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PORN LAW Parliament’s lower house unanimously passed a bill June 13 that would make it illegal to possess child porn, Hospodářské noviny reported June 15. The bill carries a sentence of up to two years for those convicted. It needs Senate and presidential approval before becoming law.

FOUND A woman who pretended to be a 13-year-old girl and escaped from a children’s home walked into the Czech Embassy in Denmark June 15. Barbora Škrlová, 32, told Lidové noviny she had invented an alter-ego, Anna, to cope with adult life. The case came to light after her adopted mother was charged with child abuse. Škrlová fled in May, spurring an extensive police search. She is staying with relatives in Denmark.
SENTENCED Israeli citizen Yakov Moshaylov was sentenced June 18 to five years in prison for a 2004 grenade attack in Prague that injured 17 people. Moshaylov had tried to throw a grenade into a Jeep carrying a casino owner and three other men. He missed his target and fled the scene. Moshaylov will serve his sentence in Israel.
SCHOOL Education Minister Dana Kuchtová is preparing legislation that would allow children of illegal immigrants to freely attend national schools, Mladá fronta Dnes reported June 19. The bill would relieve schools of the responsibility to report students’ immigration status to police. Interior Minister Ivan Langer opposes the step.
RECOVERY A 25-year-old man has regained consciousness a week after driving his car into a stream and spending 30 minutes underwater, the Czech News Agency reported June 17. A spokeswoman for Orlová Hospital in north Moravia said the man can  recall details from his life before the accident. Rescuers took half an hour to resuscitate the man, who suffered from hypothermia and heart failure.


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