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DEFENSE The Defense Ministry has asked the United States for assistance in acquiring two C-130 Hercules aircrafts and has expressed interest in the Patriot missile-defense system as part of radar negotiations, Czech TV reported April 14. Previously, only Poland had expressed interest in military help from the United States as part of missile-defense negotiations.

INSULT Džamila Stehlíková, a Green Party minister who handles minority issues, offended the Roma community April 12 according to Lidové noviny. She said Roma have no respect for property because they are given things for free and don’t work because the state provides them with enough money to live on.
FOREIGNERS The number of foreign workers in the Czech Republic continues to grow, with more than 15,400 people coming to work in the country during the first quarter of 2008, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported April 14. That number from the same period last year was only 9,300. According to government reports, a total of 255,610 foreigners currently work in the Czech Republic.
ŠVEJNAR Unsuccessful presidential candidate Jan Švejnar is considering whether to run for the Senate, radio Frekvence 1 reported April 14. He says he has had offers from different parties but if he decides to run it would be as an independent candidate.
CORRUPTION Police detained one Prague civil servant who is thought to be responsible for the loss of 50 million Kč ($3.1 million), ČTK reported April 14. The money was sent from city funds to a wrong account due to a false invoice and then disappeared. To date, only 5.5 million Kč has been recovered.
JUSTICE Prague City Court will have to decide what to do about Qatari Prince Hamid bin Abdul Sani, who was found guilty of molesting underage girls in 2005 but was extradited to Qatar on the condition that his trial continue there. Because Qatari courts did not continue the process, the prince could face an international warrant issued by the Czech Republic soon, ČTK reported April 14.
SUICIDE A man suspected of shooting his girlfriend on the afternoon of April 14 in front of a shopping center in the Štěrboholy, part of Prague 10, shot himself at the military training grounds near Hradec Králové that night. He later died in a hospital, ČTK reported.


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