
Vaclav Havel Dies at Age 75
Voice of America (blog)
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the peaceful revolution that toppled communism in the former Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 75. A spokeswoman said Mr. Havel died in his sleep early Sunday at his weekend house in ...
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Vaclav Havel, Czech playwright and president, has died
Washington Post
Vaclav Havel wove theater into revolution, leading the charge to peacefully bring down communism in a regime he ridiculed as "Absurdistan" and proving the power of the people to overcome totalitarian rule. (Dec. 18) (/The Associated Press) Correction: ...
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Playwright President Vaclav Havel Dies
National Journal
By Glen Justice Vaclav Havel, the Czech dissident playwright who served as his country's first democratically-elected president after throwing off Soviet rule, diedSunday morning, The New York Times reported. He was 75. Havel, who was nominated ...
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Former Czech President Vaclav Havel dies
The Statesman
PRAGUE, 18 DEC: Freedom icon and former Czech President Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that won independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died today at the age of 75, his office said. Havel died in his sleep at dawn after a lengthy illness, ...
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Woman dies after being lit on fire in NYC elevator
Albany Times Union
Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died Sunday Dec. 18, 2011 in Prague. He was 75. ...
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Paul Wilson speaks about Vaclav Havel
Al Jazeera
Vaclav Havel, the playwright-turned-politician who served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic, has died at age 75.Havel, a former chain-smoker who suffered breathing difficulties, died on Sunday morning at ...
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Reading List: Havel and Beyond
New Yorker (blog)
In the spirit of the season, and in honor of Vaclav Havel, who died Sunday (and whose life I've remembered in another post), what follows is a top-ten list, the first entry being Havel's greatest hits, and the rest books and writers whom Havel ...
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Vaclav Havel Dead: The Quotes Of The Man Who 'Lived In Truth'
Huffington Post UK
Vaclav Havel, who died on Sunday, had a huge impact not only on Czechoslovakia, later the Czech Republic, but also on the world. A politician, playwright, dissident and an intellectual, Havel gained international fame with Charter 77, a human rights ...
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House GOP unhappy with extension...Leader of 'Velvet Revolution' dies...Anti ...
9&10 News
Havel died today. He was 75. ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 30000 Islamists have been demonstrating against the US in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The protest was organized by a group believed to be a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LAHSH'-kar ee ...
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Assistant Says Former Czech President and Anti-Communist Hero Vaclav HavelHas ...
ABC News
Assistant says former Czech president and anti-communist hero Vaclav Havel hasdied at age 75.
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NECN
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas calls him "the symbol of 1989" and said Havel "did a tremendous job for this country," while his deputy says Havel's deathrepresents "the end of an era, and end of the person who meant so much for the country. ...
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Quick Edit | Disturbing the peace
Livemint
One brilliant man who shook an autocratic system in an earlier age died on Sunday This has been the year of the protester. One brilliant man who shook an autocratic system in an earlier age died on Sunday. Vaclav Havel was one of the leaders of the ...
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What you need to know
Courier Mail
Jan Flemr FORMER Czech president and hero of the Velvet Revolution VaclavHavel, who steered his country peacefully to independence from Soviet rule in 1989, has died at the age of 75. LIKE a smoke outside the pub? Or in the outdoor smokers' area of a ...
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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
NECN
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas calls him "the symbol of 1989" and said Havel "did a tremendous job for this country," while his deputy says Havel's deathrepresents "the end of an era, and end of the person who meant so much for the country. ...
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No More Pot for Amsterdam Tourists
The Mark
Václav Havel, the great Czech playwright and politician, has died at the age of 75. After his writing was banned by the communist government for being too “bourgeois,” his plays and essays became popular in the underground movement as he became a ...
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9&10 News
Vaclav Havel (VAHTS'-lahv HAH'-vel) died today at age 75 in his weekend house in northern Czech Republic. Havel became his country's first democratically elected president after the fall of communism, overseeing the country's bumpy transition to a ...
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News of the world in pictures
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A black banner is hoisted above the Czech national flag to commemorate thedeath of former Czech President Vaclav Havel at the Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. 75-year old Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater ...
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What's News—
Wall Street Journal
Police in Kazakhstan opened fire Saturday on rioters the town of Shetpe, leaving one person dead and 11 wounded, in the same region where 11 people died in a clash with police on Friday. Died: Vaclav Havel, 75, Czech dissident playwright and leader of ...
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'Velvet Revolution' leader Vaclav Havel dead at 75
CTV.ca
Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Tancecova said. Havel was his country's first democratically elected president after the nonviolent "Velvet Revolution" that ended four decades of ...
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Velvet revolution hero Václav Havel dies
FuelFix (blog)
You can read more energy news from the Financial Times at www.ft.com/companies/energy. Hotpuppy: I have to wonder how accurate the statistics are. I switched to decent CFL's 5 years ago. Traditional... kegger: Let the market decide. ...
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Next Wave Of GPS Promises Stronger Signals
Salon
A former chain-smoker who had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his years in communist jails, Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Tancevova said. ...
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