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Huge crowds mark fall of Berlin Wall

AFP Global Edition 11 days ago

Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division. World leaders joined huge crowds recalling the defining ...

Quotes about the Berlin Wall anniversary

AP News 11 days ago

Quotes from celebration of the 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall's collapse A selection of comments from ceremonies, remembrances of the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. ___ _ "Sometimes people forget today how many could not leave (the country) ...

Obama pays tribute to fall of Berlin Wall

AP News 11 days ago

President Obama pays tribute to fall of Berlin Wall in video message to anniversary event President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the fall 20 years ago of the Berlin Wall in a video message to the main anniversary event. Obama said ...

Thousands gather to celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall

AFP Global Edition 11 days ago

Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division. World leaders joined huge crowds recalling the defining ...

Clinton praises Germany on Berlin Wall tour

AP News 11 days ago

On 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall, Clinton congratulates Germans U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with Angela Merkel, Germany's first chancellor from ...

Key facts about the Berlin Wall

AP News 11 days ago

Key facts about the Berlin Wall, which collapsed in 1989 and led to German reunification The Berlin Wall stood for nearly three decades, the most potent symbol of Cold War divisions. Its collapse helped herald the wider collapse of communism across eastern ...

SKorean activists stage anti-NKorea rally

AP Features 12 days ago

Activists in South Korea staged a rally Monday near the border with North Korea, which has long been accused of having one of the world's worst human rights records. Organizers said the rally is aimed at calling for greater global attention to ...

Quarter of people say capitalism fatally flawed

Reuters Life! Online Report 12 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly a quarter of people across 27 countries worldwide believe free market capitalism is fatally flawed, according to a poll published on Monday to mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Wall, ...

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party

AP News 12 days ago

Clinton says Berlin Wall celebration should be call to action, not just reflection U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action ...

Germany Wall Anniversary Dominoes

AP News 13 days ago

Dominoes stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Around 1,000 dominos were placed on the former border near the Brandenburg Gate for the Festival of Freedom on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the ...

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