Miroslav Kucera
Digital Journalist based in Vyskov, 78, Czech Republic.
Joined on Dec 10, 2009
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Twitter's founder Evan Williams persuaded the Dalai Lama, Tibet´s spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to join the Twitter community.
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Toyota chief executive and grandson of Toyota's founder, Akio Toyoda, apologized for accidents caused by faulty parts. Toyoda said poor quality was a result of massive growth in recent years. He made this statement to the US Congress.
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Some parts of France have run out of fuel as Total workers shut down six refineries in protest against planned closures. The refineries supply about half of French fuel depots.
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Former US vice president Dick Cheney was taken to George Washington University Hospital after suffering chest pains on Monday.
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Czech doctors left a foot-long surgical instrument in a Czech woman's abdomen during gynecological surgery in September 2009. Their colleagues found the instrument in her body after five months.
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French producers and merchant are accused for selling millions of bottles full of fake French red wine Pinot Noir to US major wine distributor E&J Gallo.
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French pension system is in troubles. The overall population gets older and there are less workers but more and more retired people.
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Bestselling author and former jockey Dick Francis died at the age of 89 on Sunday. Francis rode as a jockey and after a successful career as a jockey started a second one as thriller writer. Soon he became abestselling author.
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Czechs are known as the top beer drinkers in the world. Despite the economic crisis they stay on the top of world ranking in beer consumption per head.
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The latest drama The Leaving, written by former Czech President Vaclav Havel, premiered in Scandinavia on Feb. 4. The premiere took place in Odense, the third largest town in Denmark. The Swedish premiere is scheduled for April 1 in Stockholm.
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Concorde flight crashed at Paris airport during takeoff in 2000. 113 people were killed in this accident which was the end of supersonic travel.
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Ford accumulated annual profit for the first time since 2005. Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally expects the company will be profitable again this year.
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Toyota decided to stop sales of eight models and also to stop part of the production in US as reaction to recent recall which was announced last week.
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Eight crew members and 82 passengers were on board of flight 409 heading from Beirut to Addis Ababa which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea five minutes after takeoff.
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Toyota Tsusho Corp, a key supplier of batteries for Toyota's hybrid cars, made a partnership deal with Orocobre Ltd, a mining company based in Australia. This deal should secure the fluent supply of lithium to Toyota Motor, who owns 22 percent of Tsusho.
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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are reuniting to produce another World War 2 television mini-series. After the successful Band of Brothers they are shifting their focus to US Marine Corps operation in Pacific during World War 2.
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The State Office for Nuclear Safety will not support the introduction of full-body scanners at Czech airports. The installation needs to be approved by the agency as the scanners used for security checks emit radiation.
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A multimedia interactive exhibition dedicated to Swedish pop band ABBA will welcome visitors at Earls Court Exhibition Center in London, UK on January 27.
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The Czech Government received an official letter from Micronesia with comments on the extension project of the Czech coal power plant Prunerov on Tuesday, 5 January.
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Google introduced Nexus One, its first mobile phone, on Jan 5. It may be a strong competitor to other smartphones, especially Apple's iPhone.
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