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Most Czech dailies on Friday carry photos of the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, shaking hands with the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Mlada Fronta Dnes features a photo of a Greek actress lighting the Olympic torch on Thursday that will travel around the world for the next 141 days to return back to Greece to launch the Summer Olympics in Athens.

Pravo reports today that Culture Minister Pavel Dostal could be the only member of the cabinet to accompany President Vaclav Klaus on his forthcoming trip to China. Mr Klaus is due to visit the country in mid-April, but neither Trade and Industry Minister Milan Urban nor Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda is likely to go with him. Mr Klaus, who wants to strengthen economic ties with China, disagrees with the two men on a number of issues, says Pravo.

Mlada Fronta Dnes leads with news that President Vaclav Klaus has issued his first official pardon for murder. President Klaus pardoned 22-year-old Ondrej Gregor, who killed his violent alcoholic father. Mr Gregor, who was sentenced to five years in prison, killed his father while trying to protect his mother and brother. He tells the paper of the huge sense of relief felt by both himself and his family.

All of today's dailies reflect on Israel's assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, killed by an Israeli helicopter rocket on Monday. Various headlines read "Sharon had Sheikh Yassin Killed" and "The Middle East in Fury", while Mlada Fronta Dnes writes "On the edge of war: Palestinians promise revenge".

The front pages of most of today's papers feature photos of popular Czech singer Jaromir Nohavica who was inducted to the Hall of Fame by the Academy of Popular Music on Saturday during a ceremony announcing the winners of the Golden Angel Award.

Once again topics dominating the front pages include the war on - and the prevention of - terrorism with both Mlada Fronta Dnes and Lidove Noviny describing the latest request that the elite Czech anti-chemical unit to be posted in Athens during this year's Summer Olympic Games. After last week's bombings in Madrid Greece asked NATO for Czech help to bolster security during the games but, as Mlada Fronta Dnes writes, nothing has been decided so far.

There is a wide mix of stories that top the headlines in Thursday's Czech dailies - among them reaction to Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez's inflammatory statements on Wednesday at the UN Conference on Human Rights. Mr Perez called the Czech Republic as a 'lackey' and 'toadie' of the United States, in reaction to the Czech's condemnation to Cuba's record on human rights.

Last Thursday's events in Madrid continue to make headlines in Czech newspapers almost a week later. Both Lidove Noviny and Pravo lead with stories about breakthroughs in the investigation of the Madrid attacks. "Police know murderers from Madrid", reads a headline in Lidove Noviny and Pravo chooses similar language: "Spain knows the names of the murderers."

All papers lead with Monday's announcement by Spain's prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero that all 1,300 Spanish troops would be pulled out of Iraq by June 30. They speculate as to whether it is a wise decision, wonder what country's soldiers would fill the gap, and continue to analyse international security after Thursday's bomb blasts in Madrid. Domestically, it is a mix of stories that make the front pages ranging from criticism of the Czech Republic's lax approach to last-minute preparations for EU membership to the row between

The outcome of the Spanish elections in the light of the Madrid massacre, the security situation in Europe and President Putin's election victory in Russia -those are the lead stories on today's front pages. Election terror brings Spaniards to the polls, says a headline in Lidove Noviny. "It was Al Qaeda" reads the headline in today's Pravo, while Mlada Fronta Dnes has picked a horrifying quote from the Al Qaeda videotape acknowledging responsibility for the massacre "we like dying as much as you like living".