* Stars and fans say goodbye to German keeper Robert Enke Nov 16, 2009
SAD SUNDAY: Germanys national squad joined coach Joachim Loew, plus predecessor Jurgen Klinsmann, to bid farewell to their former teammate AFP, BERLIN Monday, Nov 16, 2009, Page 20. Germany defender Arne Friedrich and his girlfriend leave Robert Enkes memorial ceremony yesterday in Hanover, Germany. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
106 Comments Nov 15, 2009
Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity. Within moments of a confused announcement Nov. 9, 1989, that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of people streamed into the enclave that was West Berlin, marking a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism... (PNN Online)
* Thousands of fans to mourn Germanys Enke Nov 14, 2009
AFP , BERLIN Saturday, Nov 14, 2009, Page 20. A huge crowd gathers in front of the AWD Arena in Hannover late on Wednesday after a solemn procession through the city to pay their respects to Robert Enke. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
On the way to Afghanistan, Holbrooke seeks to ease tensions with NATO Nov 14, 2009
Mr. Holbrooke, who attended the president's Afghanistan policy review session Wednesday, was in Berlin Thursday and is in Paris Friday, before returning to Germany Saturday. He will then go to Moscow Sunday, before heading to Kabul to attend President Karzai's inauguration for his second term Nov. 19. (Christian Science Monitor)
Music as torture, federal incompetence on swine Nov 14, 2009
But just as Obama has made little time for Stanley McChrystal, commanding general of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and has failed to act promptly on his request for more U.S. forces there, somehow the president couldn't find space on his calendar to attend this month's 20th anniversary festivities marking the end of the Berlin Wall - and Soviet communism. He sent Hillary. (Juneau Empire)
'It's Orwellian': Everyone in UK could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'... Nov 14, 2009
Before the Berlin wall came down, the almost complete travel ban was one of East Germany's most unpopular state laws. We're getting communism through the back door under a pretence of "eco-friendly". (The Drudge Report)
Obama: Afghanistan Troop Decision Soon Nov 14, 2009
Berlin Wall anniversary. Sorry, no time for that. (CBS News -- World)
Clear imperatives for USOC Nov 13, 2009
Shiny Shani Shani Davis dropped a golden calling card on the rest of the planet at last weekend s World Cup speedskating opener in Berlin, winning both the 1,000 and 1,500 meters and setting a track record by more than half a second in the shorter race. Big statement, too, by teammate Tucker Fredricks, who knocked off the favored Koreans in the 500. (Boston Globe)
U.S. extends Germany travel alert Nov 13, 2009
Visitors to Germany advised to "consider security procedures at hotels, restaurantsU.S. State Department: "al Qaeda continues to threaten Germany" Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- U.S. officials extended a travel alert in Germany and urged Americans to remain wary after terrorist organization al Qaeda posted messages in recent months threatening attacks in the country. The alert issued Thursday will remain in effect until February 10. It replaces one issued in September that expired Wednesday, a news... (CNN -- International)
History Is Calling -- Will Obama Answer? Nov 12, 2009
Monday saw the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, even if Barack Obama could not find time to travel once again to Berlin to attend the commemoration there ... Harry Truman's response in 1948 to the Soviet blockade: "We're not leaving Berlin." Pope John Paul II's open-air sermons to millions in Poland in 1979: "Be not afraid." Ronald Reagan's defense buildup and his speech before the Brandenburg Gate in 1987: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!". (Townhall.com)
So much gained, so much to lose Nov 12, 2009
OF ALL places it was in divided Berlin in divided Germany in divided Europe that the cold war erupted into an east-west street party, this newspaper observed 20 years ago (see ). Even to those who had been confident of the eventual triumph of the West, the fall of the Berlin Wall was surprisingly accidental ... When that was reported on television, the Berliners were off. (The Economist)
Westminster president shares Berlin Wall memories with friends Nov 12, 2009
Barney Forsythe, president of Westminster College, speaks at the opening presentation for the Westminster celebration for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in front of the Winston Churchill National Memorial on Monday. Forsythe is a retired West Point U.S. Army brigadier general and commanded a U.S. Army guard company as part of the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade ... Barney Forsythe, president of Westminster College, took a recent trip down memory lane to the Berlin Wall and... (Fulton Sun, MO)
Self-organizing production: learning from ants Nov 12, 2009
All this is done without intervention from a MES, explained project manager Eckhard Hohwieler from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology in Berlin ... Also academic research institutes from the Berlin Technical University are involved. (EETimes)
World shopping tour up for grabs Nov 12, 2009
com calls the Second Best Job in the World will keep a blog, find bargains, and compare shopping cultures in Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. In May, Briton Ben Southall won a Best Job in the World competition at a tourism agency in Australia to be a caretaker on an idyllic island. (Business Report, South Africa)
A chunk of history Nov 11, 2009
The Berlin Wall - my part in its downfall ... Olenka Frenkiel was in Berlin for Newsnight when the wall came down 20 years ago ... She was the first BBC reporter on the scene as East Berliners passed through the Brandenburg Gate and made TV history when she presented Peter Snow with a brick from the Wall live on air. (BBC News -- Europe)
Celebrating anniversary of Berlin Wall's fall Nov 11, 2009
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The Former Eastern Europe: From Surviving to Thriving Nov 11, 2009
The Brandenburg Gate, which once stood somberly over the no-man's-land of the Berlin Wall, is now a top tourist attraction ... Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, souvenir-hunters (dubbed "Wall-peckers") came here to chip off their own piece of history ... The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago while just a single day in a decades-long series of uprisings and crackdowns brought about a revolution in the geopolitics of Europe. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Treasure hunt Nov 11, 2009
Also on his wish list is the 3,500-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, wife of the famous Pharaoh Akhenaten, on show at the newly re-opened Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany. Other items include a statue of Hemiunu, the architect of the Great Pyramid at Giza - also in Germany; the bust of Anchhaf, builder of the Chepren Pyramid - at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; and a painted Zodiac from the Dendera temple, which is kept at the Louvre. (BBC News -- Africa)
Joyful Germans mark the fall of Berlin Wall Nov 10, 2009
BERLIN - Exultant Germans on Monday relived the spontaneous breaching of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, as aging Cold War luminaries returned to the once-divided city to celebrate the peaceful outcome of Eastern Europe s revolution for freedom. On a misty, dark afternoon, two onetime antagonists - Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, and Lech Walesa, founder of Poland s liberty-seeking Solidarity movement - walked across the Bornholmer Street bridge, which was the first checkpoint along... (Boston Globe)
Read the story Nov 10, 2009
Legacy Of The Berlin Wall's Fall - CBS News ... Legacy Of The Berlin Wall's Fall ... Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, huge dominoes decorated by school children stands in it's place. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Iran Accuses 3 U.S. Hikers of Espionage Nov 10, 2009
Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, where she is marking the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Clinton said, "We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever. "And we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them, so they can return home. " Clinton, who met last week with the detained hikers' families at the State Department, said the U.S.... (CBS News -- World)
Gorbachev Hailed for Fall of Berlin Wall Nov 10, 2009
BERLIN, Nov. 9, 2009 ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cross the Bornholmer Bruecke, Bornholm bridge in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989 ... The Bornholm bridge used to be a border crossing between East and West Berlin in 1989. (CBS News -- World)
Gay marriage Nov 10, 2009
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What small-town America thinks of Sarah Palin Nov 10, 2009
" In this vacuum, movement building has been left to underfunded (but stunningly successful) projects like Firedoglake.com, Democracy for America, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and local organizations. And that's the lesson: True grass-roots movements that deliver concrete legislative results are not steered by marble-columned institutions, wealthy benefactors or celebrity politicians -- and they are rarely ever run from Washington. They are almost always far-flung efforts by those... (Salon)
Interview: Michael Keaton Nov 10, 2009
A Czech-German family troubled by lies and sexual infidelity visits Berlin in 1934, and in between snatches of surprisingly racy intimate footage we see swastika-festooned slogans through a streetcar window ... The fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers: Each ushered in a new American era By Michael Lind. (Salon)
Wall's fall: Your memories Nov 10, 2009
The fall of the Berlin Wall: Your memories. Hundreds of East German cars waited to cross into West Berlin ... As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the BBC News website has asked readers to share their memories of the historic day. (BBC News -- Europe)
Leaders' call to action in Berlin Nov 10, 2009
World leaders marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall have said the battle against injustice around the world must continue ... Communist East Germany erected the 155-km (96-mile) concrete barrier in 1961 to encircle West Berlin and prevent its citizens from fleeing from the east into the capitalist enclave ... 13 Aug 1961: East Germany erects the Berlin Wall Aug-Sep 1989: Tens of thousands of East Germans seek asylum abroad as communist control over Eastern Europe relaxes 7 Oct:... (BBC News -- Europe)
Brokaw: The night the wall came down Nov 10, 2009
NBC anchor recalls the seismic events of the day the Berlin Wall came down ... 9: NBC's Tom Brokaw looks back 20 years to the night he stood atop the Berlin Wall as it came crumbling down ... 9: NBCs Tom Brokaw, who reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago, returns to the German capital to see how things have changed. (MSNBC -- International)
Area residents remember the fall of the Berlin wall Nov 10, 2009
Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and end of the Cold War ... Cameron Savage, 17, looks over the mock Berlin Wall the Cumberland Valley High School German students built to commemorate the symbol of the fall of communism in Germany ... Iain Ferguson, 17, left, and Peter Breen, 18, look over the pieces of information that have been placed on the mock Berlin Wall at Cumberland Valley High School. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
The night the Wall fell Nov 10, 2009
Stinking traffic jams of East German Trabis on the posh streets of West Berlin ... Wearing nothing but a coat over his pajamas, the man spoke rapidly in his thick Berlin accent: "We live on , in the East, you know. I was in bed already. My wife had gone out to walk the dog, came back up and said, 'Hey, they're all going to the West!' I was dressed and out here in a flash." ... Another man, driving an East German car, rolled down his window and excitedly said: "I keep shaking my head. I'm driving... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hope for answers as US Army shooter awakes from coma Nov 10, 2009
Germans mark fall of Berlin Wall. Giant dominoes were toppled in Germany to mark the 20th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Wall. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Germans recall night world changed Nov 10, 2009
FREDERIC HAPPE, BERLIN ... Berlin Wall anniversary ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel among thousands celebrating 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Berlin Celebrates the Day the Wall Fell Nov 10, 2009
World leaders and partying Germans are descending on Berlin Nov. 9 to mark the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall was breached ... Berlin is marking 20 years since the fall of the Wall on Monday with a series of events, big and small ... The main focus of events will be the historic Brandenburg Gate, where 20 years ago, joyful East and West Berliners gathered together to dance on top of the wall and celebrate the sudden opening up of the Iron Curtain. (BusinessWeek)
Germans celebrate 20 years of wall's fall Nov 10, 2009
(11-09) 04:00 PST Berlin. Twenty years ago today, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope ... Stores in West Berlin stayed open late and banks gave out 100 Deutschemarks in "welcome money," then worth about $50, to each East German visitor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Germans celebrate 20 years of Berlin Wall collapse Nov 10, 2009
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel today thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing the Berlin Wall to collapse, as she visited a former border crossing between the once divided Germanies, and what was once a border gate, marking 20 years of reunification. Accompanied by Gorbachev and former Polish President Lech Walesa, Merkel initiated today's celebrations by symbolically walking across the Bornholmer Bridge, which once stood between the divided East and West Berlin ...... (India Times, India)
Leipzig drives for former glory days Nov 10, 2009
Leipzig was the scene of protests that spread to Berlin and toppled communist East Germany in 1989 ... "Leipzig has advantages that other eastern cities can't match," said Volker Treier, the chief economist at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Berlin ... The rebirth since the fall of the Berlin Wall harks back to Leipzig's history as one of the first centres of commerce in the 12th century, after Slavs settled along trade routes from Paris to Novgorod and from Rome to Bergen between... (Business Report, South Africa)
Flood misery Nov 10, 2009
Berlin marks demise of the Wall. Obama's video message to Berlin ... Life behind the Berlin Wall. (BBC News -- Americas)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Nov 10, 2009
Fireworks and dominoes as fall of Berlin Wall marked. . (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
Berliners celebrate, recall joy 20 years after the wall came down Nov 10, 2009
BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visited what was once a fortified border crossing today retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell ... Music from Bon Jovi and Beethoven was to recall the joy of the border's opening, which led to German reunification less than a year later and the swift demolition of most of the wall which snaked for 96 miles around West Berlin, a... (Honolulu Advertiser)
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Today, folks in their 20s may have a difficult time recalling just why a Wall was erected in Berlin sometime in the past, and may wonder why such a fuss is being made today in the media and why celebrations are being held to commemorate the disappearance of the Wall ... The Berlin Wall was unusual in modern history in the sense that it was built to divide a city and a people who shared the same language, culture, customs and daily life: they were all Germans, shared a German heritage ... But at... (Human Events Online)
Celebrating 20 years after epic moment Nov 10, 2009
Germany marks fall of Berlin Wall - Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later- msnbc ... Berlin marks 20th anniversary of wall's fall ... Giant dominos lininga segment ofthe route of the Berlin Wall were toppled Mondayduring aceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the wall's fall. (MSNBC -- International)
Legacy Of The Berlin Wall's Fall Nov 10, 2009
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, huge dominoes decorated by school children stands in it's place. Mark Phillips reports on how Berlin is celebrating the anniversary ... Monday marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (CBS News)
Leaders urge new push for unity on Berlin Wall anniversary Nov 10, 2009
" But Medvedev said the end of the Cold War did not justify any nation's global dominance, in a clear swipe at the United States. "The transition to a new multipolar world is today very important for most countries, for all the countries in Europe and the world," he said. Crowds surged to hear Berlin's renowned State Opera orchestra play strains of Beethoven and Wagner and cheered the symbolic toppling of 1,000 giant styrofoam dominoes along two kilometres of the Wall's former course, where... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Bring me sunshine Nov 10, 2009
Page last updated at 00:15 GMT, Tuesday, 10 November 2009. Tourism sector eyes brighter 2010. (BBC News -- UK)
Official ceremonies Nov 10, 2009
Front row from left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German President Horst Koehler, Berlin's Mayor (Michael Sohn / AP) ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cross the Bornholmer bridge in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, (Herbert Knosowski / AP) ... Giant dominos placed along the former border in front of the Brandenburg Gate fall in a symbolic act in Berlin, Germany,... (Albany Times Union)
Germany Celebrates Nov 10, 2009
Nov. 9: The illuminated Brandenburg Gate is seen in Berlin, Germany, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Nov. 9: The illuminated Brandenburg Gate is seen in Berlin, Germany, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall ... BERLIN A crowd of thousands of cheering Germans recreated the historical moment the Berlin Wall came crashing down -- toppling 1,000 graffiti-adorned 8-foot-tall dominoes that fell along the route of the now... (Fox News)
Berlin's Domino Effect Nov 10, 2009
Germany Celebrates Fall of the Berlin Wall ... Nov. 9: The illuminated Brandenburg Gate is seen in Berlin, Germany, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall ... Nov. 9: The illuminated Brandenburg Gate is seen in Berlin, Germany, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. (Fox News)
The comedy of errors that caused a wall to fall Nov 9, 2009
Berlin - History's judgment will probably call it a draw between rival claims to causality. Structural evolution in the Soviet bloc made the fall of the Berlin Wall possible ... But a comedy of errors in East Berlin and Moscow on Nov. 9, 1989, ensured that the wall fell overnight. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Tear Down This Wall Nov 9, 2009
Today, in their 20s may have a difficult time recalling just why a Wall was erected in Berlin sometime in the past, and may wonder why such a fuss is being made today in the media and why celebrations are being held to commemorate the disappearance of the Wall ... The Berlin Wall was unusual in modern history in the sense that it was built to divide a city and a people who shared the same language, culture, customs and daily life: they were all Germans, shared a German heritage ... But at the... (Human Events Online)
Whose Internet is it, anyway? Nov 9, 2009
The Fall of the Berlin Wall. POLITICS The American voter beyond red and blue. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
This day in history Nov 9, 2009
In 1999, with fireworks, concerts, and a huge party at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, Germany celebrated the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall. (Boston Globe)
'I was there' Nov 9, 2009
I was sitting in a West Berlin apartment playing Trivial Pursuit with some British friends when I saw the news that travel restrictions had been eased for East German citizens ... While Brian Hanrahan was busy broadcasting to the world, I was halfway through a board game, drinking Berliner Kindl lager in a nondescript third-floor flat in Theodor Heuss Platz ... Early in the morning we raced outside and jumped on the underground train, at the site of West Berlin's eternal flame commemorating the... (BBC News -- UK)
Cold War stories Nov 9, 2009
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Britons are offering personal accounts of how the Cold War affected them, as part of an online exhibition ... He had arrived in Britain aged 13 in 1934 when his Jewish family abandoned their native Berlin after the Nazis took power in Germany ... Berlin celebrates demise of Wall. (BBC News -- UK)
Freedom is not an entitlement program Nov 9, 2009
Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall began to fall. Hearing on state television that travel restrictions to the West would be eased immediately, East Germans began gathering at the infamous Checkpoint Charlie, wondering if they could simply walk over, without fear of being gunned down, to West Berlin. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Nov 9, 2009
Berlin celebrates demise of Wall. Yemen rebels 'shoot down fighter. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
* Wahnsinn night for police officers when the Wall fell Nov 9, 2009
By Niels Sorrells DPA, BERLIN Monday, Nov 09, 2009, Page 9 ... head of Berlins 35th police precinct ... The fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, is universally remembered as a night of euphoria and joy in Berlin, but for the citys police forces, its also remembered as the night they played a key role in reunifying the city, making up new standards and rules on the fly. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* A wildly happy, unforgettable night Nov 9, 2009
Government spokesman Guenter Schabowski accidentally triggered one of the most momentous events of German history X the fall of the Berlin Wall. By Clive Freeman DPA, BERLIN Monday, Nov 09, 2009, Page 9 ... Then suddenly the Berlin Wall was gone. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Germans Celebrate Fall of Berlin Wall Nov 9, 2009
Germany Celebrates Memory of Berlin Wall Falling - TIME ... Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany on Nov. 8, 2009 Markus Schreiber / AP ... (BERLIN) With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago. (Time.com)
'Road trains' get ready to roll Nov 9, 2009
Berlin celebrates demise of Wall ... Berlin visa man: 'It wasn't an error ... Berlin Wall: Nine O'Clock News. (BBC News -- Technology)
Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Victory for Europe Nov 9, 2009
On Nov. 9, 2009, Germany will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ... Across the world, the fall of the Berlin Wall has become as strong a symbol as can be found for democracy and the voice of the people ... My parents took me to Berlin when I was a teenager, so that I could see the divided city and better understand it. (BusinessWeek)
The West's undoing, as seen by North Korea Nov 9, 2009
The report said the ''imperialists and reactionaries [who] claimed that socialism failed and its idea was wrong'' after the fall of the Berlin Wall were about to get their comeuppance. The catastrophic consequences of the 'globalisation' of capitalism and its collapse after the demise of the Cold War are an inevitable product of the unpopular and brutal nature of capitalism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
For the East: freedom to drive their Trabants 'over there' Nov 9, 2009
This is an excerpt from his interview with Berlin correspondent Elizabeth Pond ... The East Berlin intellectuals those in the provinces reacted differently saw the opening of the wall with a totally critical eye, since they had had the idea of creating a model land of a kind Europe had never seen before an idiotic idea in my view and they now saw that this dream was dead ... There was a major] illusion in the West about the GDR [German Democratic Republic]: that the people were... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
When the Berlin Wall came down Nov 9, 2009
East German border guards try to prevent a crowd climbing onto the Berlin Wall on the morning that the first section was pulled down, November 10, 1989 ... After the fall, Berlin's most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, is no longer a part of the demarcation line between East and West, but a symbol of Germany's reunification ... Before the fall, East Germans looked west through the Brandenburg Gate where both US Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan decried the Berlin Wall. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Unforgettable day Nov 9, 2009
The night the Berlin Wall fell ... Brian Hanrahan looks back on the 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall ... When the East German government made its first confused announcement about permitting free travel to the West, the BBC's Brian Hanrahan in East Berlin set off to find out what was happening. (BBC News -- Europe)
Berlin celebrates demise of Wall Nov 9, 2009
World leaders are joining thousands of people marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall's fall, an event that paved the way for the end of the Cold War ... Communist East Germany erected the 155km (96-mile) concrete wall in 1961 to encircle West Berlin and prevent citizens from fleeing into the capitalist enclave ... 7 October 1949: German Democratic Republic (GDR) founded following World War II in the Soviet occupation zone 13 August 1961: Berlin Wall built 18 October 1989: After unrest across... (BBC News -- Europe)
