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Prague Signs U.S. Radar Agreement

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• July 8: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Republic's Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg sign a preliminary missile defense agreement in Prague, Czech Republic.
• July 8: A demonstrator holds a paper puppet of Condolezza Rice during a protest against the signing of the preliminary missile defense treaty between the Czech Republic and the U.S. in Prague, Czech Republic. Rice came to Prague on Tuesday to sign the preliminary treaty about building the radar component of the missile defense system southwest of the Czech capital Prague, despite public opposition in the central European country as well as protests by Russia.
• July 8: Several hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest the signing of the preliminary missile defense treaty.
• July 8: Czech Republic's Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Condoleezza Rice walk together after their meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.
• July 8: Russian general Yevgeni Buzhinski talks during a press conference held at the headquarters of the Czech opposition Social Democrats, in Prague,where he stated that Russia still perceives the plan to build the U.S. anti-missile shield in Central Europe as a threat to its own security. "We are naturally reasonable people; we plan to bombard no one," Buzhinski said.