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Summary:Hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral of 21-year-old Jan Palach, a student who burned himself to death in protest against the presence of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia.
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Location:CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Reuters ID:LDL0010FYQPDF
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