Czech Republic

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Semyon Varamov, left, of Russia, makes a save against Columbus Blue Jackets' Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Columbus Blue Jackets' Steve Mason, left, makes a save as teammate Jan Hejda (35), of the Czech Republic, Washington Capitals' Andrew Gordon, right, and Jason Chimera wait for a rebound during the first period of an NHL preseason hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.

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FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina is tackled by Atletico de Madrid's Tomas Ujfalusi from Czech Republic during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, September 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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FILE - In this June 30, 1996 file picture Oliver Bierhoff of Germany, celebrates after scoring the winning "Golden Goal" during extra-time to secure the European Soccer Championship against the Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium in London. In 514 matches for club and country, German wunder-forward Oliver Bierhoff scored 226 times. Yet only once did he celebrate by whipping off his shirt: when he left-footed the golden goal that made Germany the European champion in 1996. That winner against the Czech Republic, after just four minutes of extra time, was the first ever golden goal scored in a major international competition. "For sure the most important goal in my career," Bierhoff says. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon, File)

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A resident of Bogatynia, Poland, uses a rope to get across a fast-flowing but receding river Monday after a bridge collapsed in flash floods that killed at least 11 people and left towns in Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany strewn with rubble and coping with badly damaged homes and roads. (Associated Press)

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Czech Premier Petr Necas phones while observing the damages caused by Saturday's floods in Chrastava, some 90 kilometres north of Prague, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/CTK, Libor Zavoral)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Serena Williams acknowledges the crowd, after defeating Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in their women's singles semifinal on the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Thursday, July 1, 2010.

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** FILE ** Roger Federer wipes his face during his men's singles quarterfinal against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Russia's Alexander Ovechkin, center, celebrates with Sergei Gonchar (55), Evgeni Malkin (11) and Pavel Datsyuk (13) after Datsyuk scored open net goal in the third period of a men's preliminary round ice hockey game against the Czech Republic at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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D.C. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMING SOON? The District has purchased three streetcars from the Czech Republic, where they are in daily use, but had to mothball them until a light-rail system could be agreed upon.