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In The End, Fall Of Berlin Wall Was Gorbachev's Call

Twenty years ago, the world was transfixed by images of spirited Germans clambering on top of the forbidding Berlin Wall and beginning to dismantle its legacy with each swing of their pickaxes and hammers. Full Article at NPR

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  1. The Berlin Wall history is one of separation, Cold War and hate. But the Berlin Wall history has at least one positive date. Today, the Berlin Wall history is being remembered as part of the 20'th anniversary of its fall. Full Article at Associated Content

  2. On this date twenty years ago, November 9, 1989, the 28-mile Berlin Wall falls as jubilant crowds gathered, some climbing on top of the wall to break off large pieces. Full Article at Associated Content

  3. (CBS) Looking back over 20 years, what now seems inevitable, at the time seemed unthinkable. CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports that the Berlin Wall was the fault line between the world's communist east, and the free west. Full Article at CBS News

  4. 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. Full Article at CNSNews.com

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