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for the several hundred students, asbestos concerns have returned to the
public awareness nationwide, and health officials warn that many more
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Current AffairsCzech-born architect and former New York resident publishes personal account of his 9/11 experiences
Czech-born architect Jiří Boudník was working in New York City when it
was hit by the 9/11 attacks. During the next six months, he assisted with
the clean-up operation at Ground Zero. Now, on the ten-year anniversary of
the historic event, Mr. Boudník, who has since returned to the Czech
Republic, has published a book in which he shares his personal 9/11
experiences. It is titled Věže, Czech for Towers. We spoke to him at the
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SpecialUS Ambassador to Prague Norman Eisen discusses 9/11 & the War on Terror
Ahead of the upcoming tenth anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, Czech Radio’s
Martina Mašková interviewed the US Ambassador to Prague Norman Eisen. In
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Current AffairsCzech Nuclear Safety Institute: EU-approved stress tests should not present a problem
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criteria for conducting "stress tests" on the bloc's 143 nuclear
power plants. The tests which aim to avert an accident like that at Japan's
Fukushima plant, will check nuclear plants’ preparedness in dealing with
natural disasters such as earthquakes and flooding, as well as for man-made
failures such as airplane crashes and explosions. We called Petr Brandejs,
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face up to the challenge. More
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