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REMINDER Daylight saving time ends this weekend (Oct. 28). On Saturday night, turn your clocks back one hour.

PORNOGRAPHY President Václav Klaus signed a bill into law banning possession of child pornography Oct. 18, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Approved by the Chamber of Deputies last month, the bill was previously returned by the Senate, which argued the bill could easily be abused, leading to blackmail and provocation.
IRAQ Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanová announced Oct. 22 the government’s plans to reduce the number of Czech troops in Iraq, ČTK reported. A 100-strong Czech contingent will operate in Iraq until 2008, when it will be reduced to only 20 soldiers.
SECURITY The Czech Republic’s failed candidacy as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council may have been caused by concern that the post would interfere with the country’s European Union presidency in 2009, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg announced Oct. 17. After three unsuccessful rounds, the country withdrew its candidacy Oct. 16, according to ČTK.
VIOLENCE In the past nine months, police expelled 660 men and five women from their homes for physically abusing their loved ones, the daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported. The highest occurrence of domestic violence was recorded in the Ostrava region, and a majority of the victims targeted were 31 to 40-year-old women.
LITERATURE Czech-born author Milan Kundera is the recipient of the 2007 national literature award for his 1985 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Culture Minister Václav Jehlička announced Oct. 22. 78-year-old Kundera, who has lived in France since 1975, said he could not accept the prize in person for health reasons, according to ČTK.
COMPLAINT The opposition Social Democratic party filed a complaint against the recently approved public finance reform bill with the Constitutional Court Oct.22, the daily Lidové noviny reported. Party leaders, who criticize the bill’s income and tax health care reforms, say the bill should be repealed for its unconstitutionality.


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