BERLIN (Reuters) - As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros ($1.9 trillion) have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a... [read full story]
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The global celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall aren't entirely about commemorating the rebirth of freedom or reliving those thrilling moments when a perverse and repressive system collapsed.
Take example from Berlin: Tear down oppressive border wall Diane R. Pagen - Corona, N.Y. I find it embarrassing as an American that as the world reflects on the symbolism of the Berlin Wall, the Obama administration continues...
More of my coverage 20 years ago of the fall of the Berlin Wall: EAST BERLIN (1989) -- There was a telling joke Sunday at the end of East Berlin's newest mile-long line to freedom in the West. Each new arrival to the freshly...
If you’ve had any contact with the news media over the past few days, you’ve probably heard the brouhaha over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . And as is well known by anyone who has tracked other recent...
Why were people cheering and dancing and drinking champagne atop the Berlin Wall on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989? Thousands of East Berliners -- and then hundreds of thousands -- surged into West Berlin. The fall of the Berlin...
Twenty years ago, on the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, East German authorities suddenly opened their border to West Germany. After 28 years as prisoners of their own country, euphoric...
Looking back on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall , Somatosphere discusses how the wall became incorporated into German psychological theories as a diagnosis, a metaphor and a social force. Apparently, an East...
11/11/2009Obama fires up Berlin Wall celebrations In the surprise message beamed into ceremonies at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama spoke to cheering crowds. Berlin -- A video address from US President Obama provided the...
I was in the 8th grade in November of 1988, and I don’t think that the fall of the Berlin Wall had any immediate impact on my thinking at the time. I don’t remember if I watched the coverage on TV, or if there were any big...
In 1989, I had the pleasure of using a hammer on the Berlin Wall and still have a few pieces that I was able to chip off. However, today there stands another wall, one we seldom hear about. This apartheid wall was built by...
Dmitry Medvedev, Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel, Executive Branch (Russia), President of the Russian Federation, Berlin, Germany
