Czech PM loses no-confidence vote

Mirek Topolanek, the Czech prime minister, has said he will resign following a parliamentary vote of no confidence which mainly concerned his government's handling of the country's economic crisis.In the 200-seat lower house, 101 politicians, the minimum needed, voted to oust the ruling coalition. The country's constitution says the prime minister and government must resign after it loses confidence in parliament. Following the vote, Topolanek, who heads the country's three-party coalition government, said: "I will behave exactly in line with the constitution."