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5 hrs ago | Czech Happenings

President Zeman travels less. provokes, stirs power clashes-press

Milos Zeman has made fewer domestic and foreign trips than his predecessors in the first four months following his election, and, compared with them, he tended to provoke and dispute for powers on the Czech scene, daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes today.

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Related Topix: Vaclav Klaus, Travel, Europe, World News, Europe Travel, Czech Republic Travel, Austria,

9 hrs ago | Gadling

Adventures By Disney Announces New Options For Europe And Beyond

Adventures by Disney has announced that it is expanding its catalog of travel itineraries for 2014 with new options to Europe and several tours specifically created for the teen traveler.

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Related Topix: Travel, Germany Travel, Europe Travel, Europe, World News, Czech Republic Travel, Italy Travel, Family, Teenagers

12 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

Take a bow-wow: Blind poodle wins...

A white poodle that plays the part of a blind pet owned by Liberace in the flamboyant biopic "Behind the Candelabra" scooped glory on Friday by winning the Palm Dog for canine talent at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, World News,

16 hrs ago | The Guardian

Viktor Ullmann's opera written in Nazi concentration camp revived in Berlin

Czech-German composer's satire on Adolf Hitler, The Emperor from Atlantis, to be staged at former SS and Gestapo HQ Viktor Ullmann wrote The Emperor from Atlantis while at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, in what is now the Czech Republic.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Europe, World News

Fri May 24, 2013

Advanced Trading

Czech Republic's RSJ Chooses KX Systems for Algo Trading

A big derivatives trader on NYSE Liffe and other derivatives markets, RSJ is using KX's high-performance database and language to collect and query vast quantities of data and to test models and strategies.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Science, Computer Science

Slice of Scifi

Lego Builds Scale Model X-Wing

Lego has upped the game with the debut of a full-scale model of an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars.

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CNN

Czechs seek extradition of man in 'extremely brutal' killings

The Czech Republic will request the extradition of an American citizen suspected of killing a family of four in the city of Brno, the Czech Justice Ministry said Friday.

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The Spectator

The British paedophile who's still on the run

In the current issue of the Spectator , I write about Warwick Spinks, a convicted British paedophile who hid in plain sight in Prague for some 15 years.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

WJLA-TV Arlington

Man suspected of killing family in Czech Republic arrested in DC airport

An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested

An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Sacramento, CA

The Standard

American English teacher held over Czech murders

A young American English teacher wanted over a quadruple murder in the southern Czech city of Brno has been detained at Washington airport, Czech police said.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Prague Daily Monitor

The big catch

Young or old, every fisherman's dream is to bring home a big catch. The bigger the better, although catching a great number of fish at once is also considered a mark of success.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Fishing, World News

Prague Daily Monitor

EP criticises Czech opt-out from Lisbon Treaty

Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus's effort to push through an opt-out from the Lisbon Treaty was unfortunate and this is why the European Parliament's negative stance on it is logical, Czech MEP Zuzana Brzobohata said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Vaclav Klaus, Europe, World News

Prague Daily Monitor

Czech-born New Zealand artist Mirek Smisek dies at 88

Prague/Wellington, May 21 - Czech-born artist Mirek Smisek, who participated in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, died in New Zealand on Sunday aged 88 years, former Czech ambassador to Australia Juraj Chmiel told CTK yesterday.

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Related Topix: Europe

Christian Science Monitor

Horse meat scandal arrest: Dutch police arrest meat wholesaler in horse meat probe

Food samples are tested for any possible traces of horse meat at a veterinary laboratory in Prague, Czech Republic, in this Feb.

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Related Topix: World News, Privacy

YouBentMyWookie

Lego Unveils Life-Size Star Wars X-Wing In Times Square

The Rebel Alliance made an appearance in Times Square today when Lego unveiled a life-sized replica of an X-Wing Fighter.

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Prague Daily Monitor

President Zeman declares war on Czech democracy, German press reports

President Milos Zeman's refusal to appoint literary historian Martin C. Putna a professor is his another attempt at extending his powers and many view it as Zeman's declaration of war to the democratic principles in the Czech Republic, the German daily Tageszeitung writes yesterday.

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KXAN-TV Austin

Czech, US cooperate ina

The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Department of Energy

The Lebanon Daily News

Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders

Czech police are searching for an American man suspected of killing four people and say they believe he is on the run and armed.

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Prague Daily Monitor

Economic Chamber head KuA3 4el faces criminal charges

Czech Economic Chamber president Petr Kuzel is facing criminal charges filed by the Anticorruption Endowment Fund on Tuesday, Linda Majerova of the fund told CTK yesterday.

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