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World leaders to flock to Havel funeral [Dec 21, 2011] World leaders are to pay homage to Velvet Revolution icon and former Czech president Vaclav Havel at his state funeral in Prague's historic St. Vitus Cathedral on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czechs bid farewell to Havel in national mourning [Dec 21, 2011] Thousands gathered in Prague's historic city centre on Wednesday as the Czech Republic began three days of national mourning to bid final farewell to Vaclav Havel, the icon of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czechs bid farewell to Havel in national mourning [Dec 21, 2011] PRAGUE (AFP) - Thousands gathered in Prague's historic city centre Wednesday as three days of national mourning began to bid farewell to 1989 Velvet Revolution icon Vaclav Havel who died Sunday aged 75. [via YahooNews] More >>

World leaders to flock to Havel funeral [Dec 21, 2011] World leaders are to pay homage to Velvet Revolution icon and former Czech president Vaclav Havel at his state funeral in Prague's historic St. Vitus Cathedral on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

World leaders to flock to Havel funeral [Dec 20, 2011] World leaders are to pay homage to Velvet Revolution icon and former Czech president Vaclav Havel at his state funeral in Prague's historic St. Vitus Cathedral on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>