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To Merkel, a Night in ’89 Was Just the First Step on a Long Path for 2 Germanys
BERLIN A young East German physicist named Angela Merkel was on her way home from her weekly trip to the sauna and a beer with a friend when she was swept up in the ecstatic crowds crossing the border at Bornholmer Street on the night of Nov. 9, 1989,... Full Article at History News Network
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminisced this week about how she was taking a sauna 20 years ago as thousands of fellow easterners surged through breaches in the Berlin Wall to taste freedom. Full Article at Independent Online
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Berlin, Nov. 6 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed that she was not part of the frenzied East German crowd that poured through the newly opened border to witness the historic fall of the Berlin wall, instead she was taking her scheduled... Full Article at OneIndia
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The German chancellor landed in Washington late Monday night on her first trip to the United States since being re-elected Chancellor in September. Full Article at Deutsche Welle
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I thought something was going to happen, and had heard the announcement on television that the borders would open
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I'm convinced, just as we found the strength in the 20th century to bring about the fall of a wall made of concrete and barbed wire, we shall now show that necessary strength to overcome the walls of the 21st century
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We all know we have no time to lose
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By lowering taxes, the new government is living up to one of its central promises made during the election campaign ... However, by doing so, budget consolidation is likely to become more difficult as expenses will not be cut to the same degree, at least at the present juncture.
SOURCE: Southeast Missourian
