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All the papers today lead with different stories. LIDOVE NOVINY features a
photograph of the legendary Czech singer Hana Hegerova, who celebrated her
72nd birthday at Prague's National Theatre on Monday. PRAVO features a
tired and exhausted David Blaine, who spent forty-four days in a glass
cage in London with only water to keep him alive. The Czech- born former
US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, steals the show in MLADA FRONTA
DNES, having been welcomed by hundreds of fans during a book signing in
Prague.
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Czechs in HistoryThe builders of the Stone Bridge
If one historic monument in Prague had to be singled out it would have to
be the Charles Bridge. It is visited by thousands every year as they make
their way to the imposing Castle above or tread down to Prague's Old Town
Square. The bridge, though flanked by countless buskers, puppeteers, and
trinket sellers today, retains its ancient grace, and the view is
tremendous: late in the evening when its Baroque statues fall into shadow,
nearby Petrin Hill is lit up by dozens of tiny lamplights. The dark waters
of the Vltava River churl below and you can not help think about the
bridge's history and wonder who its original builders were.
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MailboxMailbox
Topics this week: Educational project teaching children to live alongside
animals. "Tourist Police" force. Czech national anthem.
Listeners quoted: Michael Stein, Pavel Barta, Frederick Johnson.
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Current AffairsChild's tragic death revives dispute over inadequate dog legislation
Is the dog really man's best friend? The death of an 18 month baby girl,
mauled to death by the family dog, has shocked the nation and left many
people wondering whether this nation of dog-lovers really knows what it is
doing.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The smiling face of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder features on the
front pages of all of today's dailies, as Gerhard's plane touches down in
Prague for a long-overdue visit. "Germans and Czechs are closer than
ever before," writes Chancellor Schroeder in an exclusive interview
for MLADA FRONTA DNES, his first ever for a Czech newspaper.
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Press ReviewPress Review
Two stories dominate Wednesday's front pages: the killing of Saddam
Hussein's two sons by United States forces in Iraq, and the threat to the
governing coalition posed by the surprise resignation of Josef Hojdar from
the Social Democrats' group in the Chamber of Deputies.
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MagazineBelieve it or not
Why did it take a postcard twenty years to get from Los Angeles to
Prostejov in the Czech Republic, what happened to make three people
disappear down a black hole as they sat in a cinema watching a late night
movie and what is Scheherezade doing in a baroque castle in western
Bohemia? In this week's Magazine Daniela Lazarova brings you some of the
whacky and attention grabbing stories that you won't find in our news
bulletins.
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Current AffairsInternet to be used at Czech post offices
According to the Minister of Information Technology, Vladimir Mlynar, the
Czech Postal Service should enable all citizens to have access to the
Internet at post offices throughout the country. The company already has
the necessary infrastructure - all 3,400 post offices in the Czech
Republic are connected to a high-speed backbone network. Alena Skodova
reports:
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