Beautiful and brown, the tiny creature lands next in a sleazy pawnshop, then in the cramped Prague apartment of a childless couple, dreamy Mila (Natasa Burger), who has wanted a baby desperately, and her rent-a-cop mate, Franta (Jiri Machacek), who can't adopt because of his criminal past as a soccer hooligan.

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Although Ms Banda was elected as Mr Mutharika's running mate, the pair fell out long before he died after it became apparent that he wanted his brother, Peter, to succeed him.

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