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  1. George Bush, in Political Exile, Says He's Found His 'Freedom'

    Tue, 15 May 2012

    the end of the affair, Bush and his wife were called back up to be presented with writings by Czech human rights icon Vaclav Havel . They posed for pictures as the audience clapped, and when they were done, Bush glanced around as if unsure what

  2. Today In Pictures: Dec. 23, 2011

    Fri, 23 Dec 2011

    NASA/AP Photo ) Widow Dagmar Havlova attends the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic , Dec. 23, 2011. Havel was the leader of the peaceful anti-communist "Velvet

  3. Today In Pictures: Dec. 22, 2011

    Thu, 22 Dec 2011

    Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images) A mourner lights a candle in remembrance of Czech statesman Vaclav Havel by the St. Wenceslas in Prague, Czech Republic , on Dec. 22, 2011. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to

  4. Today in Pictures: Dec. 21, 2011.

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    statue of St. Wenceslas on Wenceslas Square to commemorate the death of former Czech President Vaclav Havel on December 18, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic . Havel, who led the Velvet Revolution that forced communist rule in Czechoslovakia

  5. Nov. 28: End of Communism in Czechoslovakia 1989; Jeffrey Dahmer Killed in Prison 1994

    Mon, 28 Nov 2011

    mass protests, the communist party agreed to relinquish their monopoly on power in Czechoslovakia. In December 1989, Vaclav Havel was elected president of the nation’s first non-communist government in over 40 years. 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer Killed

  6. Tensions Rise at G-20 Economic Summit

    Mon, 30 Mar 2009

    David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain. And in Prague he will meet with former Czech President Vaclav Havel ABC News polling director Gary Langer and Sunlen Miller contributed to this report.

News

  1. Bush Touts 'Freedom Agenda' While Abroad

    Tue, 5 Jun 2007

    world makes me a dissident, then I'll wear the title with pride." The conference was convened by Jose Maria Aznar, Vaclav Havel , and Natan Sharansky. Bush stressed that ending tyranny is not "imposing our values" on people who do not share

  2. Bush Touts 'Freedom Agenda'

    Tue, 5 Jun 2007

    world makes me a dissident, then I'll wear the title with pride." The conference was convened by Jose Maria Aznar, Vaclav Havel , and Natan Sharansky. Bush stressed that ending tyranny is not "imposing our values" on people who do not share

  3. The Note: Who's in Charge Here?

    Fri, 20 Jan 2006

    as well. LINK It might seem early, but Clinton picked up an endorsement for 2008 yesterday from former Czech President Vaclav Havel . LINK While appearing on "Fox and Friends" this morning, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) described Iran as "a

  4. Has Iraq Passed a Tipping Point to Peace?

    Thu, 3 Mar 2005

    of the Berlin Wall there," Friedman said. "That is truly good news. The bad news is that [former Czech President ] Vaclav Havel and the [politically active Polish] Solidarity trade movement are not on the other side. "That is, the level

  5. The View From Overseas

    Wed, 10 Oct 2001

    GERMANY PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC SAME VILLAGE, MANUFAHI Tzemach Top of Page CZECH REPUBLIC This morning I arrived skyscrapers in the Czech Republic .) Parliament is former-dissident president , Vaclav Havel , got so angry over

  6. Looking at Cuba After Castro

    Fri, 10 Aug 2001

    name a political prisoner in Cuba," he said, drawing a comparison to the Czech Republic , and how it emerged from Communism with the help of famous dissident Vaclav Havel . But Jorge says the parallels between Cuba and many of the new democracies

  7. Reporter's Notebook: Gypsies & Racism

    Tue, 31 Jul 2001

    Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the and trained in the Czech Republic , Slovakia, Hungary to Hungary and the Czech Republic as a journalist return someday. Czech President Vaclav Havel called treatment

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Videos

  1. Vaclav Havel Dead at 75

    Sun, 18 Dec 2011

    Has died was a leading dissident who helped bring about the nonviolent so called a velvet revolution that ended four decades of Soviet repression. They became Czechoslovakia's. First democratically elected president 75 years of age.

  2. Lives of Note

    Sun, 25 Dec 2011

    Recalling Vaclav Havel , Christopher Hitchens, and Edie Stevenson.

  3. Kristin Chenoweth Is Country Strong

    Mon, 12 Sep 2011

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Photos

  1. Recalling Vaclav Havel, Christopher Hitchens, and Edie Stevenson.
  2. PHOTO: 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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