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Toxic for tots
Dangerous chemicals found in kids' products from China

Ministry says EU funds not in danger
Kuchtová not fired, but still on the hot seat for jeopardizing billions

Deal to aid research partnerships
Streamlining aims to foster work of Czech, U.S. scientists

Dino-killing meteorite identified
Scientists say collision in asteroid belt led to mass extinction

U.S. group spotlights Klaus
Anti-environmentalist speech to take aim at UN "Gore-ites"

Association commemorates 'Three Kings'
Vigil serves to increase awareness of former Army officers' fight against Nazis

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RUSSIA Parliament Sept. 14 confirmed Viktor A. Zubkov as the country’s new prime minister. He replaces Mikhail Y. Fradkov, who resigned Sept. 12, The New York Times reported. Zubkov led a federal agency that investigates money laundering and is a confidant of Mr. Putin’s as well as his former deputy in the mayoral department in St. Petersburg.

UKRAINE The government has hired French firm Novarka to build a massive arch-shaped steel structure over the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, BBC News reported Sept. 17. The five-year project, funded by international donors at a cost of $1.4 billion (27.8 billion Kč), will allow authorities to dismantle the reactor, which still contains 95 percent of its original nuclear material. The 1986 accident at the plant is widely considered the worst nuclear accident in history.
GREECE President Karolos Papoulias asked Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to form a new government Sept. 17 after close elections. The ruling New Democracy party prevailed despite public anger over the government’s handling of severe forest fires in recent months. Though saddled with a reduced majority, Karamanlis renewed calls for economic reforms strongly opposed by left-wing groups, Agence France Presse reported.
LUXEMBOURG The European Court of First Instance Sept. 17 upheld the 2004 European Commission anti-trust ruling against Microsoft and ordered the software giant to pay $689.4 million in fines the EC had levied, according to The New York Times. The 13-panel court said Microsoft had used its dominance in operating systems to stifle competition.
BELARUS The Supreme Court convicted four Army officers of treason and spying for Poland Sept. 14 and sentenced them to seven to 10 years in prison, according to the Associated Press. The deputy chief of the Belarusian KGB said the four were giving Poland information about Russian anti-missile defense systems.
RUSSIA The man dubbed “The Chessboard Killer” went on trial in Moscow Sept. 13 on 49 counts of murder. Alexander Y. Pichushkin, 33, a supermarket shelf stocker, allegedly said he wanted to kill one person for every 64 squares on a chessboard but only reached 61. Prosecutors say they have evidence for 49 murders over the past six years.

MEMORANDUM Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari, signed a memorandum on mutual cooperation Sept. 17 during Zebari’s official visit to Prague, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Iraq would welcome future Czech aid in training police troops and supporting partnerships between Czech and Iraqi businesses, Zebari said.

PROTEST Jet-ski owners blocked the Vltava River in Prague Sept. 15 in a symbolic protest against a planned amendment to limit the use of certain vessels on waterways, according to ČTK. The protesters oppose the possibility that they will have to pay for navigation on the river. Jet-ski owners staged a similar act to protest a summer ban in 2002.
EU The government appointed former Agriculture Minister Milena Vicenová as the new Czech ambassador to the European Union Sept. 12, according to ČTK. Vicenová will replace Jan Kohout, who will leave his post at the end of the year.
PARADE A record 60,000 people visited the NATO military day parade in Mošnov, north Moravia, Sept. 15, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported. The seventh annual parade showcased military equipment from seven NATO countries, including Germany, Spain, the United States and Slovakia.
MAD COW Veterinarians discovered this year’s first case of mad-cow disease in the Czech Republic Sept. 12, ČTK reported. The 11-year-old cow from a farm in Dolní Slatina, east Bohemia, marks the country’s 27th case in total since the Europe-wide outbreak in 2001. Cases are declining across Europe.

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