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07/20/2008
A man from Kolín who was attacked by a dog on Thursday has died in hospital. An 81-year old man from the central Bohemian town of Kolín was in the backyard of his house, when the Argentinian Mastiff, belonging to his neighbour, attacked. His daughter, who tried to help him, was badly mauled as well. Police officers who arrived at the scene shot the dog when it turned to attack them. Cases of dogs attacking people have appeared in the media with increasing frequency and evoked much public concern. The latest incident has prompted some lawmakers to call for a tighter law in dog ownership.
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07/20/2008
Every eighth victim of a road accident during the last six months has been a motorbike driver, according to recent police statistics. Altogether 56 motorcyclists have lost their lives on Czech roads since the beginning of this year. The most frequent victims of road accidents are men between the age of 25 and 34. Police attribute the fact to a rising number in motorcycle sales, which has been caused by falling prices. The sale of motorbikes in the Czech Republic has tripled over the past ten years.
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07/20/2008
The Czech Republic has the fourth most expensive diesel in Europe, according to the data published by a German website clever-tanken.de. At the end of this week, diesel in the Czech Republic was selling for 34.77 crowns a litre, a price exceeded only in Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Italy. The cost of the country’s best-selling Natural 95 petrol is the thirteenth most expensive in Europe.
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07/20/2008
The administration of Krkonoše National Park has limited access to some areas of the park to protect it against an invasion of blueberry pickers. The measure will stay in force till mid-October. Those who are caught breaking the ban face a fine up to 10 000 crowns. Tourist and bike tracks will stay accessible as usual. According to estimates, the amount of blueberries harvested per year goes up to 200 000 litres. The price for this amount on the market amounts to millions of crowns.
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07/20/2008
German singer Ute Lemper will perform at the fourth annual summer festival Prague Proms on Sunday. The event, which continues until August 3, offers 18 performances of domestic and foreign artists. The concerts take place in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague.
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07/20/2008
Tomáš Dvořák, three-time decathlon world champion, has not completed the final competition of his career. Dvořák has pulled out of the national championship, when he sustained an injury in the first event on day two, the 110 m hurdles. The 36-year old decathlete, who has been dogged by injuries in recent years, will continue to work as a trainer and a sports commentator for the Czech television.
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07/20/2008
Czech tennis player Lucie Hradecká has failed to win her first WTA title at the tournament in Bad Gastein, Austria. The Czech was beaten by France’s Pauline Parmentier 4:6, 4:6.
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07/19/2008
Czech police on Tuesday arrested a dangerous paedophile from Britain, who is suspected of abusing underage girls, daily Právo reported. The 21-year old man is suspected of 16 criminal offences, including rape and making child pornography and faces life imprisonment in Britain. International warrant for his arrest was issued only three weeks ago. According to the police, it is unlikely that he committed any crime in the Czech Republic. The man has been taken to preliminary custody and is awaiting extradition to Britain.
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07/19/2008
Czech military airplane flying to Afghanistan, which was denied transit over Turkmenistan on Friday, has left Prague again after receiving a written permit from Turkmen authorities. The plane is carrying Afghan children who were treated in the Czech Republic, soldiers who are returning from holiday back to the Afghan mission as well as part of a new contingent.
The Czechs were given a verbal promise on Friday that they could fly over Turkmenistan but the country’s authorities eventually refused to issue a written permit and the plane had to return to the Czech Republic. The plane took off from Prague’s Kbely airport once again on Saturday after it was given a written consent. Czech planes had encountered similar problems with Turkmen authorities in 2006 and 2007.
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07/19/2008
Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanová was the first Czech politician to be present at the test of US anti-missile system in the Integration and Operations Centre at Schriever air force base, Colorado Springs. The US missile was launched from Kodiak base in Alaska, falling into the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometres off the Mexican shore. Also present at the test was the Czech Ambassador to NATO Štefan Fuele, the army chief-of-staff Vlastimil Picek and several Czech journalists.
The US centre is to assess information on the radar base to be built roughly 70 kilometres southwest of Prague. Czech Ambassador to NATO said that it was likely the Czech Republic will have its own representative at the site in connection with a planned US radar base on Czech soil.
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