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"Obama and Medvedev to sketch out a new world in Prague," headlines Hospodářské noviny on the day the US president and his Russian counterpart signed the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in the Czech Republic capital to replace an expired arms control treaty signed in 1991. The daily reports a heavy security presence, noting, "Prague has never witnessed such high security measures". Following the signing ceremony in the presence of Czech President Vaclav Klaus at the Prague Castle, President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with government leaders from 11 former communist Eastern Bloc countries "to provide reassurances after Washington dropped a plan to install anti-missile defence systems in the Czech Republic and Poland." That policy change, writes Hospodářské noviny, "probably won't go against the interests of countries that Russia still considers to be within its sphere of influence."
