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December 12th, 2007 | Current Issue

Crackdown
New law aims to limit prostitution in public places

Activists call coal protest a success
Greenpeace campaign hopes to influence UN climate negotiations

Experts watch Russian elections
Analysts gauge local impact of Kremlin's political shift

U.S. economist could oust Klaus
As Jan Švejnar names a campaign team, parties debate backing him

City bans sausage stands
Vendors, customers on Wenceslas Square fight back with petition

A place in space to call your own
With Christmas approaching, sales of moon acreage increase

Two detectives convicted in extortion plot
Organized crime police cooperated with criminals

Population boom is fueled by immigrants
More than 62,000 newcomers came in first part of 2007

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KOSOVO U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Dec. 7 that negotiations with Serbia over the future of Kosovo have reached a dead end. Kosovo, a Serbian province comprised largely of ethnic Albanians, is expected to declare its independence soon, possibly setting off a new round of disruption in the area, according to The New York Times (NYT).

EU In a discussion beset by rows over trade deals and tensions in Zimbabwe, 67 African and European leaders signed a declaration Dec. 9 to promote free trade and democracy, the BBC reported. Many African countries voiced concern over the new Economic Partnership Agreements that are to replace existing deals at the end of the year.
GERMANY Interior Minister Erhart Korting said Dec. 7 that state interior ministers will work to ban the Church of Scientology on the grounds that it is incompatible with human rights and the constitution. Their objections are based on the allegation that Scientology inhibits the ability to develop one’s personality and be treated equally, according to CNN.
POLAND In an effort to relax the mutual tensions that have marked their countries’ relationship in recent years, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov agreed to a series of talks Dec. 7 during a NATO meeting in Brussels, the BBC reported. Sikorski called the meeting a “new chapter” in the countries’ relations.
EUROPE French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Paris Dec. 6 that Iran remains a danger and should be pressured to stop its nuclear program despite a new U.S. intelligence report claiming Tehran was not planning to build a nuclear bomb, the NYT reported.

NUCLEAR Eighty kilograms (176 pounds) of highly enriched uranium in spent nuclear fuel from a research facility near Prague was safely transported to Russia Dec. 8 as part of a Czech-U.S. nuclear nonproliferation initiative. The spent fuel was packaged into casks and transported by rail to a secure Russian facility, where it will be reprocessed, according to a statement by the U.S. Embassy.

CRASH Five Czech citizens died in a small plane that crashed minutes before its planned landing at the Kyiv airport in Ukraine Dec. 9, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. The aircraft belonged to a Karlovy Vary–based company whose owner, Miroslav Jäger, was among the victims.
FRAUD Prague city police are investigating a consulting company owned by Deputy Prime Minister Martin Bursík, based on an anonymous complaint accusing him of financial manipulation and tax fraud, the online news server Aktualne.cz reported. A police document says the suspicion is considered serious.
TRAFFICKING The police organized crime squad detained 11 Asian foreigners Dec. 9 accused of human trafficking, ČTK reported. The suspects, who were arrested in Prague and west Bohemia, allegedly forced Asian women into prostitution after luring them to the Czech Republic by promising jobs as hostesses and barmaids.
DISCRIMINATION A National Council of the Handicapped poll has found that about eight out of 10 disabled people feel they’ve been discriminated against, ČTK reported. The poll results, released Dec. 10, include information from 819 disabled respondents on topics such as job searches and wheelchair access.

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