World IN BRIEF : CZECH REPUBLIC : Havel Sworn In as First President
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dissident-turned-politician Vaclav Havel took office as the first president of the Czech Republic and pledged to preserve close ties with Slovakia. “I believe we will maintain truly deep, friendly and cooperative relations with our closest neighbor, the Slovak Republic,” Havel told thousands of cheering supporters from the balcony of Prague Castle.
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