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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 Nuclear Safety Institute: EU-approved stress tests should not present a problem
After weeks of debate the European Union on Wednesday agreed on the
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,
deputy head of the Czech Institute for Nuclear Safety to find out how the
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Current AffairsPolice uncover first case of a terrorist network operating in the Czech Republic, eight charged with aiding Dagestani Shariat Jamaat
Police in the Czech Republic have uncovered the first ever case of an
international terrorist network operating within the country. It has now
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Shariat Jamaat of Dagestan, were arrested in April from sites around
Bohemia, after a three-year investigation for proof of their complicity in
terrorism in the North Caucuses region. The news is the first evidence of a
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terrorist cells. Christian Falvey has this report. More
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