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Vaclav Havel dies at 75; Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution'
![Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66852740-18120810.jpg "Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution\" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.")
Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.
Havel, a former chain smoker with chronic respiratory problems, had been...Tags: Political Systems, Democracy, Culture, Prisons, Human Body
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Vaclav Havel, a playwright with political passion
Culture MonsterVaclav Havel, the former Czech president who died Saturday at 75, was the perfect example of an increasingly rare specimen -- the politically engaged playwright. In today's theatrical climate dominated by silly movie retreads and safe little dramas,... -
Healthcare reform battle rages ... in Prague
World NowA battle is raging over healthcare reform ... in the Czech Republic. Czech protests are erupting on the same day that the United States Supreme Court considers a key part of the healthcare reforms backed by President Barack Obama. While the U.S.... -
Pope Benedict XVI preaches in Cuba's Revolution Plaza
World NowPope Benedict XVI on Wednesday took to Cuba’s largest stage, the Revolution Plaza, and made a forceful plea for religious freedom, praising the communist regime’s initial steps toward allowing public worship but saying the process must be... -
James takes on Austen
"Death Comes to Pemberly" by P.D. James, Alfred A. Knopf, 304 pages, $25.95. One of my favorite authors has written a sequel to one of my all-time favorite novels. Life doesn't get much better for book lovers! It is 1803, six years after the end of...Tags: Umberto Eco, Jane Austen, Discrimination
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Family Sues State Over Fairness Of Retroactive Estate-Tax Hike
The Hartford CourantWhen wealthy developer Monty Blakeman died in April, his heirs knew they would inherit his multimillion-dollar estate. What they didn't know was that the state legislature on May 4 — only 11 days after Blakeman's death — would increase the...Tags: Human Interest, Taxation, Regional Authority, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Career and Workplace
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City man connects to Czech heritage through Wilson statue
Michael G. Rokos has traveled thousands of miles to pay homage to his American and Czech heritage and to the 28th U.S. president, who befriended his family nearly a century ago.
The lifelong Baltimorean will reconnect with cousins in the Czech Republic...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Nazi Party, Democracy, Armed Conflicts
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Intense Storm Of Controversy On Irene Prompts Recommendations
HARTFORD - After an intense storm of complaints when Tropical Storm Irene plunged more than half the state into darkness, the Senate Democrats called Tuesday for better tree trimming and improved communication between utilities and town leaders. The...Tags: Employees, East Haven, Career and Workplace, Steve Cassano, Politics
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Komisarjevsky Deserves Vigorous Defense
![Over the years, I've run across a fair bit of prejudice against lawyers. I'll not suggest that lawyers don't earn a certain amount of disdain, but when a white, tobacco-chewing, sheriff implied that if I came through his county after dark I'd never leave it, I felt that was a little excessive. My crime was to be representing a black man from New York who I thought was probably innocent of killing a white policeman in Mississippi. As if that were not enough, I had suggested that the sheriff, "Goon" Jones to his friends, might be an itty-bitsy mite racist because he called black people "colored boys" and had poured moonshine over the head of a civil rights worker before shaving his hair off.](http://www.courant.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2011-09/64869051-19144049.jpg "Over the years, I've run across a fair bit of prejudice against lawyers. I'll not suggest that lawyers don't earn a certain amount of disdain, but when a white, tobacco-chewing, sheriff implied that if I came through his county after dark I'd never leave it, I felt that was a little excessive. My crime was to be representing a black man from New York who I thought was probably innocent of killing a white policeman in Mississippi. As if that were not enough, I had suggested that the sheriff, "Goon\" Jones to his friends, might be an itty-bitsy mite racist because he called black people \"colored boys\" and had poured moonshine over the head of a civil rights worker before shaving his hair off.")
The Hartford CourantOver the years, I've run across a fair bit of prejudice against lawyers. I'll not suggest that lawyers don't earn a certain amount of disdain, but when a white, tobacco-chewing, sheriff implied that if I came through his county after dark I'd never...Tags: Trials, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, Labor Legislation, Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes
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Metro Police Department Trains International Security Unit
Christie Walton, Interactive Content ProducerThe metro was home to a few hostage negotiations, sniper shootings and crime crackdowns over the last week. "I have seen some interesting tactics they are using here like rescuing hostages from the bus or some other things," said Tomas, whose last name...Tags: Czech Republic
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