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01/19/2008
Two men have drowned on a white-water rafting expedition in eastern Bohemia, police said Saturday. Three men fell out of their raft when it was tossed about on some rapids - one of the men was saved by fireman, while divers are still searching for the other two. The police have presumed both individuals dead. A fourth man survived having managed to stay in the raft when it entered dangerous waters. Both survivors have been taken to hospital. Their condition has not been commented upon.
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01/19/2008
In Tennis, Tomáš Berdych is through to the final 16 at the Australian Open, where he is set to meet the world number one Roger Federer. Berdych beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 3:6, 6:3, 7:6, 6:2 in slightly under two hours to progress through to the last 16. Berdych has played Federer seven times in the past, and suffered six defeats. Since winning against Federer at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, Berdych has failed to win a single set against Federer at their last six encounters.
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01/19/2008
Czech striker Michal Pospíšil has left Scottish Premier League side Hearts and signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Belgian team St Truiden. His agent made the announcement to the Czech press on Friday. The 28-year-old had played for Sparta Prague and Slovan Liberec before making the move to Scotland. St Truiden are second from bottom of the Belgian first division.
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01/19/2008
The first of two scheduled ski jumps at Harrachov in the north of Bohemia has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced. Saturday’s competition got off to a shaky start before the rain and strong winds forced organizers to call it off, said the FIS. Organisers are hoping for improved conditions for Sunday’s leg.
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01/18/2008
Police in west Bohemia have suggested that a march banned by officials which neo-Nazis had planned to hold in the city of Plzeň on Saturday may be moved to Prague. Police representatives revealed on Friday that some 700 extremists – including radicals from abroad – may still try and meet in the capital’s Palacký square. The square is the city’s version of speaker’s corner in London’s Hyde Park, where demonstrators can meet without permission from the authorities. Police have reacted by saying the number of patrols on the street will be increased in Prague on Saturday, while in west Bohemia officials are also preparing extensive measures: as many as 1,000 officers will be at the ready to break up any demonstration by right-wing radicals.
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01/18/2008
A Prague district court has ruled that the Prague-Koloděje Chateau, used by the Czech government for sessions as well as events, is to be returned to a descendant of the original owners, the Kumpera family. The Czechoslovak state confiscated the chateau under the controversial post-war Beneš Decrees in 1948. But in 2007 the Land Register decided that the chateau as well as surrounding land, owned by Prague City Hall, should be returned to the former owners under the country’s restitution law, granting the rights to Vítězslav Kumpera. The government took the matter to court; Friday’s decision can be appealed.
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01/18/2008
An Environment Ministry official has revealed that the European Commission is likely to order the Czech Republic to raise its renewable sources share in energy production by 14 percent by 2020. The information was revealed by Pavel Zámyslický of the Department of Climate Change, based on preliminary information from talks between Environment Minister Martin Bursík and his British counterpart on Thursday. The European Commission is to publish proposed new measures on January 23. Mr Zámyslický called the target number “a challenge” for the Czech Republic; currently 5 percent of energy in the country is based on renewable sources.
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01/18/2008
The country’s largest opposition party, the Social Democrats, originally wanted to back Constitutional Court chairman and former justice minister Pavel Rychetský for president, Czech daily Lidové noviny has reported. A party insider told the newspaper that Mr Rychetský was to have been the party’s trump card in the upcoming race. The Social Democrats, under party leader Jiří Paroubek, opted to back Czech-American economist Jan Švejnar instead. Mr Švejnar has also backed by the Greens. That decision garnered criticism from former party leader - and former prime minister - Miloš Zeman this week. He criticised the party for backing the economist as opposed to fielding their own candidate. Mr Švejnar is generally viewed as being more on the political right than leftist parties might traditionally support.
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01/18/2008
According to reports, the date for a planned debate between the two presidential candidates – incumbent Václav Klaus and challenger Jan Švejnar – has been set for Tuesday, January 29 in roughly ten days’ time. The debate will take place in the Senate and is organised by senators from the opposition Social Democratic party. Both Mr Klaus and Mr Švejnar will field questions from senators across the political spectrum. Previously, Mr Klaus rejected a public debate on the grounds the country’s president is elected by Parliament – not by direct vote.
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01/18/2008
Perpetrators of domestic violence in the Czech Republic could gain the chance to undergo therapy or be given special aid in the future, the minister in charge of human rights and ethnic minorities, Džamila Stehlíková, stated on Friday. Guidelines for working with individuals with tendencies towards violence will be prepared by the committee for domestic violence prevention, part of the government Council for Equal Opportunities. Similar programmes already exist in the US, Canada, Scandinavia as well as neighbouring Austria. Since 2007, legislation has ensured police in the Czech Republic can evict individuals from their homes for ten days, a measure aimed to protect victims and break the cycle of abuse. Last year almost 900 male and less 10 female perpetrators were forced to temporarily leave their homes. Almost 60 were repeat cases. Minister Stehlikova has pointed out that cases of repeated violence show there is a need to focus more on the perpetrators in dealing with the problem.
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