expected into the weekend.

Heavy snow and freezing conditions continued to disrupt travel across Europe on Thursday amid warnings that more severe weather is on the way.

Authorities on Saturday verified that blood found in the cockpit of the Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens, Greece, this week was that of a flight attendant, according to a source close to the investigation.

A Cypriot plane with "no sign of life" in its cockpit while approaching Athens crashed into a mountain near Marathon on Sunday, Greek officials said. They said all 121 people aboard died.

A suggestion that the so-called "Piano Man" may be a Czech musician is a significant lead, the health trust that is caring for him says.

AFTER LOSING HUNDREDS OF millions of dollars in a real-life Czech TV soap opera, Estée Lauder cosmetics heir and philanthropist Ronald Lauder got mad. Now he's getting even. Last month Lauder regai...

Nancy Bishop's life follows the track of so many who live a life abroad. She visited Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, for the first time in 1993. She returned to the city in the following two years, and moved there in 1996.

Czech authorities are blaming criminal elements for a grenade attack near a casino in Prague.

A pain in the shoulder, which stopped David Bowie halfway through his concert in Prague, has now forced the singer to cancel the rest of his European tour, he announced Wednesday.

If you are anxious to see much of the Soviet-style Eastern Europe, then Prague and the Czech Republic are probably not the places to be. The difference between the two old states of Czechoslovakia is very noticeable indeed.

For two weeks, Richard Quest and his team are traveling around countries about to join the European Union on May 1. We asked for your views. Richard's replies are in italics.

The scene: a nightclub in Prague -- not an uncommon sight in a country on the brink of joining the European Union.

Czech Republic Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla returned home but canceled his schedule for the next three days after collapsing Friday morning during a meeting in parliament, according to the Czech News Agency (CTK).

After almost two years, prosecutors have finally moved against Viktor Kozeny, the flamboyant, globetrotting con man known as the Pirate of Prague.

Prague before spring

Only Viktor Kozeny, the infamous "Pirate of Prague," could name a price like this: $338,625 for three weeks in his Aspen ski chalet. And who better to take him up on it than Richard Braddock, the c...

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What's bright green, tastes funny, may cause weird sensations and seizures if you're daring enough to drink it, and is suddenly showing up in all the really cool places these days? If you answered ...

The next time you consider sailing your small investor dinghy into the tempting but turbulent waters of an emerging market, keep the following exchange in mind: When FORTUNE asked swashbuckling fin...

After six years of false starts, hardship, and loud public skepticism, Central Europe's three main economies have emerged from the Russian bear's shadow and look sustainably bullish. The Czech stoc...

Autumn is here, and the sight of yellow school buses should goad parents of thumb-sucking toddlers to start doing something about college tuition. After all, fees have been racing skyward by an ave...

DANIEL ARBESS was a baby-faced associate at the venerable New York law firm White & Case when he first traveled to Prague on vacation. It was December 1989, and the Czech capital was just emerging ...

The prosperous Czech Republic faces an unusual problem: too much foreign capital. The central bank's reserves of Western currency rose from $3.8 billion to some $5.3 billion in this year's first ni...

Vaclav Klaus, 52, a free-market economist who is Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, is widely considered one of Eastern Europe's most effective political leaders. Says Prague entrepreneur Michae...

U.S. vacationers get value for their dollar in the three countries portrayed here. General advice: Bring phrase books and remember that German, not English, is the dominant second language. Count o...

This is one of those good news/bad news situations: The surge in oil prices has sent the cost of travel soaring -- up six times higher than the consumer price index this year. As a result, nervous ...

Let the flags wave and the bells ring the New Year in! For the great crowds filling Wenceslas Square in Prague (left) are celebrating more than just the end of Communist rule. They herald the dawn ...

Despite the astonishing events in Prague and East Berlin, most pros advise against making big bets now on Communism's collapse. Says Kurt Schiltknecht, chairman of Switzerland's Bank Leu: ''Let's w...

Now that the Cold War is over, the hot season for travel to Eastern Europe is about to begin. Hyatt, Marriott, Sheraton, and some other chains farsightedly opened hotels in different capitals. Besi...

In mid-January we were spending a lot of time trying to figure out the point of the highly heralded human rights agreement being hammered out in Vienna (and finally signed there on January 15). The...

Okay. Gasoline prices are up about 10% to 15% from those glorious less-than- a- buck levels you enjoyed last summer. But look on the bright side. You could be filling up in Prague. Americans actual...