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• Berlin Wall 20th anniversay

  
  Capital Style — Authority: 99
  BERLIN – NOVEMBER 09: A general view of celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Germany is celebrating the fall of the Wall, which led to the end of stalinist rule in East Germany and later to the reunification of East and ...
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• It happened at the Wall

  
  Down the Road — Authority: 114
  I spent the summer of 1984 in Germany on an Indiana University exchange program with 29 other Indiana high-school German students. I lived with a kind and patient family in Krefeld for nine of the ten weeks I was there, but we young Hoosiers spent one week in Berlin. Germany was still divided in 1984. We could ...
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• U2 Vertigo Berlin, Brandenburg Gate 2009-11-05

  
  U2 Online Blog — Authority: 135
  U2 Vertigo Berlin, Brandenburg Gate 2009-11-05 http://www.u2gigs.com U2 perfoming Vertigo in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on November, 5th, 2009. Filmed by FANTIE. Thanks a lot!
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• Berlin Commemorates Fall of Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  The Berlin Wall separated East and West Berlin, ensuring that capitalist and democratic West Berlin remained surrounded on all sides by the communist German Democratic Republic, where a permanent state of martial law kept millions prisoner for decades. West Germany was forced to move its seat of government to Bonn, to ...
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• Photos: Remembering the Berlin Wall 20 Years Later

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 442
  In the early 1900s until 1914, or thereabouts, Samoa , formerly known as Western Samoa, was once ruled by Germany. Under Germanys rule, our islands were called German Samoa. It is with that history in mind that we publish this post on the anniversary
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• Berlin celebrated 20th anniversary – Fall of Berlin Wall

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 138
  November 9, 2009 marks twenty years to the day since the Berlin Wall fell,  ending the Cold War face-off between the East and West. Berlin celebrated this 20th anniversary of the Wall’s fall with events throughout the city. Leaders from across Europe joined around 100,000 revellers yesterday at the Brandenburg ...
  6 days ago

• A piece of history in my underwear drawer

  
  One Gal's Trash — Authority: 124
  I published this post earlier this year. I decided to re-run it since today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I have a story related to that glorious event. Here goes.... In 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down, I was working as a TV producer in New York. I so wanted to go and be a witness ...
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• Cold War's End — The Wall Comes Down

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 466
  It must be a little hard to understand, for anyone reading this under the age of about 30 or so, the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. Because one event has become historical shorthand for an immense change in the dynamics of not just our country, but the entire world. Weve all seen the ...
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• Toppling of the Berlin Wall…dominoes

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 535
  November 9, 2009Chocolate Berlin Wall1000 7.5 ft styrofoam dominoes were used to recreate the Berlin Wall to signify the toppling of Communism. They were painted by 15K children from around the world and will be sent to places that still are divided like Korea and Gaza as well as museums. Lech Walesa got the toppling ...
  1 week ago

• barrypropaganda of the week: Berlin Wall

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 535
  November 9, 2009[NEWSWEEKs Anita Kirpalani]She lumps barry in as one of the 5 presidents to speak there.Five American presidents delivered addresses at the Berlin Wall and, 20 years after its fall, the city is still considered a prime venue for American presidents to deliver important speeches.Flat out lie.1-barry has ...
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• It was ‘Russians’ by Sting

  
  Christian Grantham — Authority: 426
  If you missed WKRN’s Jeff Ray signing today on the Morning Browser just before he did the weather, you can see it at the beginning of this clip.Most of you in the chat room thought it was Reba McEntire’s “How was I to know,” but you couldn’t figure out the part about Russians. That’s because [...]
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• Clinton and the Berlin Wall domino

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 691
  When the Berlin Wall topples for a second time Monday, more may be laid bare than the inherent weakness of a political system. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall, Berliners have erected a wall of giant painted dominoes. During the evening’s festivities the domino wall will be toppled along ...
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• Clinton and the Berlin Wall domino

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 516
  When the Berlin Wall topples for a second time Monday, more may be laid bare than the inherent weakness of a political system. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall, Berliners have erected a wall of giant painted dominoes. More:  Clinton and the Berlin Wall domino
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• Leaders to fete fall of Berlin Wall at giant bash

  
  The India Post — Authority: 147
  9 Nov : World leaders past and present on Monday have gathered for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with 100,000 people expected at celebrations to toast a free and united Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French and Russian presidents Nicolas Sarkozy ...
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• 20 Years After the Fall of the Wall, Berlin Celebrates By Creating a Human Wall

  
  Hole In The Donut Travels — Authority: 463
  Twenty years ago today, the wall that divided Berlin fell, signaling the death of the Cold War. To mark the anniversary, the city will host a Festival of Freedom with a very different kind of wall. Under the direction of British artist and curator Martin Butler nearly 50,000 people will form a human chain along the ...
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• [News] The Berlin Wall: Retrospect 20 Years Ago

  
  Incomplete-News.Com — Authority: 126
  Today 20 years ago, the last hours of the Berlin Wall are precisely known. At 6.53 Günter Schabowski, a spokesman of the eastern german Politbüro was asked when new regulations for the private travel of eastern German citizens will take effect. As he was not fully updated that these new regulations were due to ...
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• Chocolate Berlin Wall

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 535
  November 8, 2009French Chocolatier Patrick Roger recreated the Berlin Wall in chocolate to mark the 20th anniversary of its fall.Wonder if he’s going to let people chip away at it and eat it. 
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• German parliament commemorates fall of the Berlin Wall

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) The German parliament Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, commemorating the efforts of European civil rights activists which helped end the divide between East and West in Germany and Europe.“The people east of the Iron Curtain only had their large hearts to set ...
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• Video: Jay-Z Raps With U2, Live!

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 607
  I know what you’re thinking right this very minute. You’re thinking, “You know, reading about the climate and stuff is all well and good, but I really wish that this Kondrat character would bring me video of Jay-Z joining U2 on stage to rap during ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday,’ as that would realize many of my ...
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• The Irony Curtain

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 735
  Twenty years ago in Berlin a wall came down. But at a free concert last night given by U2 in front of the Brandenburg Gate, MTV Europe decided to put a wall back up .
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