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The fall of Berlin Wall

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    A copy of the Berlin Wall is set up in front of Rome's Spanish Steps, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of its fall on Nov. 9, 1989. The event was held to mark the 20th anniversary of East Germany's fortified border crumbling on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years holding in the country's citizens.
    AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca

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    A 46 year old Volkswagen Beetle with a plate of former East Germany is seen in the garden of Otto Weymann in Fuldatal near Kassel, central Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Weymann says he bought the car exactly 20 years ago on November 9 from two East Germans who had just passed the nearby boarder between East and West Germany when the Wall came down. Weymann parked the VW in his garden and planted trees in front and back of the car.
    AP Photo/Michael Probst

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    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, gestures as she walks past some of the 1,000 large plastic-foam dominoes, prior to commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. East Germany's fortified border crumbled on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years holding in the country's citizens, a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism in Europe that followed a confused announcement by a senior official.
    AP Photo/Michael Sohn

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    A woman looks through a gap in part of the former Berlin wall Monday Nov. 9, 2009, during a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial "Bernauer Strasse" in Berlin, Germany.
    AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer

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    A copy of the Berlin Wall is set up in front of Rome's Spanish Steps, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of its fall on Nov. 9, 1989.
    AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca

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    A person is seen through an 3.5 meters high wall made out of ice, part of an art installation entitled 'Work In Progress' representing the Berlin Wall, near the German Embassy in central London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The event was held to mark the 20th anniversary of East Germany's fortified border crumbling on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years holding in the country's citizens.
    AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

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    A man walks past a frozen 3.5 metres high wall made out of ice, representing the Berlin Wall, part of an art installation entitled 'Work In Progress', near the German Embassy in central London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The event was held to mark the 20th anniversary of East Germany's fortified border crumbling on the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years holding in the country's citizens.
    AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

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    Spectators wait at the bridge at Bornholmer Strasse of the beginning of the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.The border checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse was the first which opens the Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
    AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

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    People are seen walking around large plastic-foam dominoes, prior to commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The dominoes, which follow the contours of the former border between East and West Germany, will be tipped over Monday as a symbol of the fall of the wall.
    AP Photo/Michael Sohn

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    Children look at historical photo exhibits Monday Nov. 9, 2009, during a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial "Bernauer Strasse" in Berlin, Germany.
    AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer

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    This Nov. 12, 1989 file photo shows a man hammering at the Berlin Wall, as the border barrier between East and West Germany was torn down after 28 years. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/John Gaps III

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    This Nov. 11, 1989 file photo shows East German border guards looking through a hole in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down one segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East Berliners getting helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall which divided the city since the end of World War II, near the Brandenburger Tor. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Jockel Finck

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East and West Berliners celebrating in front of a control station on East Berlin territory, during the opening of the borders to the West following the announcement by the East German government that the border to the West would be open. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Jockel Finck

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East German border policemen, right, refusing to shake hands with a Berliner who stretches out his hand over the border fence at the eastern site nearby Checkpoint Charlie border crossing point after the borders were opened. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Lutz Schmidt

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East German citizens applauded by West Berliners when they cross Checkpoint Charlie with their cars to visit West Berlin. Thousands of East Germans moved into West Berlin after the opening of the wall by East German government. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows Berlin schoolboys proudly show off bricks of the Berlin Wall they found near Brandenburg Gate in Berlin from celebrations at the opening of the East German border to the West. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Udo Weitz

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East German border guards watching a bulldozer tear down parts of the Berlin Wall to make space for more border crossing points between East and West Germany. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Udo Weitz

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows Berliners from East and West crowding the area in front of a border fence at this border crossing point in East Berlin, watched by East German border police. The border gates opened following the announcement by the East German government. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Lutz Schmidt

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    This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows Berliners singing and dancing on top of the Berlin wall to celebrate the opening of East-West German borders. Thousands of East German citizens moved into the West after East German authorities opened all border crossing points to the West. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
    AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle

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