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06/06/2007
Police in South Africa have said they cannot re-arrest fugitive Czech billionaire Radovan Krejcir - who left their custody last Monday - until Friday at the earliest. According to a spokesperson for the South African police, Krejcir's lawyers have filed a suit to prevent their client from being re-apprehended and that his case will be heard on Friday.
Mr Krejcir, who is wanted for extensive fraud and conspiracy to murder, managed to escape from the Czech Republic during a police raid on his villa in 2005. He moved to the Seychelles, where the authorities refused to extradite him because he had bought Seychelles citizenship.
Mr Krejcir was apprehended on the basis of an Interpol arrest warrant while on a trip to South Africa in April. Czech authorities had been negotiating with the South African government for his extradition, but his lawyers managed to convince the detention centre holding Mr Krejcir to release him. His whereabouts are now unknown.
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06/06/2007
Czech Defence minister Vlasta Parkanova caused a furore on Tuesday by presenting the visiting US President George Bush with a song in support of a proposed controversial American radar base in this country. The minister gave the president a CD recording of her singing an old, communist-era song with special lyrics welcoming the idea of a US radar facility in the Czech Republic. It's a move that has prompted ridicule among MPs opposed to the radar and even those tentatively in favour of the plan - such as senior Christian Democrat MP Cyril Svoboda - have said that her action was ill advised. Ms Parkanova, for her part, claims that she was simply trying to lighten the poisonous atmosphere that has surrounded the debate about the hotly disputed base.
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06/06/2007
Czech Airlines have filed a criminal lawsuit against an American man who travelled with a rare form of tuberculosis on one of their flights and may have infected other passengers. The suit charges the man, Andrew Speaker, with spreading an infectious disease. Mr Speaker, who has been infected with a contagious "super TB" bug, had been ordered by American authorities not to go on long-distance flights, but ignored these instructions. Doctors say he may have infected four Czechs with the virus on a Czech Airlines flight from Prague to Montreal on 24 May.
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06/06/2007
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has criticised what he described as the EU's strangely diplomatic approach to Cuba. Speaking at a conference of pro-democracy activists in Berlin, Mr Havel said EU countries tended to appease the Castro regime by not inviting dissidents to events at their embassies in Havana. He also implied that the European Union should try and catch up with the United States in terms of it support for human rights in addition to competing with America economically.
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06/06/2007
The Zlin region was badly affected by torrential rain on Wednesday, which has damaged homes and disrupted traffic in the region. The worst affected area is in the Uherske Hradiste district, where emergency services had to answer several calls to deal with blocked sewerage pipes. An underpass near the town hospital was also inundated, leaving several cars stranded.
Earlier in Zlin's Prstne district, emergency services spent much of Tuesday evening clearing flood damage after the dike of a nearby pond broke. A fire department spokesperson said that the devastation was immense as the area been suddenly hit by a strong wave. Several houses were flooded and some roads were also damaged. The dike was recently repaired but burst due to high water pressure caused by heavy rain.
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06/06/2007
Last May, there were 547 people aged 100 years or more in the Czech Republic, according to information from the Czech Social Security Administration (CSSZ). The CSSZ announced on Wednesday that 458 women and 89 men had identity documents proving they had been born in 1907 or earlier. The number of centenarians is steadily growing in the Czech Republic. Last November, there were 404 of them, while there were only 354 in November 2005. The Czech Republic has a population of around 10 million. The oldest Czech person is currently Marie Kraslova from South Bohemia who was 108 last November. Czech population experts predict that modern healthcare and improved living standards should see the number of centenarians living in the country rise to almost 19,000 within 60 years.
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06/06/2007
Czech authorities say they have not received any request from the American actress Angelina Jolie to adopt a child from the Czech Republic. Earlier, Britain's The Sun newspaper had claimed that Ms Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt were going to adopt a Czech boy from a Catholic orphanage in Prague, which they had been visiting while shooting a movie in the city. Angelina Jolie has already adopted children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Japan.
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06/05/2007
US President George W. Bush criticized Russia and China on democracy at an international conference in Prague on Tuesday. Speaking to democracy and human rights activists at the conference named "Democracy and Security: Core Values and Sound Policies, he said that the "reforms in Russia that once promised to empower citizens have been derailed with troubling implications for democratic development". In China, the US President said, "leaders believe that they can continue to open the nation's economy without also opening its political system".
US President George W. Bush arrived in Prague for a one-day visit on Monday evening. He left for Germany on Tuesday evening, where he is scheduled to attend is the G8 summit and meet his Russian counterpart on Thursday.
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06/05/2007
On Tuesday morning, the US President met with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Speaking to journalists after the meeting at Prague Castle, Mr Bush said a US plan to build part of its missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland is a "purely defensive" measure. He stressed that the defence shield is not aimed at Russia and that his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin would be not to fear the missile defence system but rather cooperate with Washington and send generals and scientists over to see how such a system would work.
Mr Bush was reacting to warnings from President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that if the American nuclear capability widens across European territory then Russia would give itself new targets in Europe. Mr. Putin acknowledged that Russia's response risked starting an arms race, but he said Moscow would not be responsible for the consequences because Washington had started it.
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06/05/2007
At Prague Castle, US President Bush also discussed Washington's visa policy and pledged to work with Congress to waive the visa requirement for Czechs. While US citizens do not need a visa to visit the Czech Republic, the visa-free policy is not reciprocal. Following the meeting with Mr Bush, Prime Minister Topolanek told journalists that the visa requirement is unjust and should be abolished.
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