FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 3, 2011, former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel answers questions about anti-government protests in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East during an ...

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Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who inspired millions of Czechs to force a bloodless Velvet Revolution in 1989, died Sunday after a long illness in his cottage in the Trutnov hills. He was 75.

PRAGUE — Czechs and world leaders paid emotional tribute to Vaclav Havel on Friday at a pomp-filled funeral, ending a week of public grief and nostalgia over the death of the dissident playwright who ...

REUTERS - Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has died after a long period of illness. He was 75. Following are key events in the life of the former president: October 5, 1936 - Born into a wealthy ...

I LEFT CZECHOSLOVAKIA for Italy in 1978, on a two-week visa, presumably to confer with the writer Primo Levi on my translation of his book, Il Sistema Periodico. I extended the visa for 10 years. When ...

Former Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Havel plans to spend several months in the United States this year to give lectures. Early years: Havel was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In ...

(Reuters) - Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has died after a long period of illness. He was 75. Following are key events in the life of the former president: October 5, 1936 - Born into a wealthy ...

While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome. By Clay Risen His longtime career in the Foreign Service ...

His longtime career in the Foreign Service included protecting Vaclav Havel, the writer and dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic. By Robert D. McFadden Prague has survived ...