21.  Parliament on Tuesday passed a law allowing the creation of a U.S.-style securities and exchange commission to oversee the Czech capital markets.

22.  Partially paralyzed from a stroke, he was unable to come to the phone for an interview from The Associated Press in Prague, the Czech capital.

23.  A court in the Czech capital refused Friday to extradite an exiled Uzbek opposition leader wanted in his native country on terrorism charges.

24.  A fire broke out Tuesday at a telephone exchange in the Czech capital, destroying the building and silencing thousands of telephone lines, officials said.

25.  After almost ten years of feuding, the Hatfields and the McCoys of chess will meet in the Czech capital on Monday to talk peace.

26.  After meeting with De Charette on Friday, Czech Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec said that Chirac would visit the Czech capital at the beginning of April.

27.  Although there were some skirmishes, there was none of the sort of widespread mayhem that disrupted recent economic meetings in Seattle and the Czech capital, Prague.

28.  Both Romania and Bulgaria need to continue reforms before the alliance convenes for a summit in November in Prague, the Czech capital.

29.  Bulgaria hopes to be invited to become a member of the alliance during a summit later this year in the Czech capital, Prague.

30.  De Charette met with Premier Vaclav Klaus, Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec and Economics Minister Vladimir Dlouhy during his two-day stay in the Czech capital.