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AIRPORT Prague authorities are discussing building both metro and train connections to Ruzyně Airport, Hospodářské noviny reported July 10. City Hall claims an extended metro line, estimated to cost 40 billion Kč ($2.5 billion), could serve up to 180,000 people daily. Critics of the metro plan say a train extension would be cheaper, at 13.5 billion Kč, and more efficient. Neither project would be completed before 2013, according to the daily.

PRESIDENT Former Foreign Affairs Minister and anti-communist dissident Jiří Dienstbier announced July 9 his intent to run against President Václav Klaus in presidential elections next year, daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported. Three parties are in negotiations to nominate Dienstbier, the paper reported. Klaus is a member of the ruling Civic Democratic Party.
TERRORISM The Center of Muslim Communities in the Czech Republic condemned last month’s terror attacks in the United Kingdom, in a statement issued by Prague Muslims’ representative Vladimír Sanka July 5. Sanka praised the UK government’s response and said terrorist activities stir up xenophobia toward “peaceful” Muslims. Officers disarmed two car bombs in London June 29; a flaming SUV was driven toward Glasgow Airport’s entrance the next day.
BODY The decapitated head of a woman in a plastic bag was found by a group of schoolchildren in Ústí nad Labem July 7, a police spokeswoman told the Czech News Agency (ČTK). An autopsy has determined the victim was between the ages of 17 and 20 and died between two and three weeks ago.
KREJČÍŘ Wanted businessman Radovan Krejčíř was released on bail July 6 from the South African prison where he’s been held since April 21, ČTK reported. Krejčíř is wanted in Prague on charges of tax evasion and conspiring to murder a customs official. He was released on bail worth 3 million Kč while extradition proceedings continue.
DROWNING A Czech man canoeing down the Salzach River in Austria drowned July 7, ČTK reported. The 45-year-old's three companions left the river after signs of danger, but the man paddled on. His canoe tipped over and he was caught in a whirlpool under the weir.


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