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Germany remembers Wall collapse

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing the Berlin Wall to collapse, as she visited a former border crossing between the once divided Germanies, and what was once a border gate, marking 20... Full Article at India Today

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  1. Lech Walesa
  2. Angela Merkel
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    BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel today thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for allowing the Berlin Wall to collapse, as she visited a former border crossing between the once divided Germanies, and what was once a border gate, marking... Full Article at Times of India

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  1. This is not just a day of celebration for Germans ... This is a day of celebration for the whole of Europe; this is a day of celebration for all those people who have more freedom.
    Angela Merkel – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Tulsa World 1 month ago
  2. No wall is ever strong enough to strangle the human spirit
    George W. Bush – George W. Bush SOURCE: TradeArabia 1 month ago
  3. The wall is gone. Two Berlins are one. Two Germanys are one. Two Europes are one
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: The New York Times 1 month ago
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  2. BERLIN - DECEMBER 11: Children making sugar cookies at a kindergarten of the Rudolf Steiner Waldorfschule on December 11, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Each year Berlin's kindergarten children get into the festive spirit and prepare cookies and biscuits prior to Christmas.
  3. German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen addresses a news conference in Berlin, December 11, 2009.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 09: Ronald Pofalla, Minister of the Chancellery talks to German Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner prior to the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on December 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 08: Singer Milan Fras of the Slovenian EBM industrial band Laibach performs live during a concert at the Postbahnhof on December 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The concert is part of the 2009 tour.
  6. A combo of five pictures shows former Polish President Lech Walesa is hit by a camera man on a Segway personal transporter after pushing the first domino block on the corner of the Reichstag Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berli...
  7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses next to a photograph featuring East Germans crossing the Boesebruecke as she crosses that same bridge during a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall in Berlin November 9, 2009.

Cast of Characters

  1. Angela Merkel Angela Merkel
  2. European Union European Union
  3. Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev
  4. Lech Walesa Lech Walesa
  5. Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
  6. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress