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VIDEO: Vaclav Havel, former Czech President, dies over the weekend [Dec 19, 2011] Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic?s first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75 . The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said. As president, he presided over Czechoslovakia?s transition to democracy and a free-market economy. [via YahooNews] More >>

EXTRA: Slovakian president remembers Havel's "distinctive" politics [Dec 18, 2011] Bratislava (dpa) - Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic gave his condolences Sunday at the death of former Czech dissident and president Vaclav Havel."An unmistakable and respected symbol of the Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution and the new democratic Czechoslovakia has departed from us," wrote Gasparovic in a condolence note."He will remain in our memory for ever as a charismatic and humane ... [via YahooNews] More >>

The Euro and Cars Put Slovakia on the Map [Sep 26, 2011] Before 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia. After that it was just confused with Slovenia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak soccer great Jan Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 21, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Slovakia soccer great Jan Popluhar has died. He was a member of the Czechoslovakia team that reached the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Jan Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 21, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? Slovakia football great Jan Popluhar , a member of the Czechoslovakia team that reached the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, has died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Jan Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 21, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? Slovakia football great Jan Popluhar, a member of the Czechoslovakia team that reached the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, has died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 07, 2011] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Former Czechoslovakia defender Jan Popluhar, who played in the team that lost to Brazil in the 1962 World Cup final in Chile, died on Sunday aged 75, Slovak media reported Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 07, 2011] Former Czechoslovakia defender Jan Popluhar, who played in the team that lost to Brazil in the 1962 World Cup final in Chile, died on Sunday aged 75, Slovak media reported Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Jan Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 07, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? Slovakia football great Jan Popluhar , a member of the Czechoslovakia team that reached the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, has died. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak football great Jan Popluhar dies at 75 [Mar 07, 2011] Slovakia football great Jan Popluhar, a member of the Czechoslovakia team that reached the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, has died. The Slovak football federation said in a statement that Popluhar died in a Bratislava hospital on Sunday. He was 75. The cause of the death was not announced. Popluhar was born Sept. [via YahooNews] More >>