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There are a variety of stories on Wednesday's front pages, though both
PRAVO and MLADA FRONTA DNES lead with Vaclav Havel's early return from
Asia. The former president was due to spend three weeks there, but had to
abandon the trip after just three days due to breathing problems. Another
name in the news is Czech cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova: several
papers carry photos of Ms Neumannova, who on Tuesday won her second World
Cup race in a row, just six months after having a baby.
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The tragic Egyptian charter plane crash that left 148 dead and panoramic
colour images of Mars released by NASA after establishing contact with a
US probe to search for signs of life on the Red Planet make the front
pages of almost all the main dailies today. Domestically, it's a photo of
Czech actress Helena Ruzickova that dominates the papers. Mrs Ruzickova
died on Sunday at the age of 67 after losing a two-year battle against
cancer.
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Letter from PragueHello Goodbye!
About a month ago, a number of public opinion polls suggested that the
Communists enjoyed second place on the popularity ladder in the Czech
Republic. When the results of the first poll were released, they were not
given much importance but confirmation from a second poll conducted by a
different agency, resulted in heated discussion and public debate. The
country's politicians, sociologists and independent commentators were
asked to analyse the situation, trying to find a logical reason why ever
more Czechs would want to support a party that was responsible for forty
years of oppression not so long ago.
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A vibrant mix of stories in today's Czech dailies, not least U.S. President
Bush's visit to Great Britain - PRAVO writes that London has been
transformed into a fortress. On the home front stories that dominate
include: a boom in consumer retail sales, a concert protesting the rising
popularity of the Communist Party, and the continuing fever for cell
phones on the Czech market. But we begin first with the sensational story
of a dinosaur bone find - the first ever - in the Czech Republic. As a
result just about every paper features a little dinosaur drawn on its
cover....
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Current AffairsLeading Czech rock bands hold anti-Communist Party concert in Prague
Many of the Czech Republic's most popular rock bands took part in a benefit
concert held in Prague on Tuesday night called " S komunisty se
nemluvi", or "You Shouldn't Talk to Communists". The timing
of the concert was significant: it came the day after the anniversary of
the start of the Velvet Revolution, and a week after polls suggested a
quarter of Czechs now support the Communist Party.
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The devastation wrought by the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, the
fourteenth anniversary of the student protests which led to the fall of
communism in the former Czechoslovakia and possible changes in the Czech
government - those are the lead stories on today's front pages.
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Current AffairsCommunist Party consolidates position as country's second strongest force
A new survey released on Thursday by the TNS Factum agency claimed that the
Communist Party has now well and truly overtaken the largest party in the
coalition government, the Social Democrats, leading them by four points.
Other polls taken over the last few months have produced similar results -
the Communists appear to have consolidated their position as the second
strongest force in the land. But is this just a case of lies, damn lies,
and opinion polls? We asked analyst Tomas Sedlacek.
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The former director of the commercial TV station Nova Vladimir Zelezny
appears to be back in the limelight. His photo dominates the front pages
of the three main national dailies today. Mr Zelezny, who was elected
senator last year, has founded a senators' group together with three
senators for the Communist Party and another independent senator, five
being the minimum number required for establishing such a group.
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Two stories feature prominently on the covers of today's Czech dailies, the
first being tragedy in Iraq over the weekend, the second, President Vaclav
Klaus' visit to Moscow, where he met officially with Vladimir Putin. On
its cover MLADA FRONTA DNES shows a Blackhawk landing at the site of a
downed Chinook helicopter, where fifteen U.S. soldiers died, while PRAVO
features a photo of Mr Putin in discussion with Vaclav Klaus while his
wife Livia looks on. Both Mr Putin and Mr Klaus saw their meeting - the
first of its kind in ten years - as an historic start in new relations
between Russia and the Czech Republic.
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