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ASYLUM Two Americans were arrested for overstaying their 90-day visa-free tourist period, the daily Právo reported Feb. 12. A deportation order was issued but the two men applied for political asylum and were relocated to a refugee camp. The Americans claimed family reasons for being in the Czech Republic.

TERROR The government approved an updated plan for the fight against terrorism for 2007–09, according to a Feb. 11 Czech News Agency (ČTK) report. Key measures include preventing the emergence of secluded refugee communities and the radicalization of their members, as well as better integration with EU activities.
AFGHANISTAN Thirty-nine Czech soldiers left Feb. 11 for Logar, Afghanistan, where they will make preparations for the arrival of another 160 soldiers in mid-March, Právo reported. The reconstruction team is to remain in the country for three years and help the local population.
MURDER Former Czechoslovak communist prosecutor Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, now 86, who was threatened with eight years in prison for sentencing Czech democratic politician Milada Horáková to death on trumped up charges in the 1950s, will not be punished, ČTK reported Feb. 11. Brožová-Polednová’s case has been shown to be statute-barred.
ACCUSED The police have accused Barbora Škrlová, a Czech woman who previously misled the Czech and Norwegian authorities by passing herself off as a 13-year-old, of maltreating the 7-year-old son of her acquaintance, Mladá fronta Dnes reported Feb. 11.
PRIVACY An amendment strengthening the privacy rights of crime victims received government approval Feb. 11, ČTK reported. The amendment seeks to limit the media’s right to publish personal information about minors and rape and assault victims, Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil said.
AGING The local elderly population will increase 1 million by the year 2050, according to a Feb. 11 Czech Statistical Office report. Labor and Social Affairs Minister Petr Nečas said the government will need to implement extensive pension reforms to adapt to these demographic changes, a ČTK report said.


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