PRAGUE - Czech President Vaclav Klaus dismissed the country's Defense Minister Karolina Peake on Thursday just a week after she took office, igniting a fresh row among the shaky center-right coalition that could threaten the cabinet's survival.
Since her appointment on December 12, Peake has dismissed a number of top officials at the NATO member country's Defense Ministry, which has been at the center of a series of corruption investigations.
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Peake was not immediately available for comment and Necasgave no reason for the dismissal in a statement announcing shewould leave her post.
