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Fall of Berlin Wall has been mixed blessing

The Miracle of 1989 crystallized 20 years ago Monday evening when a growing crowd of euphoric East Germans, drawn by the tens of thousands to the Berlin Wall following a bungled declaration by a government official, began shouting "open up!" Full Article at Vancouver Sun

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  2. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06:  Gingerbread hearts and Stars of David with Hebrew inscriptions in Latin letters on them hang at a baker's stall at the annual Hanukkah market at the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  3. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05:  (L-R) Singer Neil Tennant and keyboarder Chris Lowe of the British pop band Pet Shop Boys perform live during a concert at the O2 World on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The concert is part of the 'Pandemonium' 2009 tour.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05:  Actress Geraldine Laprell, actress Constanze Waechter and actress Amelie Plaas-Link attend the photo call of 'Fruehlings Erwachen' at Radialsystem V on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05:  A shopper carries bags with recent purchases at the Alexa shopping mall on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Retailers are hoping for a strong Christmas season to help make up for a difficult financial year.
  6. A combination of pictures shows pedestrian traffic light symbols signalling respectively 'stop' and 'walk' in Berlin, December 2, 2009. Traffic psychologist Karl Peglau, who invented East Germany's popular traffic-light man, Ampelmann in German, died on Sunday aged 82, German media reported.
  7. BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09:  French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) attend a bilateral meeting in Berlin on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  8. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09:  Visitors arrive to place roses in cracks in a still-existing section of the Berlin Wall at the Bernauer Strasse memorial on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  9. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) greets U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Chancellery on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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