Velvet Revolution commemorated
PRA99111703 - 17 NOVEMBER 1999 - PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: About 1,000 Czech students march through central Prague, November 17, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution which ended decades of communist rule. Many world leaders from 1989, including George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and Margaret Thatcher, are currently in Prague to receive awards from Czech President Vaclav Havel for their roles in bringing down the Iron Curtain jr/sg/Sean Gallup UPI
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