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The Czechs are withdrawing from US missile defense plans in Eastern Europe...because of a diminished role offered to them.
Backing away from an actual Bush-era missile proposal, the USA offered to let Prague host a separate early warning satellite information system.
Defense Minister Alexander Vondra said that the Czech Republic wanted to participate but “definitely not in this way."
AND: For the first time in history, strikers have shut down Prague's metro.
The strike halted trains across the country...and 60% of Prague's trams and 80% of buses.
Schools and post offices joined the austerity protest because of cuts and reforms by PM Petr Necas.
