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Berlin gears up for 20th year since the Wall fell

BERLIN - Berlin warmed up for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall with events throughout the city, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for a new trans-Atlantic push to free those still oppressed. Full Article at Newsday

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