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Czech statesman Alexander Dubcek is the guest of honor at a ceremony in Rutli, Switzerland, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation. Rutli is a meadow in central Switzerland, believed to be the site where the first league of the cantons was formed in 1291. (Photo by Jean Bernard Vernier/Sygma via Getty Images)

Czech statesman Alexander Dubcek is the guest of honor at a ceremony in Rutli, Switzerland, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation. Rutli is a meadow in central Switzerland, believed to be the site where the first league of the cantons was formed in 1291. (Photo by Jean Bernard Vernier/Sygma via Getty Images)