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Czechs protest president on Velvet Revolution anniversary

2014-11-17 1 Dailymotion

On the 25th anniversary since the fall of communism...<br/> <br />...thousands in Czech Republic's capital Prague protest President Milos Zeman, with soccer-style penalty cards.<br/> <br />They say he's drifting too close to Moscow -- the power center that dominated their country for four decades.<br/> <br />As Zeman attempts to unveil a memorial at the site where the "Velvet Revolution" began...<br/> <br />...hecklers prevent him from speaking.<br/> <br />An egg meant to hit Zeman, hits Germany's President Joachim Gauck instead.<br/> <br />But elsewhere in Prague, the mood was very different.<br/> <br />Czechs lit candles to remember that day in 1989 when police violently broke up a student march --<br/> <br />And sparked the uprising that brought dissident Vaclav Havel to power.<br/> <br />Today, Czechs say they cannot only celebrate -- they can also voice their discontent.

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