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Dec 21st, 2011
(Reuters) - People walk after a hearse (L) transporting late former Czech President Vaclav Havel body to Prague Castle for the funeral ceremony in Prague December 21, 2011. Havel, the playwright-turned-president whose "Velvet Revolution" toppled Communist rule, died on Sunday at his country home in Hradecek, northeast of Prague, after a long respiratory illness. REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY) -
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