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Articles in the September 7th, 2005 issue

Tales from the shadows
A recent scandal typifies the privatization era. Will remaining sell-offs be cleaner?

Gas prices raise air pollution fears
A return to coal in small towns would pose new health risks

Praguers rally for Katrina victims
New Orleans calamity touches a nerve with Czech flood survivors

Presidential midterm: The Klaus report card

Seven Days

Big Sister (and backstage dealing)
The untold story of staged dramas and Big Brother's missing 13th contestant

Secretive lobbyists still wield influence
The untold story of staged dramas and Big Brother's missing 13th contestant

Strategic growth
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's arrival signals an all-clear for Japanese firms eyeing the Czech market

Profits push soccer off the air
Sports sponsors claim TV Nova reneged on contracts

Debt law to boost business climate
Analysts say existing bankruptcy regulations favor the courts

A mentorless generation of professionals
Common sense 2.0

Oil prices spike in Katrina's wake
Opposition call for cut in fuel taxes dismissed as populist maneuver

10 Questions
with Tomio Okamura

Movers and Shakers
Pecina to lead the ÚOHS

Biz Week

Transformed
Exhibition celebrates industrial hulks that have yielded the most modern structures in the republic

Pushing the boundaries of insensitivity
Provocative exhibit takes on advertising that increasingly disturbs its jaded audience

Around the world in 20 days
Prague Autumn brings a wealth of international talent to town

A new musical vocabulary
Bittová reaches back to childhood to blaze new trails

Acrobats and snake charmers
Musafir taps mystical music wellsprings at their source

Prague Picks

A dog's life
Luc Besson explores our animal nature

Gourmet leftovers
A sommelier discovers an unusual wine-food combo

Deep space
Plumbing the relations between diners and restaurateurs

Final round for battling biennales
Politics aside, the 'official' exhibit proves to be worth a visit

Skating into history
The true story behind the decks

A real head scratcher
Dining on the riverfront takes a perplexing turn

In a word
Cultural recognition of German heritage is key to future coexistence

Editorial Review
From the opinion pages of the Czech press

Fending off disasters, natural and man-made
Postview

Tide change
Analysts say the ČR is no longer directly dependent on its western neighbor

In Brief

Work shop
Experts say: formulate a plan early to find that dream job after graduation