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The perambulating PM

2008-01-21
Prague is a village, and if you're a frequent visitor to one of its main promenades, you have a good chance of running into the occasional celebrity. They usually have big men packing guns watching over them. If you happen to be walking down D**** St. at the right hour, you might see two dark sedans come screeching around the corner, block the path of any would-be assassins, and deposit PM Mirek Topolánek on his doorstep. But if you take your stroll on Fri. or Sun. afternoon, you might also see the same PM pushing a baby carriage through the same streets, with no bodyguards in sight. It's great news if Prague is now so safe that the PM can perambulate and window-shop alone with his baby just meters from where a hand grenade went off three years ago. Surely it must mean his gun-toting gorillas can be assigned more-dangerous work, such as helping little old ladies cross the street. [Czech Republic prime minister]