Tens of thousands back Czech president amid cabinet dispute
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Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied on Sunday to support President Petr Pavel in his dispute with the country's foreign minister. In an escalating rift with the government , Pavel last week accused Foreign Minister Petr Macinka of attempted blackmail over a cabinet post. At the core of the dispute is Pavel's continued opposition to Filip Turek's nomination as a government minister due to his involvement in a series of scandals. Police did not provide an official estimate of the crowd, but
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