Vaclav Havel turns 70

Former Czech and Czechoslovak President, Vaclav Havel, is celebrating his 70th birthday on Thursday. Some one thousand people attended a private birthday party in Prague on Wednesday, including former Polish president Alexander Kwasniewski, playwright Tom Stoppard, Czech singer Karel Gott, and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. A former anti-communist dissident and playwright, Vaclav Havel was the country's first president after the fall of the communist regime and held the post until 2003.