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October 17th, 2007 | Current Issue

Voices in the wilderness
Brdy area leaders debate funds for the U.S. radar borderlands

Woman made sterile wins case
Court orders hospital to pay Romany woman in landmark ruling

Czech troops to remain in Iraq
Analysts say Schwarzenberg's call to exit a political move

Assisted suicide law proposed
Experts say public debate about risk of abuse is needed first

Norway supports culture projects
Mammoth grants will help renovate historic buildings and museums

Vietnamese seek Czech "Eden"
Fear of crackdown motivates crush of new applicants

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NORWAY The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Oct. 12 that former United States Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will share the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee applauded their efforts to spread knowledge about man-made climate change. The winners topped a list of 181 nominees.

UKRAINE More than a dozen people were killed when a gas explosion tore apart a 10-story apartment building Oct. 13 in Dnipropetrovsk. Reuters reported that the city’s gas service said a sudden surge of supplies to the area caused the blast. Problems with natural gas infrastructure are common in regions formerly controlled by the Soviet Union.
BELARUS In a rare move, President Alexander Lukashenka allowed thousands of pro-EU protesters to demonstrate in Minsk Oct. 14, the BBC reported. Though he has been banned from traveling to the EU and U.S. since unfair elections in 2006, Lukashenka has sought better ties with the EU in the aftermath of fuel rows with Russia.
TURKEY Turkish troops shelled Kurdish areas of northern Iraq Oct. 14 as Ankara weighed whether to approve a ground incursion, Agence France-Presse reported. The attack marks increasing tension between Turkey and the United States, which is considering branding the 1914-1917 Turkish killing of Armenians a genocide. The United States has warned Turkey against interfering in Iraq.
FRANCE French police arrested 310 people suspected of downloading Internet child pornography, Reuters reported Oct. 12. Police discovered more than 2 million photos and 18,000 pornographic videos during home searches. According to a police spokesman, those arrested are men from many different social backgrounds.

CRIME Interior Minister Ivan Langer said Oct. 15 that the government plans to spend 400 million Kč [$20.5 million] over the next four years to reduce crime. The money will be spent on educational programs for children, closed-circuit cameras and warnings posted on public transport, among other initiatives, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reports.

CLASH Prague Mayor Pavel Bém called Jan Kaplický’s proposed Letná library design “arrogant” and “disrespectful of its surroundings” in Mladá fronta Dnes Oct. 15, signaling that City Hall may fight its construction. The controversial design was approved in March, but City Hall has blocked the sale of property it is to be built on.
STUDY An Interior Ministry analysis released Oct. 15 finds that half of the children who grow up in state institutions commit crime as adults, ČTK reports. The analysis criticized the inconsistency between state institutions and the lack of interinstitutional communication. Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek suggested that the law be changed to give preference to placing children with foster families.
RIGHTS The Czech Republic lags behind other European Union countries regarding legal conditions for immigrants, according to a study by the Migrant Integration Policy Index released Oct. 15 by the British Council and Migration Policy Group, ČTK reports. The country scored 27 out of 100 points on a scale that measures protection from discrimination.
BUDGET Legislators in the lower house began discussing the country’s 2008 budget Oct. 16. The government-proposed budget includes expenditures of 1,107 billion Kč and revenues of 1,037 billion Kč, according to ČTK. The deficit is expected to be 2.95 percent of the GDP, meeting the 3 percent limit required for euro adoption, ČTK reports.
JUDGES Ten judges at the Brno District and Brno Regional courts were assigned to deal with cases of international child abduction according to a bill presented by Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil Oct. 15, ČTK reports. The bill calls for judges to decide on abduction cases within six weeks, as specified by the Hague Convention.

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