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Berlin holds celebration marking 20 yrs post-wall

Nov. 9 marked the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. It was the finale to a day of memorial services, speeches and events that attracted leaders from around the world, including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Music from Bon Jovi and Beethoven recalled 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 154 km. In the decades it stood, 136 people were killed trying to make their way across the border, and the wall came to represent the split in ideologies between the communist East and the democratic West. (AP)

Shukan ST: November 20, 2009

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World News Berlin holds celebration marking 20 yrs post-wall Nov. 9 marked the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. It was the finale to a day of memorial services, speeches and events that attracted leaders from around the world, including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Music from Bon Jovi and Beethoven recalled 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 154 km. In the decades it stood, 136 people were killed trying to make their way across the border, and the wall came to represent the split in ideologies between the communist East and the democratic West. (AP) Shukan ST: November 20, 2009 (C) All rights reserved