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DATE: FRIDAY, March 30, 1990                   TAG: 9003300858
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/7   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA                                 LENGTH: Short

SLOVAKS PROTEST REPUBLIC'S NEW NAME

Thousands of Slovaks gathered today outside the regional Parliament in Bratislava to protest the new name of the nation, the state news agency CTK reported.

The name "Czechoslovak Federative Republic" was adopted Thursday night after a daylong discussion in the federal Parliament and weeks of growing tensions between the Czechs and Slovaks.

Deputies from the Czech lands favored the name Czechoslovak Federative Republic, while Slovak deputies wanted a hyphen in "Czecho-Slovak Republic," to underline the equal status of the two constituent republics. -Associated Press

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