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Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Regions, Europe, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania 2011-05-30T03:18:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/chile_and_czech_republic_work_to_restore_torres_del_paine/?source=rss Four years after a negligent Czech citizen, Jiri Smitak, accidentally started a huge fire in the Torres Del Paine national park in far southern Chile, part of the destroyed area is being replanted in native forest trees. Environment, Forests, Regions, Europe, Czech Republic, South America, Chile 2009-09-30T09:09:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/obama_sets_out_plan_for_nuclear_free_world/?source=rss President Barack Obama set out his vision for ridding the world of nuclear arms on Sunday, declaring the United States ready to lead steps by all states with atomic weapons to reduce their arsenals. 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World, Politics, Environment, Regions, Europe, Czech Republic 2006-06-05T02:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/un_watchdog_agency_assists_safe_removal_of_nuclear_weapons_grade_uranium/?source=rss As part of the ongoing battle to prevent nuclear proliferation and terrorism, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has assisted the return from the Czech Republic to Russia of 14 kilogrammes of highly enriched uranium (HEU) that could be used to assemble a nuclear weapon. World, Regions, Europe, Czech Republic 2005-10-06T14:26:00+00:00