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Vaclav Havel, Dissident Playwright Who Led Czechoslovakia, Dead at 75 by Dan Bilefsky and Jane Perlez

As Czechoslovakia's first democratically elected president after the nonviolent revolution that ended decades of repression, Vaclav Havel oversaw a bumpy transition to democracy and a free-market economy.

SOURCE: The New York Times at 12:13PM on December 18, 2011

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